July Plentiful Foods Highlight Turkey and Ice Cream Festivities
The July plentiful foods list from the USDA highlights turkey and ice cream with promotions during Mid-Summer Turkey Time and Ice Cream Festival. Fresh fruits like peaches lemons and limes are noted along with frozen strawberries and dairy products. eggs onions and peanut products are also listed as shelf items.
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College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
John J. Slaughter
Southwest
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Texas
Veteran Answers Clarify GI Loan and Insurance Provisions
Q and A cover eligibility for a surviving spouse to obtain a GI loan after the veteran’s death, payment options for GI life insurance proceeds to a widow, vocational rehabilitation eligibility regardless of service length, and absence rules for Korean GI Bill study. The piece notes September births are highest per Vital Statistics.
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Korea
National Office of Vital Statistics
Bananas Now Canned In Pureed Form
New York reports a breakthrough in canning bananas. Researchers developed a puree method that preserves flavor and color, overcoming heat sensitivity and enzyme-caused discoloration that plagued conventional canning.
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New York
How To Beat The Homework Racket
A look at home work ads from the American Legion Magazine reveals a 500 million dollar swindle preying on veterans and others. Promoters lure applicants with promises of $25 to $50 weekly for simple at home tasks then push costly information packets and overpriced merchandise. Postal inspectors and the Better Business Bureau note typical earnings near pennies per week and losses from buying useless supplies.
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Post Office Department
Federal Trade Commission
Better Business Bureaus
Better Business Bureau
FOR SALE AND SERVICE ADS IN THE SUN CLASSIFIEDS
A collage of classified items shows real estate for sale including a West Grand avenue house, used Frigidaire refrigerators from Johnson Jewelry & Appliances, driveway gravel and yard dirt contact, liability insurance, storm cellar interest, staplers priced from 3.15, several car models from Dixon Service Station, three farms for sale near Whitewright, flowers by the Flower Shop, and butane gas services. Also includes a CARD OF THANKS note for a long living 100 year English woman quote and a call for reader submissions to The Sun.
Hidden car taxes push price beyond sticker in Michigan
The Automobile Manufacturers Association lays out visible and hidden levies on a $2,000 car in Michigan. Visible charges total 71.02 dollars, while non visible taxes on materials labor and manufacturer and dealer taxes add 488.80, bringing the purchaser’s tax burden to 559.82 dollars. The note links higher postwar car prices to this tax load and mentions Epsom salt named after a spring in England.
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Automobile Manufacturers Association
Michigan
Fort Worth
Texas in Review offers contrasts on drouth flood farms
A June 26 KRLD TV segment contrasts Texas farms thrashed by drouth six months earlier with conditions after heavy rainfall. Humble's program covers the 4 H Club Roundup at Texas A&M with 2000 youths, highway safety through curve speed calculations, San Antonio’s founding celebration and Antonian High Mass, Army Dental Specialists training at Fort Sam Houston, and UT Texas Natural History collection highlights.
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Texas
Humble
Texas A&m
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas Natural History Collection
University of Texas
Texas In Review
Krld-Tv
Dallas
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Sophia Loren
Mombosa
Cornel
Victor Jory
Ann Doran
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Tau
Gregg Palmer
Allison Hayes
Autumn Russell
Kelly and
Technicolor
van Johnson
Piper Laurie
Joe Butterfly
Audie Murphy
George Nader
Dress Chambray
T. W. Ayres & Son
McCall’s
Stetson
American Legion Magazine
West Grand Avenue
Paul Stephens
Johnson Jewelry & Appliances
W. R. Hamilton
Stephens & Bryant
J. A. Pumphrey
Chevrolet
Dixon
Hollywood
Whitewright
Alton McDowell
United States
the Sun
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Brother Waldrop
Mr. Barnheart
Lewis Cooper
Larry Cooper
Kroehler
Bonham, Texas
Bells
R. L. Smith
Hannah’s
H. H. Taylor
Guy Hamilton
Stan’s
Columbia Bicycles
Stan
Stan's
Johnson
Epsom
England
R&r Refrigeration and Electric Service
N. Main
Richard Wellington
Whitewright Lumber CO
Wilson
Butch) Kaiser
Tillett Grocery & Market
Folger’s Coffee
Griffin
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