Summer faculty bolsters Sul Ross lineup at Baylor link
Baylor University adds Dr Ira H Horton to Sul Ross summer biology program for June 5 to August 24. He will teach biology in the second six weeks in place of Dr C E Sperry as head of the Sul Ross biology department. Several visiting professors from Texas universities join for twelve weeks, including Dr Charles La Motte from A M College, Dr H A Trexler from SMU, Dr R E Westmeyer from Rice, and Dr Philip Graham from University of Texas. Additional instructors from Kansas, Texas, and Mississippi colleges complete the roster plus local teachers in home economics and history.
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Ira H. Horton
Baylor University Department of Biology
Sul Ross
Horton
C. E. Sperry
Charles la Motte
A. & M. College
Sperry
F. G. Walker
H.A. Trexler
Southern Methodist University
William Bradford Gardner
Texas University
R. E. Westmeyer
Rice Institute
University of Texas
Philip Graham
E. C. Coleman
Earl H. Peterson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Engish
Miss Marymaths
Annie Brice
Sidney Lanier High School
San Antonio
Cle Mathelson
Fort Davis Man Does Fancy Shooting In Slaying a Polecat
Fort Davis correspondent Barry Scobee reports on Johnny Webster of Fort Davis and his son in law John Cane as they shoot a polecat that had crawled into a tin can shelter housing a runaway chicken. The tale highlights expert marksmanship and local ties.
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Fort Davis
Barry Scobee
Ft. Davis
Johnny Webster
Johnny
John Cane
John
M. P. Slover
Alpine High School
Buick Sales Rise In April Over March And Last Year
Flint May 14 Buick motor car sales for April show a better than seasonal rise from March and are 34 percent ahead of the previous year. Deliveries in the last ten days totaled 10 073, bringing April’s total to 28 632 versus 24 402 in March, per W F Hufstader general sales manager.
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Flint
Mich
Buick
W. F. Hufstader
Hufstader
General Motors
Executive
Texas Longhorn comeback after near extinction historic notes
Washington reports Texas Longhorn cattle, once near extinction, are staging a comeback. Since 1927 the government kept 30 animals on a reservation near Cache Oklahoma, with most remaining in private hands or on refuges in Oklahoma and Nebraska. Old Red, a longhorn, died recently, while experts note the breed’s revival driven by the Biological Survey and forest service efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Cache
Oklo
Plains of
Kansas
Dodge City
Fort Niobrara Hame
Valentine
Neb
Oklahoma
Biological Survey
Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge
Red
Wil C. Barnes
Cattie
Forest Service
Mexico
Ivey
Wichita
Engineer Shoots at Star to Establish a Definite Direction
A Fort Davis pedestrian reported seeing a moving light on the ground and then a car with Lawrence E. Wood, local highway engineer, aligning points with a surveyor’s transit and the North Star to establish true north. The incident created caution as Wood prepared the line for navigation.
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Highway Department
Texas
Wood
Barry Scobee
Ft. Davis
Fort Davis
Laurence E. Wood
North Star
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Akers’ Funeral Home
Harry L. Guynes
W. G. Fielder
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Elvede
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Mr. Fielder
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Geljeooeg River de Patagonia
la Orlight
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Amelia
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