Texas Brief News from Over the State Chicory
Weslaco ships car loads of chicory coffee blend while Alf Sattiwhite once enslaved in Gonzales reportedly dies at about 100 leaving 38 children. Valley citrus season through November 16 shows 5539 cars moved, up from 4984 last year. OPA adviser Harrell cites price fixing in 1200s England. Mesquite beans eyed as coffee substitute by Eastern firms courting West Texas chambers.
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Alf Sattiwhite
Texas
Alabama
Mildred T. Littlefield
Gonzales
Federal State Market News Service
W. B. Harrell
OPA
Austin
England
West Texas
Mason woman owns rare 1854 cent coin
Mrs. Fritz Schmidt of Mason in Mason county reports possession of a United States one cent piece dated 1854. She notes the coin is larger than a silver quarter and identifies it as a notable numismatic item.
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Fritz Schmidt
Mason
Mason County
United States
Camp Hood Expansion to 185000 Acres Draws Attention
Camp Hood near Gatesville will increase in area by 50000 acres to reach 185000 acres, creating one of the nation’s largest army installations and signaling a major expansion for the post and regional defense footprint.
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Camp Hood
Gatesville
Thirteenth Subchaser Launched at Rockport Yard
The thirteenth subchaser built at Rockport shipyards was launched November 20. The vessel measures 110 feet in length.
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Rockport
Grimes County 4-H Clubs Win Gold Medals
Fight Grimes county boys have been awarded gold medals for outstanding accomplishments in 4-H club work, said A. C. Pratt, county agent.
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Grimes County
A. C. Pratt
War touches Corsicana family with seven service members
The war feels real to Mrs. Ida Miller of Corsicana as six of her sons a grandson and a son in law serve in the United States armed forces.
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Ida Miller
Corsicana
United States
After War Boom Predicted for Texas Industry
Dean W. H. Woolrich of the University of Texas School of Engineering predicted Texas would become a leading industrial state in postwar development.
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Texas
W. H. Woolrich
School of Engineering
University of Texas
Allow Sale of Grade C Milk for Home Use in Texas
State Health Department approves new rules permitting pasteurized Grade C milk to be sold for home consumption in Texas. The regulation specifies pasteurization as a requirement for sale. Local producers may adapt to the revised standard to reach consumers directly.
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State Health Department
Texas
Rose Bush Production Surges in Tyler Region
Jerry Nasis a prominent local nurseryman in Smith County says Tyler area yields about 20 million rose bushes annually nearly half the world’s yearly supply.
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Jerry Nasis
Smith County
Tyler
Old Trail Driver Dies in Houston
Hirman G. Craig, one of the last surviving cowboys who drove cattle from South Texas along the Chisholm Trail, died in a Houston hospital. He was a charter member of the Old Trail Drivers Association.
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Hirman G. Craig
South Texas
Chisholm Trail
Houston
Old Trail Drivers’ Association
Texas couple marks 64th wedding anniversary
One of the state’s oldest couples, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Russell, observed their 64th wedding anniversary at San Saba. Both are native Texans.
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Texas
John W. Russell
San Saba
Dairy farmer electrocuted near Austin after fall into tank
Frank O. Richereek, 71, a dairy farmer near Austin, was killed when he stepped on a live wire while rushing to a nearby blaze. He had fallen into a stock tank and was wet from the waist down, firemen reported.
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Frank O. Richereek
Austin
102 Year Old Confederate David Yeary Remembered in Dallas
David Newton Yeary, 102, of 5122 Reiger Street, Dallas, a Confederate cavalry captain and the sole surviving member of the Sterling Price Camp, was born in Lee County, Virginia. He reached his hundred second year in October.
