San Saba News Masthead Change
San Saba News announces M. W. Trussell as editor and publisher, detailing leadership transition for the local paper.
23 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
1
San Saba News announces M. W. Trussell as editor and publisher, detailing leadership transition for the local paper.
Texas ranchers can profit by feeding cattle with home grown seeds as tests show. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports clear recommendations for every farming area and counties have run 1,531 demonstrations feeding 36,660 cattle with a total profit of 555,596 dollars. Cattle gained nearly 12 million pounds on feed. In 1938, 2,882 4-H Club boys participated in beef cattle demonstrations, and 17,019 trench silos were filled, solving the roughage problem and enabling storage of feed for indefinite use. Texas moves toward marketing feed crops through cattle, signaling a shift toward becoming a feeding state rather than only a livestock state.
England's Home Secretary Samuel Hoare urged heads of Europe's five major powers to cooperate, with President Roosevelt's blessing, a move he said could transform the entire course of world events as munitions plants run day and night worldwide.
The piece blends prewar optimism with warnings as Hoare proposes a five year world plan to avert wars while Hitler’s invasion of Bohemia signals a grim turn. It notes Britain France and possibly Russia seeking a united front against Hitler and US cooperation, amid local notes on a Redbud queen contest and a flood of local civic detail. The column also covers San Saba County history, ranch lore, and window decorating at Norette Shoppe with spring displays and local commerce notes.
A collage of odd interactions from New York and across the country reports animals beating humans in a Curiosity sweepstakes, woodpeckers and sparrows nesting fights in Florida, a New York mouse biting a student, a Maryland eel biting a legislator, and various quirky incidents from North and South to Utah and New Mexico, plus profiles of young student June Brunk and ongoing Texas State College for Women celebrations and events.
The season's first car load of meat hair went out of McCulloch county Saturday near Brady. The shipment marked the start of the season with Lampasas sending out two loads on that day.
Oliver Grote, 12, of Mascon County 3-H Club, earned the Grand Championship with his junior hereford calf Real Prince at the Fort Worth Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. The 825 pound steer sold for 1.26 per pound to Pabst Brewing Co. via Earl Gartin and Paul Whiteman, netting Grote about 1089.50 in winnings. Gordon Grote previously held last year’s title with Pretty Boy. The reserve grand champion was an Aberdeen Angus from Oklahoma A and M College, selling at 26c per pound, while the Shorthorn champion sold at 1s lb.
Brady issued building permits totaling 40420 with 11 new houses one new business building and two remodeling jobs. About 38 blocks of new paving will be ready for asphalt by April 1 following 32 blocks already prepared for hard surfacing. The Texas Almanac lists Brady population at 4800 Rochelle 515 Melvin 450 Mercury 480 and McCulloch county 18838 in 1938 with 1287 farms 527 full owners 112 part owners and 629 tenants. Acres in farms total 662068 and average farm size is 506.6 acres.
A reader praises the News and Wood Crawford's letter. The writer notes two weeks of sunshine in Arkansas aiding farmers preparing to plant corn. February rainfall at the Fruit and Truck branch experiment station totaled 11.49 inches over 12 days, the heaviest in ten years, with 1932 as the second-highest February rainfall at 8.88 inches.
Over the past two weeks the county shows a change in scenery with green oat fields and orchards in full bloom. Sutton and Collier's stock yards report Tuesday auction sales totaling 6452 dollars with 40 buyers from Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Mr and Mrs Wyatt Berry of Goldthwaite visited Mrs Berry s parents Mr and Mrs Cleve Karnegang family Sunday.
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