Deer thrive in reforested Texas counties with transplanted herds
Brown County in Texas now hosts about 250 deer after the Game Department trapped and shipped roughly 15 bucks and does there years ago. A Texas farmer found his barn sheltering a fox and five fox pups being fostered by a female sett er, with the litter reportedly left by a wild mother fox and doing well.
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Austin
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Brown County
Game Department
W. L. Roper
Texas
Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating Game Warden
George Madlock of Edcouch Hidalgo County faced a $25 fine plus $21.55 in costs after pleading guilty to falsely impersonating a game warden. The complaint was filed by a state game warden, based on Hidalgo County residents' reports and an Edinburg arrest.
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George Madlock
Edcouch
Hidalgo County
Madlock
Edinburg
Local Rancher Catches Two Fish With One Hook
Wyman O. McInnis of the Cox and McInnis Ranch near Brownwood caught a 27 percent pound catfish on his tackle. The big fish had a smaller half pound fish protruding from its mouth, evidence of the cat catching the other fish just before snapping up the bait.
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Wyman O. McInnis
Cox & McInnis
Brownwood
McInnis
Creel Census Initiative At Eagle Mountain And Lake Worth
The Fort Worth Anglers Club and Texas Game Department launch a creel census to improve fishing. Club members and lake resort owners will fill blank trip cards, with catches tabulated to aid departmental data. Other groups may obtain forms from the Game Department.
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Fort Worth
Texas Game Department
Eagle Mountain Lake
Lake Worth
Game Department
Sportsmen and Skunk Ejection While Dangling
The piece discusses whether skunks can eject their scent when hung by the tail with feet off the ground. Biologists generally say they are not handicapped in midair, but sportsmen doubt the alarm scent is released in that position.
License Renewal Routine in Colorado
A clerk questions a pretty girl renewing her Colorado license. She recalls height weight and age unchanged for three years. The exchange ends with the clerk asking for a dollar payment.
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Colorado
Census Questions Stir Public Debate On Privacy And Jobs
A 1940 census drive dispatches 120,000 enumerators starting April 2 to collect personal details on employment housing education and farms. Questions cover employment status and hours housing value water facilities and marriage history with strict confidentiality and penalties for noncompliance. The farm census contains 232 questions with nine regional editions and data released by state county and town for local analysis.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Commerce
America
Grayson County
O Daniel urges religion and hard work for Texas recovery
Gov. Lee O'Daniel urged a return to sincere religion and hard work as prerequisites to better business, social, and economic structures in a Sunday radio address. He said conditions in Texas were quiet politically and stressed aligning with God to improve the state’s fortunes.
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Austin
Lee O’daniel
Texas
Way to miss life moral tale
A young man finds a two dollar bill and begins to look downward his entire life. Over 40 years he hoards 29516 buttons 54172 pins 7 cents and a stooped body, missing sunlight friends and the chance to serve others. Look up look out and lend a hand.
Governor urges religion to rebuild Texas industry and society
The governor argues that renewed religious practice at home is essential before any broad economic or social rebuilding. He asserts individuals must seek salvation and that happiness and prosperity depend on religion, using verse and music to illustrate his points.
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Texas
GOP Senator Would Spike Thanksgiving To Final Thursday
Washington report says Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire seeks to fix Thanksgiving Day by law as the final Thursday of November. The move aims to standardize the holiday across the United States, with Bridges proposing legislation to set the date.
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GOP
Senator Bridges Proposes Fixed Thanksgiving Day
The article reports Senator Bridges plan to introduce a bill to set the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day and declare it a national holiday. It notes President Roosevelt’s 1939 proclamation moving the date earlier and his 1940 plan to shift again, with calendars to be updated. The DC proclamation binds there, states may fix dates by their governors, and Bridges may push a DC only resolution if needed.
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Gress
Bridges
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
States
Lawyer Takes Most Of The Settlement In Car Case
A client protests a lawyer’s fee claiming 75 percent of the money, while the attorney defends charging for skill and experience. The client insists they were the victim as the lawyer dismisses the objection.
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Federal Housing Administration
O’daniel
Whitewright Lumber Co
the Sun
Washington
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
L. LaRoe & Co
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MAN Public Service Company
Alert
Taney
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