Barnyard Follies leads Palace double bill Dramas
The Palace offers a Friday and Saturday program featuring Barnyard Follies a barnyard musical comedy about an orphanage under 4 H Club farming pressures and a manager who inherits a nightclub. The second feature Beyond the Sacramento stars Bill Elliott Wild Bill Hickok in a rugged western backdrop.
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Mary Lee
Rafe Davis
Ida Kneese
Sacramento
Bill Blliott
Wild Bill Hickok
Glen Hepf
Choose Your Weapons Suh Sparks Teaching Debate
The letter cites Carl Victor Little and Daniel Prescott urging a traveling clinic to reform teachers while critics argue communities must first reform their attitudes toward educators. It contends constant local censure stifles teachers and hampers their personality development.
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Carl Victor Little
Escape To Glory screens with March midweek showing
Alf Feller praises the high Sierra locations as Pat O’Brien stars in Escape To Glory with Constance Bennett. The wartime drama promises tension as characters face a perilous countdown and questions how to live each fearful moment. Critics call it unforgettable excitement and a thrill hit of the year.
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Pat O'Brien
Constance Bennett
J. A. Peril
Foreign Correspondent Delivers Thrill Packed Screen Drama
The film stars Joel McCrea Laraine Day Robert Benchley and Herbert Marshall. A New York reporter travels to Europe to uncover a crime intrigue and faces dangers unseen on screen. The climax features a dramatic air and sea disaster praised for its photography and realism.
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Foreign Correspondent
Topnotch
Joel McCrea
Laraine Day
Robert Benchly
Herbert Marshall
New York Daily
Europe
Henry Weiting
Hill Country League plan revives old baseball rivalries
Fredericksburg Giants and Comfort officials lead a meeting to reorganize the Hill Country League with aims to add two teams to reach seven. Fredericksburg attendees include Klein Seipp Strocher Molberg Icke Klaerner Marschall Roeder and Marshall presiding. New Braunfels and a San Antonio club are sought, with a March 17 follow up meeting at Comfort. 00 Value of Texas crude oil in 1938 surpassed all Texas farm crops and livestock value plus government payments by over 127 million dollars.
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Texas Hill Country
Fredericksburg Giants
Comfort
Boerthc
Stonewall
Kerrville
Hill Country League
Fredericksburg
Leo Klein
Otto Seipp
Edgar Strocher
Joe Molberg
Amno Icke
Max Molberg
Elias Klaerner
Edgar Marschall
Chester Roeder
Boerne
Edgar Marshall
Braunfels
San Antonio
Texas
Teachers Defend Nobility Amid Calls for Red Blooded Moderation
In March 1941 Mr. Little cited Cushman of Washington urging teachers to be red blooded and engage in dances theatre and politics. The piece argues recreation differs from participation and notes many teachers risk job loss for dancing. It urges communities to broaden attitudes and defend the teaching profession.
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Little
Cushman
Washington, D. C
Texas Outlook
Greatest Number Of Farm Boys Enroll In 4 H Club Work In 1940
College Station March 10 More farm boys joined 4 H club work in 1940 than in any prior year 2000 boys across 19 counties cared for beef and dairy calves sheep hogs and grew cotton grain sorghums and peanuts Demonstrations covered land use terracing contouring and livestock and seed improvement County agents trained 4 H judging teams and many competed in state contests at College Station Extensions aided terrace lines on 61676 acres and contour lines on 390000 acres New trench silos fed cattle and a statewide trip by 21 boys yielded four cash prizes for best trip stories A promotional film 4 H club boys at work and play will be shown district wide
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College Station
W. I. Glass
Glass
Jones County
Ninteen
Marvin McMillan, Jr
Mason County
Coleman County
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Navy and White Spring Dress Featuring White Pique
A fashion feature highlights a spring dress in navy and white with white pique at the top for an angelic look. It uses a peaked collar curved pockets a leaf and flower applique a patent belt with a decorative buckle and front buttons. The Romaine Crepe fabric provides graceful fullness at the waist with high square shoulders and above the elbow sleeves.
Kostelanetz Honors Susanna Foster With Debut Album
Andre Kostelanetz presented 16 year old Susanna Foster with the first copy of his Columbia album of Stephen Foster melodies. The conductor's latest release features classic Foster songs including Oh Susanna, Old Black Joe, My Old Kentucky Home, Beautiful Dreamer and Camptown Races.
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Susanna
Andre Kostelanetz
Susanna Foster
Hollywood
Stephen Foster
Columbia
Kosty
Victor Herbert
Joe
Kentucky
Jeanie
Camptown
Potato Cheese Balls for St Patrick Day Menu
A recipe feature promotes crunchy potato and cheese balls fried in Spry. The write up highlights a budget friendly platter idea for St Patrick's Day and leftovers from mashed potatoes. It notes rich cheese flavor and suggests serving with cold cuts.
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St. Patrick's Day
Mrs Nixon Directs Twelfth Night Stage Build at UT
Louise Nixon of Fredericksburg heads the building crew for a lavish Curtain Club production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The play runs March 12 to 15 on a replica Elizabethan stage in Hogg Auditorium with music arranged by K Kenna n and performed by a ten piece ensemble. Irene Hopt visited friends in Austin Sunday.
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Austin
Texas
Hogg Auditorium
University of Texas
Louise Nixon
Fredericksburg
K. Kennan
William Byrd
Willys Americar parts drop contrasts with 1940 model
The 1941 Willys Americar uses 6268 parts, down from 6658 in 1940, a reduction of 400 parts and about 1000 fewer than similar low-price cars. Texas Extension data note farm demonstrations boosting family water systems in 1940 with wells windmills and piping. Texas horse population rises from 686 442 in 1935 to 714 000 in 1988, plus more mules and mule colts.
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Toledo
America
Willys
Texas Extension Service
Texas
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