Texas Edinburg area projects and state updates reported
The article covers multiple Texas items including bridge work on the Trinity River near Palestine, a 18 019 member Texas American Legion, 56th Cavalry Brigade review at Mineral Wells, deer files at Johnsons Bayou, planned natural gas service for South Plains towns, Texas wage claims totaling 326 058, honey marketing efforts in Uvalde, 313 fires in June with 449 956 in losses, East Texas lumber estimates, highway construction Raymondville to the south county line, Path Floresville highway bonds, a new state education building plan at Canyon, a nucleus herd for Texas Longhorns to be established in Wichita National Forest, Texas livestock value at 284 697 000 with Crockett Edwards Sutton Wilbarger leading, an August road bond election in Cherokee County, a milk and ice fund drive for baby welfare, record Galveston wheat exports 45 693 567 bushels, and Rio Grande flood water effects in Willacy County.
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Raymondville
South County
Hitte
Mani
Path
Floresville
Canyon
J. A. Hill
West Texas Teachers College
Texas
Wichita National Forest
United States Forestry Service
Will C. Barnes
Ernest Winkler
Department of Commerce
West Texas
Crockett
Edwards
Sutton
Wilbarger
Texas Panhandle
Texas crops show promising yield in optimistic report
Commissioner Terrell reports Texas could feed itself next year as June rains improved crops across the state. Cotton area is 16 651 800 acres, down 13 percent from last year, with oats and wheat short. Grain sorghum and corn look good, but boll weevils and late planting threaten yields. hog and poultry production rise as Texas mulls self sufficiency.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Dergselm
George Bh. Terrell
South
Terrell
Rio Tranche
Louisiana Refugees To Return In Eight Weeks
New Orleans plans to return St Bernard and Plaquemines parish refugees within eight weeks as reparations and refugee committees work out details. About 1900 families, totaling 7188 people, sacrificed homes to safeguard the city by creating the Caernarvon artificial crevasse. More than half the refugees were children.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish
Caernarvon
Pioneers Trail Maps Reveal Westward Routes Across U S
Denver report details five years of professor Hulbert and Stewart Commission work mapping pioneer trails including Oregon Santa Fe and Pony Express routes. Five volumes present about 275 maps covering 7 000 miles across twelve western states with plans for journals and diaries to form a documentary West history.
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Denver
Colo
Siu
Archer Butler Edulbert Io
Stewart Commission
Colorado College
Coburn Springs
Oregon
Santa Fe
Kit Carson
John GL Bremont
Buffalo TJ
Jin Bridger
Pony Express
I Ts
Fremont
Carson
Forty-niners
Professor Hobert
Independence
Alo
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Cass
Pennsylvania
Nova Scotia
Harvard
Yale
West
Helping the South Bissell tours southern states on idle lands
Charles A. Bissell, chief engineer of the United States reclamation service, has returned to Washington after a 56,000 mile tour through seven southern states to study conditions for establishing local rural settlements on idle lands in the South. He notes tracts would range from 150 to 200 acres and be fostered by federal and state governments.
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Charles A. Bissell
United States Reclamation Service
Washington
Uncle Swam
Texas Postmasters Named
Washington says the post office department announced Texas postmaster appointments including Birome Till County Virgid Kelleg to replace Lee Clements who resigned Ingram Kerr County John A Lienweber to replace Orris Garland resigned Melon Frio County Arthur W Jeffries to replace Marcus Ki Langham removed Welview Concho County Ross E Heister to replace James B Wallis resigned
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Washington
Post Office Department
Texas
Birome
Till County
Virgid Kelleg
Lee Clements
Ingram
Kerr County
John A. Lienweber
Orris Garland
Melon
Frio
Arthur W. Jeffries
Marcus Ki
Langham
Welview
Concho County
Ross E. Heister
James B. Wallis
Veteran Editor George M Bailey Dies in Houston
Colonel George M Bailey longtime editor of the Post Dispatch died Monday in Houston at age. He served 44 years in Texas journalism and shaped public discourse with his Early Morning Observations started 21 years ago quoted widely nationwide.
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Houston
Tex
George M. Bailey
Post-Dispatch
Bailey
Texas
Deaf can hear through fingertips claim by Dr Gault
In Northampton Massachusetts Dr Robert I Gault of Smith College reports that skin can detect vibrations up to 2700 per second, enabling the deaf to hear via fingertip contact with a telephone. He notes many voice vibrations exceed this rate but asserts the skin's 2700 per second sensitivity suffices for speech understanding.
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Northampton
Mass
Robert IT. Giult
Smith College
Doctor Gault
Indian Youth Active in Farm Clubs Across Nation
Interior department statistics show over 5,500 Indian boys and girls enrolled in juvenile agricultural clubs during the last year. Members produced goods valued at 43,752 dollars including corn potatoes vegetables poultry and farm animals. Hannah High Hawk a 12 year old Sioux Cheyenne River resident won high honors in the corn club earning a free trip to the National Corn Congress.
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Washington
Interior Department
Hannah High Hawk
Cheyenne River Reservation
South Dakota
National Corn Congress
Rail Charter Approved in Texas for Wichita Falls Railway
Amendment to the Wichita Falls Ranger and Fort Worth Railway charter increases capital stock from 120000 to 1000000. Approved Saturday by the attorney general's department and filed with the secretary of state in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Wichita Falls, Ranger and
Fort Worth Railway Company
Attorney General's Department
Secretary of State
Bonds To Be Voted On In San Benito Tex District
Property owners of Water District No 6 near San Benito will vote July 23 on a bond issue worth 150000 dollars to fund district needs.
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San Benito
Tex
Letter Carriers to Hold Convention in Amarillo
Austin Texas delegates decided at the annual session that next year’s joint state convention of the Post Office Clerks and Letter Carriers Associations will be held in Amarillo on July 3 and 4.
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Austin
Tex
Post Office Clerks and
Amarillo
Use of American Matches Under Ban in Peru
New York passengers aboard the Inez Essequibo report Peru bans on non Swedish matches with a $20 fine for bringing in American or other matches. A Swedish monopoly controls sale and all other matches carry high duties, triggering penalties only after arrest.
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Peru
New York
Inez Essequibo
U S Investments Abroad Estimated At 12.3 Billion
Washington expert W. Thorne of the commerce department estimates American investments abroad on July 1 at 12.3 billion dollars. The figure reflects a broad view of overseas holdings held by U S investors and firms operating under U S law.
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Washington
W. &. Thorne
Commerce Department
Making Airways Maps for Civilians 7 R
litzgerald of the Department of Commerce prepares the first airways maps for civilian use. The maps are being produced to guide Elysian flyers making hops from one city to another.
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Litzgerald
Department of Commerce
Department
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Edindeure
Reope GY Prestame
Dotindiy Gond
Healy
Pate
Mia
Bk Tie
Trinity River
Palestine
Texas American Legion
Legion State Adjutant Headquarters
Dan Moody
Mineral Wells
Orange
Johnson's Bayou
Eas
South Plains
Lubbock
Plainview
Slaton
Crosbyton
Lockney
Turkey
Quitaque
State Department of Labor
Charles Melkhetmy
Fire Insurance Commission
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Texas
Commissioners’ Court of
Cherokee County
Anderson
Galveston
Rio Grande
Willacy
Louisiana
U. S
Canada
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
St. Louis
Ottawa
Lindy
Tientsin
United States
Shanghai
Fenelon
F. G. Passages
U. S. Investments Abroad
Cowboy Cat
President Coolidge
Boy Scouts of
Custer County
8. D
Mrs. Coolidge
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