Texas Rains Hit Harvest Across Coastal Plains
Heavy rains and a tropical storm swept through upper coastal Texas counties stalling crops. USDA reports about 15 percent of the crop harvested with showers and drizzle delaying harvest operations in North and Central Texas. Northern High Plains saw better prospects with wheat up and early fields providing grazing. Commercial vegetables made good progress with eggplant peppers and other produce, as carloads loaded in the Winter Garden area.
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Bave
Eise
Texas
United Ies Department of Agriculture
Igbe
Family Ends Mix Up Decides On Name
Detroit Oct 13 The seven Fanfaro children now share the same last name after their father, Italian by birth, list of spellings caused a probate court adjustment. Names formerly Fantore Ferntro Fanilator Fantora Fernette and Fernetto are unified as Fantaro. Fleet Admiral Leahy completes war memoirs I Was There to be published next spring detailing North Africa invasion and key Allied conferences.
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Detroit
Fanfaro
Italy
Juan Fantaro
Fantaro
Fantore
Ferntro
Fanilator
Fantora
Fernetti
Fernetto
Leahy
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Truman
North Africa
Potsdam
Winston-Salem
N.C
Salem College
North Carolina ‘Girls’ School
Salem
Salem Female Academy
Protestant Church Enters Commercial Film With Prejudice
The Protestant Film Commission announces a feature titled Prejudice about anti Semitism filmed in Hollywood. It will debut October 17 in over 100 cities and later screen in theatres churches schools factories unions and fraternal groups. Paul F Heard oversaw production as executive secretary.
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New York
Protestant Film Commission
Hollywood
United States
Commission
Paul F. Heard
Sun Patterns Coat and Dress Pattern No. 2811
The Baytown Sun advertises pattern No. 2811 featuring a companion coat and puff sleeve frock with a high buttoned coat and hood. Sizes 1 to 4, with yardage details for 64 and 35 inch fabrics, price 25 cents for the pattern and address to send name, address, and style number to Pattern Department in New York. Also promotes Fall Winter Fashion Book at 20 cents with over 250 designs for all ages.
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Baytown Sun
18Th St
New York
Texas News Briefs Roundup From Fort Worth to Pasadena
Fort Worth gains new Texas Circulation Managers Association president Sol Hatz of the Dallas Morning News. Walter West departs. Galveston hosts 1850 Texas automobile dealers convention in Fort Worth after three days. Austin reports Texas National Guard at peak peacetime strength 15,093. More than 15,000 Texans classified by draft boards in September. Houston gears up for Oil Progress Week with E S Adams Jr leading the committee. Pasadena sees Price Daniel as guest speaker at the Union Baptist Association annual session.
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Fort Worth
Sol Hatz
The
Dallas Morning News
Texas Circulation Managers Association
Walter West
Dallas Times-Herald
Galveston
Texas Automobile Dealers
Texas
Texas’ Automotive Deelers Association
Austin
Paul L. Wakefield
Selective Service
Houston
E. S. Adams, Jr
Adami Company
Pasadena
Price Daniel
Union Baptist Association
Medicine Cabinet Shortage Sparks Home Show Debate
Washington’s home show highlights modern houses with power tools, remote doors, indirect lighting, and lavish displays while a medicine cabinet remains a recurring frustration for men. The article notes vintage shaving gear, clutter from cosmetics, and a caricaturist amid exhibits.
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Harman W. ‘Nichols
Washington
Woman rescues children as house bursts into flames
A mother and two children were inside a frame dwelling when a fire broke out during afternoon chores. She escaped with the children after rushing the front door, forcing her way out as flames roared through the interior. She attempted to reach a bedroom window but failed.
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Dinesaee
Myron
Turing
Bret
Condemned Structure Reprieved For Age
A North Carolina building in City Memorial Park is kept as an example of early methods after being condemned for age. Logs pegged with bricks from England, the five room hut is believed to be at least 150 years old. Park officials chose to preserve it rather than demolish it.
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Thomasville
N.C
City Memorial Park
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