Water system improvements aid farms in 1940 Texas
Forty seven farms and ranch demonstrators cooperated with the Texas Extension to improve family water supply systems in 1940. The work included new wells, windmills, pumps, tanks and piping to bring water in and out of the house.
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College
Geo
Turnley
Harry Warner
Wolflin
H. N. Wheeler
Polk St
South Part
T. L. Lipscomb
West 6Th St
Polk Street
North Polk
E. M. Shenefelt
Gus Watson
Miles Realty Co
West Std
Texas Extension
Early to Rise Keeps Plymouth Woman Healthy at 96
Mrs. Mary W. Staley of Plymouth Meeting Pa celebrates her 96th birthday saying early to rise and early to bed keeps her healthy. She has been ill only once in her life and has been a widow for 70 years.
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Plymouth Meeting
Mary W. Staley
Four Men Led Way For Recapture Of Berbera
London reports four men in a skiff guided a liberation fleet to the British Somaliland coast at midnight to retake Berbera. By 2:20 AM Sunday Indian Somali and Arab troops with RAF armored cars secured the town, after a two point landing orchestrated from Aden with naval gunfire and a predrawn Italian defenses plan.
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London
Berbera
Ministry of Information
Aden
Somali forces overrun Berbera as Italian gunners flee
Report describes Somali advance near Berbera with Italian troops withdrawing under cover of darkness. Naval gunners achieved accurate fire in murky light as enemy positions were abandoned. Separate note records Surplus Marketing Administration food stamp purchases in Texas totaling 271,320.50 for 139,875 clients in December.
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Surplus Marketing Administration
Texas
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