Deer Damage Crops Meeting in San Antonio Debates Protection
Sixty farmers and ranchmen attended a fall meeting in San Antonio to discuss deer raiding crops including corn. Farmers reported losses up to 100 percent in some fields as deer populations rose during the war. Galveston Wins Safety Plaque For the third time in four years Galveston earned the state safety plaque for low traffic fatalities in the 50,000 to 100,000 population bracket. In 1941 1942 and 1944 the city had fewer deaths than peers. So far this year Galveston has had only one traffic death in the city limits.
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San Antonio
Galveston
Texas
Texas Battleship Offer Sparks Debate on Harbor Berth
Secretary of the Navy reportedly offered the Battleship Texas for retirement and possible move to Texas. Representative Thomas proposed sailing the ship up the Houston Ship Channel and permanently berthing it near the San Jacinto battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Navy
Forrestal
Representative Thomas
Houston Ship Channel
San Jacinto Battle Ground
Penny parking meter trial extends to El Paso
El Paso has begun testing penny parking meters that accept a penny or a nickel. One penny buys 12 minutes, two pennies buy 4 minutes, and a nickel buys one hour of curb time. About 500 such meters have been installed in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Mexico City
Chinaman Says No in Three Languages Questioned by Police
Houston police questioned a transient Chinese man about $7,000 found in his hotel room. He declined to say how he obtained the money but spoke freely in Chinese English and Spanish on other subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Rio Grande Adds 200 Acres to Texas Border
Shifting river during a flood created a new channel near Los Indos Cameron County adding 200 acres to Texas. Three families are cut off and will become non residents of Mexico. Boundary Commission to set new border line as life continues in the lower Valley.
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Rio Grande
Texas
Los Indos
Cameron County
Mexico
Boundary Commission
Discharged veteran advertises for job with biting note
Dallas man C B Hogan Jr age 30 earned the distinguished service cross the air medal and oak leaf clusters from the Army Air Forces. He posted a wry ad in a Dallas newspaper asking for a high salary while joking about his own abilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Hogan, Jr
Dallas
Army Air Forces
Farley Day Buffalo Stampede Excavations Near Plainview
Texas University Museum Director Dr. E. H. Sellards investigates a prehistoric buffalo stampede in Hale county near Plainview. Bison bones lie in a stream channel under 12 feet of soil, with spear fragments suggesting an early hunter gathering period. Finds indicate larger buffalo than later plains herds.
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Texas
Plainview
Hale County
Texas University Museum
E. H. Sellards
Unwelcome Taxicab Passenger Flees With Bulldog
Houston taxi driver R. L. Engelking ferried two passengers to West Alabama Street. After they alit a fierce bulldog jumped in and rode to the police station where officers removed it. Humane Society’s Kinny Poston planned to return the dog to its owner the next morning.
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R. L
Red) Engelking
Houston
West Alabama
Kinny Poston
The
Humane Society
FFA Elects Baumgardner Vice President at 18th Convention
Marion F Baumgardner of Wellington Collingsworth county was elected vice president of the Future Farmers of America at the 18th annual convention in Kansas City. He received one of 150 American Farmer degrees at a banquet by The Kansas City Star and will oversee 200000 future farmers in 6500 departments.
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Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Marion F. Baumgardner
Wellington
Collingsworth County
Kansas City Star
Baumgardner
FFA
Roy Martin
Cotulla
Baumardner
Texas Births Reach New High in 1944
Texas records 164033 births in 1944, a new peak with a rate of 23.9 per 1000, up from 23.4 in 1943. Death rate remained at 8.9. Henderson County reports panther activity with calves killed and a cow attacked on M R Renfro farm between Baxter and Flat Rock. Chris Smith sells a 3000 pound crossbred buffalo Brahman bull to an Oklahoma show buyer after keeping it in Colorado briefly. Mrs. Mary Holcomb of Tyler turns 103, with three of nine children still living. Abilene plans a 22 gauge steel boat for easy disassembly for fishermen.
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Texas
Henderson County
M. R. Renfro
Baxter
Flat Rock
Chris Smith
Four-Way
Amarillo
Dumas Highway
Oklahoma
Mary Holcomb
Tyler
Smith County
Holcomb
Skipper County
Alabama
Kentucky
Grayson County
A. L. Carr
Abilene
Taylor County
Couple Liked Farm Life After Long Texas Move
Sixty six years ago Mr and Mrs William Arnett wed in Alabama and moved to Anson Texas on December 1 1891 where they bought a farm. They have lived on the same farm for fifty years choosing rural life over town.
