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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
6
The article argues that most fire losses stem from individual actions and would decline if the public consistently focused on fire prevention beyond Fire Prevention Week. It asserts that yearly awareness could save thousands of lives and hundreds of millions in damage by eliminating unnecessary fires.
Connecticut moves to legalize Sunday movies highlighting civil over religious concerns. The editorial endorses several candidates in the governor and statewide races, urges home shopping, and notes Texas fire losses and fire prevention week efforts with cautions on carelessness.
Homemakers programs for women and girls highlight topics of interest to farm families at the Texas A&M short course. Texas Master Farm Homemakers will be recognized at opening sessions Monday July 28 as groups split into four boys and five girls sections with identical programs for each set.
The cotton crop in Texas shows a possible short year with 16.89 million cultivated acres after an earlier 6 percent drop, and only 10 percent of crop planted after May 15th remains uncertain. Hot dry weather, scarce rain, and boll weevil damage in the Southwest district threaten yield, while corn and grain sorghum crops show uneven conditions and prices stay low amid a general economic downturn.
Weimar Texas residents reported a cyclone-like cloud that brought heavy rain and a twister. The funnel damaged Henry Raabe’s barn and several outbuildings, toppled a large haystack, and caused nearby home damage as two inches of rain fell in the region.
The article reports that racketeers gunmen and other criminals, pushed from Chicago by police efforts, are suspected of moving to larger cities. It notes robberies from banks to delicatessen stores and a Fifth Avenue district bomb explosion as examples of the ongoing criminal activity.
Police cite citizen silence as a hurdle to solving crimes while Bulgarian towns face racketeering pressure amid bombing threats. A severe six inch hailstorm in Bulgaria killed five people including two students. Black Sea boats missing add to a string of alarming events.
Professor Passey of Leeds University reports that mustard gas prevents cancer in mice. The finding is hailed as the first true anti carcinogenic agent with potential to save human lives.
Herr Holitscher notes Col Lindbergh and Will Rogers as typical Americans. He calls the savings bank book the crowning point of American life work and says evading prohibition is a major amusement. He warns a German visitor would hear of a large beer stein as a German ideal, exposing the contrast.
Rep Burns charges President Hoover juggled appropriations figures for the new fiscal year. He accuses the White House of misrepresenting costs and extending allocations beyond the current year. Burns cites a Democratic claim that Congress appropriated over 5 billion dollars, with a 459 million overage.
In a strong Hill Country endorsement, locals back Robert Lee Bobbitt for Attorney General, praising his honesty, courage, and legal training. They argue he will shield taxpayers from capital interests and support honest, efficient government, urging voters to support Bobbitt Saturday.
A cook notes a can tun melon enhancement in a cantaloupe dish that drew unusually favorable comments. The menu lists casserole of lamb baked squash hot biscuits cantaloupe salad caramel ice cream wafers and coffee.
Cut two pounds of lamb breast into small pieces and brown in bacon fat with one onion. Place in a caserole with one cup canned tomatoes and two cups diced potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, add one cup hot water, and bake at 350 F for two hours.
Prepare individual squash servings by removing seeds parboiling tender squash and mixing with soft bread crumbs. Fold in one egg per three cups squash, season with onions salt pepper sugar and optional green pepper, fill shells and bake until set. Caramel ice cream uses 1 or 2 yolks and sugar.
A recipe describes combining salt, scalded milk, and cream or canned milk with vanilla and caramelized sugar. Mix sugar into milk slowly to avoid lumps, then whisk into beaten eggs and salt. Cook until coating a spoon, cool, add cream and vanilla, then freeze using eight parts ice to one part salt.
A humorous exchange shows a father questioning his son about staying late and the boy admitting he did not know where the Azores are. The father seizes the moment to teach basic organization by noting to remember where you put things.
A comic exchange unfolds with a businessman asking about a former secretary. He reveals he dismissed her due to his wife’s jealousy and jokes about his current wife being homely. The line ends with the businessman realizing the wife in the room is his spouse.
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