Marathon notices and memorial service at Sul Ross
Marathon community reports graduations at Sul Ross Alpine. memorial service held May 31. visits by relatives from Alpine, Pecos, and San Antonio. multiple residents attending colleges and moving residences. Civil Service joiner exam for Naval Air Station Corpus Christi announced. local bonds and stamps drive noted. fundraising bridge party highlights.
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Carpenters
United States
Civil Service ‘Commission
U. S. Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
Alpine Post Office
Record U S Cattle Slaughter Sets April Year High
Slaughter of Federally inspected cattle in April 1942 reached 956,290, the largest for the month on record, up 21 percent from a year earlier and 26 percent above the five year average. First four months of 1942 show a 21 percent rise over 1941 and 25 percent above the five year average. Sheep and lamb slaughter also hit a record for April, with first four months 10 percent above the five year average amid high prices due to strong domestic demand and Lend-Lease exports. Los Angeles, a major market, handles 56 percent of California cattle, 48 percent of sheep and lamb, and 60 percent of hog slaughter.
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United States
United Nations
Los Angeles
California
Clothes Don't Make Man Says Cassidy at Granada Show
Fifth Avenue style notes values and the Hoppy character in Clarence E. Mulford's Stick to Your Guns at the Granada. William Boyd as Happy uses disguises to trap outlaws in two films while price ranges for steers cows and bulls rise across markets in late May, with new highs over prior year figures.
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Fifth Avenue
Hoppalong
Hoppy
Clarence E. Mulford
Granada
Happy
William Boyd
Missouri jury verdict in Conroy damage suit afoot
Kansas City report states Miss Catherine Conroy seeks damages with an H man jury verdict. Pilot Tex Lagrone, identified as the twelve juror, followed orders from Washington during the afternoon session. Attorneys agreed to sacrifice one juror to aid the war effort.
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Kansas City
Catherine Conroy
Tex Lagrone
Washington
Clerk’s 1890 mix up brings cricket gear to Boston store
A clerical error in 1890 caused a Boston sporting goods shop to receive cricket equipment instead of golf clubs from England. The incident prompted local attention as vendors and buyers debated imports and pricing amid the desert context referenced in the fragment.
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England
Boston
New England
Amata-time clocks fail as master relay panel wears out
The article notes many high school clocks stopped after the master clock relay panel wore out. Superintendent A. B. Phil sought a new cone but was informed the wattage needed was 43. A French inventor reportedly perfected a pistol that knocks out a victim with a strong blast of compressed air.
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Junea, Amata
Supt
A. B. Phil
Women in War Work Decline After WWI Estimates
The article notes only about 609000 women remain in war industries, down from 2,226,000 at war’s end. It argues that most women aged 11 to 44 are a reserve for skilled or semiskilled labor, with limited unskilled labor capacity to meet demand.
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Thor
Britain
Twins win cash prize in defense plant twins race
ST PAUL John T Barons and his wife welcomed twins, a double thrill with Baron employed at a defense plant where the boss posted a $1000 cash prize for the first plant family to have twins. The Barons claimed the award.
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Defense Savings
Paul Paulson
Harrington Park
Defense Savings Honda
ST. Paul
John T. Barons
Baron
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Laura Lee
Mavel Arnold
Asi
Geo. Skevington
Charley Gregory
Sanderson
Marathon
Alpine
Margaret
Sul Ross
Sam Nail
Julia
Chas. Livingston of
Jane Henderson
Jane
Dolly
Ysleta
Hollywood
Calif
Camilla Henderson
Zoye Decie
Tom Yarbro
Linton
San Antonio
Ruby Green
Marfa
Chas. Treadwell
Glen Rose
Jack Todd
Phoenix
Ariz
Tucson
Jean Martin
Wilton Youngblood
Pecos
Jean
Mrs. Youngblood
Nellie Martin
Mesdames
Roy Stillwell
Guy Crawford
Mary Nancy Hegelund
Feron Ritchey
Jake Hargus
Kenneth
Uvalde
Mae Starr
el Paso
Guy Dunbar
Ted Baker
Travis Roberts
Harpe
A. Leonard Miller
Albertine Starr
Denton
Texas State College For Women
Albertine
William Starr
Camp Roberts
R. D. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
R. E. Thompson
Winnsboro
J. A. McGonagill
Alpine Hospital
Brathon
Southern
Marathon Postoffice
Mamie Pierson
Sylvia and
Cornelia Bennett
Haymond
T. W. Shely
Chas. Shely
Tesnas
Bridge Party
Katherine Arnold
Mrs. Douglas
Earleen
Helen Fielder
Louise Bennett
Julia Nail
W. R. Green
Earleen Fallis
Cadie Stillwell
Jean Ritchey
Our Lady of the Lake
Frances Meeks
Mary Alice Wade
Bill Hargus
D. W. Collins Jr
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
C. A. Taylor
Chas. Stringfellow
Taylors
Hulda Hollis
Situation Loshagetes Union Ick In
Sam
Cassidy
Adott
Hirohito
Benito
America
Axis
By Rufus T. Strohm
Tam
Big Bend Motor Company
Alepine
J. G. Miller
Sunshine Cleaners
SAN Antonio Brewing Association
Dee Pearl
Ritchey Bros
Texa
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