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W NOCONA NEWS, NOCONA, TEXAS, JUNE 5, 1953
I Sen. Johnson's
Report On
® Capital News
^▼A .CUTS: Many Texas .
leemeo are writing me to protest
te proposed cut in appropriation
•r the Veterans Administration
President’s budget calls for
reduction of over $275,000,000
• VA appropriations
Veterans hospitals even row are
.0 0-
to let beds stand unused
eeeuse at lack of funds < on
hessman Olin Teague of College
CBS Columbia
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Station has compiled figures show
ing that the 38 VA hospitals in the
country are financially unable to
use 2,393 of their beds. And
24,834 veterans aproved for ad-
mission to VA hospitals can’t get
in because no beds are available.
The hospital at Houston has 252
unused beds, that at McKinney 26
I do not see how anybody can
justify neglect of our ex-scrvice-
men.
• • •
DEFENSE: Can we get more de-
fense for less money? Will 120 air
wings give us more defense than
143 wings? Secretary of Defense
Wilson says so, in defending the
proposed cut of over five billion
dollars in air force appropriations.
Some of us are going to ex-
amine the reductions very careful-
ly.
♦ * *♦
WHAT’S AHEAD? Proposals
have been made to increase inter-
est rates charged REA co-opera-
tives on government loans.
Chances of extending excess pro-
fits tax beyond June 30, as re-
quested by the president, look
slimmer every day.
Some of Texas’ surplus wheat
will be shipped to Pakistan if
congress approves the president’s
proposal to lend that country a
million bushels, payment to be
made later.
Expect the doctor’s draft law to
be extended, with some easing up
on those who have had as much
as 12 months of military service.
Majors Field near Greenville
and Galveston Air Force base are
victims of the policy of cutting
down the Air Force.
* * *
WATERWAYS PROJECTS—The
new budget cut appropriations for
Dallas floodway from $2,900,000 to
$750,000. House appropriations
committee cut out the $750,000,
leaving nothing at all for this
flood control project.
The committee cut money for
the Texarkana reservoir to $5,000,-
000—from $7,265,000 in revised
budget, $8,565,000 in original bud-
get. Garza-Little Elm was cut
to $3,230,000 from $3,635,000 in
revised budget, $4,935,000 in ori-
ginal. Belton reservoir was cut
to $750,000 from $900,000 in re-
vised burget, $1,100,000 in origin-
al.
From The Halls
Of Congress
By Congressman Frank Ikard
WASHINGTON.—All indications
are that the administration has
revised its thinking about what is
“must” legislation for this ses-
sion of congress. It now seems
highly improbable that any amend-
ments to the Taft-Hartley Act will
be considered before congress re-
cesses I doubt if any of the
proposed amendments to this law
will reach the floor. It also seems
that final action on Hawaiian
statehood is becoming less pro-
bable each day. There is also
now practically no chance that
any consideration will be given
to social security in view of the
fact that the chairman of the
committee that has jurisdiction
over this matter in the house has
stated that there would be no
bills reported out during this ses-
sion that would affect social secur-
ity.
There is a great need for re-
vision of our social security laws,
particularly in view of the fact
that under the present law, in
many instances, those that need
the benefits least are getting the
most and those that have the
greatest need are getting the
least. However, the house did
aprove funds for a study of the
complete social security program
by a subcommittee of the house
ways and means committee. Still
on the program to be considered
before congress adjourns is legis-
lation to admit 240,000 eastern
European refugees, extension of
the excess profits tax, reorgani-
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A FLYING AUTOMOBILE—
Automobiles are made to run
on the ground, but this one
proved last week that automo-
biles can also fly through the
air. Driving to his home at the
north edge of town, George
Pounds failed to make the Gray-
son street curve and his car,
aided by a slight rise, did all
this: Leaped over a 14-lnch
stone and concrete fence with-
out touching it; slammed into
a big, heavy guy wire pole in-
side the fence and broke it in
two three and a half feet from
the ground; broke in two a very
heavy seven-strand piece of guy
wire; stayed in the air for 24
feet before landing right-side-
up, and then it climbed up on
another section of the rock and
concrete fence as shown in pic-
ture. And as it climbed the
fence it broke out a section and
scattered rocks and concrete
more than 10 feet from the
final resting place of the car.
During all this, the upper part
of the heavy guy pole crashed
down upon the car and put a
hole in the roof. The scene
of this unusual accident was the
home of Mrs. T. J. Powell, 903
Grayson, the old Fooshee home
place. When Night Policemen
Gabe King and Bill Waters ar-
rived they found Pounds stand-
ing nearby uninjured. The
officers called Marshal Gold-
smith and Pounds was taken to
the city jail and charged with
driving while under the in-
fluence of intoxicating liquor.
