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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1942
Page
4
Texas drivers rush renewals as 20,000 per day apply for licenses. The state prohibits old style licenses after November 1 unless renewal is filed by midnight. Garrison notes many are filing at deadline and Draper says renewals can exceed 10,000 daily, delaying delivery by three to four weeks.
A short primer on speed 35 mph covering speed, stopping distance, accident rates, and severity. It notes about 50 ft per second, 38 ft reaction plus 64 ft stop, urges caution on wet or icy roads, and provides urban and rural accident statistics.
The annual state wide fire prevention poster contest for Texas school students was announced by Marvin Hall State Fire Insurance Commissioner. Cravens Dragan and Company Houston contribute cash awards. Seven awards will be given in high school junior high intermediate and primary divisions. Entries close May 1 for judging by the Fire Insurance Department.
Austin reports September shipments of dressed poultry from Texas stations fell sharply from 22 carloads in 1941 to 4 carloads in 1942. Egg shipments by shell-equivalent measures totaled 509 carloads in September 1942, down from 546 carloads in September 1941, per University of Texas Bureau of Business Research.
A nostalgic tour notes Fraunces Tavern at Broad and Pear streets as a historic link to Washingtons farewell in 1783 and describes St Pauls Chapel on Broadway as New Yorks surviving pre Re d days site. The piece recalls Montgomerys monument a churchyard path and a near diamond bargain interrupted by a detective.
Texas schoolboy debaters will argue the question Resolved That a Federal World Government Should Be Established in the University Interscholastic League contest this year. Roy Bedichek, league director, has announced.
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