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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
4
Local notices detail subscriptions, military service, and visits as families, friends, and households respond to wartime demands. Updates include enlistment news, travel to Fort Worth and Dallas, shipments to Camp Hood, and reminders of war tax support tied to community life in Bobse county.
W Lee O Daniel filed with the Secretary of State a report showing total campaign expenditures of 1 420.4 and contributions of 7 aMd.26 for the Democratic nomination race. He spent 6 262.38 in the first primary and 1 100.86 in the runoff. James V Allred reported 0 176 in expenditures and 10 006 in contributions.
Denver residents rush to present their felines as Rocky Mountain News editor Bob Chase plans a cat social Friday in the newsroom. Each cat weighing 11 pounds or more is invited, with the heaviest declared the winner and awarded a large can of cat food as a prize.
A Dallas News note reports Clifton Record, known as Sun-Porch Charlie, recently hooked a 42 pound catfish at Old MU Dam and followed with a 47 pound catch at the same site. The piece playfully suggests renaming the fisherman and credits State Press for verification.
Community representative of the Waso Protection Cedar Association reports cattle, sheep, and goat conditions. Weight gains, marketing prospects, and worm issues noted. some goats lost to predation. several ranchers report feeder prices improving as drought feeds tighten. Corn and fodder harvests underway with yields below early expectations.
The Rev Charles Marchal pastor of the First Methodist Church San Marcos is named to deliver the invocation at the opening of the State Democratic Convention Gov Cole Stavenson selected the minister who defended him at a rally where a speaker called Stevenson responsible for horse racing legislation. The convention will also have Walter Hicker as secretary and Marion Church of Dallas to chair. Texas income in 1940 from livestock and fur products was 20 060 000.
The state plans a two week word training school at Camp Mabry for Highway Patrol applicants. Top 10 will begin seven week training November 1. Requirements include ages 24 to 58, height 5 feet, high school education, and passing physical and mental exams. Applications to Col. Homer Garrison, Director, Department of Public Safety, Austin.
A Dallas Morning News excerpt comments on Canada adopting a wide price stabilization plan and argues Congress should amend U S price control law to cover more prices and require fewer votes. It notes Canadians may be optimistic but not pessimistic and suggests Navy service for patriotism.
Fragmented list shows certificates for vehicle tires and retreaded car tires. Names include M. J. Hoff Clifton and Evans Valley Mills, with entries for passenger cars, tractors, and trucks. Mentions Walnut Springs Meridian Clee and County Agent Edwin Ralph Lawrence suggesting county distribution of new tires and cars.
A fragment notes a missing hub cap tied to a 194% rail Belek cotemcbie item with a reward or payment offer via the Record office, mentioning a found hub cap on a table and a tenant. The text is garbled but implies an item recovery with official involvement.
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