Two Wartime Front Line Figures and Classic Film Offerings
A newspaper blurb mixes a grim wartime quip about 200000 front line soldiers with lighter scenes of a fashion minded customer and Mae West in My Little Chickadee. It previews two 1930s films Strange Cargo with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford and a Peter Herman ensemble concert at Peters Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae West
W. C. Fields
Flaming Nosed Monster
Mae
Fields
Joseph Calleia
Dick Foran
Gene Austin
Clark Gable
Gable
Joan Crawford
Peter Lorre
Census Enumerators to Start Population Count in April
The article notes the 1940 Census will begin April 2 with absentee blanks available through Clerk Starkey at 707 Water Street Kerrville. Enumerators will operate across Kerr, Kimble, Uvalde, Real, Kinney, Bandera and other area counties with training held in Kerrville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Rankin Starkey
Kerrville
Starkey
Water Street
Gillespie County
William L. Austin
Washington, D. C
Washington
Austin
Kerr, Kimble
Uvalde
Real
Kinney
Bandera
Val Verde
Sutton
Schleicher
Edwards
Menard
Mason
Llano
Gillespie
Texas counties prepare surplus cotton mattress program
The USDA plan designates 12 Texas counties Ellis Wise Hockley Collingsworth Van Zandt Nolan San Saba Rusk Lavaca Frio McLennan and Austin as demonstration areas for low income families. Each county will receive 12 bales to make about 120 mattresses with ticking from a Georgia mill. Local committees and work centers are in place and 200 McLennan County applications have been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
USDA
Georgia
Mildred Horton
Texas A. and M. College Extension
Servir
McLennan County
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Miss Horton
Ellis, Wise
Hockley
Collingsworth
van Zandt
Nolan
San Saba Rusk
Lavaca
Frio
McLennan
Austin
Mystery Aid Center Marks a Local Helpline Launch
A detective reports a new community helpline opening amid ongoing crime concerns. The service promises guidance and support for residents facing personal or neighborhood safety issues, with officials urging calls for help and information.
Census reveals extensive Farm and Ranch schedule questions
The piece notes that census enumerators will probe the Farm and Ranch schedule starting April 1, detailing landlord shares, rents, land owned or rented, farm products, and livestock, with emphasis on precise records. It highlights the complexity and length of questions spanning ownership, operation, inputs, and outputs for Texas farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Unnsemene Incorporated
Fort Worth Rotary hears oil industry key to Texas growth
Vernon former Texas tax commissioner R B Anderson urged broad industrialization of Texas at the Fort Worth Rotary Club. He praised oil and gas as anchors of industry, noting Texas oil supports 45 percent of the state's tax burden and arguing against taxing changes that could hurt local refining and allied sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
R. B. Anderson
Vernon
Texas Oil Industry
Electric brooders offer efficiency for chick rearing
The article argues electric brooders are preferable for rearing chicks, detailing benefits such as automatic temperature control, lower fire risk, reduced labor, and faster, healthier growth. It notes costs from six to ninety dollars, with typical hover prices near forty, and explains electricity use during a six week period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post Office
Harper
Endure
C. W. Granville
Noriced
Caliecters
Harper Herald
Pr. Leon F. Zwiener Optometrist
Frederichoburg
J. A. Jackson
Main St
Kerrville Vulcanizing Plant
Rudolph Stehling
Sissin
Uncle Sam
Hermanssohn Gemischter Chor
Peter’s Hall
Legion of Lost Flyers
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Alaska
Johnny Mack Brown
Bob Baker
Fuzzy Knight
Francis Robinson
Young Bill Cody, Jr
Texaco
Bill’s Lunch Room
Texas Health
Ae Geo
Texas State Health Department
Texas Fire Insurance Commission
Texas Department of Public Safety
The
Geophysical Machine Works
Houston
Bia
Ira Miller
Farm Electrification Bureau
Fredericksburg
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Lhat
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Milton Petermann
Mgr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!