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David Newton
Reiger Street
Dallas
Lee County
Department Store Sales Rise in Dallas District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports total net department store sales in its district for the first ten months an 11 percent gain over the same period in 1941. City gains include San Antonio 20 percent Fort Worth 12 percent Shreveport 13 percent Houston 11 percent Dallas 4 percent.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Shreveport
Houston
Dallas
Co-eds Help Farmers At Texas State College For Women
Three hundred sixty nine students at Texas State College for Women in Denton volunteer to aid farmers by organizing groups to harvest crops and perform farm chores. Farmers provide equipment and transportation.
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Texas State College For Women
Denton
Miss America Jo Dennison Returns to Tyler
Miss America Jo Carroll Dennison 18 of Tyler visits home for first time since winning the title. She asks townspeople to buy war bonds and succeeds with sales totaling 72000 dollars.
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Jo Carroll Dennison
Tyler
Atlantic City
Miss Dennison
Empty Your Purse Drive Starts in Corpus Christi
The Empty Your Purse Drive by the Alpha Phi Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha began in Corpus Christi with containers in seven downtown stores filling quickly. The national sponsor War Production Board aims to collect lipstick tubes metal jar tops compacts and costume jewelry from women's purses.
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Corpus Christi
Alphi Phi
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
War Production Board
Refuse-not-retire Mitchell Church Dies After Bicycle Hit
Port Arthur oil refinery worker Mitchell Church age 66 chose to stay on the job amid labor shortages. A few days ago he was struck by a car while riding a bicycle near the plant and killed.
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Mitchell Church
Port Arthur
Texas tops nation in magnesium output from sea water
Texas leads the nation in magnesium production with most of it derived from seawater. The metal, nearly as strong as steel and lighter than some wood, plays a vital role in aircraft construction.
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Texas
West Texas Chamber Protest Rationing Telegram
West Texas Chamber of Commerce protests four gallon per week gasoline rationing as unfair to sparsely populated, long-haul West Texas. Telegram sent to Price Administrator Leon Henderson outlining regional impact and appeal for relief.
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West Texas
Seven Muck Brothers Work in Fort Worth War Plant
Seven brothers employed at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant near Fort Worth share a Collin county farming background. Born on the family farm, the Muck siblings recount a large family and a reunion that numbers four times larger than usual.
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Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Fort Worth
Muck Brothers
Collin County
Dave Mueir
Negro buys five war bonds in East Caney community
Chas. Lee a colored victory leader in East Caney Hopkins County purchased five bonds worth 93.75 and plans to buy three more. H. W. Grays, the negro county agent, says other African Americans have also been purchasing bonds.
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Chas. Lee
East Caney
Hopkins County
H. W. Grays
Poem Inspires Dallas Woman to Married Union
Miss Martel Smalley of Dallas wrote a poem titled It s Nice to Get a Letter published in a Texas newspaper. Pvt H M McGee of Fort Bliss El Paso read it and mailed compliments leading to weeks of correspondence and a marriage in El Paso.
Husband and Wife Enlist in Army in Dallas Ceremony
Owen Hollis Eagan and Mattie Mabel Eagan took oaths of service before Maj. Bert H. Davis at the Dallas recruiting station. He became a radio technician in the Army Air Force while she joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
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ARMY
Owen Hollis Eagan
Mattie Mabel Eagan
Bert H. Davis
Dallas
Eagan
Army Air Force
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Soldier Names Uncle Sam as Beneficiary for War Bond Purchase
Douglas Pond, 21, joined the Marine Corps in Houston and, without any living relatives, designated Uncle Sam as his beneficiary. He stated his assets totaled $40 saved to be used immediately to buy war bonds.
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Douglas Pond
Marine Corps
Houston
Sam
Coyote Reported in Bastrop County Killed Turkeys and Sheep
Coyote captured in Bastrop County, reported by C. R. Landon district agent for the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in San Antonio, is estimated to have slain 500 turkeys and 150 mutton sheep valued at 3800 dollars.
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Rapacious
Coyote C. R. Landon
U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service
San Antonio
Bastrop County
Purple Heart Award Finallly Given to Houston Man
John R. Steele, a Houston accountant, receives the Purple Heart from the War Department twenty four years after being wounded in France during World War I. He was injured in the Rainbow Division offensive on November 2, 1918, with the citation praising wounds received in action and extraordinary heroism on the firing line.
