Unusual Wildlife Aid Sparks Lone Wayward Feeding Incident
Horace LaGrone of Deadwood Texas observed a bluejay feed another adult jay. After informing State Game Warden Ray Biggerstaff, LaGrone killed the feeding bluejay noting the recipient lacked a lower beak. The piece also notes Texas highest peak Baldy Peak and highest city Texline. It ends with a brief social note of Alpine visitors.
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Horace LaGrone
Deadwood
Panola County
Texas
Hilbert R. Siegler
Game Department
Baldy Peak
Mt. Livermore
Jeff Davis County
Texline
Dallam County
Texas Drivers Careless Focus of June Fatalities Alarm
Austin officials warn rising June deaths point to public carelessness alongside engineering and enforcement efforts. Montgomery cites 133 highway deaths last month, 20 more than June last year, while first half toll drops 9.22 percent to 609.
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Austin
Texas
Julian Montgomery
Montgomery
National plan outlined for 1940 farm program
A Texas born movement to boost farm families joined 100 state farmer-committeemen in Washington to draft the 1940 farm program. The plan includes home gardening assistance by the AAA next year and aims to put more food on the farm and family table.
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Agricultural Conservation Committees
Texas State Committee
George Slaughter
Charles Thomas
E. N. Holmgreen
AAA
Texas A
M., College
Federated Club
Texas Agricultural Association
College Station
Washington
Submarine Test Off Hudson Yonkers Promises Engineering Jobs
Barney Connett, 33, pilots an 11-foot one man submarine weighing 1200 pounds in a successful test in the Hudson River at Yonkers New York. He makes several shallow dives as engineers eye future opportunities. R W Clyne shows his book Engineering Opportunities to H T Heald, Armour Institute of Technology president, outlining chances in 26 industries for 8000 graduates this year.
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Barney Connett
Hudson River
Yonkers
N. Y
R. W Clyne
H. T. Heald
Armour Institute of Technology
Clyne
Giants Ejected After Home Run Call Dispute
New York Giants catcher Harry Danning is shown re learning the old axiom after being directed to the showers by umpire Amos Ballanfant. Teammates Joe Moore and Bill Jurges are also ejected in the melee over a fair or foul home run call, with Jurges fined 150 dollars and suspended 10 days for swinging on umpire Magerkurth.
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Harry Danning
New York Giants
Amos Lee Ballanfant
Giants
Joe Moore
Bill Jurges
Magerkurth
Car pulling world championship sparks renewed debate
A Timken Roller Rearing Company film shows three small boys pulling a 160 ton six wheeled locomotive on a Canton track, with reports of girls duplicating the stunt. W F Sanders explains that tapered roller bearings reduce starting resistance by 88 percent, making it possible for a man to move a car about 1000 times his weight.
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Charles Atlas
New York City
Broadway Limited
Rudolph Pestalozzi
Milwaukee
Atlas
Pestalozzi
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Timken Roller Rearing Company
Canton
Ohio
W. F. Sanders
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Kerrville
J. L. Bullard
Pampell’s
Blue Bonnet Drug Store
Arthur Allen
Patsy
Charles
Alpine
J. J. Rogers
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
Texaco
Bill’s Lunch Room
Lochte Storage & Commission Co
J. F
Wedekind’s
Claud
Harper, Texas
Cloud Sageser
Tarzan
Paris
England
Royal Air Force
le Bourget
Mary Joyce Walsh
Miami
Fla
Florida
Newfoundland
Clarke Steamship Company
Hank Spivens
Joe Gilfe
Jesse Jones
The
R.F.C
New Federal Loan Agency
Emil Schram
Manship
Ronald Allen
Tary
R.F.C. Board
Ters
Stew
WITM
Leo Beet
Geise
Ao” Toa
Toosh
Tas
Sem
Jes
Sie Simpson
James Steward
Treasure Island
United States
California
el Salvador
Pop
WPA
Roosevelt
Northport Beach
Corrigan
Mar. Douglas
Elizabeth Marvin
San Antonio
Douglas
Eliza
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