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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1955
Page
2
An article alleges a witness lied about a party worker introducing Edward Lamb in Columbus. A Commission hearing adjourned then reconvened as Natvig recanted claiming a lawyer helped manufacture the evidence. The piece questions Moscow counter measures and proposes using a lie detector if testimony fails.
Opens with a nostalgic photo caption of Moulton at the turn of the century. Describes the dry oil department of Boehm's Store, a long familiar general merchandise shop in the area. Features Edw ard Boehm, founder, and mentions Martin Pascal, Rahk Kramer, and Eugene Ermis as later figures. the stone building now houses a grocery and dry goods business with the original frame structure functioning as a warehouse.
The Moulton Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. Roy Kotzebue's home on February 17 with 15 members. Doris Myers demonstrated ham preparation and baking, and Stanis Rothbauer was elected THDA Convention delegate. Visitors were welcomed and prizes awarded for recreation. Next meeting is March 17 at Mrs. Jake Hull's home.
Mrs. Marvin Kubenka hosted the Thursday night Canasta club with Rueben Jodiec winning first prize and James Kolar taking the booby prize. A going-away gift was presented to Mrs. Kubenka. Visitations included Mrs. James Fair and Robert, Mrs. John Ondrusek and Lynwood of Yoakum with Miss Helene Mueller and local members joining the gathering.
Readable lines show church pastor Albert V. Maneth with mass times on Sundays 9 30 a m and 7 30 a m plus weekday services. The fragment mentions Perkind and a question about a ball player but lacks clear context or complete facts.
The congressman as vice-chair of the House Agriculture Committee states support for maintaining free institutions and the parity system. He opposes wiping out small farmers and argues tariff and allotment policy should protect family farming, warning large scale farming harms communities and urban links.
Church notices list service times and events led by Rev Julius F Holm from Zion Lutheran Church Moulton Texas The schedule includes World Day of Prayer Altar Guild Confirmation Sunday School Divine services and choir and staff meetings with upcoming Lent services and a note that services are postponed until the first Sunday in March with no service this Sunday.
This column recalls a deadly 1902 coal mine explosion near Hondo Mexico claiming 85 lives and notes local land sales, milling, and plans in Moulton. It also covers 1925 street grading, a wedding, building moves, aviation ties, cotton ginning figures, a tragic shooting of Velera Zapalac, a fatal auto crash in Luling, and business changes in well drilling.
The text describes an auction for 177 acre lots with a minimum bid of ten dollars and payment in three annual installments. No buyer could acquire more than eleven leagues. It frames the event as a historic struggle, noting widespread small-farmer losses and attributing the causes to Washington policies including tariffs parity and allotments, and critiques of large scale farming.
The speaker argues that land reform is inevitable and must promote family farming or be imposed by law. They warn that failing to support smallholders will lead to consolidation into large farms, likening it to communist practices.
The speaker warns that these are dangerous times as fundamental weaknesses emerge just when threats rise. He claims Congress and the press do not grasp the magnitude of the peril or the urgency required to address it.
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