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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
6
The piece warns of grass fire dangers during late summer as green pasture reduces risk but a single cigarette can start a blaze. It notes warnings from authorities, the ranchers’ awareness, and mentions a change in local meeting place for the ranking department, plus scattered notes about building lots and colonial era equipment.
Texas A and M College trains students to be ready to defend the country. About 2200 current and former students answered the call, 55 sacrificing their lives. The college has produced thousands of commission officers since 1918 and continues to partner with the federal government on military contracts and training programs.
The court orders the establishment of Voting Precinct No Six in Lone Grove with a boundary line description tracing from Llano River through numerous surveys and land parcels to the county line and back to the river. Clerk J A Mayes certifies the order as true and correct dated August 13 1940 in Llano County Texas.
Court orders new voting precinct lines for Bluffton Precinct No. 4. Description begins at the Colorado River S EB corner of Branden survey No. 13 and traces W to the HI line of Anglin survey No. 45, then N and W through multiple survey corners to the N B corner of Perry survey.
A USDA preliminary study shows a 2 percent drop in turkeys for 1940 compared with 1939 as flocks shrink to smaller sizes. Texas and the south west show decreases around 6 percent with other regions varying. a full flock survey will be conducted in September to project market supplies for Texas growers.
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