RANCH TALK AND WILDLIFE NOTES OF AUSTIN AREA
A rambling column from the Texas plains recounts a Sunday roast at a ranch with a guest surgeon, quips about doctors and meat, and a voice noting scarce doves in Hemphill County. It covers fishing trips to Charlotte Islands, a Pennsylvania boycott push against Alaska canned salmon, and debates over Alaskan brown bears, salmon packs, and packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemphill County
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Tack
Alaskan
New Bank Vault To Have Thick Walls And Profits
A jumble of letters and old anecdotes mentions a bank vault with 27 inch walls, profits from selling and packing, plus readers recalling Will Rogers farming, jokes by Ed Wynn and George Bernard Shaw. The exchange includes Dear Tack responses and a cheeky note about fashion and public decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Amarillo National Bank
Lonely hearts and help wanted in Amarillo ad column
A 49 year old woman seeks a clean Christian man aged 50 to 55 with steady income for companionship, notes she is non-smoker non-drinker and has been self-supporting, invites letters via Old Tack. Also listed are a Mr Fix-It mower repair seeker, a quilt maker needed, a teaching job seeker in Polk Amarillo, custodial and church work hopes, a dog found case and a lost Boston bulldog reward with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D
Pierce
Cline Road
Boston
Jefferson
3.5 Million Phones Disconnected During Depression
During the Depression about 3.5 million telephones in the United States were disconnected with the greatest drop in 1933. A South African mother cared for her baby without arms or legs, even making his clothes on a sewing machine. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
South Africa
Globe-News
Three figures of the times praised for fighting Communists
A reader writes that General MacArthur, Martin Dies, and Westbrook Pegler are the three outstanding figures aiding the masses. The letter defends Pegler's critiques of the New Deal, Truman administration policies, and military issues, urging action against government waste and dishonesty. The writer claims to be a vigilant citizen ready to defend opposing views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Mr. Pegler
Times
General MacArthur
Martin Dies
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Acheson
Truman
F. D. Roosevelt
Kansas City
West Point
Sing Sing
Washington
Goodyear Workers Get 13 Cent Wage Boost Nationwide
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers announced a 13-cent hourly increase for about 26,000 workers in 10 U.S. plants including Akron, St. Marys, Jackson, Topeka, Lincoln, Windsor, New Bedford, Muncie and Los Angeles. The raise, effective yesterday, awaits Wage Stabilization Board approval and URW local ratification. one cent may be used to fix intra plant inequities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
CIO United
Rubber Workers
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
US Rubber
URW
Wage Stabilization Board
Akron
St. Mary's
Ohio
Jackson, Mich
Topeka
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Winsor, Vt
New Bedford
Mass
Muncie
Ind
Los Angeles
Small Talk and Real Estate Note Highlights
A mixed listing shows property add ons and owners with figures including $9500 and $66500 for various parcels and additions such as Fairview and Wolflin Park. Court actions include domestic suits between Alton parties and multiple marriage licenses for Connally Underwood Bragg Williams.
Tano Wood Preferred For Sun Helmets In Asia
Hong Kong reports tano wood, the lightest in the world, found on the Malay Peninsula and in Siam. It is favored by the British for making sun helmets, highlighting its prized combination of lightness and durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Malayan
Siam
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USA
R. M. Curtis
Amarillo
Dude Moseley
Fish and Game Department
A. W. Chisum
Bill Gill
J.R. Fitzgerald
Randall Gill
Clark Mather
W. R. Holland
Miami
Prairie
High Plains
Woody Ponds
Green Lake
Pay
Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
North Topeka
Will Rogers
Will
Rogers
George Bernard Shaw
Ed Wynn
Reader's Digest
Mr. Wynn
Texas
Pardner
Dorothy Bond
D. B. Muleshoe
Old Messina
New Mexico Territory
Linda
Jeff
R. H
Deason
Courthouse Records
A. R. Blackburn
Maude M. Blackee
G&s. Co
Higanet
Ax Gs
Scale-Annex Co
Malcolm Vaughn
Forest Hill Park
Nobles R
Wolflin Park
Maggie Deal
L. G. Marshall
Herbert W. Dodse Etux
al F. Smith
Eakle
Joseph W. McCoy
Holland
Odelle
Harris
Elizabeth Harris
Odelles
John Thomas Harris
Mary Ann Yor
Vir
Elizabeth Har
E. Pyeatt
Sven D. Johnson
Fairview
T. S
D. Hervey
C. Lindsey
Writhiam Turner Junell
Dennis
Mirror Enterprises
C. Stubbs
Hubert W. Taylor
J. G. Ramsey
Hitchcock
Wallis
J. W. Bogard, Jr
Clinton King
Fairview T
C. B. Knowles
Ruth Thelma Miller
T. J. Sneed
Bil
North Hts
John D. Huff
Afidie R. Glenn
Glenwood Addn
James D. Sweeney
Tom Mel Cubbins
Humphreys Highlands
Stella J. Cotton
Fate White
Univ. Hts
Henry N. Ford
Ea Ax
Bert Heard
Frank Wilkinson Const. Co
Charles E. Kimball
Fair Park
L. F. Hoareletux
E. L. McDaniel
Valley View
F. P. Works
Wolflin Park, Inc
Frank Phillips
Bertie Lour Alton
John Robert Alton
Jewel Essie McCalister
J. T
McCalister
Guy Lacy Connally
Iris Rummy Jonas
Robert S. Geer
Edith Roberta Underwood
Fred Washington Bragg
Letha Lillis Powers
Lee Gusta Williams
Patsy Ruth Walker
Syms
Amarillo Motor CO
Tyler
Amarillo, Texas
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