The Phantom Submarine and Rocky Mountain Rangers at The Palace
The Palace presents a double bill featuring Anita Louise and Bruce Bennett in The Phantom Submarine a tale of sunken treasure and a plot to smash a submarine base. Raymond Hatton stars in Rocky Mountain Rangers with Bob Livingstone and Duncan Renaldo aiding to disrupt outlaws.
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Hollywood
Anita Louise
Bruce Bennett
America
Guenther Heimann
Raymond Hatton
Texas Ranger
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Bob Livingstone
Duncan Renaldo
Hatton
Union
Oklahoma
Rosella Towne
Geo. Sherman
Max Enderlin
Parker Family Trip to Kerrville
Mr and Mrs Walter Parker and their son Joe traveled to Kerrville on Tuesday.
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C. W. Granville
J. B. Birt
Ida Kneese
Johnnie
Willie McDougall
Fredericksburg
Walter Parker
Joe
Kerrville
Parrot Sparks Dinner Mixup Ends in Fracas
Jones buys a talking parrot from a bird shop and ships it home. His wife orders a chicken that night. The cook roasts the parrot by mistake. Jones roars that the parrot could speak nine languages and asks why it says nothing.
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Jones
Electric ironing set to ease farm wives wash day toil
Article extols electric irons as the final step to cut wash day labor for farm families. It notes high adoption in electricityed homes but low use of ironing machines, citing ease of use, automatic temperature control, and the choice between quick heating automatic irons and slower non automatic models.
Modern Rotary Ironer and Flat Plate Machines Promote Efficiency
The article argues that modern ironing machines, including rotary ironers and flat plate models, outperform old mangles. With practice they can iron shirts, curtains, embroideries, dresses, suits, and coats. Prices range from 30 to 120 dollars, with power use about 1 kWh per month per person.
Medieval Beer Superstitions and Modern Brewing Debate
An item traces medieval beer superstitions from hobgoblins to thunder strike beliefs and notes modern brewing relies on science. It also surveys public posters by the America First Committee and remarks on U S political debate over Britain's aid bill in the Senate with quotes from Senator Clark and others.
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America First Committee
Washington
Senate
Sen
Clark
Idaho
Britain
Great Britain
Germany
Poland
England
Stalin
Hitler
Russia
Europe
Lee
Dem
Oklahoma
Sen. Brooks
Ilinois
America
Sen. Green
Rhode Island
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Sen. Chandler
Kentucky
United States
Sen. Walsh
Massachusetts
Legislature Reports Progress and Woolen Mill Invitation
State Senator Penrose Metcalfe notes progress as the Legislature debates social security funding and tax measures. The House passes a 35,000 pound truck weight bill, approves judiciary appropriations, and backs a defense-adjacent school census. Eldorado welcomes a new woolen mill with Governor O Daniel pledge to attend dedication on February 27. County officials seek refunding warrants into low-interest bonds for Coke County.
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House Revenue and Taxation
House
Senate
Senate Highways and
W. H. Rampy
Commissioners’ Court
Runnels County
A. & M. College
W. R. Chambers
Central
Colorado River Authority
Eldorado
Govenor W. Lee O’daniel
E. H. Sweatt
Edwards Plateau
Metcalfe
Winfield
McNeil Wylie
H. C. Varnadore
W. C. McDonald
Coke County
Austin
Funeral Plans Humor Amid clubday Absence
A quip contrasts a widow attending her club with the idea of a funeral. The joke hinges on the timing of a club event as a reason to skip or delay mourning duties.
Knopp 4-H Club Plans Garment Projects
The Knopp 4-H Club met sponsor Mrs. R A Klett on February 18. Members received measurements and learned to make dresses and other garments from sacks. They planned one garment for March, April, and May to prepare for Rally Day in June. Present: Ottilie Kuhltmann Linda Kuhltmann Ruth Grobe Dora Dietrich Lorene Dietrich Leola Dietrich and sponsor Mrs R A Klett.
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Knopp 4-H
R. A. Klett
Ottilie
Linda Kuhltmann
Ruth Grobe
Dora
Lorene
Leola Dietrich
R. A. Kietz
Defense needs and the coming U S mobilization
The article warns of a vast readjustment as the nation shifts to defense while feeding Europe. It notes Britain faces food scarcity, demands on American agriculture will rise, and farm labor and tools will be scarce. It argues industry must supply trained manpower and equipment to support both defense and agricultural mobilization.
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Europe
Great Britain
America
United States
A Question of Viewpoint on Haircut Prices
A customer asks if a balding man must pay full price for a haircut and the barber replies yes, sometimes more when hair is hard to find. The piece then notes how flour types affect bread and pastry textures, mentioning hard wheat for light bread, soft wheat for cakes, and all purpose flour as versatile.
Late student quip triggers concern after lab blast
A professor jokes with a freshman about birth dates as a laboratory explodes and the experiment succeeds. The remark hints at a dramatic lab incident. A note mentions 600 sweet sorghum plants cultivated from the Gulf of Mexico to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Gulf of Mexico
Minnesota
Wisconsin
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Pr. Leon F. Zwiener Optometrist
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Lemp
Csat
Priscilla
Rosemary
Lola Lane
Gale Page
Jeffrey Lynn
Eddie Albert
Claude Rains
May Robeson
Frank McHugh
Dick Foran
Lola
Barbara Ann
Arlene Lane
Beverly Quintanila
Gale
Page
Sharon van
Florida
Father Lemp
Music Foundation
Chicago
Otto Burgdorf
River’s End
Jean Hersholt
Walter Catlett
Edgar Kennedy
Dorothy Lovett
Louise Kott
Philadelphia Story
Katherine Hepburn
James Stewart
Cary Grant
Louis Knopp
Albert Whetstone
Baby
Dallas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Texas Petroleum Refining Industries
Association
Ira Miller
Farm Electrification Bureau
Faltin Novian
Luckenbach
Henry Schlueter
Idaho Solon
Penrose B. Metcalfe
Liberty
National Farm Youth Foundation
H. Welge Lewis
Ndepen
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
A. Jenschke
Gillespie County
Lochie Storage & Commission Co
Cooper’s
Martin
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