Texas in the 1930s: oil booms and vast cattle lands
A brief look at present-day Texas highlights its 1.4 million acre Kine ranch, over 6.7 million cattle, vast citrus production, and major oil output topping state revenues. The Beau mont region, Spindletop and Amelia fields, and UT Austin Galveston lands drive wealth. two thirds of 1936 auto sales foresee used cars.
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Texas
California
Montana
Kine
Delaware
Iowa
McAllen
Cass County
United States
Oklahoma
Beaumont
Amelia
University of Texas
Austin
Galveston
University
Stamp News and stamp designs feature Queen Mary mailing option
Stamp News reports arrangements with American Express for mailing covers on the new British liner Queen Mary with a May 27 maiden voyage and May 23 London deadline. It notes Russia’s stamp design on boyish pranks and an Oregon memorial issue honoring Spalding Whitman missions, plus a 1940 centennial postage stamp proposal.
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American Express Company
Haymarket
London
England
Russia
Hadn't Counted Her Dogs Fined by City Judge
In Miami on May 16 Mrs. Ethel Ball told City Judge James A. Dunn she hadn’t counted her dogs that morning. She was fined 25 and costs for maintaining a barking dog and ordered to remove her pets within 48 hours after neighbors filed the complaint.
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Miami
Fla
James A. Dunn
Ethel Ball
Ownership of Cow Proves a Puzzle
Greensboro police traced W. P. Baldwins stolen cow to T. H. Hendrix who bought it from a Negro for 30 dollars. Hendrix posted 400 dollar bond, the Negro Robert Taylor could not meet bail, and officers studied the case.
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Greensboro
W. P. Baldwin
Baldwin
T. H. Hendrix
Hendrix
Robert Taylor
Fisherman net four and a half pound bass on Saluda River
Greenville D C May 16 reports Py-Roy Williams and J C Waldrop hardware salesmen caught a four and a half pound bass that jumped into their boat on the Saluda River.
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Greenville
D. C
Py-Roy Williams
J. C. Waldrop
Saluda River
Duke commencement sermon to be preached in London
Dr. Frederick W. Norwood pastor of City Temple London will deliver the Duke commencement sermon on Sunday June 7 at City Temple. The announcement notes the event as part of the Duke ceremony schedule with London church hosting the address.
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Durham
Frederick W. Norwood
City Temple Church
London
England
Duke
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