Southern Potato Man Calls to Drop Price Props
Florida potato council secretary La Monte Gran told the Senate agriculture subcommittee that price supports and controls sickened the industry and should be abandoned. He noted growers favor free market earnings and criticized Uncle Sam purchases of surplus potatoes and plans to dispose of last year’s crop as the 1951 quota bill is debated.
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Washington
Florida
la Monte Gran
Florida Potato Council
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Graw
Uncle Sam
Senate
Armed Forces Total Declines to 1 490 300
The Defense Department reported February totals show a 22 400 drop to 1 490 300 across all services. Army fell from 615 700 to 607 800 Navy from 401 900 to 388 400 Marine Corps from 80 100 to 79 500 and Air Force from 415 000 to 414 600.
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Washington
D. C
Defense Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Preston Smith Enters Lt. Governor Race in Texas
Preston Smith, 38 year old Lubbock businessman and three term Texas House veteran, announced this week his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor. He was first elected in 1944 representing District 119.
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Preston Smith
Lubbock
Smith
Texas
House of Representatives
Opportunity and Time Thems Theirs to Seize
The piece contrasts fits of busyness with missed chances and urges taking duties when offered. It opens with a fable about Opportunity knocking and ends with a nurse and a doctor joke and a sharp card party quip about lips and a tongue.
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Texas
Winding String Good For Frayed Nerves
Denver reports on Ted Kimpel 64 who stacks string into a massive 111 pound solid white ball to ease nerves. He claims string winding calms worries and offers a cure for cold war stress. He has collected string from 48 states and one possible piece from England. He hopes to rent a large garage door to let the giant ball grow bigger. A Want Ad will sell it for you.
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Kimpel
Union
England
Want Ads Show Broad Local Trade Listings
A mosaic of classified ads lists items for sale and service offerings including piano and office safe, a 6x10 tool shed, regular tractor plow parts, flowers from Hannah Florists and The Flower Shop, feed and salt from Hi Way Grocery, real estate and land services by Stephens Bryant and Tom Barbee, and buyer requests for newspapers eggs pecans hides and sheds. Also notes butane by Dawson Butane, auto parts from Babcock Auto Store, and nursery stock from Lang Ford Nursery plus financing with First National Bank and miscellaneous services from Johnson Jewelry and Appliance.
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Tom Barbee
Karo Maxey
Stephens & Bryant
Farley & Hill
Reserve Life Insurance Co
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Butane
Dawson Butane
Chevrolet
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright
Flowers
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
C. J. Meadow Truck & Tractor Co
Palace Theatre
Paul Phillips
Phillips Grocery
Cole’s Hatchery
Coolerator
W. E. Stanford
First National Bank
Langford Nursery
Tom Bean
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Craig’s Cafe
Detroit Free Press
Chenille
T. W. Ayres & Son
Denver
Ted Kimpel
Mackie Greer
Charlie Anderson
Rt. 2
Caylor
Joe Morris Wallace
Phone
Hannah Florists
Floral Service
Carrie Hamilton
Savoy
Roy Duncan
Bells
Sunny Hill School
Ben Bow
Russel Ray Summers
Russell R. Summers
Claud Garner
J. H. Waggoner
Waggoner
Bassett
Kingston Drug Store
Denison
Rexall
C. D. Kingston
Chas. Harris
Sherman
M. & P. Bank
A. Y. Creager CO
Sherman, Texas
Colorado
Kimbell
Dan Kimbell
Betty Crocker
Red River
Birdseye
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