Farm Income Drops 2 Percent for First Ten Months 1949
The University of Texas Bureau of Research reports farm earnings for January through October 1949 totaled 1.3398 billion dollars, a 2 percent decline from the same period in 1948. October cash income rose 5 percent from 1948, reaching 272.646 million, with cotton seed 22.01 million, cattle 30.041 million, and rice 11.058 million. Regional declines ranged from 24 percent in the South Texas Plains to 4 percent in the Black and Grand Prairies, while gains reached 4 percent in the Coastal Prairies and 24 percent in the Northern High Plains.
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Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Research
Bureau
South Texas Plains
Black and
Grand Prairies
Prairies
High Plains
Negro Killed in Truck Crash Near White Rock
Severne Orr a 26 year old Dallas Negro died Thursday at 6 pm in a Sherman hospital from injuries suffered two hours earlier when a truck overturned near the White Rock school house on the Whitewright Ida Sherman road. Richard Cato of Dallas rode in the pickup and was not hurt. he was arrested and jailed at Sherman after witnesses said the men had been drinking. The truck was borrowed from a Dallas man.
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Severne Orr
Dallas
Sherman
White Rock
Whitewright-Ida-Sherman Road
Orr
Richard Cato
Cato
Weevil, Borer, Hopper Top U.S. Crop Pests
An Agriculture Department entomologist lists the boll weevil, European corn borer, and grasshopper as the most damaging pests this year. He cites about 35 million dollars in cotton losses in the South and calls the damage the worst in 22 years, per the National Cotton Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
F. C. Bishop
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
National Cotton Council
Church Folk Pick Cotton to Aid Europe
Faith Temple Assembly of God members in Hillsboro contributed labor and seven former members donated cotton for overseas aid. The bale supports the Christian Rural Overseas Program helping Europeans unable to benefit under the Marshall Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hillsboro
Faith Temple Assembly of God Church
Christian Rural Overseas
Overcrowded Texas mental hospitals strain funds and care
Texas mental institutions face crowding with 3200 patients at Austin State Hospital and San Antonio facilities admitting more than they discharge. Experts warn that staff time and funding shortages hinder treatments like psychotherapy and occupational therapy, risking worsening conditions and higher state costs.
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Austin
Texas
A. T. Hanretta
Austin State Hospital
C. L. Jackson
Rusk Hospital
Texas Mental Hospital
Austin Hospital
San Antonio
Rusk
Jackson
Abilene
Rusk State Hospital
Hospitals push economics of room and board for state patients
Hospital representatives plan to explain the economics of room and board for mental patients to the Legislature in a January special session. They will argue it is economical to spend money to resocialize state boarders.
Horses Play Hob With Auto Paint In Nebraska Pasture
In Omaha a farmer allowed a family to picnic in his pasture with a warning to close gates. After return their car was scratched and paint stripped by horses that apparently enjoy soybean derivative automobile finishes. Columbia University began as Kings College.
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Omaha
Neb
Columbia University
Kings College
Small boy clashes with telephone operator in comic mixup
A boy argues with a phone operator over a number and insults her. A mother apologizes and connects the call, then the boy again calls and declares the operator is still dumb. The text also advises keeping operating directions and guarantees for home equipment in a loose-leaf notebook.
Wanted Ads and Public Sale Notice Across Tom Bean Area
A mixed page item list includes autos parts loans and sales from Babcock Auto Store Whitewright with tires and home freezers, plus a Sheriff's sale notice for Grayson County Texas, projecting foreclosure of O V Looney and Lula Looney property Lot 7 Block 3 O T P Tom Bean with sale set January 3 1950. Proceeds fund delinquent taxes and costs under a 6 percent interest lien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright
Sun
Ford
Chevrolet
Tom Barbee
Frank Roberts
Emmet Penn
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
O. V. Looney
Lula Looney
Texas
Block 3
Tom Bean
Markel Dicken
Lester Day
Uty
Kerman, Tex
Eye Bank Restores Sight for 500 in U S
New York report shows almost 500 blind Americans regained sight this year through corneal transplants. The Eye Bank for Sight Restoration Inc states about 10,000 more could gain vision with grafts, with over 83 percent success. It Do not buy eyes and relies on donations with support from 150 hospitals and the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eye Bank For Sight Restoration, Inc
Eye Bank
Red Cross Motor Corps
Ants Die From Girl's Skin Says Clovis Doctor
Two year old Delores Baca of Clovis New Mexico supposedly charms red ants that normally bite and wound people. Doctors say the ants are allergic to her skin and die after contact. Dozens of witnesses attest to the child’s alleged hex power over the venomous insects.
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Clovis
N. M
Delores Baca
Delores
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S. D. Blackerby
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Dawson Butane
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Jack Nossaman
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