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Argonne Forest
France
John R. Steele
Houston
War Department
Steele
Armchair Victory Gardener Clears Bermuda Plot
L. Veriegge, 72, a Hillsboro blacksmith and disabled veteran, has turned to gardening from his chair. He cleared a large bermuda area and raised three crops of vegetables in a wartime contribution effort.
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L. Veriegge
Hillsboro
Hill County
Mistaken for Turkey Father Slain by Son
O E Niemeyer aged 41 was fatally shot by his son Lawrence 16 while hunting 13 miles east of Bandera. A justice of the peace ruled accidental death. Sheriff W H Burns of Bandera investigated noting the father climbed a tree at dawn waiting for deer when the shot rang out.
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Bandera
O. E. Niemeyer
Lawrence
W. H. Burns
Deck the Hall Lyric Chorus in Yuletide Toast
A festive verse recalls seasonal traditions with verses about holly, carols, candles, and merriment. The set of lines invites readers to join in a chorus and sing of Christmas treasure as the old year ends.
Nimitz Autographed Portrait Shines in Texas Memorial Museum
An autographed picture of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from Fredericksburg Texas has been added to a collection of patriotic items at the Texas Memorial Museum on the University of Texas campus.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Texas
Texas Memorial Museum
University of Texas
Texas coeds aid soldiers with letters and scrapbooks
Sophomore coeds at the University of Texas contribute to the war effort by writing letters and assembling scrapbooks of jokes puzzles and cartoons for soldiers in hospitals at Camp Swift.
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University of Texas
Camp Swift
Dallas fireman sheds 42 pounds to join aviation cadet program
S. D. Flowers, a Dallas firefighter weighing 236 pounds, was rejected by a recruiter. He then dropped to 194 pounds through diet and exercise and became an aviation cadet. He said he shed 40 pounds by eating less and working out.
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S. D. Flowers
Dallas
Flowers
Whitney Texas weekly suspends to aid war effort
The Whitney press announces the 60 year old Texas weekly will suspend publication until Hitler is annihilated. Publisher L B Mayes enters the armed service to help with the war effort. Mrs Mayes takes on another phase of war work.
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Whitney
Hill County
L. B. Mayes
Texas Weekly
Hitler
Mayes
Kilgore Installs 22 Year Old Constable
Miss Addie Louise Dickerson a 22 year old brunette has completed her first year as constable of Kilgore Texas an oil town in East Texas She was appointed to fill her father’s unexpired term and later won election to a full term Her arrests include drunkenness disturbing the peace and fighting.
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Addie Louise Dickerson
Kilgore
East Texas
Mexican Americans Exchange Courtesies Parade Across Border
Mexican and American participants held reciprocal events after the Armistice Day parade in Brownsville. Several hundred Americans including military members crossed into Matamoros for a ceremony marking the 82nd anniversary of the Mexican revolution. It was the first such cross border exchange of military and semi military activities.
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Brownsville
Matamoros
Shamrock Man Sends Rabbit Feet to Soldiers
A. R. Huge of Shamrock Wheeler county organizes letter writing for soldiers and goes further by sending each service member a rabbit’s foot for luck.
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Shamrock Texan
A. R. Huge
Shamrock
Wheeler County
19 Grandchildren in Armed Forces From LaRue Matriarch
Mrs Emma Costlow of LaRue Henderson county boasts 19 grandchildren serving in the armed forces. Nearly every branch is represented in the group, highlighting wartime family sacrifice.
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Emma Costlow
LaRue
Henderson County
Typical Texas home in 1940 Census figures
Census Bureau data show Texas had 1,904,884 dwelling units with 1,487,613 one family detached homes and only 6,119 large apartments. Wood was the principal material with 1,422,282 wooden houses. brick and stucco counts were 82,962 and 38,435 respectively.
