Nation's Spud Growers Organize to Form National Potato Council
The National Potato Council opens a Washington office March 1 to unify potato producers nationwide and promote education to increase potato consumption. Officers include S A Wathen president and John C. Brome secretary, with broad regional representation on the board.
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Nation’s Spud
National Potato Council
Washington
Washington, D. C
S. A. Wathen
Fort Fairfield
Maine
California Carolina
John C. Brome
Aurora
North Carolina
William B. Duryee
Allentown
New Jersey
United States
Council
Watden
Routes Investigated For Q Fever Spread In California
Three possible transmission routes for Q fever from infected livestock to humans are under study. Dr. Wilton L. Halverson notes continuing investigations while Kern County reports few cases and high pasteurization of dairy milk. Analysis of 300 Southern California cases links raw milk, livestock contact, or proximity to dairy or stockyards to infections. The possibility of airborne transmission is considered significant.
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Wilton L. Halverson
W. C. Buss
Kern County
California
Halverson
Students Select Double Cast For School Play We Shook the Family Tree
From about thirty tryouts a double cast for the Shafter High School gym presentation of We Shook the Family Tree was chosen this week. Final cast will be picked after two weeks of practice. Roles include Hildegarde played by Beverly Duke and Bonnie Williams and Freddie by Bertram Fuller and Wesley Brown.
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Shafter High School
Jean Waffle
Jeanette Wheeler
Edwin DeMello
Thomas Letizia
Margrette Smithberg
Hildegarde
Beverly Duke
Bonnie Williams
Freddie
Bertram Fuller
Wesley Brown
Sally
Evelyn Rikard
Mary Edwards
Bob
John Kelly
Wayne Horn
Jerry Johns
Ellie May
Goldie Gipson
Dolly Mixon
Marianne Devlin
Barbara Steakites
Banker
Eugene Schmidt
Kay Raney
Sybie Nelms
Jeanne Gorsching
Betty Taylor
Doris Loewen
Dewayne Neufeld
Troy Smart
Paige
Mailman
Dixie Sturges
Mary Channeson
Support Expected For Cotton Issue
Gus P. Backman of Salt Lake City president of the Western States Council says Senators and Congressmen from the mountain states will back California cotton acreage proposals when finally voted on. He says the threat to cut California cotton acreage in 1950 via discriminatory allocation was raised at a Central Valley Empire Association meeting in Washington last Thursday.
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California
Gus P. Backman
Salt Lake City
Western States Council
Washington
Backman
Central Valley Empire Association
Mountain States
School Leaders Back Grand National Junior Show Plans
School officials from urban and parochial systems endorse the Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition at the Cow Palace April 9 to 14. More than 1,200 FFA and 4-H youth will bring over 4,000 head of cattle sheep and swine for judging auction and display. An arena show with rodeo acts and horsemanship will entertain attendees.
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Porter Lesnon
San Francisco-San Mateo
Cow Palace
State Veterans Reach New Mark
California veterans benefiting from the Farm and Home Purchase Plan rose past 31,000 with 398 more contract-holders added in January, announced by State Director of Veterans Affairs Lawrence C. Stevens.
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California
Veterans Affairs
Lawrence C. Stevens
Central California citrus hit by January freeze loss
An independent survey led by Senator Howard Williams and Assemblymen Harlan Hagen and Joe C. Lewis estimates multi million dollar damage to the citrus industry in central California from an January frost. Trees suffer 100% loss in some cases with two year production gaps.
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Central California
Howard Williams
Porterville
Harlan Hagen
Hanford
Joe C. Lewis
Buttonwillow
Victor Bowker
Peterville
Sam Miller
Terra Bella
California Citrus Producers Association
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W. B. Camp
New Group
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Atlantic Building
F Street
N.W
Distributors of
U. S
Pacific Modern
Alex Kloeppel
Central Ave
C. H. Otten
Gray's Men's Store
Bakersfield Bedding Co
South
Chester
Urner’s
Chester Ave
Bakersfield
Wittenberg Poultry & Fish Market
Santa FE
Mack's General Store
Flickinger
Shafter Press
Ruud
Ruud-Monel
Home Appliance & Furniture CO
Memser
Fe Parra
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