Palace Screen Reveals Aerial Dusting And Western Thrills
The Palace shows Universal’s Give Us Wings as the first half of a double bill with Dead End Kids and Tough Guys. The second half features Triple Justice, a tense western thriller with George O’Brien, followed by Arkansas Judge a comedy about gossip and a slander suit. Roy Rogers stars in Tom Martel and Margaret Weaver in a love triangle. Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel headline The Flying Deuces in a repeat showing.
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Universal
Palace Theatre
Ular
George O’beren
Frank M. Floyd
Arkansas
Weaver Brothers
Eaviry
Abner Weaver
Elviry
Cicero
Old Mary Shoemaker
Hettyt Huston
Augwest Huston
Tom Martel
Judge Weaver
Weaver
Margaret
Tom
Hettie
August Huston
Mary Shoemaker
Huston
Roy Rogers
Ne Moore
Margaret Weaver
Emil Fiedler
Pat
Fatuous
Oliver Hardy
Stan Laurel
Felix Kensing
Kitty Foyle Story From Mrs Morley Novel
The film traces Kitty Foyle from rough Philadelphia suburb to business success. A love triangle with a wealthy socialite and a young doctor drives her choices. She marries, annuls, hides a baby, then pursues independence with support from the doctor. The finale hinges on a life changing decision.
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Phidelphia
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Kitty
Philadelphia
Missabies
John H. Rs
Texas cities to receive safety awards at Houston conference
Eight Texas cities will be presented awards at the Texas Safety Conference in Houston on April 8 and 9 for their traffic safety records during 1940. If the Highway Patrol force in Texas is doubled, the added cost will be only the price of cigarettes for every woman and child in the state.
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Texas
Houston
Ptate
Traffic Deaths Rise Across Texas in January
Texas reports a 14 death statewide rise in January fatalities, with highway deaths up 32.4 percent and defense-area ties accounting for 18 deaths. Col. Homer Garrison Jr. cites faster driving amid national unrest and congestion near defense projects as key factors influencing the spike.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison, Jr
Garrison
Glued laminated barn rafters offer durability questions
The article explains glued laminated wood barn rafters using casein glue, their long life if kept dry, and risks from moisture. It notes that joints can weaken when wood gets damp and that condensation in barns harms both laminated and solid members. Wood species and glue workability vary.
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U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
Madison Biasc
Food Preservation Conference in Austin March 13 14
Texas farmers-producers will attend the Food Preservation Conference at the University of Texas March 13 and 14. W R Woolrich notes focus on quick-freeze and locker storage of dairy fruits vegetables meat and seafood. Sessions cover dairy equipment sanitation and locker storage developments in rural and urban settings.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Farmers—Producers of
University of Texas
W. R. Woolrich
School
College of Engineering
Tax on Fraternal Benefit Societies Proposed
Letter urges opposition to House Bill No 8 taxing premiums of Fraternal Benefit Societies. It calls Catholics to send postcards to senators and representatives, protests Child Labor Amendment, and urges redistricting equalization following the 1940 census. Addresses legislative action and organized society mailings.
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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
Armadillos Defend Nest Beliefs Amid Quail Nest Claims
G H Bradley of Gonzales County argues with hunters that armadillos rarely disturb bird nests. He found many armadillos in a twenty acre turkey nesting trap but no nests destroyed by them. The Texas Safety Conference will cover highway traffic and industrial safety in Houston on April 8 and 9.
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G. BH. Bradley
Gonzalés County
Bradley
Texas Safety Conference in Houston Set for April 8 9
The third annual Texas Safety Conference in Houston will focus on Safety and the Defense Pro gram with sessions on April 8 and 9.
Program participants include university and state officials
Authorities from the University of Texas A and M College and Tennessee Valley Authority staff join the program alongside university representatives to coordinate activities.
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The
University
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Technological Tenneseee Valley Authority Staffe
Donkey Saves Cronks in De Leon Expedition Tale
In pre-Revolutionary Texas the Karankawas, feared neighbors near Victoria, faced De Leon’s settlers armed for war. A donkey bears a four pound cannon, collapses midway, and the Cronks withdraw in a comic retreat, leaving the expeditionists to haul away the gun.
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America
Gulf Coast
Noah Smithwick
University of Texas Library
Texa
Cronks
Texas
Martin de Leon
Smithwick
de Leon de Leon
Victoria
de Leon
University Libr
Red Cross Harvard Unit to Study Epidemics in Wartime
Influenza's 1918 rampage killed millions and showed how crowded, malnourished conditions fuel disease. In response, the American Red Cross and Harvard Medical School will open a dedicated hospital in southwest England to study prevention and treatment of epidemic diseases, applying findings to US defense.
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Moscow
Memphis
United States
American Red Cross
Harvard University Medical School
England
Red Cross
U S. Army, Navy and
Public Health Service
American Red Cross-Harvard Hospital
Red Cross-Harvard
Sale of Havana Segars and Jail Notice in 1841 Texas
The 1841 Texas notices include Havana Segars offered for sale by F. Gassiot and a jail commitment in Fort Bend County for Joe a Black man claimed by Mr. Span of Brazoria. Sheriff John V. Morton urges property owners to claim and pay charges. Also mentions Austin Lyceum lectures and a capitol ball marking independence anniversary. University of Texas Library Services offer free access to Texans.
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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
Texas
Del Rio Wool Sells At 37 Cents A Pound
Del Rio Texas March 6 wool clips reach peak prices as Producers Wool and Mohair Company offers 260000 pounds of eight month wool under contract at 387 cents per pound. Contracts include 200000 pounds to Emery & Conant Inc. through Jackson Hughes at 87 cents and 60000 pounds to Forte Dupes Sawyer buyer Guy Burton at the same price.
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del Rio
Texas
Wool & Mohair Company
Jackson Hughes
Emery & Conant Company, Inc
Guy Burton
Forte, Dupes Sawyer Company
Quail Problems in Texas Range From Cover to Grazing
In Texas quail survival faces varied statewide challenges. The Game Commission notes cover and food shortfalls in many areas due to farming and overland grazing. East Texas woods show a 66 percent quail decline from dense growth and fire prevention reducing grazing, letting broomsedge flourish.
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Austin
Texas
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Game Department
Blind Detroit worker keeps factory job despite odds
Oscar Youngsaitch, once blinded as a child by molten metal in a Detroit foundry, has worked in a factory for twenty one years. Now forty five, he remains at his post assembling split bushings with precise fingerwork, proving skill can defy early disability.
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Detroit
Mich
Oscar Youngsaitch
Ford
Youngsnitch
Grass fires proposed to restore quail habitat and reduce road deaths
Biologists recommend controlled winter fires when ground is wet to burn back dense grass that crowds quail and blocks their food. Texas safety leaders say law enforcement must play a prominent role in cutting traffic fatalities with proper patrolling.
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Uue
Texas
Texas traffic safety leaders seek larger patrol
Officials warn that Texas highways will see ongoing deaths until patrols increase. They note a ratio of one patrolman for every 120 miles of state roads and urge expanded enforcement to reduce fatalities.
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Texas
Fishy Quip Sparks Housewife Exchange
A witty exchange unfolds in a domestic scene as a lady asks if the fish was washed before baking and Mary counters that washing a fish that has spent its life in water is pointless.
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Mary
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Fredericksburg
YDENT
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