Syphilis Ranked High Among Texas Communicable Diseases
Dr. Frederick W. Kratz of the Texas Department of Health told a joint session of the 45th Legislature that syphilis is the second leading killer among communicable diseases after tuberculosis. He warned that many syphilis deaths are misattributed and urged state funding for a venereal disease control campaign, noting high infection rates among infants and among Negro workers, and linking prevention to reduced state hospital insanity costs.
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Frederick W. Kratz
Texas Department of Health
Kratz
Texas
Chauffeurs Licenses to Require Stricter Exams in Texas
Texas public safety officials announced a plan to tighten chauffeur licenses starting around August 22 with a 90 day grace period. Licenses will be issued in three classes covering different scopes of commercial operation, with $3 fees and optional subsequent exams for initial holders. The broadened definition aims to improve highway safety and potentially lower liability costs.
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Texas
Public Safety Department
Drivers License Bureau
Drivers’ License Bureau
Railroads Seek to Prevent Highway Crossing Accidents
L A Downs of Illinois Central System states railroads try to avert crashes at highway grade crossings. Crossings are marked and guarded with bells lights gates or watchmen. Warns approaching trains. engineers and firemen stop trains when possible. Yet accidents persist.
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L. A. Downs
Illinois Central System
Local Production Ties Boost Job Quality and Dependability
Reading about the idea that buying goods grown and manufactured along one’s own line improves personal work stability. The note emphasizes sourcing from nearby production and integrating home and job duties to strengthen reliability.
Bitterweed and stock theft loom in West Texas and Kansas
Rep. Charles L. South of Coleman Texas seeks federal help by folding bitterweed control into the noxious weed program as stockmen form the San Saba County Stockmen Protective association led by W. Payne and I. D. Baxter. Special investigator Wv. Edgar Smith plans monthly meetings to curb rustling while urging poison mash use for grasshoppers.
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Wahington
Charles L. South
Coleman
Texas
Agriculture Department
South
Department
West
San Saba ‘County
Smith
Bend
No Kick About That You Claim Youre a Good Salesman
A terse exchange questions a salesman’s credibility and ends with a blunt vow to sell mules. The dialogue suggests a sharp critique of selling ethics and accountability.
Mohair price previews and flood of wheat market gains
Mohair producers in Hill Country receive early fall price offers at 6215 and 722 cents for fall clips with slight rises in Rocksprings Fredericksburg and Comfort. Wheat futures jump five to seven and a half cents a bushel on the Chicago market adding 44 million dollars to the value of the United States first billion dollar wheat crop since 1929. Major North American markets surge in last hour as reports of Canadian grain damage from heat and drought drive demand, cheering Southwest and West farmers during harvest.
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Hill Country
Rocksprings
Fredericksburg
Comfort
Chicago
United States
Southwest
West Ashare
Sunnyside Service Station Sold to Ad Gerhard & Son
A notice thanks friends and customers for patronage at Sunnyside Service Station and announces the business has been sold to Ad Gerhard & Son. The public is informed that they have taken over the operation and expect continued patronage.
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Sunnyside
AD Gerhard & Son
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