Cotton Bloc Seeks to Preserve Parity in 1949 Farm Policy
The Southern cotton bloc aims to keep cotton supports at 90 percent of parity while allowing 80 to 90 percent for other crops under the 1949 farm act. They plan to press Secretary Brannan to ignore the flexible scale and maintain 90 percent parity, amid House and Senate divisions.
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Washington
Southern Cotton Bloc
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Harold D. Coiley
Dem
North Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Thomas
Agriculture Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Dislocated Jaw Prompt Requires Doctor Visit
Mr Jones asks Dr Smith to visit his wife who has just dislocated her jaw and requests a possible home or nearby check in the next couple of weeks. The dialogue records a phone call seeking medical attention.
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Mr. Jones
Marking Highway Safety Lines Rally Against Fool Drivers
Rural roads saw 1 395 deaths last year with 24 000 injuries and 43 million in losses. State Highway Dept spends 500 000 this year marking center and barrier lines to curb deadly wrong side passes. Drivers ignore dashed lines on curves and grades, causing head on and sideswipe crashes even at high speeds.
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Denison Herald
State Highway Department
Winnsboro Hermit Rich But Self Sufficient Lives Off Grid
Ledger Gilbert 51, a longtime resident near the Tidewater Oil Field, is one of the world’s wealthiest hermits. He owns 26 acres valued around 75000 dollars but lives in a self made log house with no gas, plumbing, or electricity. He buys nothing beyond rock salt and sustains himself with home grown food, sorghum molasses, and occasional wild game.
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Winnsboro
Tidewater
Here
Gilbert
U. S. Army
Dallas
Cotton Damage Tops Record Across Nation in 1949
The boll weevil and pests caused a total cotton damage of $617,874,186 nationwide in 1949, with Mississippi suffering $124,050,350 in lint and seed loss, a 28 percent yield reduction. Texas losses reached $65,966,172, about six percent of the national total.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
Mississippi
Texas
Opportunity Knocks at Local Garage Prices Drop Significantly
A recurring customer reports engine trouble at a busy garage where the manager announces new model price cuts nearing one hundred dollars. The swift sale hints at a strategy to move inventory and attract drivers seeking affordable options.
Veterans Questions And Answers For VA benefits
A compiled Q A discussing VA compensation rules for World War I service connected disabilities and pensions. It covers how income does not affect VA compensation, glasses for service connected vision loss, remarriage affecting widow compensation, and beneficiary privacy for life insurance. The document includes a legal notice portion with court names, dates, and property details from a Grayson County Texas case.
Texas citation heirs of Quillen notice of claim
Citation No. 58144 from the State of Texas to the heirs of Charles Quillen and to named relatives including C C Quillen W W Quillen Walter D Collins Lodoeskie M Collins and Charles C Collins with unspecified residences and heirs or legal representatives as of the filing party A R. The document lists multiple heirs and representatives and directs service of process as required by law.
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State Fair of Texas
P. O
Dallas
Texas
Elm Street
S. E. Hutton
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Sherman
G. W. Brown
Ellen W. Brown
Charles Quillen
D. C
L. M. Collins
Collinsville
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
State of
C. C. Quillen
W. W. Quillen
Walter D. Collins
Lodoeskie M. Collins
Charles C. Collins
A. R
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Huntsville
Texas Prison Education and Recreation Fund
State Fair Grandstand
Bird Rapports
Whitewright Lumber Co
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
E. Houston
L.la Rue
CCTV
White Wright
B.F. Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Kirewright, Texas
Tire Headquarters
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