New York City Faces Major Face Lift Plans
A New York report outlines a 400 million expansion of bridges arteries and highways. A bridge would link Fort Wadsworth Staten Island to Fort Hamilton Brooklyn while Staten Island remains reachable mainly by ferry. The piece notes urban growth and technological progress alongside a Burt Clinic closing March 18 19 20 with Dr. Burt traveling.
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New York City
Ft. Wadsworth
Staten Island
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Manhattan
New York Harbor
Coney Island
Houston
Texas
Burt
Dr. Burt
PTA Meeting Notice At Local High School Gym
The regular PTA meeting will be held in the High School gym next Tuesday March 15 at 7 30 p m. All members are urged to attend.
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PTA
Berans Plan Florida Trip With Family Visit Two Weeks
Mr and Mrs Emil Beran and Mrs Frank Biehunko travel by car to Mobile Alabama to visit friends. Mrs Biehunko will fly to Orlando Florida to see Major Mrs L T Biehunko and Jamy. They expect to stay about two weeks.
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Florida
Emil Beran
Frank Biehunko
Mobile
Labama
Berans
Labor Farm Groups Back Trade Bill Endorsements
The CIO and three major farm groups endorsed Eisenhower’s liberalized trade program ahead of Senate Finance Committee hearings on a House approved bill. They urged federal aid for farmers or industries harmed by increased imports, and said the program would expand markets for farm products. James B Carey of the CIO touted long support for reciprocal trade programs.
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Washington
CIO
Eisenhower
Farm Bureau
National Grange
Farmers Union
Senate Finance Committee
James B. Carey
Mrs. Alma Stratmann Apts Buried At Witting
Funeral services for Mrs Alma Stratmann Apts 66 are set for Thursday at 2 p m at the Lutheran Church in Witting after her death Tuesday morning at Shiner Hospital She will be laid to rest in Witting cemetery Her son George and daughter Mrs Albert Hohmann survive She was widowed in 1950.
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Witting
Robert Apts
Shiner Hospital
Alma Stratmann
George
Albert Hohmann
Lawmakers, Judges Hear Texas Fireworks and Water Bills
Gus J. Strauss reports from San Antonio to the South Texas County Judges and Commissioners association. The group discusses bills on fireworks regulation, a $20 per semester activity fee for senior colleges, and licensing of water well drillers with logs to the State Board of Water Engineers. Constable Ernest Laqua traveled to Flatonia and Engle last week.
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San Antonio
South Texas
Texas
State Fire Insurance Commission
Our
State Affairs Committee
State Senior Colleges of
State Board of Water Engineers
Senate
Local Lone Star Distributors Sponsor Noonday Music Show
Mr. Jack Kiesel of Schulenburg announces a weekly half hour program by the Lone Star Brass Band on KWHI Brenham 1280. The Noonday Festival of Music airs Saturdays 12:00 to 12:30 pm starting March 5, with ten band members from area towns including Schulenburg Flatonia Shiner Moulton and Hallettsville. The thirteen week run may extend longer.
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Jack Kiesel
Schulenburg
Lone Star Beer
Lone Star Brass Band
Kwhi
Brenham
Klesel
Hallettsville
Shiner
Moulton
Flatonia
Weimar
Anton’ Raab
Rt. 1
Bill Stock
Frank Zamykal
Shiner Greets National Commander at Legion Welcome
A crowd swelled Shiner to over a third above its 1700 population to greet Seaborn Collins, national commander of the American Legion, as Legionnaires from four districts and 111 posts welcomed him on Tuesday. Local Legionnaires from Moulton were among those present.
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Shiner
Paul Otto
Seaborn Collins
American Legion
Moulton
Post
National Commander stresses value of small communities
The National Commander praised Shiner and similar small towns as the backbone of national defense, arguing that war strength depends on these communities more than on men, planes, or guns. He warned economists undervalue their impact.