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William Arnett
Alabama
Anson
Texas
Dallas Cyclist Sets 300 Mile Record Pace
Jack McDonald of Dallas claims a 15 hour 48 minute actual riding time for a Dallas to San Antonio 300 mile record. He rode a self made bicycle and stopped six times for food and rest.
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Jack McDonald
Dallas
San Antonio
Citrus crops enrich Rio Grande Valley yields
More than 9,000,000 citrus trees boost Rio Grande Valley farmers this year with expected revenue over 60 million dollars. P. J. Neff of Missouri Pacific notes perishable shipments from the Valley rose 50 percent from 1940 to 1944 and projects another 50 percent gain in the next five years. Canners are credited with stabilizing the citrus market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
P. J. Neff
Houston
Missouri Pacific Lines
Centuryold Graham resident celebrates 100th birthday
H S Hilburn of Graham Young county aged 100 marked the milestone with a party at his daughter Mrs T E Matthew's home. Born in Paris Texas on September 27 1845 he has lived through four wars and walked to town often to chat with early settlers while maintaining his original land.
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H. S Hilburn
Graham
Young County
T. E. Matthew
Mr. Hilburn
Paris
Texas
Owner Conserves Tires in War Time
Wes ley Richards of McAllen Hidalgo county keeps his 1929 Ford in mint condition during the war. He never drives faster than 30 miles an hour, keeps tires shaded, and maintains the same tires that came with the car, now 15 years old.
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Wesley Richards
McAllen
Hidalgo County
Mr. Richards
Prices From The Texas Coaster 1895 Advertisements
The 1895 Texas Coaster lists prices from merchants Dyer and Ransom A Kauffer Baker and Hirsch J W Cornett and Numsen. Shotguns five to twenty five dollars. Fresh fish ten cents a pound. Sardines five cents. Children's hose five cents a pair. Fresh oysters seventy five cents a hundred. Cooked oysters twenty five cents a dozen. Tomatoes four two pound cans for twenty five cents. Syrup thirty cents a gallon. Milk five cents a quart butter twenty five cents a pound. Men’s cassimere suits four dollars seventy five cents. Flour a barrel three dollars eighty five cents.
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Dyer and Ransom’s
A. Kauffers
Baker & Hirsch’s
Dyer’s
A. Kauffer
S. Numsen
Reliable
J. W. Cornett
Baker & Hirsch
GI pigeons for sale in five-pair lots at $25
Thousands of Army homing pigeons are offered in five pair lots for 25 dollars each. Any person may apply to the Office of Surplus Property, Department of Commerce, Washington, for details on these message-bearing birds. Many pigeons fly at night and come from exceptional breeding and trained stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Bananas and Beets Featured in Texas Reports
Bananas grown in Lockhart Caldwell county yielded 12 bunches after mild weather this year. Beets from the Brazos river valley near Waco and Navasota reportedly showed higher sugar content than western sugar beet states per tests by F G Blake of Cameron Milam county. Representative Poage cited the findings from the House Agriculture Committee.
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Brazos River
Waco
Navasota
Poage
House Agriculture Committee
F. G. Blake
Cameron
Milam County
Brazos Valley
Lockhart
Caldwell County
Alamo Receives Valued Texas Collection From Dr. Howard
Three thousand Texas books valuable old Texas paintings documents and early newspaper clippings were given to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas by Dr. William E. Howard of Dallas. The collection includes early Texas maps letters from Bowie Travis Crockett and Houston portraits of 62 Mexican viceroys and 75 different Sam Houston portraits.
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Alamo
Texas
Republic of Texas
William E. Howard
Dallas
Bowie, Travis, Crockett and
Houston
Mexico
Sam Houston
Up Highways Suggested For Texas Cities
State highway engineer W J Van London says Highland costs and rising traffic will push some super-highways "upstairs." He notes skyways would be useful in Dallas Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio now.
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Texas
W. J. van London
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Rabies in Dogs Higher in February, Officials Say
State health officer Geo W Cox notes rabies prevalence rises in winter. In February last year the state lab tested 312 animal brains with over 37 percent positive, while in August 155 brains were examined with 30 percent positive. Doctors say destroying strays and vaccinating dogs could control the disease.
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Geo. W. Cox
Couple Weds 65 Years Honors in Eagle Lake
Mr and Mrs Levi Adkins wed October 15 1880 in Petrilla Illinois. They moved to Texas forty years ago and settled at Eagle Lake Colorado County where they raised six children. A daughter Mrs William Spalinger of Eagle Lake and her husband hosted the couple on their 65th anniversary.
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Levi Adkins
Petrilla
Ill
Texas
Eagle Lake
Colorado County
William Spalinger
Dallas accountant uncovers 19 postholes in defense files
An old rumor centers on a Dallas accountant who audited Defense Plant Corporation inventory and claims the government listed a single item as 19 postholes among millions of dollars of property. The tale emphasizes bureaucratic oddities and wartime record keeping.
