Cotton Producers Propose $2.50 Per 100 Lb Picking Rate
The Missouri Cotton Producers Association urged a maximum picking price of $2.50 per 100 pounds for Missouri this season. Secretary-manager Ronnie F. Greenwell said the recommendation aims to balance fairness for pickers and growers amid high production costs and lower loan rates. The plan, spread in 28 Missouri newspapers and one Arkansas county, emphasizes sustaining farmers’ income and avoiding lender losses.
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Portageville
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
Missouri
Cotton Belt
Mississippi County
Ark
Ronnie F. Greenwell
Greenwell
Association
Former Blodgett Man Dies at Poplar Bluff
John B. Wallis 72 retired farmer of Elsinore and Blodgett died Sunday night in Poplar Bluff. Funeral at Nunnelee Funeral Home in Charleston Tuesday at 1 pm. Burial in Blodgett. Survived by two brothers Leonard Wallis Oroville Calif and two sisters Mrs Margarette Clippard Blodgett and Mrs Alta Blackwell Cape Girardeau. Greenwell said plans to bring in many Mexican workers to harvest crops if needed.
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John B. Wallis
Elsinore
Blodgett
Poplar Bluff
Nunnelee
Charleston
Wallis
Leonard Wallis
Oroville
Calif
Margarette Clippard
Alta Blackwell
Cape Girardeau
One Hundred Sikeston Youth Prepares for College
Nearly 100 Sikeston youths depart this September to colleges across Missouri and the nation. Names listed include students bound for the University of Missouri Columbia and Rolla School of Mines, plus others heading to Southeast Missouri State, Washington University, Florida State, Trevecca Nazarene, Southwest Baptist, Central College, Stephens College, University of New Mexico, Illinois Wesleyan, and more.
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Sikeston
Missouri
United States
University of Missouri, Columbia
Jack Bowman
Buford Baker
Ned Tanner
Martha Stevens
Bob Deneke
Bill Woehlecke
Peggy Lair
Dot Matthews
Parker Rowe
Bob Foley
David Lumsden
Eleanor McClure
Alice Martin
Earl Martin
Charles French
Herbert Cathy
Dick McDougal
Nadine Fox
Earl Boardman
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Jack Mitchell
Lee Walton Bloomfield
Barbara Williams
Jay Dowden
Graham Sadler
John Caverno
Jack Edwards
Carolyn Wilkinson
Lawanda Calhoun
Dean Spencer
Jerry Jones
Bill Hodges
Bob Dye
Buell Gimlin
Alfred Bach
Travis Jackson
Bill Warren
Johnny Waters
Bill Patterson
Bill Halter
Gene Hayden
Ann Schulte
Ardeth Kirby
Dennis Guess
Betty Wayne Cummins
Jane Wilkerson
Keith Bess
Buddy Clayton
Charlie Hahs
Joe Poe
Dale Lackey
Janette Bomer
Jackie Sue Scott
Rolla School of Mines
Rolla
Tommy McClure
Bill Greer
Paul Trotter
Washington University
St. Louis
John Kendig
Heddy Keith
Jim Harris
Joan Schroff
Donna Lee Tanner
Leonard Vaughan
Jane Cummins
Florida State University
Tallahasse
Freddie Ray Aduddell
Sacramento Junior College
California
Roger Bailey Jr
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Bill Wagner
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
David Shy
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Gerald Ham
Joe Moll
Champion High School
Prairie Due Chien
Louis Blanton
Southwest Missouri State College
Springfield
Pat Davis
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Bill Dudley
Kansas City Art Institute
Bill Northington
St. John's School of Nursing
Joan Pixley
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Richard Lewis
Lindenwood
St. Charles
Phyllis Laux
Iowa State
Ames
Leroy Beal
John Boardman
Kansas University
Lawrence
Frank Stevens
Charlies Proffer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
David Rowe
Atlantic Coast Swept By Storm Leaving Large Florida Losses
A hurricane moved from Florida toward the northeast inflicting major damage across the Atlantic coast. millions faced outages as downed wires hit Brooklyn to the Bronx. West Palm Beach endured the core with airport damage and beaches. Red Cross opened disaster relief HQs as casualties rose.
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Atlantic Coast
Florida
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
Maine
Canada
North Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
West Palm Beach
Lake Worth
Fort Lauderdale
Atlantic
Georgia
International Airport
Red Cross
Wheat Acreage Allotment Under 1949 Farm Program
The wheat acreage allotment for 1950 harvest is each farm's share of the national allotment. Based on tillable acres, soil, rotation, and topography, with full price support if not overseeded. Brannan says allotments fair to assign responsibility and may avert quotas if production aligns with demand.
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Scott County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Evin Burke
Charles F. Brannan
Missouri farmers to discuss agriculture's future advisory conferences
Missouri farm leaders will meet next week at Southeast Missouri State College Cape Girardeau to review 4 H and extension work and hear recommendations for reorganizing the U S Department of Agriculture. D H Doane A J Renner J W Burch plus Katheryn Zimmerman and Wencker L Meyer attend.
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Missouri
D. H. Doane
Hoover Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
A. J Renner
Missouri 4-H Foundation
J. W. Burch
Katheryn Zimmerman
Missouri Extension Service
Wencker L. Meyer
Little Theater
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Advisory Committee Meetings At Missouri University
Advisory Committee schedules set for the coming year with five meetings in five districts. Meetings occur in Rolla Springfield Cape Girardeau Shelbina and Gallatin on September 6 7 8 and 9 respectively.
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Missouri University
Rolla
Springfield
Cape Girardeau
Shelbina
Gallatin
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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Carroll Ow
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Worth, Texas
C. D. Butler
Maryville College
Anne Blanton
St. Louis University
Joe Blan
John Gaston Hospital
Memphis
Lavanna Wallace
University of Tennessee
Illinois University
Champaign
Bill Haters
Dempster’s
Malone and Rex
the Woman's Civic Club of
Rmory
Furs
Leppertloos
Clite
the Board of Education of
Clarence Cantrell
Sikeston Public Schools
the Herald
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