Army Air Forces Captain Joins Occupation Forces in Italy
Captain Haynes Baumgardner, now serving as a first lieutenant, departed Camp Kilmer New Jersey on November 27 to join occupation forces in Italy. Pfc. Padgett, ASN 38799279, qualified as a US Army paratrooper on October 24, 1946 after five jumps at the 11th Airborne Division Jump School Sendai Japan. He completed a two week class with ground and jump training and five day jumps at 1200 feet. He earns the parachute wings and $50 extra pay monthly.
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Haynes Baumgardner
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Italy
Air Corps
Eighth Army
Japan
Poyt
Ralph BE
Padgett
ASN
U. 8
11Th Airborne Division
Sendai
Pvt
Cotton Insurance Offered Farmers in Texas
Federal crop insurance for the 1947 cotton crop is now available to all Texas cotton farmers. State Director B F Vance of the PMA says contracts are signed in county ACA offices with coverage from 40 to 75 percent of expected yield. All risk protection starts at planting and rises as the crop grows, linking higher costs to greater crop value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
B. F. Vance
Production and Marketing Administration
ACA
Vance
PMA
Texas Farm Bureau delegates push USDA research and crop controls
The 18th annual Texas Farm Bureau convention in San Antonio endorsed expanded USDA research and continued crop controls to counter surpluses. J Walter Hammond of Tye was elected president Frank Taylor of Waco vice president and J H West of Bishop secretary treasurer. A special train will carry Texas delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation in San Francisco in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
San Antonio
USDA
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
J. Walter Hammond
Tye
Frank Taylor
Waco
J. H. West
Bishop
Sec
Texas Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
San Francisco
Southwest Turkey Breeders Exposition Highlights Texas Leaders
Excellent judging marked the Southwest Turkey Breeders Exposition in Fort Worth. New Texas Turkey Federation officers include Bill Williams as president and B. T. Wiley as vice president. Grand champion was Mrs. D. S. Battey’s old hen. reserve champ was an old tom shown by Tom Bingham. Junior top honors went to Robert Lehman. A Thanksgiving gobbler parade was forecast, with crop prospects noted as slightly down but civilian consumption up as armed forces use falls.
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Fort Worth
Texas Turkey Federation
Bill Williams
Gatesville
B. T. Wiley
Santa Anna
Myna Lee Mitchell
Midlothian
W. H. Arnold
Victoria
Tom Bingham
Aubrey
George McCarthy
Texas
American Federation
R. E. Jones
Austin
Williams
McCarthy
Ike Comer
Hamilton
D. S. Battey
Floydada
Robert Lehman
Creedomre
Anderson
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The
Ture
Mexico
U. S
Stephens
Brownwood
Mark Buckingham
Jersey
Hopkins County
Shannon Carpenter
Dallas
HOUSE
Allan Hammond
House of Representatives
Washington Ballet School
Ballet Russe
Constitution Hall
Diane Plane
Lucille Collins
Jacqueline Williams
Farm and Ranch
Layne Beaty
WBAP
T. R. Stephens
U. S. Department of Agricul
H. OG. Wiles
Wellington
Cooper Studio
Vicki
Hou
Wwe
Crocket
Phillips
Phillips 66
Chevrolet
Clark Chevrolet Co
Lingyon, Texa
Gian Pal
Bui
Glabiola Flyur
Fant Milling Company
Sherman, Texas
Gran'ma
BY Graham Hunter
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