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Dallas
Defense Plant Corporation
Bear Hide Display by Charley Bazzell in Idaho Hunt
Charley Bazzell of Longview Gregg county shows a fine dressed bear hide from a 225 pound bear he killed in the Cellways district of northern Idaho last winter while visiting his sister. He shot the bear at 200 yards with a 30-30 rifle. The bear kept coming to 10 yards and stood up, then another shot finished it.
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Charley Bazzell
Longview
Gregg County
Cellways
Idaho
Mr. Bazzell
Two Nueces River Dams Planned With 14 Month Start
Two of six dams to be built on the Nueces river will begin within 14 months at an estimated cost of about 20 million dollars. Water from the first two dams will irrigate nearly 40,000 acres: 21,500 at Cotulla and 18,500 at Uvalde. Four more dams will be placed at Concan and Sabinal to irrigate over 30,000 acres.
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Nueces River
F. W. Pulliam
Crystal City
Capital pours into Texas business in nine months
During the first nine months of 1945 Texas firms filed for capitalization totaling 9,932,000 dollars, up from 8,344,000 dollars in the same period of 1944. In September 83 new firms were incorporated with authorized capitalization of 1,679,000 dollars. Most new concerns focus on merchandising and building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bobcat Shot By Palestine Hunter Near Trinity River
Sid McCreary of Palestine killed a large bobcat while squirrel hunting in the Trinity river bottoms. The animal, about three feet long and eighteen inches high, approached closely before he fired.
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Sid McCreary
Palestine
Trinity River
Veteran Dallas preacher marks 96th birthday
Former slave and J. W. Thompson, a negro Baptist preacher living at 111 N Winnetka Ave Dallas, celebrated his 96th birthday in December. Born in Victoria Texas he endured four wars and spent 20 years at a Dallas packing company. Now he preaches occasionally performs wedding ceremonies and enjoys fine health.
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J. W. Thompson
N. Winnetka Avenue
Dallas
Victoria
Texas
Mexico Buys Texas Karakul Sheep for Breeding Tests
Mexico City merchant Jose L. Sanchez buys 50 Karakul sheep from Mrs. Alex Allbright of Archer County Texas for the Mexican government. Breeding experiments aim to produce fur coats. Allbright ranch, established 43 years ago, now runs about 800 sheep and is known in New York for its pelts. Original stock was imported from Astrakhan, Russia.
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Jose L. Sanchez
Mexico City
Alex Allbright
Dundee
Archer County
Mexico
Texas
Allbright
Astrakhan
Russia
Oil-Bearing Tree Planting Underway in Rio Grande Valley
Mexican oil-bearing trees are being planted for experiments in the Rio Grande Valley under SMU supervision. D. Cook of the SMU agricultural department oversaw a truckload of Garcia Nutans planted on Carl Hobliizelle's farm, with additional plantings on property owned by Dr. C. L.uidell of SMU.
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Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
D. Cook
Southern Methodist University Agricultural Department
Thieves Invited to Take Cars in Goose Creek Ad
A Daily Sun classified ad from Goose Creek Harris County says the thieves responsible for stealing seven wheels and tires from two cars parked at Slapout Gulley are invited to come and take the rest of the cars with no questions asked. The thieves did not respond.
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Daily Sun
Goose Creek
Harris County
Slapout Gulley
Christmas Eve on a Hospital Ship at Sea
Aboard a hospital ship Christmas Eve, carolers sing to the sick as the skipper delivers a Christ Child themed message. A feast follows with steak and baked treats while a fingerless marine distributes sandwiches to stretcher cases. The next day patients sleep late, dazed with food and joy. The narrator notes a marine saluting and calling the Christmas wishes to his commanding officer.
Native Pecan Trees Show Ancient Growth Across Texas
The report notes a 24 foot circumference native pecan near Bend with petrified nuts found from deep in the ground, and compares giant pecan specimens in Texas including a 15 foot circumference tree on South Flores Street in San Antonio, a 22 foot circumference tree northeast of Breckenridge in Stephens County, and a 15 foot six inch circumference tree at Toledo Bend in Newton County. The Texas Forest Service and Texas A&M College are surveying largest trees in Texas and seek reports of big trees statewide.
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Bend
Texas
San Antonio
Flores Street
Breckenridge
Stephens County
Toledo Bend
Newton County
Texas Forest Service
A. & M. College
College Station
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Chinaman
Farly Day
Buffalo Stampede
Bear
Karakuls
Ottio
Swan
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