Pig diplomacy in Texas recalled in 1830s tale of Bullock and pigs
The Globe News recounts a Texas Republic era incident where Bullock punched a French diplomat’s servant after pigs trampled grain. A Paris loan attempt followed, ending with no funding and a lasting mock-heroic memory of Bullock and his pigs.
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France
James Hamilton
Paris
Secretary of State
Richard Bullock
Eugene Playette
de Saligny
Pluvette
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Playette
Texas
State Department
Hamilton
J. Lafitte and Company
Alexander Hamilton
Hitler
Hess
William M. Gogue
Humann
Central National Bank
New Job For The Short Waves In Wartime
The defense program creates new roles for radio as short wave stations expand to reach American troops abroad. General Electric in Schenectady notes a surge of letters from soldiers in the Canal Zone Guantanamo Bay Cuba Pearl Harbor Hawaii St Thomas V S praising programs that link them to home.
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Central America
Schenectady
General Electric
Canal Zone
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
St. Thomas
V. S
Greenland
Guiana
Prank Bomb at Ford Plant Triggers Widespread Fear
A prankster planted a so called bomb at a Ford plant, later revealed as a firecracker. Workers laughed but officials warn such pranks unsettle anxious workers. The note cites Yugoslav minister Constantin Fotitch blaming Germany for Yugoslavia’s fate.
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Germany
Yugoslavia
Constantin Fotitch
Washington
Love Power Secrecy and armed guard at Hale Lab
Dr. Hale plans to secure his lab with armed guards and secrecy as he hires a secretary Carolyn Tyler. She helps arrange the defense while he outlines a mission to record findings and notify universities and labs. Carolyn volunteers to recruit guards and orders weapons via a trusted contact.
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Dr. Hale
Leana
Robert
Leana Sormi
Carolyn Tyler
Carolyn
Miss Tyler
Mystery Lab Sparks In Cold War Style Romance
In a tense late afternoon, Dr. Hale pushes toward secrecy while Carolyn manages tasks at his laboratory. Ken Palmer delivers nearly 700 dollars in cash for police recruits as a dozen hopefuls await, and the trio faces swift, dangerous progress on a secret experiment.
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Ken Palmer
Ken
Dr. Hale
Carolyn
Robert Hale
Hale
Mr. Palmer
Your Ideas Editor Globe-News readers respond with notices
A compiled batch of citizen suggestions covers sidewalk safety tree limb height rules citywide trash bottle recycling contests and hitchhiking etiquette plus a proposed Amarillo Americana day. Names and addresses accompany each submission highlighting local concerns and community spirit.
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Globe-News
Amarillo
Bob Smotherman
313
West Thirty-fifth Avenue
Crackers Fate of Kings
Question powered quiz recalling European monarchy during Axis invasions. Five prompts ask who abdicated due to invasion, actions of two boy kings and two brother kings, a monarch sending troops to aid a similarly named king, a king who visited Hitler, and two of the three remaining kings on thrones.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Light beam phonograph transformation and New England industry shifts
A talk on photoelectric phonographs explains how light drives sound and sustains improved record life. The speaker notes breakthroughs in optics and materials, cites Library of Congress use, and highlights New England industrial recovery from the 1920s to the 1930s with plastics, rayon, and new products creating jobs.
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Edison
Fdison
Library of Congress
Silk purse from sow ear hints New England resilience
In Arthur Little’s lab across the Charles from Boston chemists spun a silk like purse from boiled sukie ears. The piece stands as a symbol of confidence amid postwar economic strain. Dr. Karl Compton of MIT says the trend is just beginning as industry may invest more.
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Compton Committee
Fall River
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Middle West
Arthur Little
Charles
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Chicago
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New England Council
New Products Committee
When experts say no they fail to see a way
A wartime lesson from William S. Knudsen shows armor can be welded, not riveted, to strengthen tanks. The story recalls Charles F. Kettering and Edison, noting that conferences often block progress while practical tinkering proves the impossible possible.
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William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Charles F. Kettering
Thomas Edison
Edison
Atlantic
Masi
Lee de Forest
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