State Health Conditions and Facilities Hit
State Health Department officials told nurses at the Nurse Institute that Texas health conditions and hospital facilities are a challenge. Dr. Fred Helm cited high death rates from diarrhea diphtheria typhoid tuberculosis and malaria and noted Texas has the sixth highest infant mortality. Norman Roberts said beds are fewer than expected with 53 counties lacking a nursing home and 29 without a doctor. The survey aims to justify $4.842 million yearly for five years under Burton Hill for health facilities.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Fred Helm
Norman Roberts
Texas Health Hospital Survey
Helm
Roberts
Nurses Institute
Grasshopper thermometer aids crop protection study
Scientists at General Electric laboratory developed a tiny grasshopper thermometer at the request of two Montana State College entomologists. The device measures body temperature to help study control and extermination of grasshoppers that annually destroy crops worth millions of dollars.
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Schnectady
N. Y
General Electric Research Laboratory
Montana State College
Youth dies from rifle accident near Whitesboro
Funeral services were held for 18 year old Charles Wayne Watson who was killed when his .22 caliber rifle discharged on his return from a squirrel hunt. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Watson of the Macomb community and a 1945 Whitesboro High School graduate.
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Whitesboro
Charles Wayne Watson
Raymond Watson
Macomb
Whitesboro High School
Texas to Build 10 Million Dollar Milo Maize Plant
A new Corn Products Refining Co plant to process milo maize for starches dextrose sugar syrup high protein feeds and crude oil is headed for the Gulf Coast between Houston and Corpus Christi. Construction could start by year end with an initial 20 000 bushels per day grinding capacity and annual capacity of 6 000 000 bushels, targeting the 1948 maize crop. Texas leads national sorghum output, estimated at 58 592 000 bushels this year.
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Milo
High Plains
Texas
Gulf Coast
Corn Products Refining Company
New York City
W. T. Brady
Houston
Corpus Christi
Bradley
CPA
United States
Inheritability of Atomic Radiation Effects
Vice Admiral Blandy warned at the Herald Tribune Forum that poisonous radioactivity from atomic warfare could affect survivors and, in some cases, their children and grandchildren. He cited Joint Task Force 1 Bikini tests and noted animal studies show physical damage from radiation can be passed to the second and third generations.
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New York
William H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Joint Task Force 1
Herald Tribune Forum
Boy Shot After Whistling In Street
Houston police report three youths recall Tony Stackes Camero 18 whistling on a street corner when an unknown man asked why and opened fire. Camero died an hour later at a hospital. The assailant fled the scene.
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Houston
Tony Stackes
Camero
Cotton fading to rayon in tires yet thriving in textiles
United States Rubber Company researchers unveil Astex a cotton yarn 70 percent stronger than regular yarn for parachute harnesses now used in high pressure hose belting and other rope like products Strex an elastic cotton yarn fabric without rubber for slipcovers sweaters and bandages and Carosel a highly absorbent linen like dish towel fabric 80 percent cotton 20 percent asbestos with limited production due to equipment shortages Cotton tire cord faces price pressure from rayon requiring costs to drop below rayon while tires and other cotton rich products remain central to the rubber industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Company
Astex
Navy
H. Gordon Smith
Rubber Company
Tire
Fence Along Mexican Border Planned To Keep Bootleggers Out
A Texas border fence concept spans 1207 miles to deter bootleggers and cattle rustlers. After two Mexican bootleggers crossed Rio Grande with 150 quarts of liquor, ticks infested horses and spread to 765 810 acres across four counties, triggering quarantines for nearly 25 000 head of livestock. The report urges annual funds for the Livestock Sanitary Commission until fence completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Mexico
C. H. Cavness
Rio Grande
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Church Services and Schedules Across Local Churches
Elder Connie Hollis of Leonard preaches at Church of Christ Sunday at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Presbyterian Church led by Dr W A Erwin holds Sunday School at 10 a m and Morning Worship at 11 a m. Central Christian Church with Rev Clifford Taylor at 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m sermon on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Assembly of God with Rev E A Doty preaches 11 a m and 8 p m. Rev E P Wootten offers Sunday School 9 a m Morning Worship 11 a m Training Union 6 10 p m Evening Worship 7 p m Prayer hour Wednesday 7 p m Choir practice Wednesday 8 p m.
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Connie Hollis
Leonard
Church of Christ
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Erwin
Clifford Taylor
Assembly OF God Church
E. A. Doty
E. P. Wootten
Couple Away Gas Kills 5 of Family
New York. While Mr and Mrs John Alexander attended a wake at a relative, their Brooklyn tenement home killed five family members. Ada Burger 70 died by a window from a gas jet open on a water heater. Children Barbara 7 John 4 Edward 5 Thomas 2 all found dead in bed. Thomas died after hospital. Police investigate. The passage then oddly notes a U.S. government sale of carbon 14 for 400 dollars.
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New York
John Alexander
Alexanders
Brooklyn
Alexander
Ada Burger
Barbara
John
Edward
Thomas
You Can’t Fence In Aerial Show Lesson Of $100 Loss
Sherman Civil Air Patrol sponsored an air show at the municipal airport. About 4,500 attended with 1,000 paid admissions and 3,500 parked outside. A volunteer collection raised only $28, highlighting the event’s financial shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Civil Air Patrol
Texas Farm Income Hits $135,219,000 in September
Texas cash income for farmers reached 135.219 million in September, with cotton marketing driving the rise from August. A stray editorial note then advises removing buttons and trim before dyeing to ensure even color penetration.
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Texas
Austin
Bureau of Business Research Reports
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