Trucker Mud Guard Rule Enacted by Texas Legislature
Texas truckers face a new law effective June 21 requiring mud guards on road tractors trailers and semi trailers with four rear tires when roads are wet. Guards must sit within six inches of the pavement behind rear wheels and cover at least the tire width to prevent mud spray within 100 feet. Metal rubber or similar materials allowed. some vehicles with adequate fenders or enclosures are exempt.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Science Rescues Fading Heirloom
The Library of Congress reports the U S Bureau of Standards has devised hermetically sealed bronze cases with air pumped out and helium surrounding the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The plan aims for completion by Constitution Day September 17 with ceremonies and a pledge to preserve these items for the American people.
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Library of Congress
America
United States
U. S. Bureau of Standards
John Hancock
Bureau of Standards
Cost of producing an acre of cotton in Hunt County
County Agent Ed McKay tabulates costs for an average Hunt County cotton acre. With 161 pounds lint per acre and 40 cents a pound, gross profit would be 64.40, production costs 55.00, net 9.40, or 16.10 for a tenant scenario, highlighting tenant farming and rural decline.
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Wolfe City
Sun
Ed McKay
Hunt County
Civilian Goods Shortage Predicted By Fall or Winter
Washington reports economists warn civilian goods will become scarce by fall or winter as defense production accelerates and inventories flood the civilian market. With a $70 billion record in warehouses, consumer demand may lag while arms output shifts to military contracts and retooling slows civilian supply.
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Washington
Ford Executive Sees Shortage Of Passenger Cars
Detroit Ford executive vice president Ernest R. Breech warned a passenger car shortage could last for years due to reduced 1952 production. He noted unemployment will fall slowly as workers move to defense jobs and that peak defense output won't arrive until 1953. He cited government directives lowering quarterly passenger car output for Ford Lincoln and Mercury to about 256000 units, risking supply shortfalls for car buyers.
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Detroit
Ernest R. Breech
Ford Motor Co
Breech
Ford
Lincoln
Mercury
America
Local Want Ads Offer Rentals and Sales in Whitewright Area
Classified notices list rental offers including a five room house five miles south of town and three room unfurnished apartment aimed at an elderly couple or a woman. Sales include Texberta peaches and Hereford cattle with calves. Other items cover eggs, cream, hides buyers, feeds for chicks, wiring supplies, watches repair, and radios. Local businesses such as Hannah Florists, The Peveto Company, Babcock Auto Store and Sandy's Radio Shop advertise services and parts. Tom Barbee and Stephens Bryant real estate listings appear for buying or selling land or property.
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C. C. McKenna
Manton Fain
Caro Maxey
Farley & Hill
Butane
Jack Nossaman
Stephens & Bryant
Whitewright
Hannah Florists
Carrie Hamilton
Babcock Auto Store
Trenton
Judy Holland
Westinghouse
Philco
Sandy
C. J. Meadow Hardware
Ford
Chevrolet
Tom Barbee
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
Tyler Father Sues Son For 30791 In Damages
George J. Rodieck sues Morris A. Rodieck in District Court at Tyler seeking 30791 for damages from a business dispute. He alleges they formed a welding plant partnership in 1945 and that Morris moved equipment and started a competing shop after he was away. Claim breaks down to 25524 loss of income 4667 equipment and 600 partnership expenses.
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Tyler
George J. Rodieck
Morris A. Rodieck
Texan Dips Snuff 144 Times Daily Without Spitting
Ben Wheeler resident Elbert Bartlett Weaver, 82, claims a lifetime snuff habit, dipping for 72 years since age ten in Alabama. He rode fourteen hours by bus to Sweetwater without spitting, taking a dip every five minutes to prove his claim.
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Ben Wheeler
van Zandt County
Elbert Bartlett Weaver
Weaver
Alabama
Sweetwater
Snuff Dipper Claims 144 Dips Daily and Long History
The subject reports dipping about 144 times per day and says he has spent roughly $1,650 on snuff across seventy two years.
Barber fined five dollars after suds facial incident
Forrest A. White a St Louis barber was fined five dollars after his barbering left hand customer Martin Cosentino with suds in the face Cosentino said White appeared intoxicated and mashed suds into his face during a haircut. The court notes reference to other unrelated facts about mastodon ivory and ostriches but the main item concerns the barber court fine.
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ST. Louis
Forrest A. White
White
Martin Cosentino
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T. W. Ayres & Son
Batiste
Ford Executive
Wade Robbins
Lettie Bell Pierson
Earth
Kathleen Pierson Shelby
Dad Suesson
Barber
Siberia
Social
Kimbell’s Flour
Charmin
Thompson
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