Cotton Power Push for Powder Plant at Possum Kingdom
Stamford area notes a surge in cotton supply and power offers in West Texas as a powder plant proposal resurfaces. The piece questions wood pulp as a powder source and urges cotton’s sufficiency while praising regional crop prospects and wartime needs. It also rebuts criticism of Stamford’s Cowboy Reunion and warns against inflation driving away visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Senator Connally
Lyndon Johnson
War Department
Marshall
East Texas Piney Woods
East Texas
United States
Norway
Sweden
West Texas
Graham
Breckenridge
Mineral Wells
Possum Kingdom
Stamford
Texas Cowboy Reunion, Inc
Frank M. King
Western Livestock Journal
Los Angeles
King
Southwest
Tucson
Family Reunion Trip Brings Pennell Family to Vincent
Mrs Perry Pennell and her son Tom Joe joined her brother John Alexander and wife of Moran for a family reunion in Vincent Oklahoma on Wednesday. They met J A Alexander and wife of Dumas Oklahoma and Fuwin Alexander and wife of Vincent with their mother Mrs Donnie Alexander of Dumas. The Texas group will return Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Pennell
Tommy Joe
John Alexander
Moran
Vincent
Okishoma
Mrs Dobyns Visits Markets in Dallas
Mrs R H Dobyns and Mrs Lee Walker of the Dobyns Jewelry Company shopped Dallas markets on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to buy store merchandise while the shop remained closed during their visit.
The Three Top Hats Face a Fateful Flight
In Honolulu and on carriers a trio of young sailors Swede Larson Tim Griffin and Joe Blake separate after years of camaraderie. A training flight ends in a midair crash killing Swede as medical tension heats between Dr Douglas Lee and the others over whether to operate. The scene unfolds amid high altitude maneuvers and the strain of loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Tim Griffin
Joe Blake
Cleveland
San Diego
Joe Swede
Tim
Swede
Joe
Honolulu
Navy
Douglas Lee
Harvard
Doug
Navy Medical Corps
Grabowski
Flight Doctor Faces Rivalry at Navy Bar in Chapter II
In the Officers' Club bar Tim and Joe glare at Doug Lee as Linda Fisher captivates him. Doug seeks to become a flight surgeon while Lance Rogers challenges his limits. After clashes and jokes, Doug learns Rogers sacrificed health for aviation research and gains respect, though rivals remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Lee
Linda Fisher
Linda
Doug
Tim
Joe
Jack
Washington
Charlie
Baltimore
Lee
Whoosis State
Harvard
Hopkins
Vienna
Lance
Navy
Rogers
Lance Roger
Art Lyons
Roger
Local Social Notes Highlight Gust Shuquist Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Gust Shuquist celebrate their forty eighth wedding anniversary with family present including children and grandchildren. J P Hokanson hosts a birthday party for his son with relatives and friends joining in Games and refreshments follow. Vernon Lyckman hosts supper with visitors Arthur Richards Denver and Okey Richards with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
A. H. Lundgren
Hugo B. Haterius
Edgar Shuquist
Edward
J. L. Ekdahl
Lawrence
0. L. Ekdahl
J. P. Hokanson
Mr. Hokanson
Messrs and Mines
Harold Hokanson
Roger
Sylvia
Albin Hokanson
Jimmy Ned
Leon
Fingal Strand
Billy Gene
Morris Lee
Darvan
Tommie
Othil Hokanson
Community Visitors and Local Injuries Reported
Residents visit neighbors across Stamford Hamlin Seymour and nearby towns. Ashel Glenn sustains serious neck and facial injuries in a highway crash. Duaine Stephens driving. he escapes with minor bruises. Families and relatives from Stamford Abilene Lubbock El Paso and Rotan gather for visits and reunions at multiple homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pritchard
Edwin
Bill
Arnold Glenn
Linda
Eagle Mountain Lake
Ft. Worth
Glenn
East Texas
J. L. Roden
John
Eliasville
R. L. Appling
McLean
Marshal Mitchell
Anita Gay
Ashel
Stamford
Duaine Stephens
H. M. Phillips, Jr
Marcus
Craig Stephens
Seymour
Bernadel Bush
Lubbock
W. Db. Appling
J. C. Lee Chester Cooper
Monument and history quiz prompts mix in a mountain setting
The passage poses six multiple choice questions on topics from monuments to US Congress representation to Eli Whitney and the first Bible in America. It also asks a true or false question about US petroleum output versus the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Rushmore
California
Montana
Washington
South Dakota
Eli Whitney
Kit Carson
America
U. S
Final BPW meeting closes summer season
The final summer meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club was held last Thursday at Central Christian Church. Women of the church served a delicious menu. Mrs. George Gray, recreation chairman, led the gathering. Regular meetings resume in September with Mrs. Ted Miles as the new president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Central Christian Church
George Gray
Ted Miles
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AEA
Stamford American
BSI
NE Huston
East Hamilton Street
Sateen
C. D. Shamburger Lumber CO
Warner Bros
Michael Curtiz
Frank Wead
Robert Buckner
Frank Weed
Ahneed
Lance Rogers
Medical Aviation Authority
Ericksdahl
Virgie Shuquist
Austin
Eben and
Byron Shuquist
Mrs
Marlin Ivy
Mr. Ivy and Sons
Larry Don and
Mar
Tin
Tuxedo
Bert Apperson
D. V. French
Tom Ashburn
Hanna
Mr. Ashburn
R. E. McKennon
Dean McKennon
E. D. Appling
Sunnyside
J. C. Lee
Harvey Allen Rivers
J. O. Baize
Abilene
Theresa Claudette Capps
A. L. Capps
Barnadell Bush
J. L. Meads
Marion Lee
Billy
Mildred Carter
Rotan
J. J. Crawford
Wanda Faye Bush
Stamford Hospital
Paul Stephens
Lester Baize
Sam Baize
Bentley Baize
John Braswell
Jim McCulloch
T. L. White
Lowell Lynn White
Hamlin Hospital
Joe Boyd
Helena Boyd
Cisco
A. J. White
Stams
Lloyd Williams
el Paso
Maxwell Rutherford
Elmo Eoff
Lamesa
Dave Glenn
Dude
John Arthur
Ashburn
Andy Jones
Paul Galey
Robert Waittes
Arthur
Mr. Waites
B&pw Club Meeting
Marvello
Bunkley Drug Store
City Drug Store
B. Yates Drug Store
General Automotive Service
Doyle’s Garage
Guy R. King
N. Swenson
Buie
Pho
KODAK
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