Unusual charity act noted in Texas wildlife tale
Horace LaGrone of Deadwood Texas reported a bluejay feeding another adult. After alerting State Game Warden Ray Biggerstaff, LaGrone killed the feeder bluejay which lacked a lower beak. Baldy Peak tops Texas at 8382 feet. Texline leads in altitude at 4694 feet. Mrs. Arthur Allen and children visit Alpine residents J J Rogers family.
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Horace LaGrone
Deadwood
Panola County
Texas
Hilbert R. Siegler
Game Department
LaGrone
Ray Biggerstaff
Baldy Peak
Mt. Livermore
Jeff Davis County
Texline
Dallam County
Arthur Allen
Patsy
Charles
Alpine
J. J. Rogers
Texas Drivers Careless Cited Amid Rising June Fatalities
Austin Texas July 24 Julian Montgomery State Highway Engineer notes apparent public carelessness behind a jump in traffic deaths in June layoff fatalities for the first six months show a 9.22 percent drop overall though June deaths rose by 17.7 percent from last year.
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Austin
Texas
Julian Montgomery
Montgomery
National farming plan outlined to boost home gardens
A Texas born movement to spread home gardening received national emphasis as 100 state farmer-committeemen met in Washington to draft the 1940 farm program. The plan provides for AAA assistance to households to expand family gardens next year.
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Agricultural Conservation Committees
Texans State Committee
George Slaughter
Charles Thomas
E. N. Holmegreen
AAA
Texas A
M. College
Federated Club
Texas Agricultural Association
College Station
Washington
Air-cell cushions and baseball ejection clash at show and game
A trade show demo touts air cell cushion as the coolest lightest material for furniture seats and bedding. In New York Giants action Harry Danning and teammates Joe Moore and Bill Jurges were ejected after a melee with umpire Magerkurth over a disputed home run call. Jurges drew a 150 dollar fine and 10 day suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Danning
New York Giants
Amos Lee Ballanfant
Giants
Joe Moore
Bill Jurges
Magerkurth
Railroad car pulling craze spreads nationwide
Strongmen and workers imitate Atlas and Pestalozzi as a new roller bearing effect allows a person to tow railroad cars far heavier than their own weight. A Timken bearing engineer explains the mechanism reducing starting resistance and enabling feats once thought impossible.
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Charles Atlas
New York City
Broadway Limited
Rudolph Pestalozzi
Milwaukeea
Atlas
Pestalozzi
Milwaukee
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Timken Roller Rearing Company
Canton
Ohio
W. F. Sanders
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Kerrville
DR. J. L- Bullard
Pampell’s
Blue Bonnet Drug Store
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
Texaco
Bill’s Lunch Room
Lochte Storage & Commission Co
J. F
Wedekind’s
Claud
Harper
Cloud Sageser
Prop
Barney Connett
Hudson River
Yonkers
N. Y
Paris
England
Royal Air Force
le Bourget
R. W Clyne
H. T. Heald
Armour Institute of Technology
Clyne
Mary Joyce Walsh
Miami
Fla
Florida
Newfoundland
Clarke Steamship Company
The
New Federal Loan Agency
Emil Schram
R.F.C
Ronald Allen
R.F.C. Board, Adminis
Ters
Beauty
WPA
Roosevelt
Northport Beach
NEW F.la
Jesse Jones
Corrigan
Mar. Douglas
Wrong Way
Misa Elizabeth Marvin
San Antonio
Douglas
Elizabeth
Simpece
Hank Spivens
Treasure Island
United States
California
el Salvador
Tarzan’’ Fadt
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