Extinguish Camp Fires Warned In Texas Summer
Texas State Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall warned that camp fires must be completely extinguished after use and that lighted matches and cigarettes should not be discarded. He urged clean camping grounds to protect Texas as a tourist draw, citing a $35,000,000 annual loss from discarded matches in another state. Jack Jones was a business visitor in Fredericksburg Tuesday.
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Austin
Marvin Hall
Hall
Texas
Jack Jones
Fredericksburg
Texas Shipbuilding Center Promoted by Texas Bulletin
The Texas Resources bulletin from the Texas Executive Department urges Texas to become a national shipbuilding center. It notes contracts surpassing 1350000 dollars since July 1940 and growing plant facilities. It highlights 13 Texas ports, Gulf protection, favorable coast channels, private harbors, year round climate, low fuel costs, and a ready native labor force with training efforts underway.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Resourcess
Department
United States
Gulf
Planted Turkeys Flourishing In Robertson County
A Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission report shows over 300 wild turkeys in Robertson County less than two years after restocking. Sixty birds were released, with fencing and release inside, wings clipped, and penned birds attracting birds outside as a decoy to confine spread while restoring big game across the state.
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Roberson County
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Robertson County
F Pittman-Robertson
Liberty
Game Department
Moses Rose Escape Story Reemerges From Texas Archives
In an Austin Chronicle context a revived tale recounts Moses Rose the lone defender who fled the doomed Alamo after Travis drew his floor line. Rose crossed the Brazos, found shelter with the Zubers, and later inspired Blakes research shaping the Rose saga now archived at the University of Texas Library.
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William BL Travis
Alamo
Moses Rose
Amony
Nacogdoches
University of Texas Library
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Travis
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Rose
Santa Anna
Brazos River
Zubers
Zuber
Texas
Blakes
Registrants Urged to Notify Boards of Address Changes
General J Watt Page state Selective Service Director warned all registrants under the Selective Service Act to immediately notify their local boards of any address change or face penalties. He also announced mandatory possession of registration certificates and described penalties for failure to carry or exhibit certificates. The directive calls for careful consideration of occupational deferments for students in specific fields.
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State Select
General Page
Selective Service
J. Watt Tage
National Headquarters
Board of Appeal
General J. Watt Page
Office of Production Management
National Selective Service Headquarters
Texas
Father Demand Ends In Sleep Time Debate
A father tells his youngster to go to sleep after the child cries for a drink. The exchange shows a simple bedtime dispute with the father insisting on rest and the child seeking comfort.
Legislators Seek Public Input for Texas Statehood Centennial
In 1945 46 Texans plan centennial observances. The Legislature named A Garland Adair Centennial of Statehood Commissioner to survey opinion and coordinate with fairs organizations schools and media to prepare proposals for the 1948 Texas Legislature and Congress.
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House of Representatives
A. Garland Adair
Texas Memorial Museum
Austin
Texas
Congress of the United States
Texas Faith in Future Amid World Tests
Commissioner Adair urges Texas to celebrate statehood in 1945 46 while inviting Americas to join in constitutional governance triumphs. An engineer notes air raid shelter protection, oil taxes, and cafe ownership changes surface as local items. The Soil Conservation Service says travel from Potomac to San Antonio remains within a district.
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Texas
Washington
Brazos
North
Central
South America
The
Soil Conservation Service
Potomac
San Antonio
Mississippi River
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