Curly top Tomato Disease Affects Texas Fields
Curly top fungal virus disease hits irrigated West and South Texas with up to 33 percent loss in Northwest areas during epidemics. Appears in South Texas in April May and may reach northern regions by June to August. Infected leaves grayish green then yellow with purple veins. plants stop growing die within weeks. Beet leafhopper spreads virus from wild hosts to tomatoes. other crops also susceptible. Control includes weekly insecticide spraying, dense stands, weed eradication near fields, and shielding young plants. Local agents offer more details and a copy of publication L-475 Tomato Diseases.
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State Library and Archives Building Opens in Austin
Texans will soon tour the new State Library and Archives Building on Capitol grounds East of the Capitol. The edifice houses priceless historical documents and quarters for the State Library and General Land Office with dramatic Texas history decor.
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Texas
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General Land Office
France
Spain
Mexico
Republic of Texas
Confederate States of America
United
State Library and Archives Building Opens in Texas
The article describes the new State Library and Archives Building with a library on the main floor including a charge desk and reading room, archives with a large work room, and a Land Office on upper floors. It notes design details, a Texas showcase lobby, and a 1957 appropriation of 2.5 million dollars led by the State Building Commission.
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Capitol Rotunda
Texas
Capitol
State Library and Archives
State Building Commission
E. E. McAdams
Price Daniel
Will Wilson
H. R. Nieman
Building Commission
State Archives Building
Heritage of
Secret Everybody Knew From the AT&T annual report
The Fort Worth Press notes that three in five households now have individual line service while ten years ago three in four used party lines. The piece laments urban progress reducing such “America’s worst kept secret” including rural eavesdropping as neighbors tracked each other. It ends with a comment on language and animal taxonomy.
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America
Fort Worth
Funeral for Jake Ferrell Held by American Legion
Randolph precinct saw funeral services for Jake Ferrell, killed in France on September 12, 1918, with the Preston P. Everheart Post, American Legion, conducting the rites on Tuesday afternoon.
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Preston P. Everheart
American Legion
Randolph
Jake Ferrell
France
Thomas J. Doss
W. J. Doss
East Whitewright
Severs Holcomb
Lucy Brock
Inez
Gladys Ray
H. D. Neff
Hamlin
Prison hires seek fit men for guard work
The Huntsville prison seeks physically fit men aged 21 to 55 with at least a 10th grade education. J. N. Crawford Jr. is in charge of hiring at the Huntsville prison.
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J. N. Crawford Jr
Huntsville
Weather and local notices from Whitewright and families
June rainfall in Whitewright reached 8.74 inches. Roy Coffman family moved to Denison on Monday. Mrs. A B Skipworth, 89, died at the home of her son in law and daughter C C Cates on June 29.
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the Sun
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
Whitewright Elevator Co., Inc
Reynolds Haliburton
Lillian Cambron
Oscar
Pig) Jones
J. R. Jordan
West Grand Avenue
Joe Rich
Bryan Weber
Montgomery Ward
Laredo
E. J. Lilley
M. H. Mullins
Jesse Blackerby
Ely News
Whitewright
Roy Coffman
Denison
M. R. Keener
A. B. Skipworth
C. C. Cates
Subscription rates and editorial policy excerpt
The Sun lists Grayson and Fannin County subscriptions at 2.50 outside those counties 3.00 and foreign at 5.00 The Sun describes itself as a service institution inviting news items while the editor reserves the right to decide what is news and to reject items that are promotional or too old.
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Fannin
Grayson and
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Texas Press Association
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Proskam
The
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
GAMC
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Paul Jarvis
P. M. Jarvis
Sherman Hospital
Orbin Blanton
Mexico City
University of Mexico
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Quality Homes
Bel Air
Biscayne
Chevy
Chevy Corvair
Chevrolet
Whitewright, Texas
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