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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1942
Page
6
Partial readable text references Balt county and a betting theme tied to a time frame during a project. Names and concrete details are unclear but indicate a local planning or protest context with distances mentioned such as 17 miles.
Doctor Geo W Cox state health officer urged national child health Day campaigns to immunize all children over nine months against diphtheria and smallpox. He called for broad parental cooperation with President Roosevelt and local health leaders, noting wartime needs and the goal of stamping out these diseases in Texas and beyond.
The Treasury reported that income and excess profits tax collections in the first 20 days of March totaled 2.572 billion dollars, over twice last year’s 1.139 billion. March 16 filing deadline loomed, but many returns remained to be counted as offices labored to clear a mail backlog.
Public assistance investigations determine eligibility and entitlements for programs like Aid to the Needy and Dependent Children in Texas. Field workers gather records from births, marriages, churches, and census data, with applicant cooperation and strict confidentiality, to verify needs and ensure proper use of funds.
Local school notes celebrate American spirit urging defense bonds and Red Cross support. Students planned April 1 Parente Day with parent tours and a dramatic lab assembly featuring piano, poetry, and bios. Track meet results show Pendleton and Ammons leading junior and senior boys events.
The sixteenth annual South Texas Prose Association meeting will be held in San Antonio April 24 and 25, despite wartime cancelations. GA Smith presides, Howell Jones is secretary, and Bam Fore Jr was named convention chair. Senator Connally may keynote. Gov. Stevenson to speak at banquet. Events include cup contests for paper superiority and a community service trophy from the South Texan Chamber of Commerce. Directors voted to invest funds in a $1,000 Defense Bond.
In Wewama on March 12 a two story frame dwelling burned as Tarzan pulled Mrs Alibna Nitachke 44 from the house to safety. Police noted Nitachke could not hear alarms that warned other residents, while Tarzan acted to save her amid the blaze on the upper floors.
Iceland's only soda fountain, at U. S. Naval Air Base, March 28, is described as the pride of the aviation personnel. The fountain, shipped from the United States, offers chocolate, raspberry, and other flavors but is inaccessible to locals due to restricted territory.
In federal district court a petition seeks to condemn about eight square miles of land in McLennan and Coryell counties for the Blue Bonnet Arsenal at McGregor. The government requests an order granting the War Department authority to take charge of the property.
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