League Meet Opens Friday
About 1200 boys and girls arrive in Austin for the Texas Interscholastic League state carnival to crown champions in debate extemporaneous speech ready writing typing shorthand journalism one act play tennis track and rural pentathlon. The event includes a delegates meeting and a series of educational sessions with Dr. Umstaddt Penick Rainey and Monte Barrett as speakers.
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Austin
Roy Bedichek
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
J. G. Umstaddt
D. A. Penick
Homer P. Rainey
Monte Barrett
San Antonio
Jane Arden
Waste fat collection rises but misses regional quotas
War Production Board salvage division reports March fat collections in New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma total 24 827 pounds in New Mexico against a 56 000 pound monthly quota while national collection reaches 7 312 617 pounds or 43 9 percent of 16 667 000 pound quota.
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Washington
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
War Production Board
State and regional power drink and harvest figures noted
In March Texas collected 294 833 pounds toward a 727 500 monthly quota while February reached 267 648. Oklahoma February 58 363 and March 69 022 against a 176 500 monthly quota. State totals show February 34.2 percent and March 443 percent of quota in the earlier item. In Chicago a cafe fire caused 200 patrons to flee and damaged $2 000 worth of bottled goods after corks popping from champagne announced hail fel low.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Health certificate wins over wedding license in Abilene
An Abilene woman refused to leave a health certificate required by Texas law when applying for a marriage license. She picked up the certificate and left, leaving the deputy clerk with the license. In Portland a man’s scrap drive return yielded a $4 000 note, $750 in bonds, $5 000 life policies and a mortgage after a recheck.
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Abilene
Texas
Portland
Ore
Salvation Army
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Amarillo
Chicago
Colorado
Railroad
Allen Herndon
Snellville
J. M. Hyden
W. 7Th St
Othettes
Penney’s
Penney
tHe
H. ¥. Robertson & CO
Oliver-Eakle Bidg
Seagram
Hagan
Bing
Seagram Distillers Corp
New York
Globe-News
Cynthia
Imen
Rayon
Rasee
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