The Devils Pipeline at The Palace Friday and Saturday
At The Palace a rugged adventure double feature presents The Devils Pipeline with Richard Arlen and Andy Devine as petroleum engineers on a treacherous tropical island. They adopt oil worker disguises to topple corrupt authorities in a dynamite charged finale.
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Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Dick and
Andy
Albert Lang
Johnny Mack Brown
Knight
George Humbert
Fuzzy
Nell O’day
C. A. Roberts
Nationwide School to Train Women for Defense Launched
New York March 25 More than 80 New York women attended the opening session of the nations first nationwide school to train women as automotive technicians for emergency defense work. The Willys Overland program has enrolled thousands coast to coast and offers a 10 week course with lectures by safety experts and a certificate of proficiency for qualified emergency drivers.
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New York
America
Willys- Overland Motors, Inc
Willys
L A Walker Rites Held for Local Furniture Company Leader
Services were held at Pruitt Avenue Baptist Church for Lionel A. Walker of San Antonio Texas who died Thursday. A Masonic Lodge member and longtime president of Walker Furniture Company he leaves a widow, four daughters, a son, three sisters and six brothers all of San Antonio and nearby Texas towns.
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Pruitt Avenue Baptist Church
Lionel A. Walker
Taft Boulevard
San Anenio
Texas
Masonic Lodge
Walker
Walker Furniture Company
Fay Walker
Kate Walker
Cecil Slater
H. H. Kernoccll
Maxine
Lucile Walker
J. D. Walker
San Antonio
Ethel Billings
Beeville
Mildred Cands
Medina City
Kitty McGaughy
R. C
W. V
J. G
H. H. Walker
O. B
W. C. Walker
Kerr
Remembering Miss Pay Delevan and court appeal update
Mrs. Walker, formerly Miss Pay Delevan daughter of Y. J. Delevan of San Antonio, is remembered by many friends. District Clerk E. L. Schmidt reports the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed a district court sentence. The individual involved has been in Gillespie County and will remain there until proceedings conclude.
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Walker
Pay Delevan
Y. J. Delevan
San Antonio
Harper
E. L. Schmidt
Court of Criminal Appeals
Herman
Gillespie County
Women join nationwide Willys defense corps training
More than 80 New York housewives and students attended the first meeting of the Willy-Overland Motor Defense corps, the first nationwide school training women as automotive technicians for emergency defense work. A. W. Pickett, Willys distributor in New York, explains car operation.
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New York
Willy-Overland Motor
Defense Corps
A. W. Pickett
Willys
Wheat Farmers Look Abroad
In March 27 report from College Station Texas wheat farmers consider 1941 marketing quotas and study Canada Argentina and Australia. Wilmer T. Swink notes governments support farmers with purchase guarantees and price floors ranging about 55 to 60 cents a bushel and Australia offers 56.5 cents for limited annual production with conditions.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Guests Welcome At Camp Bowie
March 19 guests of men in the Thirty-Sixth Division may visit Camp Bowie in Texas staying in a guest house with the same beds as soldiers. Rates are 1 dollar per night for one person or 1.50 dollars for two, with limits of two nights on weekends and one night on weekdays unless a relative is ill. A guard serves, meals not yet available, and arrangements for visits are made through the Senior Hostess.
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Camp Bowie
Texas
World Wheat Programs Face United States Model
A committee member explained how Argentina and Canada support wheat exports with price guarantees and acreage limits for 1941. He compared their one point purchase plans to the U S six point farm program including acreage allotments crop loans parity payments crop insurance export subsidies and emergency marketing quotas.
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Argentina
Canada
United States
All-Out Drive For Safety Conference Set in Houston
Austin dispatch notes the third annual Texas Safety Conference will be held in Houston on April 8 and 9. George Clarke, executive secretary of the Texas Safety Association, says there can never be too much emphasis on safety and outlines program highlights.
