Texas Institute to Study Grasses and Soil Loss
A University of Texas scientist says Texas is losing soil and grasses must be replenished to save the land. Dr. W. G. Whaley, director of a new Plant Research Institute, outlines plans to study grasses after current projects. The institute, expanding Cotton Investigation and Research, will begin with corn experiments and add other crops to improve Texas agriculture.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
W. G. Whaley
Plant Research Institute
Clayton Research Foundation
Whaley
Biographical Cyclopedia Hoax Survived 33 Years
Collier's notes a major hoax on the 1886 Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography editors. A stranger mailed 84 fictitious biographies and works, all published as authentic achievements. The deception went undetected for 33 years.
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Appleton’s
Collier's
Divorce Rise Traced To War And Alcohol
LAS VEGAS Nev Half the domestic troubles blamed for rising divorces this year stem from the war and half from alcohol Judge Frank Mc Namee said Four of five complainants are women yet the stigma of a man divorcing a wife has disappeared He noted 261 divorce hearings in the first three weeks of January versus 212 in the four weeks of January 1946 The Sun does all kinds of printing
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank McNamee
McNamee
Dr. Cox warns of lower cotton prices in 1947
In the Texas Business Review Dr. A B Cox, UT cotton marketing professor, cautions growers to plan 1947 operations with care as prices are expected to decline. He notes declines may not be universal or uniform, and will not occur at the same time, with carryover estimates discussed.
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A. B. Cox
Austin
University of Texas
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
Cox
Sherman Democrat on Sale at Wilson's Cafe Afternoon
Classified items note a small black bulldog with white on the breast lost by Gwen Kent and contact via phone 168. Also for sale base plugs switches and electrical wire by Jack Forrest. A floor landing service offers old and new floors with guaranteed work from Spivy Paint Store Bonham.
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Sherman Democrat
Wilson
Gwen Kent
Jack Forrest
Whitewright
Spivy Paint Store
Bonham
Cotton demand and carryover forecast for 1946
Dr. Cox said U S cotton production on August 1 will total about 3,200,000 bales, the lowest since August 1929, with a carryover of 7,522,000 bales on August 1, 1946. Demand for cotton goods remains strong in the United States and worldwide, suggesting high consumption in the next 12 months.
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United States
Cox
Robbery Victim Fractured Skull In Denison Home
Mrs Frank Ramsey of 501 West Texas Denison is in Madonna Hospital with a fractured skull after an armed robber struck her with a revolver during a Saturday night home invasion. Police seek a Black man 25 to 30, about five eight, 150 pounds, who remains at large after a suspect was arrested Sunday night and viewed by the victims. The attack occurred as Herman Ramsey, 22, and Mrs Hassie Riddle were present and $15 taken.
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Frank Ramsey
West Texas
Denison
Madonna Hospital
Herman Ramsey
Hassie Riddle
Dinosaur National Monument Established in Utah in 1915
The Dinosaur National Monument in Utah was set aside in 1915 to preserve fossil remains of prehistoric animals.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Utah
Stripes in the Sky and a Shiny Dustpan Tip
A child named Alice pleads to stay up for the stripes in the night sky while her mother gently guides her to bed. A housekeeping note adds that waxing a dustpan helps it stay clean and dust slide off more easily.
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Alice
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