Smiles and Snippets From Rural Texa s Papers
A composite page from multiple Texas weeklies includes poetry, humor notes, and light commentaries. Items reference Nellie Witt Spikes, Floyd County Hesperian, Roswell Dispatch, El Paso Herald-Post quips, Quitaque Post gags, and local broadcasters with snippets on dandelions, campfire aromas, and life lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Witt Spikes
Floyd County
Hesperian
Roswell
GOP Finance Drill on Foreign Policy Aims at War Readiness
GOP fund collectors face hurdles with big donors in New York and Pennsylvania who favor the Roosevelt era pro Allied policy. The article details calls for a foreign policy plank, war readiness, defense spending, and notes currency in the steel industry growth and mixed economic gains amid war tensions.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Hitler
Roosevelt
F. Trubee Davison
House of Morgan
Republican Finance Committee
Trubee
Sock
Germany
Italy
Japan
How Mars Got His Wings World War Aces Gave Nazis Ideas
Washington June 2 The World War snatched aviation from the cradle and sent it into front lines. It foreshadowed a new course for all warfare as German aviation standardized planes and motors. America produced few planes but Liberty motors stood out. The piece traces Frank Luke Jr and other aces, noting their courage and wasteful valor, and hints at aviation's evolving role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ardennes Forest
der Fuerrer
Italy
Hitler
United States
Washington
America
Frank Luke, Jr
Frank
Richthofens
Foncks
Rickenbackers
Richthofen
Bentley Falls, Bentley Gang Nabbed After Canyon Showdown
In a tense pursuit off the canyon road Colonel Harris and Monnie Miles masterminded a trap. Bentley and his men are captured while Larry Collins and Monnie reunite, planning a future on the Haydook and possibly a new newspaper venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley
Larry
Larr
Monnie
Collins
Anothe
Colonel Harris
Shultz Wer
Joe
Harris
Towar Town
Mike
Miss Miles
Neve
Hugh
Monn
Bentle
Miss
Branch
Bentley’s
Hill
Miles
Pete Barnes
Lost Canyon
Col
Barnes
Clark
Steve
Ci Hall
Pete
Fulton Street Market Bait of Ocean Giants and Odors Told
The piece portrays the Fulton Street fish market in New York, detailing vast quantities of codfish and other sea products arriving daily. It notes 2,000 workers, city ownership and rental to New York Fishmongers Association, and describes mackerel’s name origin, the market’s warehouse style, and curios like turtles and frog legs from Japan.
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New York
Newfoundland
South Street
Caribbean
Georgian Bank
Western Hemisphere
Fulton Street
al Smith
Florida
Great Lakes
Chinatown
Japan
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Globe-News Publishing Company
Fillmore Street
Gene Howe
Cesses
John McCarty
Ee SS
Amarillo
Texas
The
Daily News
Tri-State Press
Memphis Democrat
Afton
Quitaque Post
Jack Stamper
Tulsa Herald
Muleshoe Journal
I. D. Divine
Mr. Divine
Oklahoma
M. Noble
Mary McClure
Higgins
Jim Black
Julia K. Waller
Donley County
Clayton News
McLean News
Wellington
Douglas Meador
Matador Tribune
GOP
Holland
Belgium
France
Shylock
Hollywood
State Department
Austria
Poland
Russia
Santa Claus
Great Britain
Leopold
Britain
Jackson
Detroit
D. of J
Henry Morgenthau
Bob
Ladies Home Journal
Mars
Luke
Army Signal Corps
Eddie Rickenbacker
AEF
Pillars OF American Liberty
Romance
Tom Horner
Sex
E Anyun
Circle Cross
Steve Clark
George Tucker
Manhattan