Health Hints on Cancer and Early Detection
Health authorities urge Texans to act quickly on suspicious signs of cancer. Texas deaths in 1940 reached 62,492 with cancer accounting for 5,345 deaths. One third could have been saved with early physician consultation, stressing painless lumps, persistent sores, unusual bleeding, and chronic indigestion as warning signs. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential.
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Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Khow
North West Mounted Police at the Palace Theatre
A stirring historical melodrama filmed in Technicolor stars Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Showings listed for Sunday and Monday at the Palace Theatre.
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North West Mounted Police
Gary Cooper
Madeleine Carroll
Palace Theatre
Morday
South Texas Area Flooded Across Wide Region
Heavy rains battered South Texas with Robstown the hardest hit as 10.27 inches fell in two days. Water reached homes and streets, cattlemen moved stock to high ground, and crops in danger included onions and young cotton. Corpus Christi set an all time April rainfall record at 6.31 inches in 48 hours. Weather reports cited rising river stages in Gonzales, Comfort, and Llano, with notable damage from lightning striking the George Criley residence near Corpus Christi.
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Texas
Robstown
Linton
Corpus Christi
George Criley
Colorado
Paint Rock
Wichell
Red Bluff
Austin
Guadalupe River
Comfort
Cypress Creek
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Carl Hagen
Seguin
San Marcos
Ottine
Llano
Carrizo Springs
Crystal City
United Gas Pipe Line Co Holds Safety Contest
United Gas Pipe Line Co reports leaders in the National Fleet Safety contest across San Antonio and Southwest Louisiana districts. The petroleum division includes 6,341 cars from 64 fleets, while the passenger car division has 11 fleets with 6,876 cars. Average accident rates in eight months run 1.02 per 100,000 miles for passenger cars and 2.41 for petroleum fleets, indicating a low overall rate.
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San Antonio
Southwest
United Gas Pipe Line Company
Petroleum
Southwest Louisiana
Youth Leave NYA Projects for Private Jobs in Texas
In the past three months 2,018 youths left National Youth Administration projects in Texas for private industry work. Jobs taken ranged from metal trades helper to power machine operator, with remaining vacancies filled from waiting lists of unemployed youths aged 16 to 24. In Texas NYA work experience projects, 23,889 youths are currently receiving basic manual skills training.
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Austin
Texas
JJ. C. Kellam
NYA
Kellam
Cattle and Hogs Urged to Buy Medicine Soon
An advertisement from SHINER DRUG CO urges farmers to act quickly to treat cattle hogs and horses with essential medicines, stressing minimal cost to prevent livestock deaths and offering no charge for ad space.
May Devotion And Open House At St Ludmila Sodality
Final arrangements are made by St Ludmila's Sodality to inaugurate May dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Public Rosary on Thursdays at St Cyril and Methodius church. Open House activities include sixth and seventh graders studying health and food with The Invisible Church project and a sale next week. Fourth and fifth graders finish Bread Unit and care for a Flower Nursery, while third graders work on a Holland Unit with colorful Dutch windmills and tulips. Hairsets and permanent waves available at Holchak's Beauty Shop, phone 197.
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St. Ludmila’s Sodality
St. Cyril & Methodius
Gems of Thought on Music Echoes and Hope
Quotations on music by Beethoven Mazzini and Eddy reflect art’s power. Goethes note praises enduring tunes, while the collection links harmony, divine concord, and human hope to artistic creation.
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Beethoven
Mary Baker Eddy
Circle Arrow SALE NOW ON at Western Auto
Mrs. O. C. Henkhaus, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Henkhaus and children attended the Battle of Flowers in San Antonio Friday. Mrs. C. R. Roberson of Fort Worth visited her mother Mrs. Otto Buske and sister Indianola over the weekend.
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Circle Arrow Sale
O. C. Henkhaus
W. L. Henkhaus
San Antonio
C. R. Roberson
Fort Worth
Otto Buske
Indianola
Neighborhood Home Demonstration Club Meeting Recap
The Neighborhood Home Demonstration Club met with Miss Pfeiffer on Friday April 18 at Mrs. Ed Somerlatte s home. Members discussed feather comforts and scrap book recipes while eight members spoke on projects and two new members joined.
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Neighborhood Home Demonstration Club
Elton Zander
Color Styling Portfolio Showcases Hundreds Of Room Schemes
A new Paint and Color Style Guide received by local paint headquarters presents hundreds of color photo room reproductions. The Sherwin-Williams decorative studios selected schemes that show colors ready to use or created by mixing two standard colors, with photos demonstrating how each color looks in a room.
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Sherwin-Williams
Dees
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Holchak
Beauty Shop Pt
Shiner
South
United Gas Pipe Line CO
Shiner Drug CO
ST. Ludmila’s
Holchak’s
Mazzini
Goethe
Baluseks
Balusek’s
Balusek Service
Sta
GARZA
Slovakia
Eddy
Gulf Spray
Hearts Delight
Western Auto Associate Store
Shiner Motor Sales
Red & White
L. E
Denmark
Spoetzl Brewery
Fgg —Tits Beer
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