Old Blue the Bell Ox Leads J A Herd Through Trail History
This profile sketches Old Blue, the lead steer of the J A herd famed along the Goodnight Loving Trail. Born 1870 on the Nueces, Blue rose to leadership, wore a fresh bell, and guided 10,000 cattle to Dodge City, enduring blizzards and Apache raids while becoming a symbol of Palo Duro cattle country.
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Blue
Rio Grande
Texas
Arkansas River
Colorado
Dodge City
Bine
Nueces River
New Mexico
Pecos
Lone Prairie
John Chisum
Bosque Redondo Ranch
Charlie Goodnight
Arkansas
Pueblo
Wyoming
Goodnight
California
Canadian
Texas Panhandle
Palo Duro Canyon
Palo Duro
Adair
Old Blue
Bell
Llano River
Chicago
Wolf Creek
Oklahoma
Lone Wolf
North Star
Cimarron River
John Taylor
Panhandle-Plains Historical Society
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Old Blue of
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Commissioned in 1941
The Corpus Christi Naval Air Station in Texas, commissioned March 12 1941, becomes a major training complex with 2200 cadets, 800 officers, and 1200 planes. It covers about 4050 acres across main and auxiliary bases, offers 320 bed medical facilities, and aims to graduate 560 pilots monthly by end of 1942.
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Naval Air Station At
Corpus
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
A. D. Bernhard
U. S. Navy
R. D. Lyon
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Jacksonville
Texas
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Knox
Naval Reserve
United States Fleet
Singapore Defenses Stand Strong As Japan Looms
The article highlights Singapore as a major defense hub with formidable batteries, a vast anchorage for a fleet larger than Japan’s, a giant graving dock, and a 50 000 ton floating dock. It notes Britain’s renewed fortifications, few Japanese in the city, and Chinese funds aiding Chiang Kai-shek while warning Japan may blockade to seize the Dutch Indies and strike from Singapore.
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Singapore
The
Indies
Strait of Malacca
Indian Ocean
China Sea
Johore Strait
Malaya
America
Southampton
England
Britain
Chiang Kai-shek
Asia
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Guam
United States
Edgewood farmers pursue dairy upgrade and bull loans
The Edgewood community in Van Zandt County seeks a cheese plant. B F Gray estimates county milk output insufficient, but with H B Hill and Heber T Stewart they propose using FSA community loans to buy purebred bulls. Six farmers pledge to take loans to improve cattle quality and milk production.
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Avis Platter
Edgewood
Texas
The
Southwest Magazine Co
van Zandt County
B. F. Gray
Canton
Committee of Citizens
van Zandt
Gray
Hill
FSA
Heber T. Stewart
Dairy Bulls Boost Local Herds Through Cooperative Purchases
A group of buyers toured Texas and Arkansas to select registering merit Jersey bulls from Glen F. Wallace of Arkansas Orchards Inc. They secured loans, drove to Nashville for direct bull selection, and formed bull circles to exchange animals after two years. Butterfat yields ranged from 512 to 800 pounds annually, signaling plans to improve county herds and possibly fund a cheese plant.
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Mr. Hill
Texas
Arkansas
Glen F. Wallace
Arkansas Orchards, Inc
Nashville
Wallace
National Breeders’ Association of the
United States
Jersey
South
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J. Frank Dobie
Jack Potter
Corpus Christi, Tex
Alva D. Bernhard
U. S. Naval Air Station
Edge Registere Wood
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