Navy to form three fleets with 125 ships and 282000 men
The Navy reorganizes into three fleets effective Feb 1 with Rear Admiral Ernest J King in command Atlantic fleet and Admiral Husband Kimmel leading the Pacific. Asiatic Fleet stays under Admiral Hart. Enlisted strength rises from 192000 to 282000 as midshipmen are commissioned early.
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Ernest J. King
Pacific Feet
Husband . Kimmel
Admir
J. ©. Richardson
Thomas C. Hart
Naval Academy
United States Navy
Meaven Grows Talent Into Power Through Choices
A reflective piece on turning talent into ability and problems into crises through decisions. Acquaintances become friends, responsibilities become burdens or joys, and time becomes life. Beauty demands learning and character development.
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Meaven
Glasgow gate sign warns salesmen barred with jokes
Front gate in Glasgow Scotland proclaims salesmen barred while wry quips and snippets of daily life appear. Then a string of jokes touches on haircuts, a dog watching, and a Southern lawyer tale about a theft case and an oath. The humor runs through names, exchanges, and a jailed narrator.
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Glasgow
Scotland
P. S
Henry
King Ranch Legacy and cattle lines across the Americas
A long feature extols the King Ranch as the largest in the United States with 070,000 acres across three Texas counties. It highlights 15,000 cattle, 4,000 sheep, a 450-person operation, and 250 vaqueros, plus 2,500 cow ponies. Robert J. Kleberg Jr. leads the ranch famed for Santa Gertrudis cattle and the King ranch cowponies. It notes exports to Venezuela Cuba Montana and other lands, and mentions the legendary old sorrel horse and a crossing program that produced a distinct cowpony type. Also includes stray classified-like lines about purchasing scrip for El Paso hotel discounts.
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Boyce House
King Ranch
Texas
United States
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr
Old Monkey
Kleberg
Catt
Venezuela
Cuba
Montana
Go Getter Printed by Requeed Se Ran the Wih Soma Be
Fragmented OCR yields a garbled monologue with stray phrases about advertisement appeals Europe Hoboken and a dubious claim of talent usage. The text references base signals, shorthand speed, and improvised gear, ending with an unclear boast of mechanical welds.
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Requeed
Troman
Dietaphane
Durie
Bottled Fish Returns From Gulf Coast Duck Hunt
Aransas Pass boat builder T. F. Head shot a quirky tale after finding an eight inch mullet trapped in an empty mustard jar. The fish swam in circles, attempting to free itself, then inching along the bottle’s bottom. Head jokes the mullet may be a mustard lover or jammed in reverse.
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Austin
T. F. Head
Aransas Pass
Mr. Head
Gulf Coast
Early Texas Farmers Used Crude Methods
Austin report reveals pre revolutionary Texans practiced simple farming methods. They burned cane fields along Gulf settlements to clear ground, then punched holes with a pointed stick and planted a few corn grains in each hole. Sprouts depended largely on nature.
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Austin
University of Texas Library
Gulf Coast
Monument and marker sales for Alpine Cemetery Assn
Alpine Cemetery Assn offers all kinds of monuments and markers. Commission benefits the cemetery fund for upkeep and improvements. They guarantee material and installation quality. See Georgia Stroud Dallman at 119, phone 210. Prices described as reasonable.
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Alpine Cemetery Assn
Georgia
Harvest Tools Note From The Avalanche Office
A fragment notes that young cane could be knocked down before harvest with a stick, and advertises SECOND SHEETS, 500 for 85¢, at The Avalanche office.
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Avalanche
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