1941 License Plates Made in Penitentiary
The State Highway Commission announced 1941 license plates will be produced by the State Prison system. Passenger car plates will be black with gold numerals, while truck plates reverse color. The project involves about three and a half million plates with strict quality control. In Harris County the first month of the food stamp plan issued $75,000 worth of stamps, above the $60,000 estimated.
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Dusty West Texas notes and travel tales compiled
A column recounts quirky fortunes from a Fort Davis portable fortune machine and shares West Texas travel anecdotes. It mentions El Paso and Juarez views, Taft and Diaz in a Chamber scene, editors like H. Sunter and Moran, and local press moves. It ends with a statistic on national income and non agricultural workers.
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Texas
Chrous
West Texas
Juarez
Rio Grande
H.sunter
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BE. M. Pagluy
Confession From The Victim Recalls New York Mayor Story
Irvin S Cobb recounts a dinner anecdote about former New York Mayor Hylan. The tale centers on a bashful groom pressured to speak at a wedding reception and ends with a reluctant admission that the moment was imposed on him.
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George
Bride
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