Dracula and Frankenstein Combined In Grand Theatre Twin
The OK Theatres Road Show presents a Dracula and Frankenstein double bill at the Grand Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday with a special midnight preview Thursday at 11 30 PM. Bela Lugosi stars in Dracula with Helen Chandler and David Manners. Frankenstein features its own chilling tale with a dwarf sidekick and a brain of a criminal.
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OK Theatres
Grand Theatre
Gene Hendon
Hollywood
Count Dracula
Bela Lugosa
Helen Chandler
David Manners
Edward van Loan
Dwight Frye
Herbert Burnston
Frankenstein
Paris Visit With Parker Stribling Sharp Family
Mrs G C Parker Mrs R T Stribling and Miss Tommylu Sharp visited Paris this week with Mr and Mrs Jim Sharp and family, sharing time in the French capital.
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G. C. Parker
R. T. Stribling
Tommylu Sharp
Paris
Jim Sharp
Charles Dickens Wrote 24 Books Using 1425 Characters
Dickens produced twenty four books with a total of one thousand four hundred twenty five characters noted in archival summaries. This quirky count highlights a peculiar measure of his prolific output across decades.
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Charles Dickens
Literacy Test Mandatory for All Brazilian Voters
Brazil enforces a nationwide literacy exam for every registered voter. The measure aims to verify voters meet basic reading standards before casting ballots. Officials say the test will be administered at designated centers and results may affect voter eligibility.
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Brazil
Discover Means To Kill Prickly Pear
College Station reports a stainless steel container can resist arsenic pentoxide spray and provides ranchers with a practical economical method to kill prickly pear. The plant reduces grazing capacity, draws moisture from grasses, and helps chronic pear eater losses. tests by W H Cameron and H P Smith found the spray most effective for control.
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College Station
W. H. Cameron
Ranch
Sonora
H. P. Smith
Division of Agricultural Engineering
Texas A. and
Tree Sale Ad at Roy Ligon’s Elm and Shade Trees
White elms from 8 to 12 feet Chinese elms from 4 to 12 feet Green ash from 6 to 10 feet Osage Hedge from 4 to 10 feet Mountain Cottonwood sizes listed Call 509 or 4231 or visit 623 South Hackberry Street Roy Ligon invites customers to inspect the selection at Roy Ligon’s address.
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Roy Ligon
South
Hackberry St
Hearings Set for November 30 and December 1 in Austin
Austin officials announced the November 30 and December 1 hearings as part of an orderly plan to align with the fall contract letting season. The Highway Commission discussed approval of the 1940 federal aid programs and a 1939 state-wide program, all subject to federal Bureau of Public Roads consent. The schedule aims to enable long range planning twelve months ahead and prevent employment and award fluctuations within the department.
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Austin
Julian Montgomery
Highway Department
Montgomery
The
Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Commission
Chinese Records Report Sun Spot Observations From 2000 Years Ago
A historical note states that ancient Chinese observers documented sun spots around two millennia ago. The record highlights early astronomical attention to solar activity and its recording by scholars in ancient China.
Alfalfa Demand Narrows Across Central Western Markets
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes continued narrowing in alfalfa trade during November at central western terminals and shipping points. Smaller marketings meet lighter demand as fall rains improve grain fields, yet hay stocks and prior purchases ease inquiries from dairy buyers in the Kansas City area. California markets show some firmness due to freezing and producer holdbacks, while midwest and western prices fall to post drought low levels with No 1 alfalfa averaging 14.38 at four terminals on November 15.
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Central Western Terminal
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kansas City Territory
California
Mid-Western
Western
Cotton bagging gains traction in Texas gin networks
Cotton bagging and cotton rope replace metal ties in Texas gins serving one-variety cotton associations. Market potential spans about 135000 bales annually in the United States with appeal to foreign spinners. The all cotton wrap weighs four and a half pounds versus twelve pounds for jute.
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College Station
Texas
United States
Four Daughters to Open at Grand Theatre Sunday
Warner Brothers screen version of Fannie Hurst story stars the Lane sisters Priscilla Rosemary and Lola with Gale Page supported by Claude Rains May Robson Frank McHugh and Dick Foran. John Garfield plays the second lead as a musician who guides a wedding crisis prompting a dramatic elopement.
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Warner Brothers
Fannie Hurst
Grand Theatre
Claude Rains
May Robson
Frank McHugh
Dick Foran
Lane
Priscillla
Rosemary
Lola
Gale Page
Jeffrey Lynn
John Garfield
Priscilla
Lynn
Garfield
Julius J. Epsein
Lenore Coffee
Michael Curtiz
Robin Hood
Texas Industry Shows Increase in August Trade
Texas industry and trade rose slightly from July after seasonal adjustment, reported by Dr. F A Buchel of the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research in a recent survey of business conditions.
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Austin
Texas
F. A. Buechel
Bureau of Busines Research
University of Texas
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