Remember the Alamo and La Bahia at San Jacinto
The article revisits the origin and meaning of the San Jacinto battle cry Remember the Alamo Remember La Bahia and the variants heard in speeches by Houston Rusk and Captain Jesse Billingsley It notes La Bahia Goliad and Bejar Be an influence on the cry and recalls personal stories of veterans and onlookers who kept the chant alive as Texas and its memory grew.
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San Jacinto
Alamo
Goliad
Texas
Thomas J. Rusk
Republic of
Rusk
la Bahia
San Antonio
la Bahia del Esperitu Santo
Fannin
Bahia
Bejar
Bexar
Bay
Rush
Robert Hancock Hunter
Laberde
Houston
Isaac L. Hill
Sidney Sherman
Jesse Billingsley
Walter Billingsley
Jeptha Billingsley
Captain Jesse
University of Texa
Jesse
San Jacinto Field
Billingsley
William
Foster Young
Uncle Billy
Deaf Smith
Lamar
Santa Anna
James Curtis
Victor Hugo
Waterloo
Concord
Proposed Texas Amendment to borrow 2 million for state office building
The legislature proposes an amendment adding Section 49-b to Article 3 to authorize up to 2 million dollars in bonds for building a state office in Austin. The plan directs the State Board of Education to invest 2 million in the Permanent School Fund and lays out bond terms, repayment, and a five year limit on the grant. Election set for November 3, 1942 with for and against ballot wording and a $8,000 appropriation for publication costs.
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State of Texas
State of
Texas
General Revenue Fund
Divorce Petition In Grayson County Abandonment Case
Citation directs Lucille Waddell to appear by 10 am on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, August 31, 1942, in the Grayson County District Court Sher man Texas. Plaintiff P. H. Waddell seeks a divorce on abandonment grounds filed July 16, 1942. One child Joyce Louisé Waddell. Plaintiff seeks dissolution of marriage at final hearing.
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Sherman
Texas
A. D
W. R. Henderson
Grayson County
Pauline Wiggins
State OF Texas
Lucille Waddell
District Court of
Court House
P. H. Waddell
Joyce Louisé Waddell
Rules for Driving Safely With Horse in New York
New Yorkers learn there are rules for driving horse drawn wagons just like autos. The Greater New York Safety Council urges calm handling of horses, warns against standing behind a horse, and stresses watering plans and reliable brakes. The piece notes 1,850 horse drawn wagons in service from two milk companies.
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New York
Greater New
Privates Help Camp Shelby Beat Mosquitoes at Camp
Two privates Elmo Giordano from New Orleans and Aaron Mass of Brooklyn led a health drive at Camp Shelby to reduce Anopheles mosquitoes. They set 40 traps and, with drainage and chemicals, cut catches to seven last month, lowering malaria risks for soldiers and nearby communities.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Elmo Giordano
New Orleans
Aaron Mass
Brooklyn
N. Y
Smithy Follows the Trend in Stockton
In Stockton Missouri the former blacksmith shop building now houses an automobile agency that has closed for the duration. Frank Ellerman plans to open a blacksmith shop in the same building continuing the trades under one roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton, Mo
A_ Stockton automobile agency
Frank Ellerman
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At Houston
Curtis
the Sun
Whitewright
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Palace Theatre
Esa Welen peveRth Witham Garnum
Eh Lease
Fred
The
Golden West
Andrews
Charles Butterworth
Billie Burke Franklin Pangborn
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
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Rome Hart
Adolphe Menjoy
George Montgomery
Lynne Overman
Nigel Bruce
Phil Silvers
Sara Allgood
William Frawley
Spring Byington
Ted North
Helene Reynolds
Discovery
Broadway
Tripoli
King’s Row
Old
California
Tortilia Flat
PY Luis
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