Navy Bill Passes House But Guam Harbor Fight Sparks Vote
In a near unopposed House passage of the Naval Appropriations Bill the total near a billion dollars, 963,772,872, falls short of the Budget Bureau but exceeds last year. Debate centered on 3 million for Guam harbor improvements. the amendment to strike it failed 123 to 114. The bill funds shipbuilding, repairs, Naval Air and Marine Corps, and 5,000 new sailors by January 1, 1941. The author notes current navy size and shipyard limits and champions Guam harbor access for air and sea traffic.
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House
Budget Bureau
United States
Royal Oak
Congress
Naval Air Corps
Marine Corps
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Naval Observatory
United States Navy
Naval Affairs Committee
Guam
Wake
Philippines
Japan
Black-Draught Intestinal Tonic-Lax Featured in Ad
An old advertisement touts BLACK-DRAUGHT as an all-vegetable intestinal tonic laxative. It claims to relieve lazy bowels, headaches, biliousness, and bad breath with a small nightly dose and a water drink, priced at 25 cents for up to 40 doses.
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Mara Sa
Minerva Snowball of Interlacing Visitors and a Crash
Mrs D E McDaniel and son Dudley visited her parents in Minerva. Raymond Hubert of Houston and Joseph Amrien of Akron were involved in a two vehicle crash when a 1939 V 8 overturned near a crossroad. David Robinson Jr drove the overturned car into the highway. Sheriff Max Kennedy and Clarence McCall investigated. Mrs Tram Aldrige of Rockdale was mentioned as present in the report.
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Salem
Raymond Hubert
Houston
David Robinson, Jr
Minerva
Jospeh Amrien
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Amrien
Cameron
Austin
Max Kennedy
Clarence McCall
Tram Aldrige
Rockdale
Weekend Guests and Local Social Notes
A weekend guest roster includes Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Aldridge and Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Fletcher visiting relatives. A Valentine party at the school featured 42, bingo, and cake walk to benefit the athletic fund. Several locals reported illnesses or visits, with trips to Austin, Rockdale, Elgin, and Bryan noted. An eight and three-fourths pound son, Phillip Albert Moore, was welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Moore of Marshall.
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Clyde Aldridge
Bentley Fletcher
Ernest Karisch
Winchester
Dorothy Dell Aldridge
Robert Isaacs
Georgetown
J. C. Wallace
D. D. York
Jennie Cone
Charlie Fleming
Bob Cochran
Robert Cook
Austin
H. C. Fleming
Hamil
Lee Mittleton
Hearne and
Woodrow Mittleton
R. W. Bailey
Cameron
Gile Terry
Phillip Albert
Martin A. Moore
Marshall
Mr. Moore
Moore
Creeon Family Visits En Route to Temple
Mr and Mrs Ben Creeon and son Elmer of Franklin stopped briefly with Mr and Mrs Allie Younts Saturday morning as they traveled toward Temple.
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Ben Creeon
Elmer of
Franklin
Allie Younts
Temple
Army Sergeant Morris Weems to Panama for Air Corps duty
Morris Weems will depart the United States Army for Panama on February 22 to begin duty in the Air Corps, expected to serve in the new posting.
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Morris Weems
U. S
Panama
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Shester Arnold
Elgin
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Charlie Trotter
Claude Dixon
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Joel McCrea
Jeffrey Lynn
Brenda Marshall
Johnny
Peggy Moran
Tom Brown
Sonja Henie
Ray Milland
Robert Cummings
Mary Carlisle
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Rita Johnson
Ann Dvorak
Wall Street Cowboy
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Knasier
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