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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1954
Page
2
A concise notice advises using Eagle classified ads to sell items quickly. It emphasizes speed and reach of the newspaper’s classifieds for buyers and sellers seeking rapid transactions.
A county and district voice concerns to Congressman Clark W Thompson. They urge action in Washington to reverse farm losses and outmigration, blaming tariff effects and one sided allotment policy for shrinking markets and delaying farm prosperity. They call for prompt steps to restore farming viability and local industry growth.
Rep. Thompson writes before primaries that some push a law guaranteeing success to every family farmer. He argues a better chance for the family farmer would suffice rather than a blanket guarantee.
Rep Thompson argues no one can be forced to stay where they do not want to be, while critics fault McCarthyism abroad and at home. The piece cites Red fears, five amendments, and notes Westbrook Pegler's worries about Harriman and Roosevelt in California and New York.
The piece critiques New Deal era price supports and acreage controls as creeping government ownership of farms. It cites Missouri Farm Bureau warnings and cites a projected 1954 wheat harvest, surplus holdings, and a 1954 surplus disposal law. It notes Australia’s Sir Arthur Fadden condemning surplus grain dumping as harming farmers abroad.
MSgt. Frank O. Freeman of Pensacola Florida now with the First Marine Aircraft Wing in Korea qualified on the regular .45 pistol course at the San Diego Recruit Training Center using a wooden sling shot with a 12 inch natural rubber sling Freeman is a veteran rifle and pistol shooter dating to 1947 and has long favored slingshots noting he began using one at age five The piece highlights his hunting interest and past small game income from frog legs and rabbit hunting.
A trail through Blackjack Peninsula has been cut to a lookout for observing and photographing Whoopers with telescopic gear. The feeding area near the brush line has been banked to retain water after blizzards. Twenty four slowed birds returned north last spring. November will reveal if numbers have risen or fallen. Mr and Mrs Tom H Tousek and daughter Florine and Mr and Mrs James Kouba of Hallettsville visited Port Lavaca on Sunday.
Freeman recalls a notable display near Del Mar California where he killed a quail on the fly using a sling shot with a 200 grain slug and 35 pound pull. He also notes a 250 yard capability and qualified with a score of 250 at a San Diego range while firing .45 caliber slugs.
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