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Miculka
Shiner
PTA Supper and Games Party at Moulton
A chili supper and game party to benefit the Moulton Parent-Teachers Association will be held at the Caffereia on Tuesday March 22 from 6 30 p m Serving will begin at 6 30 p m with proceeds supporting PTA activities and programs.
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Moulton
Parent - Teachers Association
Caffereia
KJZT Bake Sale Planned for City Office Saturday
The KJZT Society sponsors a bake sale at the City Office on Saturday March 12 starting at 9 o clock. Proceeds support local community activities.
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KJZT
The
Kjzt Society
Recovery oil reserves of great potential in Texas
A joint UT Texas A M and Texas Railroad Commission report estimates secondary recovery reserves at about 10.5 billion barrels, well above prior guesses, with primary reserves around 15.7 billion barrels. The study calls future secondary recovery in Texas a vast, actionable opportunity and notes large portions of untapped oil across the state.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas, Texas A & M College
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Airman Hildebrandt Completes Basic Training at Lackland
Gordon A. Hildebrandt 18 husband of Patsy Lou Hildebrandt of Moulton completes Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio. The program assesses aptitude for a specific vocation and prepares him for technical training and assignment in specialized work.
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Lackland Air Force Base
Gordon A. Hildebrandt
Patsy Lou Hildebrandt
Moulton
Air Force
No Opposition for City Offices
City slate shows incumbents facing no challengers for multiple municipal positions. Names such as Roy Kotze and Pundt appear among the running, but no opposing candidates are listed for the listed offices.
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Pistes Hay
Ppearton
Roy Kotzeermen
Pundt
Sar
Illegal Hunters Color Blind? Color Blind Hunters Cited
The final arrest report on the recent hunting period lists offenses including a Central Texas man fined $25 for shooting a sandhill crane. The director questions color perception as a factor and notes other penalties for deer and hunting from a car or with artificial light in Houston and Antonio areas.
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Austin
Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Mite
Toston
Houston
Senate speed urged to save cotton allotment plan
Washington Representative Tom Abernethy of Mississippi warns that without a swift Senate move there will be no increase in the 1955 cotton allotment of 18,113,000 acres. He calls for rapid action to maintain farm support.
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Washington
Tom Abernethy
Miss
Senate
CPL KONCABA RETURNS HOME
Corporal Eugene Koncaba son of Mr and Mrs Frank Koncaba Jr and husband of Mrs Ruth Koncaba has returned home from army service released February 15. He served with Battery A 502nd AA at Eielson AFB Alaska and had been in Alaska for 18 months. The family is temporarily living in Gonzales with Mrs Koncaba's parents Mr and Mrs Fred Brunkenhoefer.
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Eugene Koncaba
Frank Koncaba Jr
Ruth Koncaba
502Nd AA
Eielson Afb
Alaska
Cpl
Eugene
Koncaba
Gonzales
Fred Brunkenhoefer
Grass waterways reduce erosion and boost farm income
Soil Conservationists urge building 2 840 new grass covered waterways in Lavaca SCD to handle heavy rainfall runoff. Properly designed waterways prevent gullies, improve soil fertility, and can generate income from hay and seed sales. Extension services note seeding, fertilization, and grazing plans, with local contacts in Hallettsville or Yoakum.
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Lavaca Soil Conservation District
Lavaca Scd
Barta Earns Reserve Champion at Capitol Area Show
Sammy Barta extended his winning streak by showing aged cow Dawn of L. H. to the Reserve Championship at the Capitol Area livestock show in Austin last week. He also exhibited two other Jerseys while Dennis Latsky showed one. The Grand Champion cow was the same that won in Houston in February.
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Sammy Barta
Jersey
Dawn of
Funeral services for Frank Blahuta
Funeral services for Frank Blahuta, 67, of Moravia will be held Thursday morning, March 10, at 9:30 in the Moravia Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Moravia Catholic Cemetery.
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Frank Blahuta
Moravia
Moravia Catholic
Legion Anniversary Barbecue Sunday
A free barbecue for Moulton American Legion members and families marks the 36th anniversary. The event is set for Sunday at the VFW Hall with the Auxiliary organizing card games in the afternoon.
