Cooperative Hospital Lights Up Rural Oklahoma
Elk City in western Oklahoma hosts the Farmers Union Cooperative Hospital Association founded by Dr. Michael A. Shadid. Two thousand stockholder families pay $25 yearly for medical care with free doctor services, low charges for X rays, hospital stay, and prenatal care, amid debate over socialized medicine and accusations of ethical concerns.
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Elk City
Okla
Oklahoma
Michael A. Shadid
America
Farmers Union Cooperative Hospital Association
United States
Shadid
County Medicine Society
Regular Army Reserve offers to ex service men in Taylor Texas
Ex service men with at least one year in the Regular Army and honorable discharge may enlist in the Regular Army Reserve. Must be under 36 and physically qualified. Married status irrelevant. Pay $8 every four months for address updates and $3 monthly bonus during national emergencies, up to $150 total. Contact Sergeant John L. Marx, U S Army Recruiting Office, Post Office Building, Taylor, Texas.
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Regular Army
Sam
United States
John L. Marx
U. S. Army Recruiting Office
Post Office Bidg
Taylor, Texas
Women Drivers Safer Says Accident Recorder
An Austin column argues women drivers are safer than men using Texas 1938 crash statistics. It cites 18,086 male and 2,435 female drivers involved, with 1,596 and 136 fatal crashes respectively, and notes stereotypes about female driving while asserting a natural self preservation.
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Austin
Sheba
Salomon
Texas State Police Department
Julian Bitinge
Texas
Rare volume tells of Terry's Texas Rangers
Austin reports a donor gave the University of Texas an "almost irreplaceable" 100 page chronicle of Terry's Texas Rangers. Jeanette Giles of Austin, granddaughter of JL Giles, notes about 240 of 1,640 Texans who served from Shiloh to Atlanta survived.
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Austin
Chronicle of
Texas
Giles
Shiloh
Chickmauge
Atlanta
Misa Giles
Appomatox
Young Texans Drive Crime By Under 26 Age Group
State police report based on six month fingerprint data shows 1386 percent of male offenders and 48.2 percent of female offenders under 25. Car theft and burglary peak in youths under 20 to 24, with murder and robbery rising in later ages. Col. Homer Garrison notes the age pattern is steady over periods.
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Austin
Texas
Atvision of Identification and Records
Homer Garrison
Col. Garrison
Milk not fattening says A and M expert
College Station reports dairy specialist W V Maddox of the A and M College Extension Service debunks the fear of milk as fattening. He explains excess calories, not milk, cause weight gain and urges a safe reducing diet including three glasses of milk daily and one egg for essential minerals vitamins and protein.
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College Station
W. V. Maddox
A. and M. College Extension Service
Maddox
Texas Native Returns Home on Horse After Surrender
A Texas figure rode back to his homeland on his horse and surrendered his gun under the Texas Reconstruction Government. He died in Laredo in 1922, marking the end of a noted era.
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Texas
Laredo
Valley Spring Social Notes Show Local Residents Visiting
Local column records visits and guest appearances from Luling, Cherokee, Brownwood, Junction, Mason, Cross Plains, Brady, Castell and other Texas towns. Names include Nolan Talley family, J A Wells, M G Owen, Lela Nichols, Kimball family, Phillips sisters, Barclay, Kimball, Talley, Talley relatives, and Holt era exchanges.
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Callie Kimball
Luling
J. A. Wells
R. M. Bolt
Robert Lee
Mr. Bolt
Laura Wells
Cherokee
Brownwood
Lela Nichols
Bill Scott, Jr
Wola
Wilson Buster
Junction
M. G. Owen
Nolan Talley
Gues
J. M. Talley
F. A. Talley
Wallace Hazelwood
Will Bleacher
Llano
Elmo Keng
E. Bleacher
Vernon Elliot
Mason
S. M. Stephenson
T. Jd. Booker
Hyde
Texas
Emmett Phillips
Castell
Grace Phillips
Geraldine Schneider
Field Creek
Jessie Youngblood
Caroline Davidson
Cross Plains
Sulan Adams
Pecans to Advertise Nationwide by Texas Growers
Texas Pecan Growers Association hires advertising specialists to launch a nationwide campaign. Texas, usually 35 to 40 percent of national pecan production, faces local surpluses and low prices when crops are good. Industry seeks improved marketing and advertising to boost per capita consumption beyond today’s one-third of a pound. English walnuts cited as a model with branded nuts and selective culling.
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Booth Mooney
Texas Weekly
Texas
Texas Pecan Growers Association
United States
Diet Calorie Guide for Weight Management by Maddox
The guide states one fruit serving yields about 100 calories and two vegetable servings amount to 200 to 300 calories with leafy greens recommended. It totals 525 calories daily and allows 476 to 675 more from meats, fish, cereals, dairy, ice cream, and sugars. After reaching target weight, multiply by 15 to estimate maintenance calories per Maddox.
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Maddox
Slane Lodge 242 Sets August 11 Meeting
Called meeting of Slane Lodge 242 Friday August 11 for work in EB A Degree. All members urged to attend. W era welcome. E W Buser W M E W Tarrence Secy.
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Order of Eastern Star No
Ors
Lucy Winkel
W. M
Ona Darnall
Secy
Slane Lodge
Wera
E. W. Buser
W. M. E. W. Tarrence
Episcopalian Church Services Announced for Sunday Morning
Episcopal Church plans Sunday services at Episcopalia Church at 11:00 AM. Members are invited to attend worship and fellowship.
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Episcopia Church
Kiwanis Luncheon Features Chris Emmett Speaker
Kerrville Times reports Chris E Emmett author of Texas cal volumes will speak at the Kerrville Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Bine net Hotel. Emmett discusses The Settlement of Toad Claims and notes his work as a San Antonio railroad claim agent.
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Kerrville
Chris E
Yille Kiwanis Club
Binenet Hotel
Emmett
San Antonio Raioa
Southern Pacific Lin
Kiwanty Club
Kershaw Bonham
Guadalupe
Texas Ing
Bonham
Ice Club
Boham
Oranges Pecans Pushed to Increase Consumption
An OCR fragment notes efforts by druggists and major industries including citrus and Texas pecan growers to advertise products and encourage consumption. The text mentions a first bottle promotion and a promise of refunds if unsatisfied.
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H. H. Davis
Hammon
Randmen
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Bert Pope
Southern Hotel
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Garrett
Lorraine Barnes
Dept. of Public Safety
Terry
Texas Rangers
Valley Spring
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R.A. M
H. D. Sinlard
H. P. EB. W. Tarrence
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E. W. Bauer
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Hill County
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Kerr County
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