Texas Longhorns Facing Extinction and Preservation Efforts
The piece notes a native Texas Longhorn population under 250 with the Wichita Mountains refuge housing about 145 head. It traces history from 1521 cattle introductions to 1927 transfers, the later growth from a 30-head nucleus to 146, and describes breed traits and horn development.
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Washington
Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian
Bureau of ‘Biological Survey
Texas
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Cache
Olla
Fort Niobara
Valentine
Neb
Wichita Refuge
Forest Service
Coas
al Plains
Confusion of War Aids Struggling Young Doctor
In London during the war the young doctor, recently able to pay rent, is suddenly given a high government post in charge of a children’s department. A mix up had placed him there instead of a Harley Street specialist with the same name, yet his work led to regularization of the appointment.
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London
Ministry of Health
Harley Street
Dry Raiders Target Prince Edward Island Bootleggers
In Charlottetown Prince Edward Island military raids focus on enforcing dry laws as thousands of troops train. Officers say no liquor found yet though one blind pig yielded military equipment traded for liquor. Royal Canadian Mounted Police participate with artillery units in the crackdown.
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Charlottetown
P. E
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Safest Year for Air Travel Reported in 1939
New York reports a record year for U S air transport with 880 million passenger miles, 13 million pounds of express, and mail over 27 million pounds. Employment rose 22 percent and airlines returned to profit due to strong passenger traffic and safety gains. Over 620 million passenger miles were completed and 1.4 million people flew without injury in 1939.
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New York
United States
Colgar S. Gorrell
Transport Association of of the Air America
Gorrell
Calexico Post Office Site Blocked by Prohibition Deeds
Calexico California struggles to secure a post office site as deeds on the land bar manufacture or sale of hard liquor. Government refuses acceptance of the titles until a private title insurance company guarantees the land title amid long standing breaches of the prohibition clause.
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Calexico
Calif
Cleopatra Cottage Site in Rome Linked to Cleopatra
Italian archaeologists believe they found a palace used by Cleopatra during her two-year stay in Rome from 48 to 46 B C. Excavations along the Tiber near the Port of the River, six miles from Rome, reveal wall frescoes, mosaics, and statue fragments at the site identified with the Horti Caesaris where the queen lived and hosted Mark Antony.
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Rome
Cleopatra
Tiber
Manila Million Found in Host?Organs on Wrong Side
In Harrisburg a 43 year old man was found to have situs inversus viscerum during a routine municipal employee examination. Dr Paul S Herr assistant city health officer called it the most unusual case he ever saw and said it occurs about once in a million.
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Manila
Harrisburg
Paul S. Herr
Old Civil War Era Theater Discovered in Abandoned Brewery
Workmen demolishing an abandoned Philadelphia brewery uncovered relics of a long forgotten Civil War era theater once known as the Philadelphia Music hall and later the Concordia. Remnants include parts of the proscenium arch balcony and peanut gallery still intact.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Music Hall
Concordia
Frisky the Bull Dog Takes Taxi When Tired in Clarksdale
In Clarksdale Mississippi Frisky a hefty bull dog hails a taxi by scratching at a door and rides home when a day downtown leaves him worn out. His owner Sam Hochsteip covers the fare.
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Frisky
Clarksdale
Miss
Sam Hochsteip
World War Era Ties Foreshadow Broad Allied Strains
A survey notes Russian and German officials aiming to cement friendship during the war, while Britain predicts an undersea war surge. Reports claim submarine penetrations, Rome Berlin axis talks, and economic drives in Romania. Proclamations, political maneuvers, and military plans ripple across Europe and beyond as leaders weigh new strategies and peace aims. An earthquake shivers the Pacific Northwest as US policy contemplates stronger air power and relief efforts amid global upheaval.
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Vatican City
Italy
Hachiro Arita
Japan
Rome- Berlin
Germany
Romania
Britain
North Sea
Scandinavia
Pius XI
Sumner Welles
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Army
Navy
Paul F. Dickens
Chicago
James A. Farley
Tiajuana
House Appropriations Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Europe
Upper
New York
Roosevelt
France
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Elk Hills
Senate Judiciary Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Farm Workers Visit Visalia Camp Yesterday
About 50 residents from the Shafter Farm Workers' community visited the migrant camp near Visalia to present skits, join a softball game, and visit residents. The welfare group was accompanied by Ray, Mark, and the camp manager. A similar visit occurred last week. California ranks first in sugar beet production, surpassing Colorado for the second straight year.
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Shafter Farm Workers
Visalia
Ray
Mark
Shafter
California
Colorado
Inquiry Into Kern County Relief Delayed by Legislature
A State legislative committee postpones hearings on Kern county relief until after April first. The move pushes back scrutiny of aid measures and relief plans for residents facing shortages.
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Louise Drolet
Santa Ana
Hanford
University of California At Berkeley Plan Cooperative Home
State Board of Equalization
Earl Warren
Los Angeles
San Francisco
California Conference of Social Workers
Fresno
Miller and
Lux
Merced
William G. McAdoo
Harmony
Roosevelt
Bob Burns
Kern County
State Legislative Committee
Rain Total Is .28 Inches Here Yesterday
A .28 inch rainfall occurred in the Shafter district during a sudden shower yesterday morning, recorded at the experiment farm north of town. The season total reaches 4.96 inches, compared with 5.99 inches on the same date last year.
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Shafter District
Experiment Farm
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John Hatton
Vera Cruz
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Will C. Barnes
Prince Edward Isle
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Michael Joseph Savage
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WPA
Arvin
McFarland Civic Club
Kern
Board of Supervisors
Kern County Boat Club
Taft Rancheria Camp
Wasco
Associated Club
Dustesen
San Joaquin Valley
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Alaska
Johnson’s
Adc
Dog Food
Foc Vdc
Creupches
Asc
Ivory Snow
Nies
Meat Department
Swift
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