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Austin
Houston
George Clarke
Texas Safety Association
Clarke
Radio stations switch frequencies nationwide
On March 29 at 3:00 a m the US realigns radio channels to reduce cross border interference. San Antonio stations WOAI KABC KMAC and KONO move to new kilocycle slots KTSA stays at 550. servicemen may tune sets after the 29th. push button tuners may need adjustment. The Havana Treaty formalized in 1940 makes the change.
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United States
San Antonio
WOAI
KABC
KMAC
KONO
KTSA
Mexico
Canada
Cuba
Havana
New Showing State Fair of Texas Films Praised
State Fair of Texas presents new short films in sound and color covering 1940 Livestock 4-H Club and Future Farmer events plus Agriculture Show exhibits. Harry L. Seay reports bookings ahead of last year. 3,000,000 viewers in 1940 expected to double in 1941.
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Dallas
Texas
Harry L. Seay
Cotton Stamp Program Offers Aid to Gillespie Farmers
The Cotton Stamp Program provides 10 cent per pound stamps on reduced cotton acreage for 1941 compared with 1940. Payments cap at 25 to 60 dollars per farming unit depending on tenants and farms, with limits per farm. Stamps redeemable at dry goods stores and an extra 3 percent payment rewards farmers who grow and store food for home use.
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Gillespie County
Dorman D. Sell
AAA Committee
Extension Service Reassignments at College Station
Five headquarters personnel reassignments announced by Director H. I. Williamson. George E. Adams promoted to vice director and state agent, succeeding Jack Shelton who left last December for the Farm Credit Administration. Adams oversees district agents and specialists, and via district agents, county agents and assistants. C. Hohn becomes Extension project leader in land use planning. Paul G. Haines moves from organization work to soil and water conservation specialist. C. E. Bowles handles organization and cooperative marketing as Extension specialist. Roy W. Snyder reassigned as specialist in animal industries handling meat production and marketing. Demand for extension work grows with freezer locker plants and rural electrification.
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College Station
Extension
Direcor HI
Geo. E. Adams C. Hohn
Paul G. Haines
C. E. Bowles
Haines
Roy W. Snyder
Williamson
How to Soft or Hard Cook Eggs
Start eggs in cold water and bring to a simmer gradually. For soft coddled eggs hold at simmer two to three minutes. For hard boiled eggs continue simmering about 380 minutes.
Mrs Royce Buster Visits Junction Couple
Mrs Royce Buster of Junction visited Mr and Mrs J Rogers on Tuesday in a local social note.
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Royce Buster
Junction
Mrs. J. Rogers
Neatness and Health Tips at Local Plant Event
Levi Kensing visited Harper for business while Leonard Turbiville of Llano toured Fredericksburg on Wednesday. Turbiville invites locals to his radio program near Llano on the Fredericksburg road each Sunday afternoon.
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Levi Kensing
Harper
Leonard Turbiville
Llano
Fredericksburg
Turbiville
Rodio
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Harper Herald
Mareld Dietel
Uwace
Mre. A. C
Pr. Leon F. Zwiener Optometrist
Frederickaburg
Edward Sinali
George Sanders
Florence Bates
Lionel Royce
Clayton Moore
Montague Love
Herm
Solbrig
Bob Crosby
Bobcats
Max Hopf
Robert Montgomery
Mr. and
Mrs. Smith
Park Avenue Lawyear
David and
Ann Smith
Marshall
L. A. Walker
Martin Dies
Orange
House Committee On Investigation
Anese
ARS
Menard News
Gerald Mann
State Fair of Texas
Freedricksburg Mutual Aid Fund Association
August Voelkel
L. E. Brodie
Adolf Ressmann
Walter Herbert
Triple-A
C. Holm
Patronize Herald Advertisers
H. Welge Lewis
Is, Andcreases Phone No
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Aco
Robert Blum
A, Jenschke
Cooper
Martin
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