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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1942
Page
2
Fragmentary dispatches recount Allied and Axis actions, political disputes in Washington over the Price Control Act, and commentary on leadership by Alben Barkley. Also notes on manpower, unemployment, and wartime production, plus scattered world events from the Pacific to Greece and the Far East.
Fragmentary OCR style note repeating Bond Day and sales prompts. Mentions price like 0.5 and vague references to buying items with garbled phrases. Readable details are minimal but indicate a market or sale instruction in poor transcription.
A controversial oil prospect in McLennan County near the Limestone line centers on Mae Belcher, a famed Texan oil investor known as the luckiest drifter in the oil field. Drilling prep is set, with Belcher aiming to drill a 40 Jacpe tract on a 2900 acre block after securing a half interest in C. D. Net holdings. The project sits amid acreage held by Magnolia, Sun, J K Hughes, Phillips, Farrell, Stanalind and others, with operations potentially starting before July 20.
A Texas study by the Texas Mid-Continent and Gas Association shows 240,229 Texans worked in oil and gas in 1941. Counting their households, about 960,492 people relied on petroleum wages, roughly one sixth of the state population. Direct wages totaled 229,000,000 with industry payroll around 129,000,000 in state and local taxes.
Clergy and congregations invite prayers and attendance across St Pauls Lutheran Cranfills Gap and nearby churches. A revival in Louisiana, services in English, choir practices, and Sunday worship planned at St Pauls and nearby Methodist and Lutheran churches with emphasis on attendance and community outreach.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church announces no church activities this Friday July 19 as the pastor performs another service away from home. The notice notes the Friday cancellation and confirms there is no event scheduled for Saturday.
Sunday notices from St John’s Evangelical Church near Cayote list Bundsy School at 10 am and Divine Worship in German at 11 am led by Pastor H. P. Baur.
Mach Stirman, minister of the local Church of Christ, reports good meetings at Gatesville and nearby towns this week. He preached Friday through Sunday and led a Bryan Creek church gathering, with voters seeking reform within their sect.
Area churches announce summer activities with youth programs and Bible camps. Trinity Lutheran, Our Savior's Lutheran, and Presbyterian church schedules include services, Sunday School, and choir practices. Lutheran Bible Camp details mention July dates and full-week rates, with leaders and activities for youth and families.
Bus line schedules show routes from Ly. Clifton for Temple and Fort Worth to Dallas with morning and evening departures. Fares list single ride and round-trip prices, drivers and managers named, including Clifton and Dulles routes, with times around 6:18 am and 6:06 pm.
The fragment recounts Captains A. McClosky and McClaatty, with references to April 4 1908 and a 1929 graduate of Yale University. It mentions medical degrees, nerve studies from 1933, Prague Army service, and a 1940s-leaning death in action in the Philippines. It notes archival records, 45 000 safes for storage, and microfilmed vaults.
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