Texas Game Commission Sees 1940 Conservation Growth
The executive secretary of Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission reports 1940 brought stronger public cooperation with wildlife conservation efforts. He notes rising sportsmanship, more school programs, and increased demand for conservation speakers as communities embrace soil forest and game resource protection. He adds safety tips for handling and cooking rabbits to prevent tularemia.
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Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Department
Austin
Game Commission
March of Conservation
Game Department
Aransas Pass boat builder finds fish in a mustard jar
T. F. Head spotted an eight inch mullet stuck headfirst in an empty mustard jar while wading on the Gulf coast. The fish kept swimming forward until it drilled a hole in the bottle bottom, then Head joked the mullet was either a mustard lover or its reverse gear was jammed.
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T. F. Head
Aransas Pass
Mr. Head
Gulf Coast
Hunters urged to avoid tularemia from rabbits
Texas warns hunters to handle wild rabbits with extreme care to prevent tularemia or rabbit fever. Do not clean rabbits when hands have cuts or sores as the disease can be found in rabbit blood and often in squirrels.
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Texas
Turkeys Drift Interstate in Hill Country Release Area
A wild gobbler released near Kerrville in April was shot by Dr. Dalton Richardson of Austin near season’s end on a ranch about 35 miles from where it had been banded. State Game Department notes turkeys drift seeking food or cover when local resources are scarce.
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State Game Department
Hill
Kerrville
Dalton Richardson
Austin
The Worst of War and the Fear Behind It
Lynn Landrum argues that war harms more than lives by destroying our arrangement of things and fostering hate. She notes fear fuels conflict more than joy of fighting, and calls hate the true essence of murder. Is the Secretary of Agriculture in?
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Lynn Landrum
Dallas News
Lonesome Bill’s humorous guide to living to 65
A humorous letter advises readers on how to live long enough to draw an old age pension. It blends rustic wit with practical oddities, suggesting modest living, marital dynamics, periodic religious refreshers, keeping out of debt, light exercise, early bedtimes, temper control, and humor about aging from a rural columnist.
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Times
Lonesome Bill
Hybrid corn and one variety cotton change projected
The article notes major gains in corn yields from hybrids and rising cotton yields from better varieties and farming practices. By 1945 hybrid corn expected in northern Cotton Belt. by 1950 about half cotton from one variety systems. overall Belt yields near half bale per acre with rare unrenderable cotton except arid areas.
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Corn
Used Car Slang From the Roaring Twenties Era
The piece outlines a glossary of early used car slang. It defines terms such as Baloney worn tire Bird dog canary chiseler cracker and doughnut, explaining slang meanings for the world of car dealing and salvage.
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Bird Dog
Shoe Line Slices Prices In Quiet Store Sale
A shoe merchant notes business is slow and arranges a special sale. The manager agrees and marks down a line of shoes from 10 dollars to 8.50 dollars to attract customers.
Airplanes Faster Than Bullets Signal Aviation Breakthrough
Rotarian writer William F. McDermott reports Army aircraft surpassed 520 miles per hour in a test and cites a potential 600 to 700 mph target. Russian exile Ipatieff, now in the United States, developed a gasoline molecule condensing process that could save 75 million barrels of crude oil annually and enable high speed propulsion with better octane gasoline.
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William F. McDermott
Russia
Thomas A. Edison
America
Prof. Ipatieff
Northwestern University
Mr. McDermott
McDermott
Eighty Per Cent of Fire Deaths in Texas Homes
Texas fire insurance commissioner Marvin Hall reports that over twenty years eight in ten fire deaths occurred in homes. Home fires account for about 6.3 million of 12.65 million yearly fire losses. Natural gas use in homes increases risk, with odorization required and immediate action advised if gas odor is detected. Gas explosions have claimed around 15 lives annually in recent years, not counting the 294 New London casualties in 1937.
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Austin
Texas
Marvin Hall
New London
Tubby’s Blowout Lifts Boss’s Curiosity at Breakfast
A joked exchange reveals Tubby’s lateness as he explains a tire blowout occurred last night. The boss learns Tubby has no car, prompting lighthearted disbelief about the incident and its timing.
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Boss
Tubby
Spare Twin Jokes Highlight An Offbeat Family Quip
A light dialogue features a narrator counting twins in a family and asks if a person is one of the twins. The reply, jokingly, that the speaker is “a spare,” adds a playful twist to the family dynamic.
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Bobby
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