Texas Army Scout Car Stuns Fort Worth Reader
A Fort Worth Star Telegram piece by Bill Potts recounts a ride in a 9000 pound army scout car with four machine guns and half inch steel plating. The vehicle lands rough on El Paso dunes as General Swift leads a gallop and the narrator endures a jarring ride proving horses remain vital to national defense.
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Texas
Bill Potts
Fort Worth
Star‘Telegram
el Paso
General Swift
Army
Aggies Fordham to clash in Cotton Bowl sold out seats
Dallas fans flooded ticket lines as Fordham and Texas A&M agreed to play in the New Year Cotton Bowl. The 45,507 seats sold out eight days after lineup announcement. Cotton Bowl Athletic Association president Dan D. Rogers confirmed all tickets gone with reservations for 1942.
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Dallas
Fordham University
Rams
Texas Aggies
Dan D. Rogers
Cotton Rowl Athletic Association
Feeding Dairy Cows For Best Results
Dairymen should use small grain pasture with hay to balance intake. A Jersey cow producing two gallons daily needs about 20 pounds of dry matter. pasture alone can cause scouring, so hay and a balanced grain mix are essential. Eudaly recommends hay racks, daily hay 5-10 pounds and 50-80 pounds pasture, plus a grain blend such as 500 pounds ground ear corn with 100 pounds cottonseed meal or 100 pounds oats or barley, to produce milk efficiently at low cost.
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Jersey
Eudaly
Texas Road System Totals 185 860 Miles
Texas road system totals 185 860.67 miles in the first comprehensive survey of the entire network. The state system accounts for 20 818.48 miles while all other roads including rural routes reach 165 042.19 miles.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Japs to Get One Towel a Year Under New Rationing Plan
Tokio reports that beginning January Japanese will be allotted one towel per year under a commerce ministry rationing scheme. A ration card already covers bleached cotton and infant underwear, with tighter limits coming on gauze absorbent cotton and condensed milk.
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TOKIO
Ministry of Commerce
Report: German Bombing Damage Higher Than Britain
NBC reporter Warren Irvin estimates a 30 percent drop in German industrial output from bombing versus about 20 percent in Britain. He says German propaganda minimizes damage while RAF strikes target military sites and Hamburg docks. he cites Cologne ruins and Ruhr plants. Morale he assigns 85% British, 45% German.
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Baltimore
Warren Irvin
NBC
Germany
England
Britain
Irvin
RAF
Hamburg
Ruhr
Cologne
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Grayson County Cotton Ginning Surges This Season
The 1940 cotton report notes Grayson County has about 10 000 more bales ginned by December 1 than the same period in 1939. G O Peterson of Carpenter's Bluff, federal cotton census agent, states the figure is 49 292 for 1940 versus 38 611 in 1939.
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Grayson County
G. O. Peterson
Carpenter’s Bluff
Christmas Seals Drive Sets Records in Texas
The Texas Tuberculosis Association notes a 16 percent rise in Christmas Seal purchases in the first ten days, with postal workers reporting heavy use of the child-illustrated seals on packages. Dr. E. G. Faber of Tyler, president, says the program aids thousands afflicted and protects millions, forecasting 1940 as a banner year for the 34 year efforts in Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Tuberculosis Association
E. G. Faber
Tyler
Association
Waiting For It Cavalry Rite Delayed By Humorous Recruits
A cavalry recruit braces a horse as instructed. Ten minutes later the sergeant major arrives and finds the recruit holding the bit near the horse. He asks what he is waiting for. The recruit replies he is waiting for the horse to yawn.
Lemon Juice Recipe for Rheumatic Pain Relief
An inexpensive home remedy named Ru-Ex Compound is advertised to relieve rheumatic and neuritis pain. Mix with water and lemon juice, take two spoonfuls twice daily. claims rapid improvement within 48 hours. If not helped, money-back guarantee offers full refund through the sponsor Kirkpatrick Pharmacy.
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Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
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