Kitty Foyle film details and dramatic arc in 1940 insight
The review outlines Kitty Foyle from her Philadelphia mill town days to business success. A romance with a society man and a doctor shapes the plot with marriage, annulment, and a secret baby. The piece notes strong performance by Miss Rogers and marks Texas awards for 1940 traffic safety records to be announced in Houston April 8–9.
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Phidelphia
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Kitty
Philadelphia
Miss Rogers
John H. Rogers
Palace and cinema double bill showcases aviation dangers and courtroom drama
The Palace Theatre screens Give Us Wings detailing civilian aviation risks on the first half of a double bill with Triple Justice starring George O Brien in the second half. Arkansas Judge features Judge Abner Weaver and family turmoil over a fifty dollar alleged theft and a slander suit, with Roy Rogers and Emry in supporting roles. Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel appear in The Flying Deuces on a repeat Tuesday showing.
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Universal
Palace Theatre
George O’‘Brien
Frank M. Floyd
Arkansas
Fursday
Weaver Brothers
Emry
Abner Weaver
Elviry
Cicero
Old Mary Shoemaker
Hettyt Huston
August Huston
Dazsie Tomg Martel
Judge Weaver
Weaver
Margaret
Tom
Hettie
Mary Shoemaker
Huston
Roy Rogers
Tom Martel
Andne Moore
Margaret Weaver
Emil Fiedler
Oliver Hardy
Stan Laurel
Felix Kensing
Traffic Deaths Rise Across Texas in January
Texas reports a statewide 9.6 percent rise in traffic fatalities in January 1941, with 161 deaths. Highway deaths up 32.4 percent, city deaths down 16.7 percent, and county roads 11.8 percent lower. Defense-area incidents account for 18 deaths, nine soldiers, one sailor, eight civilians.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison, Jr
Garrison
Glued laminated barn rafters show durability when dry
The article explains that glued laminated barn rafters formed from boards with casein glue can last as long as the rafters themselves if kept dry. Moisture can weaken joints and lead to lamination separation or rotting, affecting stability in storms. Species vary in glue ease, but all suitable for laminated rafters.
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U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
Madison Wisc
Food Preservation Conference Set at University of Texas
Austin Texas March 4 Texas farmers producers of the states food supply have a big stake in the Food Preservation Conference scheduled for March 13 and 14 at the University of Texas Dean W R Woolrich of the College of Engineering notes the event will cover quick freez and locker storage of dairy fruit vegetables meat and seafood with sessions on dairy equipment processes sanitation standards locker storage developments and quick freezing of produce and seafoods led by industrial refrigeration experts.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Farmers—Producers of
University of Texas
W. R. Woolrich
College of Engineering
Tax On Fraternal Benefit Societies Proposed
Letter urges opposition to House Bill No. 8 taxing premiums of fraternal benefit societies like Catholic Life Insurance Union. Also notes opposition to Child Labor Amendment and calls for postcards to lawmakers, urging Constitutional redistricting needs after the 1940 census, with guidance for members to act promptly.
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House of Representatives
Morris
Catholic Life Insurance Union
Texas
Catholic State League
Catholic Central Verein of America
United States
John P. Pfeiffer
Catholic State
Armadillos Linked to Nest Destruction Debate in Texas
G. E. Bradley of Gonzales County counters common hunter claims that armadillos destroy quail and turkey nests. He notes armadillos are numerous in a twenty acre turkey nesting trap but finds no nests damaged, aligning with biologists who say armadillos rarely harm nests.
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G. EB. Bradley
Gonzalés County
Bradley
Third annual Texas Safety Conference in Houston
The conference covers highway traffic and industrial safety in its third year. It will be held in Houston on April 8 and 9. Key speakers and sessions cover safety standards, accident prevention, and regulatory updates for road and workplace environments.
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Houston
Texas Safety Conference theme announced in Houston
The third annual Texas Safety Conference will be held in Houston on April 8 and 9 with Safety and the Defense Program as its theme.
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Houston
Authorities from universities join program committee
Officials from the University of Texas A and M College Texas Technological and Tennessee Valley Authority staff join the program, expanding collaboration and oversight for the initiative.
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The
University
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Technological and Tenneseye Valley Authority Staffe
Donkey Defeats Cannon in Karankaw Skirmish Tale
The tale recounts Martin De Leon's expedition against the Karankaw tribes near Victoria. A donkey carries a four-pound cannon. during the attack the cannon ends up pinning the donkey and proves ineffective. The cronks withdraw, and De Leon's force abandons the effort.
100 Years Ago in Texas Highlights
Notices include Havana Segars sale of 18 boxes of 250 each by F Gassiot and a jail transfer for a enslaved man named Joe in Fort Bend Brazoria counties. Sheriff John V Morton calls property proof and charges to free him or face court action.
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Havana
Segars
F. Gassiot
Fort Bend
Edward Walker
Joe
Span
Brazoria
John V. Morton
Telegraph and
Texas Register
Houston
Austin Lyceum
G. T. Teulon
Capitol
Texas Sentinel
Austin
University of Texas
Asl
Texas
Del Rio Wool Sold At 37 Cents
Del Rio Texas March 5 Wool clip in Del Rio brought peak prices as Producers Wool and Mohair Company put 260000 pounds of eight month wool under contract at 387 cents per pound. Contracts included 200000 pounds to Jackson Hughes for Emery and Conant Company Inc. and 60000 pounds to Guy Burton for Forte Dupee Sawyer Company. 200 lots of people have the right aim in life, but they are short of ammunition.
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del Rio
Texas
Wool & Mohair Company
Jackson Hughes
Emery & Conant Company, Inc
Guy Burton
Forte, Dupee Sawyer Company
Red Cross Harvard Unit To Study Epidemics In War Time
During WWI influenza sparked global devastation as beds ran short and malnutrition weakened foes. A Red Cross Harvard Hospital unit will study prevention and treatment of epidemic diseases in southwest England, training 75 staff to aid national defense and share findings with U S Army Navy and Public Health Service.
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Moscow
Memphis
United States
American Red Cross
Harvard University Medical School
England
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Public Health Service
American Red Cross-Harvard Hospital
Red Cross-Harvard
Quail Problems Plague Texas Fields and Woods
The Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission reports quail supply is the chief statewide issue. Conditions vary. in East Texas wooded areas quail decline 66 percent due to fire prevention and overgrowth like broomsedge, with thick cover and grazing shortages as factors.
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Austin
Texas
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Game Department
Winter fires proposed to restore quail habitat
Biologists say dense, tall grass crowds out bobwhites and birds cannot use the arena. They recommend carefully controlled winter fires conducted when the ground is wet to burn off thick grass tops and reopen quail foraging areas.
Texas safety leaders push for stronger traffic law enforcement
Texas safety officials say police presence is essential to cut traffic deaths. They call for increased patrols and enforcement to curb risky driving and improve roadway safety.
Texas traffic patrol calls for increase after deaths
Safety leaders warn that highway deaths will rise unless Texas expands patrols. They note one patrolman serves 120 miles of state highways, urging a larger force to improve enforcement and reduce fatal crashes.
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Texas
Fish interrogation from a kitchen quip
A housewife questions Mary about washing a fish before baking. Mary retorts that washing is pointless for a fish that has lived in water all its life.
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Mary
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Abraham Lincoln
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
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BRESS
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Indepe
Fredericksburg
YDENT
Harper
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Robert Blum
Jenschke
Gillespie County
Lochie Storage & Commission Co
Storage & Commission N Company
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