Relics Uncovered In Big Show at Sul Ross Museum
Distinctive phases of Indian culture in the Big Bend of Texas are shown through relics at Sul Ross State University Museum. Curator V. J. Smith notes artifacts gathered from Alpine region hills and caves reveal cave dwellers before 1536 and later Big Bend, Bravo Valley, Jumano and Toboso periods with tools, metates, and agricultural evidence across a rugged, semi arid landscape.
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Big Bend
Texas
Sul Rose
West Texas Historical & Scientific Society
Sul Oss
V. J. Smith
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sul Ross
Sul Ross Museum
Alpine
Pecos
Hortio
Cabaza de Vaca
J.C. Keyges
Wash
Nevill Ranch
Bravo Valley
Rio Grande
Rio Conchos
Presidio
Antonio de Espejo
Cabean de Vace
Drivers Often At Fault In Texas Traffic Accidents
Analysis of Texas highway crashes shows about 62 percent of drivers are cited for traffic violations. TMTA general manager Lynn B. Shaw notes in many collisions both drivers violate rules, with speeding, wrong-way driving, improper passing, and improper turns making up about 69 percent of violations.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Motor Transportation Ian
Lynn B. Shaw
TMTA
Reeves County Bond Election Falls Short by One Vote
Rainy turnout kept Pecos voters from polls as Reeves County’s $250,000 bond plan to pave part of Road District 1 nearly passed. Pecos box recorded 117 for and 58 against while Orla showed 2 for and 2 against. the measure would be conditioned on state assumption under legislation to be debated next session. The report also notes Texas’ extensive natural gas mains and discusses Big Bend artifacts showing early Indian and Spanish influence before 1800.
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Pecos
Reeves County
Orla
Bravo Valley
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Com Fanches
Weather Man Goes Awry On Christmas In The Highlands
On Christmas morning Alpine woke to blustery rain and hail with dark clouds and thunder over the Davis mountains. Residents recalled little hail or rain on Christmas in years, noting high winds and a temperature drop though skies were clearing by mid-day Thursday with a forecast of rising meridy.
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Alpine
Davis ‘Mountains
J. D. Whittle
Woman Shoots Deer In Own Back Yard
Mrs W J Moran a Texas ranchwoman from Austin shot a buck in her back yard this season. Two weeks earlier Mrs Hardin killed a buck in her chicken yard ending her hunting season when she spotted a deer by a woodpile near the house.
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Austin
W. J. Moran
Austin American
Fifteen British Residents In Mexico Volunteer For Service
Fifteen British residents in Mexico have volunteered for service in the empire's army and plan to leave for London on December 17. They will sail from Veracruz on the ward liner Orizaba to New York, then proceed to a British vessel bound for London. The sailing date and ship name were kept secret.
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Mexico City
Mexico
London
Veracruz
Orizaba
New York
U. S. Indians Sewing For the War Victims
WINDOW ROCK Ariz The American Indian is not forgetting the plight of Europe's war victims Volunteers of the Navajo Service Chapter numbering 137 women have produced more than 1 000 garments for evacuees in the war zones Volunteers live on the Indian Reservation here and are members of the Navajo Choctaw Laguna Taos and Sioux tribes Wives of government officials and Indian traders also are taking part in the program.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Europe
Navajo Service
Lessons By Mail for Prisoners of War
London reports the British Red Cross has secured Berlin permission for POWs to finish courses by mail. Tommy scholars study under supervision of the London correspondence school with applications in law, agricultural sciences, engineering and journalism.
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British Red Cross
Berlin
Tommy
London
Old Time Cowboy Goes Air Minded and Swaps Horse for Plane
Old time Fort Davis rancher Joe Espy and his family have embraced air travel, swapping horseback rides for airplane trips to California. He says flying is safer than driving or trains, saves time, and that he and his family have flown to the West Coast more than twenty times in recent years.
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Sy Barry Scobee
FL. Davis
Arizona Ranges
Joe W. Espy
Fort Davis
Inlifornia
Espy
Froner
Espys
Mr. Espy
West Coast
American Airlines
el Paso
Burbank Field
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Joe Grint
Texas Ranchmen Joke Brands For First Herds In Lubbock
Lubbock dispatch describes Texas cattlemen creating pun laden brands for early herds. Names like Barwise Bar and two Y’s, MUL with a key, and XIT for Ten in Texas illustrate humor and personal meaning. Some brands used initials or symbols, including heart motifs and even “HELL” for Henry Wells, as owners sought memorable marks.
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Lubbock
Texas
J. H. Barwise
W. B. Mulkey
Col
Frank Hatch
W. A. Walton
Nash Neff
Siks
M. L. Sikes
Jack County
William Sachse
A. W. Wright
Ector
Wright
Richard Fiveash
Coleman County
Capital Land and Investment Company
State
Matthew Cartwright
Henry Wells
Hell
Walker Brothers
Heaven
P. G. Hatchett
Mexico's Brave Aztecs Sacrificed Against Spaniards
Mexico City reports no monuments to Cortes the Conqueror while some Mexicans admire the invader and other colonial figures. The piece notes selective groups aligned with a fifth column and portrays Aztec sacrifices as heroic in defense against the Spanish, naming figures like Cusuhtemec.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Cortes
Juon
Cores Angels
Marina
Lazaro Cardenas
Montezuma
Paseo de la Reforma
43 Violators of State Game Laws Fined In Nov
AUSTIN Texans and out of state residents total 243 fined for game law violations in November. Offenses include hunting without license and deer out of season with fines from 10 to 100 dollars. two brothers paid 125 each for headlighting and deer killing out of season. Violations listed include hunting from a car and dynamiting fish, among others under the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission.
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Austin
Texas
Ame
Fish and Oyster Commission
Spike
Lake Buchanan
Pearl Brewery Pays Bonus Despite $1 Barrel Tax Hike
Pearl Brewery, facing a new one dollar per barrel tax enacted July 1 1940 for national defense, continues its Christmas bonus tradition. More than 250 employees received bonuses totaling ten percent of annual salaries, about five weeks and two days pay, announced December 18 by B B McGinsey. The letter praises workers and reflects wartime sacrifice, while a tangential note mentions historical Mexican figures Montezuma Cuauhtemoc and Cortes in a separate local reflection.
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Pearl Brewery
Smith Upright Writer with 16 Inch Carriage
Classified notice describes a Smith upright typewriter in good condition, 16 inch carriage. Seller identified as Mrs. Bob Sughy and provides phone 124. Date 12 20.
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Smith
Bob ‘Sughby
Slags
J. W. Rixon
Mitre Peak
Eloc
Arthur Blucher
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Highlands
U. S. Indians
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Judy Canova
Young
Buffalo Bill
Roy Rogers
TIN Pan Alley
Alice Faye
Jack Oakie
Lynn Bari
Lloyd Nolan
North Alpine
Alan Fraser
J.D. Jackson
P. T. Ross
Alpine Disposal Service
G.M. Sims
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