Texas Ranch Lands Go Like Hot Cakes
A survey shows unprecedented demand for Texas highland ranches with prices doubling in spots. Notable sales include Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital trustees paying $9 an acre for 11 238 acres in Jeff Davis County and 1 920 adjoining acres leased for 15 years. Large tracts in the Davis Mountains and Presidio County fetched premium prices as investors lease to operators. Goat country deals and western ranch consolidations reflect a booming market across Abilene to Lykes Brothers interests in Houston.
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Associated Press
Texas
Southwest
T. A. Cozart
Abilene
South Plains
South Texas
Davis Mountains
Highlands
San Angelo
Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital
Jack McCutcheon
Jeff Davis County
CW. Sterling
McCutcheon
C. M. Caldwell
Divis Mountains
J. Wood Glass
H. W. Reed
Oklahoma
W. W. Childress
A. D
Bill Neal
W. B. Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
Marfa
Presidio
Brewster
Lykes Brothers of
Houston
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Central West Texas
Trent
E. C. Brand
Sweetwater
Floyd
Carl Thomas
R. H. Mason
Nolan County
Mason
Broad Night Radio Schedule and Local Land Deals
A late 1930s Amarillo page lists KGNC broadcasting 5,000 watts day and 1,000 watts night with NBC programs plus local schedules. It reports land deals in Uvalde and Laguna counties, with prices per acre and ranch sizes, reflecting high cattle prices affecting South Texas land sales.
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KGNC
Fred Waring
Pleasuretime
NBC
America
Kay Kyser
College of Musical Knowledge
Ama- Tilla
Sam
Air
Lud Gluskin
Pepper Young
David Harum
Light of the World
National Farm and Home Hour
Nueces River
Smyth Brothers
Uvalde
Briscoe
Robert J. Raney
Henry Rosenow
Laguna
Uvalde County
Rosenow
Mexico
Texas
Corpus Christi
Ernest Penisch
Karnes County
Defense Guardsmen Plan Social Event in Amarillo
Amarillo defense guardsmen announce a social evening at the Legion Home 1800 Harrison Street at 730 p.m. The event features slumgullion and a planned program by wives and sweethearts while the unit drills. Capt. A Petersen notes 75 enlisted, most active, and hints at future dances or theater outings.
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Texas Defense
Amarillo
Legion Home
Petersen
Stevenson Seeks Ammonia Plant Deal in Panhandle
Amarillo bids for an ammonia nitrate plant draw Governor Coke Stevenson’s interest. He notes UT’s bureau of industrial chemistry and the Tennessee Valley Authority hold extensive data on manufacture and plant management. The governor asks about potential plant management arrangements if located.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Coke Stevenson
Joe Jenkins
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
University of Texas
Tennessee Valley Authority
Stevenson
Phillips Petroleum
Washington
Col
John Harris
Ordnance
Farm Conditions In Texas Belfer Farm
Texas farm conditions improved during the week ended Nov. 16. Cotton picking was in full swing in northwest Texas and grain sorghum harvesting increased. Soil conditions for planting 1942 crops were ideal. The Rio Grande Valley vegetable crop was about 50 percent of the 1940 level. Livestock pastures, especially wheat in the northwest, were good though some cattle losses occurred grazing wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas
Agricultural Statistical Service
Rio Grande Valley
Northwest
Baptist Training Union Convention Opens in Fort Worth
The Texas Baptist Training Union opened its 31st annual convention in Fort Worth today. The three day session is expected to be attended by 15 000 persons.
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Fort Worth
Texas*Baptist Training Union
Port Worth
Louisiana Sheds Light on Texas Land Boundary
Louisiana Geodesic Survey finds Texas claims a wedge of land due to a 19th century surveying error. The current boundary near Arkansas and Texas sits about 100 feet west of the true line, converging 70 miles south. A 1841 survey buried parchment bottles to mark the division, but only one remained intact. Congressional action would be needed to adjust the boundary.
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New Orleans
Texas
Louistina
Louisiana Geodesic Survey
Arkansas
Tamar Acker
Vanity at Root Of Shooting
Durham North Carolina authorities theorized vanity drove John S Baldwin a 38 year old bachelor farmer to kill Dr Robert Randolph Jones Jr associate professor of surgery at Duke University Medical School. Baldwin, unhappy with plastic surgery to improve his appearance, waited for Jones in the waiting area.
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Durham
N.C
John
S. Baldwin
Robert Randolph Jones, Jr
Medical School
Duke University
Jones
Baldwin
Courthouse Records and Vehicle Registrations Featured
A courthouse record listing transfers and lot details spans multiple properties dated 1933 to 1942 including H H Trolinger to Nellie Wells and J L Nunt to Ida Marin. It lists parcels in Murphy Sub B and Belmont Park along with vehicle registrations for 1942 models and a university hospital incident. It notes a murder attempt involving Baldwin and physicians Lovell and Hirst, and ends with a tax fact about motor vehicle levies comprising about 14 percent of total government tax intake.
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H. H. Trolinger
Nellie Wells
South Side
Paul E. Organ
C. G. Spencer
Murphy
Mirror
Hulon Collins
M. C Thweatt
Highland
J. L. Nunt
Ida Marin
Belmont Park
JH Mann
H Gay
Plemons
A. Cooper
G. F Cooper
R. R Gardens
O. W. Harrison
Tomy P Tosh
Glenwood
Ross D. Rogers
G&s
El Maida Shrine Drill Team To Parade In Amarillo
El Maida Temple of El Paso will send a drill team and a drum corps to Amarillo for Khiva Temple’s parade and souvenir ceremonial at the Paramount theater and livestock pavilion. About 20 drum corps members and 20 drill team members travel Friday night arriving Saturday morning with hotel reservations made for the visitors. Delegations from Albuquerque Fort Worth Wichita Falls join, with nearly 35 novices in the fall ceremonial class.
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el Maida Temple
Mystic Shrine
el Paso
Amarillo
Khiva
Fred Gallo
Herring Hotel
Mr. Gallo
el Maida
Albuquerque
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Paramount Theater
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Tires Changed at Railway Crossing in Salt Lake City
Nov 19 report notes a car bumped over a west side railway crossing as tires were changed nearby. This brief item documents a minor incident linked to local rail infrastructure in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
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J. Wright
Scurry County
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Dolph Briscoe
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Zavala
Winstop Duzzit
Vincent Lopez
Bob Hamilton
Twigs
Ma Perkins
Charlotte
The
Texas Rangers
KFDA
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Morgan
Jaucers
Raymond Gram
Spotlight Bands
Manhattan Melodies
BBC News
Glen Gray
Timer's Club
H! Neighbors
Clib
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Cedric Foater
Joe Prasette
Orch
Dick Kuhn
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Jack Armstrong
Captain Midnight
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W. van Dyne
Ben Bernie
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Edwin C. Hill
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Chicago Aeolian Ensemble
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Frank Parker
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Tom Mix
F. Waring
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Garland
Sanford
Waples-Platter Co
Hudson
E. Vickerson
Glenn H. Barnes
D F Covington
University Hospital
D. L. Lovell
Donald Hirst
Dobbs
Amarillo Hotel
Vee Amelie
Sa Ly Core
Defense
Des Redncy, Gear Praud
East 4Th Street
Askew & Brown
Paul Jones
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
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Ruel
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