Baldwin Business College at Yoakum enters 35th year
Baldwin Business College Yoakum began its 35th year on September 8 founded by Howard Baldwin in 1908. The nonsectarian school emphasizes small classes, personal attention, Civil Service training, and modern facilities. Alumni hold notable positions nationwide and the Bob Cats basketball team had a solid prior year.
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Baldwin Business College
Yoakum
Howard Baldwin
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Baldwin Bob Cats
DeWitt and
Lavaca
North
West
East
Baldwin
Lockport
New York
John J. Rascob
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rascob
General Motors
Charles Neimann
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
Frederick Neimann
Aged Yoakum Pioneer George Washington Benbow Dies
George Washington Benbow, a Yoakum pioneer who would have turned 92 in three weeks, died in Yoakum hospital Tuesday evening. Born in Alabama, he moved to DeWitt County at age two and spent his life in the area. He began freighting young, driving oxen from Old Indianola to Austin at age ten, and later hauled cattle toward Dodge City and Abilene, Kansas, enduring conflicts with Indians and cattle thieves.
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Yoakum
George Washington Benbow
Yoakum Hospital
Alabama
DeWitt Co
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed in Texas
Governor Coke Stevenson officially designates October 4 as Fire Prevention Week in Texas with a formal proclamation urging better fire safety and prevention measures statewide.
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Coke Stevenson
Texas
A Plan to Protect Agriculture After This War
An analysis argues postwar farm stability hinges on curbing surplus production from wartime gains. It cites rubber and fiber experiments, milkweed life preservers, and new crops while urging Recovery Bonds funding to convert war plants to peacetime use. The piece champions farm chemurgy and regional labs as keys to absorbing surplus and sustaining rural America.
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East Indies
Chemurgic Council
America
United States
United States Senate
Agriculture and Labor Knit Postwar Welfare
Agriculture and Labor advocate joint postwar welfare. Wheeler McMillen argues steady employment yields better customers for farmers and reduces susceptibility to agitation for radical government. He calls for agriculture to influence labor reform constructively.
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Wheeler McMillen
Fire prevention during peace and wartime emphasized
There is insufficient attention to fire prevention in peacetime and the need for protection during war is equally vital. The message urges stronger measures, vigilance, and preparedness to safeguard lives and property.
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Kopzebuh Drug CO
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G. H. Wachtendorf
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Rotzebue Drug CO
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