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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1941
Page
3
A 1941 study by Garrison Jr. reports that from January 1 to 30, soldiers sailors and marines suffered 14 deaths and 108 injuries in auto collisions. Most fatal crashes occurred on dry roads at night or after long drives, with fatigued drivers and distractions cited as major factors.
Senators Connally and O'Daniel urge the War Department to include Texas in new defensed camp funding. Plans exist for Valley Mills Bastrop and Paris but no construction funds. Texas remains eager for additional camps while 23 other sites were eyed for possible use.
Hillsboro acquired forty four acres on the city western edge from Will Bond. The plan calls for a market square fair grounds park and a swimming pool with future improvements and excavation work as part of a long range program.
In Hillsboro on Sunday, more than 200 deaf attendees will join a city park picnic started three years ago by Felix and his wife, both deaf, with conversations via sign language and lip reading. Local speakers include Supt ER Wright of the Texas School for the Deaf, and Dallas educators.
Indefinite recess curtailed by finance committee reports with a three day maximum in Washington. Most Texas House members will visit their districts or depart for home Friday night or Saturday. Speaker Rayburn will leave Friday night for Bone Hhrs and return just before Sept 16. Several Texas representatives including Sooners Mansfield Patton Johnson Backworth and Johnson will tour homes then resume duties. Senators Connally and ODaniels will stay in Washington with Connally focusing on defense tax bill hearings.
The article muses on eternal life through Christ with apocalyptic imagery. It recalls a Cairo wheat grain as a symbol of continuity, then shifts to a Texas travel vignette detailing a local election in Greenway and a humorous train journey to Piggott, with vivid, clipped anecdotes from family visits, meals, and road travel.
A Calcutta museum displays a remarkable crab measuring about a foot across its body and a span of five feet from claw tip to claw tip, drawing curiosity from visitors and natural history enthusiasts.
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