Wildcats Surge in Playoffs as Sandies Dominate Texas Standings
Corpus Christi risks a crippled eleven but Ed Dusek leads the Wildcats in a playoff surge. Amarrillo beats Masonic Home Masons 14-7 to reach finals while Sandies showcase power and speed in Texas high school football. Temple Wildcats seek win with a power attack after district exit in 1939. Bahar High plans a girls basketball team formation.
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Corpus Christi
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Buccaneers
Amarillo
Masonic Home
Masons
Will
el Paso
Cats
Temple Sestem
Holland
R. V. Baker
O Bahar High School
Amarillo and Temple Vying for State Schoolboy Title in Dallas
In Dallas Cotton Bowl on Saturday the Amarillo Panhandle team meets Temple comeback squad for the state schoolboy championship. Amarillo, 12-0 with 357-33 scoring margin, faces Temple 8-4 after a 28-0 semi final win. Fort Worth and Dallas awarded the game after a coin flip.
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Tex
Texas A. & M. College
Fordham University
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Temple
Fort Worth
Masonic
Corpus Christi
High School Basketball Races and Texas 18-Year Rule
The piece notes strong local basketball potential in Purple War riorettes and a contentious 18-year age rule for Texas high school football. Critics argue the rule strains small squads by limiting reserves and risks injuries as younger players are pushed into games. The author wishes readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, hopeful for happiness and success in the coming year.
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Purple
Texas
British Bombers Attack Targets Over All Germany
British long range bombing planes struck a wide area of western Germany during the night and again hit Mannheim, a Rhine railroad and industrial center. New England sailors on long voyages carried and consumed large supplies of cranberries to prevent scurvy.
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Germany
London
Mannheim
Rhine
New England
Ice Cream Industry Sees November 1940 Gain in Texas
Ice cream production in November 1940 reached an estimated 458000 gallons, up 20.4 percent from November 1939, with butter and cheese down 5.2 and 7.5 percent respectively. First eleven months of 1940 show gains in butter, cheese, and ice cream versus 1939 totals.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Business
University Bureau of Business Research
Italians Execute Two Spies In Rome After Roundup
Two members of a large spy ring blamed for Britain's air raid on Taranto were executed at dawn near Rome after a nationwide roundup of 27 people. The official radio said 24 of the 27 were sentenced in a brief wartime trial by Italy's special defense tribunal.
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Britain
Italy
Taranto
Chamber of Commerce Sends Christmas Greetings
The Bonham Chamber of Commerce officers and directors sent special Christmas greetings to all members on Monday. The messages were signed by all officers.
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Chamber Commerce
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Bomber Gift Flies to Britain From U S Factories
A twin engine Hudson bomber funded by 18 500 Lockheed and Vega workers takes off from Burbank for Canada to be handed to the Royal Air Force. Jimmie Mattern pilots the craft with plans to reach Albuquerque Detroit Montreal and finally England for delivery.
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Calif
Lockhead
Vega
Royal Air Force
Canada
Jimmie Mattern
Albuquerque
Detroit City
Montreal
RAF
Burton Griffit
Lockheed Stockroom
England
Lockheed Assembly Division
Liverpool
Lockheed Employes Recreation Club
Employes’ Association
Maurie de Smet
Livestock Shipments Fall in November Trade
Austin report shows live stock shipments in November narrowing the gap from 1939 levels as industry activity slows. Officials note reduced cattle and hog movements reflect seasonal trends and market conditions across Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Texas railroad movement report from 1940 shows declines
University of Texas statisticians report November shipments at 7 948 carloads, 2.8 percent below November 1939. First eleven months of 1940 total 76 187 cars, down 9.7 percent from last year. Movement of cattle and hogs and sheep also varied with cattle and hogs up and sheep down.
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University of Texas Business Statisticians
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