Not Bullet Proof Yet Tough Glass Resists Shotgun Fire at 15 Yards
Prof. Harold E. Edgerton with MIT showcases laminated high test safety plate glass used in GM cars. Skeet shooter Dick Shaughnessy fires a 12 gauge at a Buick windshield. the pane cracks but does not penetrate. The test highlights safety plate glass as a defense against impact, not bullet proof.
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Harold E. Edgerton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dick Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
Professor Edgerton
General Motors
Fisher
Mexican youths seek year enlistment in local army
About six Fort Davis Mexican young men sought to enlist for a year this week. Officials said they could not join for 12 months at that time and were told enlistment is normally three years. After Registration Day October 16 they were informed they may volunteer for a year.
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Fort Davis
Army Unit Reorganization Outlined to Mile High Club
Lieutenant Leonard Kaplan explained the reorganized streamlined regular army units to the Mile High Club last Wednesday night. Kaplan serves in the army and outlined changes to unit structure and roles for club members.
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Regular Army
Mile High Club
Leonard Kaplan
The
Bargain List Houses Modern Rentals and Lots
A classified notice offers several bargains including a furnished room for rent near the post office for 4000, a lot in the business district with terms at 2500, a stucco 9 room near College Ave needing repairs with a small loan option, and other rooming house opportunities with servant quarters and yard space. The owner promises sales at substantial sacrifices for quick transactions and shows by appointment only.
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College Hill
Infantry squad size changes and local Fort Davis notes
The article outlines a new standard for infantry squads expanding to 12 men with several NCOs, noting Russians and local soldiers still hike despite motor mobility. It highlights Fort Davis tourism gains amid varied seasons and reports community happenings at Sul Ross college, Fort Davis Study Club events, and remarks on attendance and Farm Loan Association leadership led by J. W. Merrill of Fort Davis.
Farm loan assoc gathers at Marfa this Friday afternoon
The association, begun in 1924, has: 1935 milestone as the United States' second largest National Farm Loan Association, loaning members over five million dollars with no foreclosures. Current rate is 3 percent. In local news, Mrs. E H Fowlkes, ex Jeff Davis county judge, moved from Fort Davis to Alpine where daughter Elizabeth attends Sul Ross College and is Fort Davis High School spring graduate. Mrs Roy Evans, longtime Alpine resident now in Fort Davis, was elected president of the Baptist Womens Missionary Society. Mrs Harry Jarsett named to a post.
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National Farm Loan Association
Marfa
J. W. Merrill
Fort Davis
United States
E. H. Fowlkes
Jeff Davis County
Alpine
Elizabeth
Sul Ross College
Fort Davis High School
Roy Evans
Baptist Womens Missionary Society
Harry Jarsett
Local Club Names Officers After Election
The organization elected vice president Mrs Jack Mc Namara secretary Mrs Joe Mulhern and treasurer with retiring president Mrs A E Babcock stepping down from the role.
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Jack McNamara
Joe Mulhern
A. E. Babcock
Hard winter forecast hits Europe after brisk norther
A brisk norther blew through early Wednesday, warning readers outside the climate area of harsher weather to come. Weather prophets forecast a hard winter, with Europe expected to bear the brunt of the cold conditions.
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Europe
Fort Davis to exhibit at Highland Fair in Marfa
Fort Davis will represent the town at the Highland Fair in Marfa this October. The booth will feature field products, trees, and needlework, plus home canned goods. Fort Davis Study Club and Mile High Club support the enterprise.
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Fort Davis
Marfa
Deer Abound This Season With Bucks Having Velvet Antlers
Deer are abundant along highways with bucks showing velvet antlers. Reports from two groups note 27 deer and another sighting of 30. Hunters will pursue on ranchers' land as rifles crack on November 16.
Prolific mourning doves raise multiple broods in Cuero yard
A Cuero, Texas pair of mourning doves raised six pairs of young in a rose arbor last year and three pairs this year, with a fourth brood reported, according to the Cuero Standard.
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Texas
H. A. Steurmer
Cuero
Cuero Standard
Engine Kills Quail on Sunshine Special
A Sunshine Special crew removed three bobwhites from the front of the locomotive at Palestine, an unusual case as trains rarely kill quail in flight.
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Palestine
Thief Breaks Into Tulsa Home Steals $6 and Items
A thief broke into W. R. Mahaffey's Tulsa Oklahoma dwelling and stole six dollars his trousers and a rabbit’s foot believed lucky.
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W. R. Mahaffey
Tulsa
Okla
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