Fort Davis Ranch Hosts Donald Melver At Stone Barn
Donald Melver and Dr Bessie V are guests at a newly built Stone Barn on the U up and Down ranch in Jeff Davis County Fort Davis Texas. The 80 by 20 foot structure includes grain rooms saddles stalls and up to date ranch equipment. W C Grubb supervised the completion this summer. The Mac Ivor family roots trace to G B Locke and Mount Locke near McDonald Observatory. Miss Britt speaks at Study Club reviewing The Road of the Naturalist by Peattie with notes on his life and work.
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Donald G. MeIvor
Abe
Dr. MeIvor
Concord
New Hampshire
McIvor
G. 8. Locke
Mount Locke
McDonald Observatory
Tt Fe
Jeff Davis
W. C. Grubb
MeIver
Bessier
Miss Britt
Donald Culross Peattie
Lutie Britt
Sul Ross
Fort Davis
B. E. Coan
Edith
Artist Busy Here As Davis Mountain Scenes Take Shape
Edwin Jones, visiting his parents in Fort Davis, has been painting Davis mountain landscapes on canvas. He has done covers for The Cattleman and Texas Parade and studied marine views on the Pacific coast. Also noted are local Scout activities under Rev. H C Goodman and ongoing Fort Davis church repairs with the Rev. Stout expected to preach November 9.
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Edwin Jones
Davis Mountain
G. F. Jones
Jones
Austin
Cattleman
Texas Parade
Texas
Pacific Coast
South
Fort Davis
Stout
J. K. Miller
Mother Singers
Dorothy Black
Slanguage of Navy Unearths Strange Terms
Hollywood exposes naval slang in Navy Blue and Gold. James Stewart and Robert Young help popularize phrases like greaser for a yes man and brick for a homely girl. The Granada screens the Navy themed drama with Naval Academy slang noted by Commander Harvey Haislip.
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Hollywood
James Stewart
Robert Youns
Cme
Bilge
Mike
Annapolis Naval Academy
Stewart
Young
Harvey Haislip
Haislip
Navy
Annapolis
Civil service exams announced for Armored Force and more
The Civil Service Commission announced exams for instructors at the Armored Force school, an assistant accountant and auditor, and border patrolmen. Applicants may contact C A Lease at the Alpine post office for full requirements.
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Armored Force School
Civil Service Commission
C. A. Lease
Civil Service
Alpine Post Office
Ancient quail trap revived to aid Texas restocking efforts
A box trap used since ancient Mexico and revived in Texas promises higher quail yields. The corral and wire pen trap can move blue quail quickly, with potential to trap over 1 000 birds this season. Researchers plan to restock ten areas in South Texas in cooperation with landowners.
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Austin
Mexico
Texas
Game Department
Department
Mystery London Bath Bomb Event Shocks Boarding House
Secretary of the British Museum Esdaile recounts a London air raid incident where a bomb dislodged a bathtub, sending it rolling downstairs and into the street. A young woman in the boarding house was unharmed though badly shaken by the blast and debris.
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Denver—Arundell
Jame Kennedy Esdaile
The
British Museum
London
Anyway He Tried Los Angeles Court Case Sparks Receipt Confusion
Stirling Spir ty, 22, a negro car washer, was hauled into court on failing to provide for his young son. He produced a sack of receipts claiming the money orders were ready for the post office. The judge checked and found the orders still attached. Aaron Selenfriend of Newark, New Jersey, ignored 80 parking tickets and was fined $1 per ticket plus $5 for the personal service ticket that brought him before the court.
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Los Angeles
Stirling Spirty
Aaron Selenfriend
Newark
N. J
Frank Hamer and the Texas War on Bank Robber Rewards
The article recalls Frank Hamer’s rise from Texas oil towns to national attention for opposing banker rewards offered for dead robbers. He argued rewards misled would be participants and notes his varied skills including knife throwing and an incident where he defeated a surprised attacker by spitting in his face.
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Texas
Hamer
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Barry Scobee
Hutchinson
Coan
W. E. Smith
Mabel Bloys
Davis Mountain Federation of Women's Clubs
Alpine
Katherine Scobee
West
H.C. Goodman
Jack Neuens
Kent
Connecticut
Y. D. McMurray
Monahans
Hicks Gray
Jim Bob
E. C. Coleman
Parent-Teacher Association
A. V. Chapin
J. 8
P.T.A
Yester
Santa Fe
SANTA
W. A. Moller
Houston
J. H. Clark
George R. Newton
United States
America
First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
Federal
Dep
Lady Godiva
Corporatio
Frank Hamer
GMC
Seton, Gerara’ Motors
B.P. Motor CO
Pcentral Power and Light Company
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