Railroads Move War Materials in Unified Effort
The Rotarian piece highlights railroads efficiently moving troops and cargo with fewer cars since 1920, aided by better equipment and shipper cooperation. It stresses avoidance of delays, ongoing modernization, and readiness for tougher wartime tasks. Also covered is National Fire Prevention Week’s success and posters promoting fire safety as essential to war effort.
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Lhat
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Axis
Fort Davis PTA meeting plans and staff changes noted
Fort Davis PTA held a Saturday night meeting at the high school to finalize Halloween event arrangements. Mrs. Hicks Gray presided with 32 members and visitors. committees were named for finance, membership, publicity, and entertainment. Several staff changes at local schools were announced, including first grade teaching by Boss Lucille Putnam and a transfer of Mrs L A Singleton.
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Fort Davis
T. A
Hicks Gray
Gray
A. F. Wood
VE. Smith
E. B. Cole
Leo Pairchild
Joe Newton
Bill Fryar
Wilbur Kelley
BE. Coan
J.C. Fishee
Dorothy Minds
Mise Mabel Bloys
Bi Cole
le. Wood
Anderson School
Lucille Putnam
Doris Hester
Family News From Far Flung Corners
Vers Jansy and Jean and mars es pys grandmother Mrs J B Gillett of Marfa visit Mr and Mrs Dub Evans in Albuquerque New Mexico Mrs Espy is daughter of Mr and Mrs Hicks Gray of Fort Davis word from her brother Bob McNamara that he is in Tutuila Samoa Two cablegrams to his wife Valerie in Galveston and to his mother Mrs R F McNamara of Tulsa Oklahoma relay the messages He is a machinist first class in the Navy and well White Bear Lake Minnesota visitors Mr and Mrs W L Schoettler visit Rev Richard G Irving and Mrs Irving Mrs Irving is a Schoettler daughter
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Hicks Gray
Fort Davis
Bob McNamara
Tutuila
Samoa
Bob
Valerie
Galveston
R. F. McNamara
Tulsa
Oklahoma
W. L. Schoettler
White Bear Lake
Minnesota
Richard G. Irving
Irving
Mrs. Schoettler
Pasadena Move Ends Local Observatory Chief’s Stay
Corie Lou’s student Dr C T Elvey and Mrs Elvey relocate to Pasadena California with their son Tommy. Dr Elvey shifts from McDonald Observatory to research at Caltech Pasadena. Dr Otis Struve of Yerkes Observatory now heads the McDonald observatory with Mrs Struve accompanying him.
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Ise Cartere Eaton
E-Eaton
Por
Gen Marcon Academy
Corie Lou
C. T. Elvey
San Antonio Visit for Trinity University President Inauguration
A party traveled to San Antonio to attend the inauguration of Dr. Monroe G. Eve rett, president of Trinity University of San Antonio. During the trip they visited Rev. J. B. Holt and Mrs. Holt at Stockdale, maternal grandparents of Jean Irving.
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San Antonio
Monroe G. Everett
Trinity University of San Antonio
J. B. Holt
Holt
Stockdale
Jean Irving
School backs cotton harvest week in Fort Davis
Dorothy Weatherby reports that pupils, teachers, and men are supervising and weighing cotton yields as a school district endorses a week to aid farmers. The board dismissed classes to allow students to work in fields, rain slowing progress but urgency rising. Local residents Burke Tillson Vosatka and Vera Vosatka traveled to El Paso, while John Vosatka moved to Bryan. The era’s historical note recalls the 1756 New York to Philadelphia stage route taking three days.
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W. W. Massey
Dorothy Weatherby
Fort Davis
J. P. Weatherby
New York
Philadelhia
Odd Laws and Shifts in American Tolerance
From Jeb Crowell’s porch chatter a neighbor recalls quirky past laws and current tolerance. Basil Strube recalls train crossing rules while neighbors discuss Prohibition, bathtubs with prescriptions, and evolving social norms in America. The conversation reflects nostalgia and curiosity about how legal trends shape everyday life.
Hot Dawg and the Hillbilly Echoes
A collection of lighthearted bits: Susie visits her boy cousins and notes they pray nightly for kindness. A Sunday hunting tale prompts a gruff retort about fear. A teacher’s note reveals humorous grammar misfires and a boast of surviving two grammars with little gain.
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Susie
Jennie
Rightly Confused Wife Seeks Naming Nine Pound Boy Isaiah
A young wife reports the birth of her first child weighing nine pounds six ounces. Her friend, unfamiliar with scripture, asks why the baby is named Isaiah and cites a misquoted verse as context.
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Margaret
Isaiah
Arrested Pat Laments Drinking Woes in Court
A judge sentences Pat to thirty days after he admits being intoxicated and claims a Scotchman gave him liquor. The exchange centers on who supplied the drink. A separate note states a vacuum cleaner yields enough scrap aluminum to equal material used for seven .50 cal. machine guns.
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Pat
Coiffure Saves Star In Filming of Saboteur
Priscilla Lane narrowly escapes a skull fracture when a microphone horn collapses during a dramatic scene at the Granada theatre for Universal's Saboteur. The incident occurred as her long bob was styled into heavy curls atop her head. Lane, who had opposed Hitchcock's styling, was briefly unconscious before being treated and sent home. Norman Lloyd leads the supporting cast with Robert Cummings in the Alfred Hitchcock film produced by Frank Lloyd Productions.
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Priscilla Lane
Universal
Granada Theatre
Robert Cummings
Frank Lloyd Productions, Inc
Miss Lane
Hitchcock
Norman Lloyd
Cummings
Notice of Newspaper Agency Closure in Alpine
Beginning November first we discontinue our newspaper agency in Alpine. We thank all customers and friends for past patronage and for allowing us to serve. Sincerely Roy Jones and Mrs Roy Jones.
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Alpine
Roy Jones
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