No Child Should Suffer Diphtheria, Texas Leads Immunization
Texas public health officials report a dramatic drop in diphtheria deaths from 14.3 per 100000 in 1932 to about 1.9 in the first ten months of 1940. Dr. Geo W Cox notes immunization programs, especially in areas with full-time health services, have boosted pre-school coverage and reduced disease prevalence. He urges immunization for six to nine month olds and follow-up Schick testing to ensure full protection.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Schick
Move to halt Confederate pensions considered in Texas
Rev Beverly Whip ple Allen of Austin discusses with legislators a plan to submit to voters a measure to stop Confederate pensions. He notes pensions were meant for wives of soldiers killed in action and claims only four or five survivors remain. The state paid 1,168,111.15 in Confederate pensions last fiscal year.
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Austin
Beverly Whipple Allen
Texas
Allen
Public Opinion as a Mule Metaphor in A Politician’s Tale
A famed politician compares public opinion to a mule he owned as a boy. He explains that to maintain the illusion of being driven, he had to monitor the mule’s path and stay behind. The exchange underscores skepticism about crowd influence on leaders.
Debunking Roy Bean Tales From San Antonio Notebook
S P Peterson, 76, former justice of the peace at Sanderson, recalls Roy Bean as a plain man with bunk and facts in equal measure. He cites inquests over a Pecos River death, contempt fines, a Langtry saloon trade war, and Bean’s wanderings from Vinegaroon to Sanderson and Langtry.
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Tom McGown
San Antonio Evening News
Roy Bean
Langtry
S. P. Peterson
Sanderson
Peterson
Pecos River
Bunk
Pecos
Bean
Lily Langtry
Commissioners’ Court
West Texas
Vinegaroon
Charley Wilson
Wilson
del Rio
Kentucky
California
Judge Roy Bean and the Pecos Murder Trial Tale
A memoir fragment recounts a hardbitten man leading a party to find a town, then sharing a camp meal while a negro companion vanished. The leader's pistol threat silences further questions as Bean recalls helping to eat that negro. Bean, about 60, had two San Antonio daughters and a New Mexico son. Judge Roy Bean died March 19 1903 and is buried at Del Rio with a granite grave marker.
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Peterson
Bean
Roy Bean
del Rio
Law West of
Smell Eliminator Onion Breath Recipe
A dated kitchen tip instructs peeling and slicing onions with precision then seasoning with pepper salt olive oil and a few drops of vinegar before discarding all contents. The fragment hints at a home remedy intended to neutralize lingering onion odor with a brief, practical sequence.
Teachers Seek Thanksgiving Date From President
Texas teachers urge President Roosevelt to set this year’s Thanksgiving date and location for their November convention. Houston has been tentatively chosen as the meeting city but fears of conflicting conventions if the holiday changes arise.
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Roosevelt
Texas
Turkey
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
Army Air Corps Calls for 16 500 Volunteers for Expansion
The Army Air Corps issued a nationwide appeal for 16 500 volunteers for three year enlistments by March 1. The drive aims to almost double air force strength by next July with targets of 10 100 officers 15 000 flying cadets and 151 000 enlisted men. Current totals are 6 180 officers 7 000 cadets and 83 000 men.
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Washington
Army
Air Corps
Continental United States
Army Air Forces
Theatrical Exchange Sparks Moral Talk Between Percy and Flace
Percy argues the moral law is easy to remember and faults in Flace’s dismissive reply. He contends good behavior leads to everlasting bliss while wrongdoing yields eternal blisters as a stark warning.
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Percy
Flace
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