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Moulton
American Legion
The
Legion
VFW Hall
Coronation At Hi School Thursday at Moulton High
The Queen of Moulton High School will be crowned Thursday March 10 in the school gym. A program begins at 7 45 pm with pomp and regality. Admission 40 cents for adults 25 cents for students. The notice also lists hunting at night forty nine cases and six cases under headlighting charges.
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Queen of
Senators Explain Vet Land Fees in Bank Deposit Probe
The telegrams describe $3500 paid to Congressman Bell as legal fees for routine land sale services for veterans. Senator Strauss of Hallettsville testified fees of 500 1500 750 and 8000 in other cases, saying them ordinary. The inquiry targets land promoters and veterans amid alleged fraud in block deals and Bascom Giles as a defendant in suits to recover 171428.37.
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Strauss
Bell
Washington
Yoakum Herald- Times
John J. Bell
Cuero
Veterans Land Program
T. J. McLarty
Victoria
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
Senate
Ordin
Ralph Slocum
Rio Grande Corporation
Bascom Giles
Giles
Vet Land
Death of Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Pustka Shocks Texas Church
Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Pustka, 58, longtime Catholic leader in Fayette County, died after collapsing at Santa Rosa Hospital following a visit to the ill Msgr. Joseph Jacobi. He served Holy Rosary Church Hostyn and St. Peter and Paul Plum for 14 years and earlier led Flatonia parish. Survived by a sister Antonia Pustka of Hallettsville and two brothers. Requiem mass set at St. Mary’s with interment there.
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Msgr
Joseph A. Pustka
South Texas
Santa Rosa Hospital
Joseph Jacobi
Pustka
Holy Rosary
Hostyn
St. Peter and Paul
Plum
Fayette County
Flatonia
Antonia Pustka
Hallettsville
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
East Texas Cotton Farmers Plan 2 P M Meeting Protest
Crockett representatives from 20 East Texas counties will attend a cotton acreage meeting at 2 p m Thursday in Davy Crockett Memorial Park Exhibit building. Sponsored by Houston County and the Crockett chamber of commerce the meeting aims to stop cotton acreage discrimination. Leaders say small farmers face collapse as West Texas allocations grow.
Release Unused Cotton Acres Urged in Lavaca County
Farmers who will not plant all or part of their 1955 cotton allotment are urged to release unused acres to the county committee by March 28 1955. Unreleased unplanted acres can reduce county cotton history and future allotments. Forms are at the County ASC office and must be signed by the deadline. Farmers planting less than 90 percent will earn credit only for actual planted acres. Fred Henneke Lavaca County ASC Committee chair notes releasing acres protects county history and aids other producers.
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ASC
Fred Henneke
Lavaca County
Fraud charges in bounty pay irregularities in Texas
The Texas Observer reports Texas charges former Game and Fish Commission supervisor John E. Mearn of Cotulla with fraud in bounty payments for trapping fees. The state seeks to recover $82,350 after alleged falsification and padding of bounty claims across a 12 county area.
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Veterans’ Land Program
Texas Observer
State of Texas
Game and Fish Commission
John E. Mearn
Cotulla
VA announces residency program for pharmacists in 1955
May 10 is the application deadline for the Veterans Administration hospital residency training beginning in the 1955 fall semester. The one to two year program blends graduate study with hospital experience at the Los Angeles VA Center and the Houston VA Hospital, linked to USC and UH graduate schools. Participants earn $2.02 per hour for 28 hours weekly with on site housing at nominal cost.
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Veterans Administration
Los Angeles
Cal
Houston
University of Southern California
University of Houston
Central Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Veterans Adm
Washington
D. C
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Sincerely, Gus J. Strauss
Ernest Laqua
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Engle
Hildebrandt
E Antonio
Cpl. Koncaba
Lavaca Soil Conservation Dist
John S. Nelson
Barta
Legion Anniversary
Msgr. J. Pustka
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