Legislature approves drivers license law in Texas
Austin reports the legislature approved a standard drivers license law adding 110 highway patrol personnel and a biennial income estimate of 900000 from regular licenses and 220000 from commercial operators plus 90000 from chauffeurs. The act sets fees, staggered renewals, suspensions, and reexamination powers for the Department of Public Safety with early driving age provisions and mandatory accident reports.
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Austin
House
Senate
Clarke
Department of Public Safety
Justice of Peace
Boss Fires Office Boy for Doing Nothing
A boss dismisses the office boy saying he is fired for nothing, the boy protests he has done nothing. The boss implies inaction led to termination, ending the employment without fault attributed to the boy.
Burglars Head List of Inmates At State Prison
The Texas prison system report for 1940 outlines inmate demographics and industrial programs. It notes 6,080 prisoners, with 5,952 men, nine in ten smoked, 4,620 church members, and only eight Jewish inmates. Most prisoners were born in Texas, with 895 in agriculture related work and 3,500 moved daily to fields. Burglary led crimes with 1,582 inmates. farming dominates the system, and two-thirds served in farm assignments. The license plate factory will produce 3,471,000 plates. canning, sugar, and shoe plants aid feeding and clothing inmates. The reform approach emphasizes medical care, education, vocational training, and recreation. In 1940, 2,824 prisoners enrolled in the prison’s 20 evening schools, with 64 voluntary. 500 pursued technical courses taught by 256 inmate instructors. The library holds 11,000 volumes and tracks readers for new acquisitions. Richard West reports from leading Texas newspapers.
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Texas
Louisiana
State Farm Industries
Ramsey Farm
Richard West
Circumstances Doomed Romance Exchange
A humorous exchange centers on a woman telling Bill she cannot accept him due to circumstances beyond control. He probes the cause and she bluntly attributes it to him, delivering a witty, gendered twist that undercuts the scene with sharp banter and irony.
Customer quoted on glue quality in sales pitch
A salesman boasts about liquid glue by saying it could mend the break of day, implying exceptional strength. The exchange highlights persuasive sales rhetoric and product durability.
Early diagnosis and teamwork curb cancer deaths
The article stresses that in Texas during 1940 cancer caused 5345 deaths, 8.6 percent of all, with at least one third savable if early medical consultation occurred. It urges recognizing painless symptoms and seeking prompt physician attention to improve outcomes through early diagnosis and treatment.
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Texas
Poison the Cutworms To Protect Plants
COLLEGE STATION Cutworms hide under plants and in soil during the day and feed at night. J F Rosborough Extension horticulturist says poison bran mash is effective and cheap. Begin when worms appear, mixing one tablespoon Paris green or sodium arsenite with five pounds dry bran and half a pint molasses, add water to moisten. Scatter five pounds wet weight per quarter acre late evening or along rows, or place half teaspoon at plant bases in hills. Japan has more hot springs than any other country.
Plastics Car to Widen Use of Farm Products
Ford predicts the plastics era will sharply expand agricultural product use. He envisions his plastics car boosting farming to the point where all vegetation may be utilized by industry. For 1,000,000 cars, he estimates 170,000 tons of farm products and 50,000 tons of synthetic chemicals, including 100,000 bales of cotton and hundreds of thousands of bushels of wheat soybeans and corn.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Almost An Outsider
A humorous exchange about twins and being a spare is presented as a light, offhand remark reflecting family dynamics and playful banter. The line highlights a character’s self deprecating humor and the casual tone of a family moment.
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Bobby
Pretty Please Waiter Entreaty Becomes Dinner Request
A diner requests a change in tone, turning a simple order into a polite entreaty. The waiter prompts for clarification while the exchange centers on courtesy and dining etiquette in a casual setting.
Paper Warmth: Teacher and Student Joke Lesson
A lighthearted exchange questions paper's warmth with a punchline that a report card kept a family hot for a week. It records a playful classroom moment highlighting humor over material utility.
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Tommy
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