Shrimp Industry Boom Boosts Bayside Plant and Port Ties
A midweek port report details rising shrimp catches and market potential. Bayside Net and Twine Co expands as one of eight U S factories making shrimp trawling webbing and twine, with plans to add looms and widen production amid local development talks led by John L Tompkins Co.
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United States
Bayside
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Baltimore
England
Miey
John LL. Tompkins and Company
Tompkins
Port Isabel’s drying plant boosts local industry and prestige
Ted Nelson and colleagues spotlight a new dipping and drying setup at Port Isabel that processes cotton webbing into tar impregnated trawls. The system uses a 5 drum tar pot, butane heat, and a 180 degree cut off, delivering air circulation to prevent burning. Nets are dried on a 22 net capacity high line, with six day reel drying and four hour drain periods before tar impregnation and final drying. The project, praised for boosting local economy and future prospects, is tied to developer Ted Nelson and local leaders.
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Uite
Lone
Bui
Port Isabel
Ted Nelon
Gaily Coulson
Martin Towers
Hesse
Valley tourism booms amid winter visitor rise across cities
Harlingen reports Suinan Winter tourists up about 25 percent from last year while Raymondville sees a 100 percent surge. Westseo notes 200 to 300 winter visitors. Edinburg fills accommodations as winter demand peaks. Padre Island and Cameron County investments back a new park project along the island’s southern coast.
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Bill McCabb
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Edinburs
Carl Biasig
San Benito
Restau
First Woman Returned Safe From Padre Island Mission
Kate Adele and Mrs. Siderius completed a trek to Padre Island guided by Colonel Sam and crew in Model T Fords. They reached Port Isabel after a long crossing by ferry, with no incidents reported and a rural crowd noting the home demonstration effort.
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Sam
Bessie Campbell
Corpus Christi
San Angelo
Siderius
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Hns
Kate Adsie
Mrs
Port Isabel
Sland
Brownsville
Storms Sweep Through Central Texas With Thunder Showers
Storms continue to sweep through Central Texas bringing thundershowers across multiple counties. Residents report brief power flickers and localized street flooding as dark clouds move eastward delaying afternoon activities.
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Stormsontinue
Central
Texas
Public Hunt Foreseen On Duck Area In Texas Refuges
The Texas Game and Fish Commission plans to use a 400000 Pittman Robertson grant to permit controlled public hunting on migratory bird refuge areas. The main refuge will lie along the Gulf coast for fall waterfowl concentration with funds also earmarked for whiteweed dove refuges in the Rio Grande Valley. The commission moved to qualify for the grant before July 1, authorized 100000 in state funds to match the federal allotment, with Texas expected to receive the maximum.
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Texas Game and Fish Commission
Pittman-Robertson
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Falcon Water Now 652000 Acre-Feet
Water in Falcon lake totals 652000 acre-feet with seven months of supply at current withdrawals for Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers. June withdrawals averaged 6000 acre-feet daily, later reduced to 1600 on the north side and 18 for Mexico as cotton irrigation ended. Rain across the valley could replenish some water.
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Falcon Lake
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Falcon
Government Employees Share of the Economy
Government at all levels employs 15 percent of workers and accounts for 17 percent of personal income. It also makes 38 percent of expenditures and produces 20 percent of the gross national product.
Forest Fire Activity Rises in 1954 Records
Agriculture Department reports an average of 485 fires daily in 1954, totaling 176,891 fires and over 8.8 million acres damaged. The year shows a 12 percent increase from 1953, affecting timber, water, forage, wildlife and recreation resources.
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Agriculture Department
Soviet Returns 10 Lend-Lease Craft to U.S.
The Soviet Government recently returned ten lent ships to the United States, including infantry landing craft LCDs loaned to Russia during World War II. They were part of the wartime lend-lease program and are now official U.S. property restored to the Navy.
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