Texas cows and eggs urged for wartime nutrition
Texas dairy groups warn that 250000 more milk cows and 1,368000 hens are needed on 125000 farms to provide one egg daily per person. A&M figures show 3282000 Texans lack basic nutrition, with pelagra and diet-related deaths rising. Fredericksburg ad notes fresh fruit and pecan nursery offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Europe
The
Texas Dairy Products Association
Texas A & M College
Roads and Freed Boldly Rally for a Wartime Nation
A 1940 essay links Independence Day meaning to national defense. It argues for rapid mechanization and a mobile army, stressing the highway system's role in wartime mobility and the need to prepare against potential invasions. It warns of congested highways and unsafe roads impacting dispatch and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key
United States
Europe
America
United States Army
UT Student Jack Bostick Puppeteer Capable of Puppet Shows
Jack Bostick of Waco is noted as an expert puppeteer who frequently presents his own puppet shows before student and town groups. Eagles are described as building nests about six feet across, a size observed by Texas Game Wardens and biologists. A listing for Santa Rosa plums for sale appears from Pecan Belt Nursery in Fredericksburg, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Jack Bostick
Waco
Texas
Pecan Belt Nursery
Fredericksburg
A Long Range Prediction by John Adams
In July 1776 John Adams forecast a national celebration of independence to be marked by devotion to God, pomp, games, and illuminations across the continent. He predicted the cost in toil and treasure but foresaw enduring glory and posterity. Abigail Adams tied to his hopes, and the piece notes John Quincy Adams as her son.
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Philadelphia
Britain
John Adams
United States
Abigail
Adams
Abigail Adams
John Quincy Adams
Edison the Man hits Rialto for dramatic life of inventor
Film stars Spencer Tracy as Thomas A Edison in a bio drama tracing his youth to the phonograph. The portrait emphasizes Edison’s early career, courtship, fatherhood, and factory struggles with dramatic thrills drawn from the inventor’s real life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Tracy
Edison
Rialto Theatre
Father Flanagan
Henry M. Stanley
Tobin Returns Home After Cotulla Visit
R. H. Tobin arrives back in Harper following a two month visit to his daughter in Cotulla Texas. The text also references stray phrases about grapeseed oil and a California method for oil from grapeseeds.
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R. H. Tobin
Harper
Cotulla
Texas
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Richards
Ayday
Geme
Sterling Bros
Ciethiers - Cleaners
Nebraska
E.iene
Canada
E. E. Saenger Lumber Company
Kerrville, Texa
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Ies
Wendell Williae
Nemmnee
Indiana ' University
SY Wendell Willkie
325Th. Field Artillery
Wenvece L. Wittxie
Liberty
Sons of the Revolution
Liberty Bell
Independence Hall
William T. van Alstyne
New York
John B. Richards
Fall River
Mass
Edwin O. Lewis
Palac Theatre
Fredericksburg, Texas
Texat Monte Wine
Nelson Eddy
Thurs, Fri
Rial
Kerrville, Texas
Lola Lane
James Craig
Zanzibar
Rita Johnson
Eddie Albert
Rosemary Lane
Wayne Morris
Wyman
AN Angel
Jeannette MacDonald
del Monte & Libbys
Austin
Lynn Sha
Sger
Texas Motor Transportation Association
War Department
Kerrville
Fort Clark
Tivy High School
Hill Country
Texaco
A. Loth
FelIx A. Pape
Predericksburg
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