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Texas
Census Bureau
Women Trained as Firemen in Jacksonville News
Jacksonville Fire Department plans to form a women auxiliary fire unit to prepare civilians for potential wartime emergencies in Cherokee County. The program aims to set a pace for civilian defense training in East Texas.
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Jacksonville Journal
Texas
Jacksonville
Cherokee County
Texas Ships 610 Million Pounds Scrap Iron In Five Months
Official War Production Board figures show Texas rail shipped 610 575 000 pounds of scrap iron in five months with large stockpiles ready for shipment. Per capita state average stands at 101.76 pounds.
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Official
War Production Board
Texas
Old Saber Goes to War Again and Big Foot Wallace Ship Named
Denison's scrap yard receives a cavalry saber once used by Josiah Parrott in the Mexican War donated by W Y Parrott. The Liberty ship to be launched with sponsorship by Texas schoolchildren will bear the name Big Foot Wallace in honor of the famed Texas frontiersman.
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Denison
W. Y. Parrott
Josiah Parrott
America
Mexico
Texas
Mr. Parrott
Big Foot Wallace
Maritime Commission
W.A. A. Wallace
Big Foot
Parish Sets Rifle Record at Aberdeen Training School
Pvt. Houston Parish of Tyler, Texas, broke the rifle shooting record at the Aberdeen officers training school in Maryland with a score of 1909 out of 200. Remarkably, Parish had never owned or handled a gun before joining the army.
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Houston Post
Houston Parish
Tyler
Aberdeen
Parish
A M Mascot Reveille Goes to Hollywood as Movie Star
Reveille the Texas A and M mascot earns a screen test and is bound for Hollywood after the movie makers select the campus for their new military epic. The black and white canine will star in the film following her screen test.
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Reveille
A. & M. College
Texas A. & M
Hollywood
Bowie county pioneer regains sight after decade blind
Mitchell P. Harrison, 86, of Bowie County, regained his sight after a 10 year period of blindness following an operation. He expressed pleasure at all he could see except for women in slacks and smoking.
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Mitchell P. Harrison
Bowie County
Preacher Resigns to Join Army in War Stance
Rev. Marco Perdue resigns as pastor of Palestine Baptist Church to enlist in the armed forces. He calls the conflict a preacher's war and says if the war is lost, preachers will be in a tough position.
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Marco Perdue
Palestine Baptist Church
Salvage Underway at Brazos River Dam for War Effort
Thousands of pounds of scrap metal in the lock and dam at the Brazos River near Old Washington will be salvaged for the war effort. The structure, built by the Federal government about 80 years ago, was later abandoned.
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Brazos River
Old Washington
Debt paid after 31 years in Muenster
A. L. Lackey of Muenster in Cooke County received a 65 dollar registered letter from a woman who had left town 31 years ago. She owed him a 25 dollar grocery bill and sought to pay it with interest, settling the long past debt.
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A. L. Lackey
Muenster
Cooke County
Lackey
Soldier thanks Red Cross women for kit bag gift
West Texan Staff Sergeant James Henderson in the Pacific writes that the gift bag from Jones county Red Cross women brought him closer to home than since the war began. He praises America’s war relief efforts and asks how the war could be lost with such support.
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James Henderson
Pacific
Jones County Red Cross
America
Doctor Shortage Spurs East Texas Country Doctors
Pittsburg Gazette notes wartime doctor shortage in East Texas sparks call to return country physicians. Thirty years ago every community had a country doctor who rode by buggy or horseback, risking exposure and death in sub-freezing nights, a pioneer epic.
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Pittsburg
East Texas
Texas
Girls Riding Range Could Save Texas Cattle Industry
Ralph Cooper of the Coastal Cattleman notes Texas ranches are turning to girls to ride cattle ranges as cowboys enlist for war and defense work. He says labor shortages threaten one ranch’s sale and the industry may rely on riders to avert collapse.
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Ralph Cooper
The
Coastal Cattleman
Texas
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