Record hunting license sales hit national high in 1948-49
Louisiana sold 221,702 resident licenses plus 499 out of state in 1948 49, with 80 701 federal duck stamps and 234 177 state revenue from licenses. National totals show 12 758 000 hunters and 34 966 000 in revenue, with Michigan leading at 977 000 licenses and Pennsylvania at 878 000. Albert M Day notes the sport’s surge nationwide.
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Washington
Louisiana
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Minnesota
United States
Albert M. Day
States urged to boost conservation funding with hunting revenues
A Fish and Wildlife Service official urged states to spend conservation funds proportional to rising hunting license revenues to prevent heavy wildlife depletion. He warned that without such investment, wildlife resources could suffer as revenue grows.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
British airliner makes safe crash landing after gear jam
A British European Airways Viking with 10 aboard had a wheel jam on the undercarriage after departing London for Brussels. The pilot dumped fuel and circled Weybridge to exhaust gas before a controlled crash landing, with no injuries reported to passengers or crew.
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London
British European Airways Viking
Northold
Brussels
Airways
Weybridge
Surrey
Boll Weevil Active in 1949 Faces 470 Million Loss
Frank Carey reports from Birmingham that 1949 saw the boll weevil at its heaviest numbers since 1942, threatening cotton yields. The Third Annual Cotton Insect Control conference gathered about 200 industry and academic representatives to map 1950 strategies and address a $470,000,000 1949 pest loss. Dr. S A Hohner cited mild winter and rainy weather aiding weevil survival and spread, with insecticide use expanding to new products like DDT toxaphene and benzene hexachloride.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
National Cotton Council of America
Cotton
Hohner
Rohner
Rohwer
Ralph B. Craughon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Collinston Masons and Eastern Star install officers for 1950
Collinston La December 19 special The Collinston Blue Lodge of Masons and Harry Vaughan chapter 125 Order of Eastern Star met December 16 and publicly installed 1950 officers. Installing officers were Alton Norsworthy for the Masons and Pauline Storment for the Eastern Star.
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Collinston, la
Collinston Blue Lodge of Masons
Harry Vaughan
Order of Eastern Star
Masons
Alton Norsworthy
R. A. Harper
Vaughan Harkness
A. H. Harper
Williamson Pipes
Carl Norsworthy
J. M. Goodnight
T. B. Coleman
W. M. Caldwell
Jack D. Langston
W. J. George
A. J. Tarver
Ryler
Pauline Storment
Mary Lee Armitage
Florence Couch
Mattie Lou Arnette
Sunny South
Bastrop
Eastern Star
Lorene Puckett
Christmas Little Sioux-Mox Shoe Salon on Street Floor
A brief item notes a Christmas shop titled Little Sioux-Mox Shoe Salon located on the street floor. The notice emphasizes holiday footwear offerings and a festive shopping point. Local shoppers are invited to visit during the season.
Gothic temple architecture shines in sacred spaces
The Gothic style suits temples of worship with pointed arches and spires that direct the eye upward toward the divine, creating a sense of height and reverence in sacred settings.
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Louisiana Nimrods
Piee
Ee Taualiy
Calvert
Cab
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
ARIES
Star Gazer
Clay R Pollan
Taurus
Leo
Gemini
VIRGO
Libra
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Sic Farmi
Toby Capricorn
Friends
Oo Neon
Aquarius
Pisces
Home Furniture Company
Home Furniture Co
Monroe, la
By Frank Carey
Sweden
Clark Refrigerator Company
Jackson
Monroe
Collinston
Masonic Party
Juanita Harper
Barbary Lowrey
Dee Norsworthy
Marshal
Helen V. Howell
Lena Pollock
Adah
Annie Spencer
Ruth
Rhopayne Griffin
Esther
Bertha Boyd
Martha
Marie Hodges
Electa
Windsor Puckett
Sentinel
Little “Sioux
Budget
In Rayon
Radeon
Keystone
Louisville
Heavenly
Tiny
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