He was removed to the county
jail at Montague the next morn-
ing.
zation plans of the agriculture and
defense departments, and exten-
sion of the reciprocal trade pro-
gram. In addition to this and
several other legislative proposals,
of course, there are several ap-
propriation bills that will be con-
sidered by the house just as soon
as they are reported out of the
vaious committees that are now
working on them.
Pass Army Bill
This wek the house passed the
department of army civil func-
tions appropriation bill for 1954.
As it passed the house, the bill
was seventy five million dollars
below the budget estimate and,
roughly, one hundred and sixty
million dollars under the appro
priations for the current year.
As this action indicates, the house
has so far been very economy
minded in considering appropria-
tions.
The onlv department of the gov-
ernment that I know of which has
some real record of economy is
the department of agriculture. The
agriculture appropriation in 1953
was 30.4 per cent less than was
appropriated for that department
in 1940. During this same per-
iod of time the department of
commerce received 1,370 per cent
more. The labor department re-
ceived 543 per cent more. The
state department received 1,146
per cent more, and the treasury
department appropriation was
greater by 203 per cent. Also,
since 1939, the department of ag-
riculture has reduced its em-
ployees by 38 per cent. No other
department of our government
las shown any such decrease.
Texas
Nocona
BE SURE
And
INSURE
With
CURLIN INSURANCE
AGENCY
No other truck
County Agent's
Column
By Wyli* Roberts
I Four-H club work is coming a-
long in the county good There
are 454 boys and girls in the work
from all over the county.
Outstanding boys and girls win
awards, trips, medals, etc. The
following boys and girls have just
returned from a trip to the Dis-
trict four 4-H camp held at Trini-
dad, Texas: Anna Coker and Jane
Paschall of Caps Comer; Jo Ann
Witt and Joyce Sewell of Ring-
gold; C W. Ryan and Barrett
Sledge of Montague; Jerry Orrell
of Forestburg, and Thomas Baker
of Saint Jo.
Bobby Henley of Caps Corner
and Virginia Hudspeth of Forest-
burg are looking forward to their
trip to the State 4-H round-up at
i Texas A & M June 9-11
I Paris Boutwell of Prairie Valley
l will make a trip to A 4 M June
25 to enter the state 4-H public
speaking contest. He was a dis-
trict winner and as such will re-
present Montague County and this
district in the state contest.-
These trips are annually spon-
sored as all-expense paid trips
through the Montague County
Farm Bureau, Montague Home De-
monstration council and Montague
4-H council.
* * *
There have been several people
in the office recently wanting in-
formation on chemical control of
oak and mesquite using 2,45-T. If
you desire late information on this
I will be glad to work with you
* ♦ *
If you would like to get a new
There undoubtedly can be more
progress made in economy and
efficiency in this department, but
I think they should be commended
for the progress that has been
made during the last thirteen
years, and many of the other de-
partments should certainly follow
their lead.
ay the office and we’ll make appli-
cation to the state, fish, game and
oyster commission. All appli-
cations must be made before
July 1. Delivery of the fish is
made only once each year—in the
tall.
supply of fish for your tank drop
IS YOUR WASH
PILING UP?
Don’t let the family-
wash become a buga-
boo. Shift the burden
from your shoulders
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than you think!
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AT
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and Appliances
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SUNDAY, JUNE 21
And It's Snoopin' Time For You
To Find Out Dad's Exact Size
mutches this value!
Find out the low cost of
the 1953 GMC Pickup. Then
remember-it includes:
—HATS . . . the size is on the inside at
the back
—SHIRTS . . . are marked in the collar
or on the front of the lower left side
—SHOES . . . are sized inside the right
shoe
—SOCKS . . . measure from the back of
the heel to the tip of the toe . . . inches
are the size
—SLACKS . . . button them, double the
inside measurements for the waist . . .
get the inside of the leg for length
—PAJAMAS . . . the size is in the hang-
er or get his chest size and height
—UNDERWEAR . . . is sold by chest,
waist or trunk measurements
105 HP Valve-in-head Engine . 8.0 to 1 Com-
pression Ratio . “6-Footer” Cab . 45-Ampere
Generator • Double-Acting Shock Absorbers
• Recirculating Ball-Bearing Steering • Self-
Energizing Brakes • Synchro-Mesh Trans-
mission • 6-Ply Heavy-Duty Tires.
FRANK'S MOTOR SALES
NOCONA
TEXAS
—NECKWEAR . . . inspect his tie rack
. . . note whether he likes, small fig-
ures, plain colors or bold designs.
You are sure to please Him more
with a Gift that fits him perfectly
REDDY’S
MEN'S & BOYS WEAR
(FORMERLY N. M. FLYNT STORE)
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The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1953, newspaper, June 5, 1953; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1206293/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.