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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1947
Page
8
A sculptor jokes about a half finished statue being valued without a horse for a colonel. A traveler says he just left prison and faces old friends, while another man reveals he’s returning home from the state legislature.
A freshman’s first theme earns praise from a professor who says the paper is the best in the class. The moment follows a laconic exchange about meaning and a punch when someone warned not to skate by.
Thomas Stevens begins a round the world journey in April 1884 leaving San Francisco on a high wheel bicycle. He covers 13 500 land miles through twelve countries including the United States and Japan, crossing oceans by boat and returning to San Francisco in December 1886.
Washington. General Omar N. Bradley runs the Veterans Administration, directing the vast organization that handles loans, pensions, education and care for millions of veterans. The piece notes Bradley’s reforms, the VA’s huge payroll and procurement, and ongoing costs and benefits extending into 1947.
A Civil Aeronautics administration study shows nearly half of pilots are 20 to 29 years old, while those groups are 19 percent of the population. It notes flight costs compare favorably with car use for business and cites other CAA fee changes and a record coast-to-coast flight by United. Helicopter council urges safety and noise limits for urban use.
Across 2500 communities nationwide from May 4 to 11, National Music Week highlights unrehearsed hymns, city festivals, veterans' projects, living war memorials, and interdenominational services. Examples include Los Angeles and Baltimore events, Paris Texas leading smaller-town efforts, and Alton Illinois hosting 274 programs.
In Sarita Texas the county has recorded no crimes for four years making it the crimeless section of the state. District court sessions are brief juror selections only and no cases of juvenile delinquency exist. Births deaths and marriages are the only news events in the county while welfare and charity programs are absent.
Customers cannot get a shave in the so called Big 9 bar ber shop in Tulsa Oklahoma. The shop is so narrow that chairs cannot be laid back for customers to recline, so its barber concentrates on cutting hair.
The Service booklet No 45 outlines etiquette for introductions and table talk. It advises speaking the woman's name first, unless the man is old or discomposed. Send 25 cents for the booklet to Weekly Ni per Service, 243 W 17th St New York NY.
A historical note states that sickle cell anemia is the only disease completely confined to a single race, the Negro, arising from a specific inheritable Negro blood strain.
In Covington Kentucky Campbell county police added cow handling to duties. In one week they corralled 20 stray steers that wandered from pasture captured a rampaging bull and took charge of two wandering cows.
Waseca County Horse Thief Detectives, one of Minnesota’s oldest groups, plan their yearly gathering to reenact past escapades. They sought a dummy horse used by harness makers to teach new members saddle applications. Old timers say basic horsemanship suffices for membership skills.
A health note promotes lemon and water, juice of one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water first thing in the morning to stimulate bowel action and aid digestion. It claims vitamin C boosts energy and resistance, with a fresh tang and mouth feel to start the day.
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