Daniel O'Daniel Portrait Hangs in Capitol Rotunda
Governor and new Senator W Lee O Daniel surveyed his oil portrait by Austrian artist Rario Rappa D Apporto in the Texas Capitol rotunda third floor round. The painting cost about 500 dollars with possible extra payment by O Daniel. Observers note peers Tom Lea and Ward Lockwood might have done as well and the piece is first to have a glass cover and hung before the model left office.
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State Observer
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Rario Rappa D'Apporto
Austria
O’daniel
Capitol
Tom Lea
Ward Lockwood
University of Texas Fine Arts
Digging Hen Shows Relentless Labor and Profit
An optimistic poultry item asserts that a hen keeps digging regardless of forecasts. She digs harder on hard ground, adapts to conditions, and turns worms into profits by producing eggs and tender brooders, illustrating relentless work as success.
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W. M. Wilson
In Memoriam a Little White Dog for Two Little Boys
Two young boys mourn the loss of a cherished white dog that brought joy to their lives. The poem recalls the dog’s playful antics, loving eyes, and comforting presence, now gone to a place where dogs go, leaving the boys without their Buddy. Sun advertising gets results.
Disputes Over Russia Aid Split Hoover and Wheeler
The piece surveys ex-President Hoover and Senator Wheeler critical of aid to the Soviet Union, arguing the political split over aiding Russia against Hitler reflects broader questions of national interest and security. It notes past shifts, naval lend-lease debates, and strategic stakes near Alaska and Siberia.
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Herbert Hoover
Wheeler
Montana
Russia
Hoover
Hitler
Britain
Great Britain
England
Hoovercraf
Congressional Record
Mr. Hoover
Japan
United States
Alaska
Tokio
San Francisco
Pacific
Siberia
Dutch East Indies
Oceania
Walter Lippman
Baltimore
Washington
America
Joe Stalin
Nurses First on Army Recruit List Amid Expansion
The medical corps reports over 5,000 nurses in the Army now with projections to exceed 8,000 by next year. Qualified nurses should expect strong job prospects as demand rises.
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Army
Black light may end Paris blackout rules
The Paris center uses a soft golden glow called black light in shop windows, barely visible a few feet away, sparking hope it could replace strict blackout rules. Experts predict further refinements may end city center blackouts in major European cities. The Astor Library in New York, funded by John Jacob Astor with 350000 dollars, opened to the public on January 9, 1854.
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Paris
Astor
New York City
John Jacob Astor
Dove season dates and rules delayed by federal regulations
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission delays opening details for dove season due to pending federal rules on mourning and white-wing doves. State seasons run September 1 to October 31 in the northern zone and September 15 to November 15 elsewhere, with a shorter Southwest Texas schedule and a noon-to-sunset rule in six counties. Daily bag limit is 12 doves with a three-shell plug limit. federal rules may differ. Two boys fishing in Llano small-town river suffered gashes from a large catfish.
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Austin
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
Webb
Zapata
Starr
Hidalgo
Willacy
Cameron
Game Department
Ticks Decimating Deer in East Texas Piney Woods
A Game Department biologist reports heavy tick populations in East Texas piney woods. Hunters along the Neches River find fawns killed by ticks and deer so decimated they can be run down. Ticks cause open sores near ears and eyelids that attract screw worms and often kill the deer.
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East
Texas
Game Department
Neches River
Six-Pound Llano River Catfish Nets Honor for Two Boys
A six pound yellow catfish living in the Llano River proves too greedy for its own good. Two youngsters share the honors for catching it as the fish nabbed both hooks at roughly the same moment.
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Llano River
Sailfish Abundance Debate Rises in Gulf of Texas
Gulf experts weigh sailfish numbers off Texas as Royal Ferris thrills crowds with two giant catches, one seven feet six inches and the other seven feet, renewing talks of establishing Gulf waters as a sailfish center.
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Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf Waters
Royal Ferris
Pass cut at Padre Island yields fishing spot
The Game Department dredge AE created a new pass at Murdock's Landing on Padre Island. Catches of trout red and pike are steady at the pass, report coast observers. The dredge aimed to keep the Lagunda Madre from becoming too saline for fish.
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Padre Island
Murdock
Game Department
Lagunda Madre
Grandpa's contentment judged by simple, steadfast life
The poem praised by Edgar E. Guest presents a grandson hearing his grandpa value a ordinary life over fame wealth and power. It extols a ship captain or president as admirable yet underscores a contented, unpretentious role as the true best job on earth.
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Edgar E. Guest
Why Use Pajamas The Stranger Refuses Nightwear
A nurse asks a six foot country man if he brought pajamas. He replies he has none and that night clothes are useless since when night comes he goes to bed.
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Houston
E. Byrne
Galveston
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William L. Moody
Kay Kimbell
William Fleming
Fort Worth
D’'Apporto
Pius XI
Georges Clemenceau
France
U. S
Coolidge
Memoriam
By Salvatore Marsiglia
Sun
Europe
Democratic National Committee
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Jim
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
Vernon Gavitt
Jim Merkel
Llano
Austin American-Statesman
Merkel
Gulf
Pass
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Securities
CCC
The
First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
A. Y. Creager Co
M. & P. Bank Buildingerman
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