Community Wide Flea Hopper Control Urged By Experts
Cotton farmers urged to adopt early season, community wide insecticide programs to curb flea hoppers. Article notes flea hoppers caused major losses in Hunt County in 1950, details life cycle, damage to squares, and recommended DDT toxaphene dieldrin aldrin benzene hexachloride and chlordane dusts with specific spray rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Belt
Ed McKay
Hunt County
McKay
Cotton
Texans Spend $860 A Year in Retail Establishments
Washington based census figures show per capita retail sales in Texas reaching 860 dollars annually from 1948 data. Texas total retail sales stood at 6.519 billion dollars, up from 1939 figures of 281 dollars per person and 1.804 billion dollars in total sales.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Communists sing their version of I Did Not Raise My Boy
Berlin reports that the Communist faction has penned a new wartime song to the tune of Lili Marleen. The verse mocks building tanks for Adenauer and sending Eisenhower’s boys to battle, urging a united Germany where east and west cooperate. The passage ends with adults noting that everybody reads the want ads.
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Berlin
Lili Marleen
Lemon Snow Pudding From Gel-Cookery Dessert Feature
A Lemon Snow Pudding recipe uses unflavored gelatine to showcase lemon flavor. The method covers softening gelatine, dissolving in boiling water with sugar, adding lemon juice and rind, chilling to a thick stage, beating egg whites, folding in gelatine mix, and chilling until firm. Serves six with custard sauce.
VFW Chief Promises to Eat One Old Crow
Julian Dicken sen dined on old crow after Wichita VFW post overtook Lubbock post as world’s largest in membership. National adjutant general Dicken sen banqu eted with steak while crow was served roasted with feathers. he said it “doesn’t taste bad” before replacing it with a steak.
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VFW
Wichita
Kan
Julian Dickensen
Dickensen
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lubbock, Texas
Local ad notices list sales and rentals around town
Classified items include FOR SALE items such as ladders a washpot house moves and farm properties. Rentals include two unfurnished housekeeping rooms downstairs apartment and a five room house. Also listed are prices for collie pups a Corona Zephyr typewriter and farm equipment with multiple businesses advertising auto parts seeds wiring and hardware services.
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Caro Maxey
W. A. Martin
J. R. Williams
Glenn Hicks
Route
Corona Zephyr
Alyne Felker
Jack Nossaman
Stephens & Bryant
East Whtewright
Bath
J. B. Layman
Chiggers Alert And Control Tips From Health Official
State Health Officer George W. Cox warns chiggers or harvest mites will be active from May through fall. They do not burrow but feed on blood, causing severe itching and possible secondary infections. Controlling them in lawns and camps by close mowing and applying 2 to 5 pounds per acre of crude benzene hexachloride can reduce nuisance.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Bermuda
Bermuda Grass. Chiggers, Dr. Cox
Cox
Census Taker Hears Racial Jibe From Mountaineer
A mountain man tells a census taker he will have only four children because an almanac claims every fifth child worldwide is a China man. The quip highlights dated racial stereotypes embedded in social surveys.
Businessman and Banker Discuss Note Payment Rate
A businessman asks a banker about meeting his next month's note. The banker admits worry, and the client responds that the bank’s 6 percent fee is why he pays them.
The Sun invites reader visits and items as courtesy
The notice asks readers to share visits and any item of interest, valuing courtesy in reporting. It emphasizes mentioning guest visits in The Sun and notifying the paper of items or events to feature. The tone is warmly communal and invites participation.
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Wolfe City
Whitewright
T. W. Ayres & Son
Peters Shoes
Pat Hamilton
Denton
Richland
First National Bank
Whitewight
Whitewright School
Whitewright, Texas
Allen Memorial Hospital
Bonham
Henrietta Kincaid
J. H. Miller
Farley & Hill
Trenton
Wyoming Mail
Dallas
Stooge
Westinghouse and
Philco
Reliable
Sandy
C. J. Meadow Hardware
Babcock Auto Store
Barbee
Ford
Chevrolet
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
Cole’s
Phillips Grocery
Orenduff
Carton
Rath’s
Bologna
Post
Campbell’s Tomato Soup
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