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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
4
A dubious diet pitch promises rapid fat loss and a sleeker figure using a listed remedy and grapefruit guidance. Testimonials claim weight drops in days, with exaggerated notes about arms and abdomen shrinking.
A group of Texans led by J E McDonald Texas agriculture commissioner advocates a two price system for cotton. The plan would guarantee a fixed price for cotton sold at home while globe market sales affect export. Texans Cleve Taridy F M Vining and James D Ward join talks with officials to discuss citrus shipments from Florida to Texas.
Texans and Texas lawmakers pressed for a price support program for mohair. Leaders from the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers, including Sayers Farmer of Sunction and Rep. Fisher, urged Agriculture Secretary Brannan for a base price of 30 cents per pound for brown mohair and 10 cents for kid hair. They cited Angora goat numbers dropping from 4,544,000 in 1941 to 2,700,000 by Jan. 1, 1945.
The Navy orders reduction of 38 station type hospitals to army style dispensaries. Corpus Christi and Dallas naval air stations are among those affected, with three service hospitals to be closed to ease doctor and scientist shortages. No Texas hospitals are among the closed facilities.
The House Public Lands Committee approved adding about 2300 acres to Big Bend National Park in Texas for highway access. Congress had appropriated 30,000 to purchase the land, Rep. Regan D Texas said.
Jack Smith alias H. H. Johnson, an inmate at Lansing prison, studied law for years to win freedom from a 15 year auto theft sentence. He argued his case before Judge Lee Bond and testified, but was later arraigned before Judge Joseph Dawes and received an extra seven years for perjury after admitting to false testimony in his habeas corpus hearing.
President Truman plans two Jefferson Jackson day victory dinners in Washington to promote his domestic program and the May 16 to June 30 savings bond drive. He spoke at a previous dinner endorsing the bond campaign and noted that campaign workers can endure for 1000 years. He will dine at the Mayflower Hotel and address the Statler Hotel event with Senator Lucas Dill as toastmaster. The talks will be televised and broadcast.
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