Ten Driving Safety Questions to Gauge Your Skill
Austin authorities released ten questions to help motorists rate driving safety. A perfect score of 100 earns excellent driver status, 90 to 100. 80 to 89 indicates fairly good, while below 80 flags potential traffic hazards. Questions cover signals, speed, passing, stops, right of way, parking, lighting, lane position, vehicle checks, and behavior under officer supervision.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
Grayson Test Shows Water at Mildred Oil No 1
West Grayson County drill stem test at Mildred Oil No 1 Neath ery recovered 350 feet of water in ten minutes from sand at 3,973 to 3,990 feet. Drillers aim to deepen above 4,000 feet, with possible abandonment if no improvement. The nearby Denver No 1 Singletary well, 1,400 feet away, continues production from sand at 3,837 and 63.
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Sherman
Collinsville
Grayson County
Mildred Oil
Neathery
Denver No. 1 Singletary
Two Party Plan Best For U S Farley Says
New York Democratic Chairman James A Farley warns in American Magazine that a collapse of the two party system would be a grave national blow It would endanger the United States to be ruled by minorities demagogues and crackpots He criticizes Roosevelt as too easy with subordinates and says his aim is to hand over a strong political machine to his successor but makes no reference to the 1940 campaign.
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New York
James A. Farley
Uncle Sam
Farley
United States
F. D. Too Easy
Roosevelt
Local Social Roundup From Orangeville Area
Mrs Ina Mae Good and her son and Betty Jane Burleson of Trenton spent part of the week with Mr and Mrs John Savage. Miss Dorothy Morris stayed with Ina Jean Jones Thursday night. Mrs O V Wilder and daughters Viola and Janie Nell attended the bedside of her father O D Mayse of Whitewright. Johnnie Dee Brown returned home after visiting relatives in Desert. Cab McCord went to Sherman hospital for an appendix operation. Mrs Paul Bowen and O W Wilder attended their nephew's funeral at Bells. Joe Wilder and sons Guy and Lee with Mr and Mrs Doyle Roberts of Lawn visited O W Wilder's family. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
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Ina Mae Good
Betty Jane Burleson
Trenton
John Savage
Dorothy Morris
Ina Jean Jones
O. V. Wilder
Viola
Janie Nell
O. D. Mayse
Whitewright
Johnnie Dee Brown
Desert
Cab McCord
Sherman Hospital
Paul Bowen
O. W. Wilder
Bells
Joe Wilder
Guy and
Lee
Doyle Roberts
Lawn
Texas Has Auto For One of Every Five Inhabitants
Texas leads in vehicle use with 1,552,114 registered autos as of 1937, ranking sixth in total registrations while California has more cars per person. The state shows large gains in trailers and trucks, and Dallas reports one car for 3.8 residents amid widespread road expansion and growing automobile taxes.
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Texas
California
America
United States
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Dallas
Denver
Atlanta
New York
For Sale and Services Advertisements
FOR SALE Two wheel trailer and used oil cook stove Tony Weber 1 FLOWERS For all occasions Funeral designs a specialty Mrs H T Atterberry telephone 172 1f FLOWERS Flowers for all occasions Funeral designs a specialty Phone Haile's Greenhouse or Mrs Allen T Short agent If FARMS I have for sale several small farms priced right and can give posession if not sold in sixty days will be rented Also some bargains in Whitewright property T E Barbee CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to our friends for their expressions of sympathy following the death of our mother Mrs R R Hicks We will always remember your thoughtfulness We want to thank each and every one of our friends and neighbors and Dr Bow for their kindness following the death of our son and brother and for the beautiful flowers Mrs Maggie Reeves and children
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Allen T. Short
Whitewright
T. E. Barbee
R. R. Hicks
Homer May
Mattie May
Dr. Bow
Maggie Reeves
Last Rites for Savoy Pioneer J W Bell 74
J W Bell 74 died at his home on the west edge of Savoy Sunday around midnight after a year of illness. He grew overheated while working at a hay baler and declined. He ran a grain business until a decade ago and served as justice of the peace for several terms until two years ago.
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SAVOY
J. W. Bell
Charges Filed In Beer Stand Fight
In Sherman two serious affrays at the Flying Pig beer tavern near Denison led Ralph Elliott to study motion for canceling the license and forfeiting a $1,000 peace bond. Sam Payne, operator, was freed on $1,000 bond on an assault to murder charge. Joe McComas, Ellis Smith, and William Taylor were jailed or bonded on assault and battery charges.
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Wesley Barnhill
Bart Shipp
Payne
J. C. Lowell
Denison
Rabies Serum Fails to Save Life of Dallas Child
Mary Frances Forrester a seven year old girl from Ethel Mississippi died in Baylor Hospital Dallas after being bitten by a stray mad dog two weeks earlier. Dr B J Barger had given fourteen doses of antirabies serum but the disease developed too fast for it to take effect.
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Dallas
Mary Frances Forrester
Ethel
Baylor Hospital
B. J. Barger
Advertising agencies pay women in New York top salaries
A Department of Labor survey finds women working in New York offices earn the highest median salaries among sectors, while mail order houses pay the lowest. The report highlights wage gaps across industries and emphasizes pay scales in the advertising field versus mail order firms.
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New York
Department of Labor
Visby pageant recalls Viking grandeur on Gotland
In Visby, Gotland, a historical pageant evokes Viking chiefs and Hanseatic wealth. A Philadelphia Inquirer writer notes the Baltic isle’s beauty under the Swedish flag, once prosperous ships ruling northern seas, whose riches led to decline amid fortified walls and silver-laden wealth.
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Visby
Gotland
Baltis Island
Sweden
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hanseatic League
We Burn It Automatically First Oldtimer Talk
Two old timers reminisce about past hardships. They laugh at modern conveniences like automatic burning. One recalls toasting bread on a fork over a fire and cutting slices manually, highlighting a contrast with present ease.
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Gossard
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