Ducks in North America Seen With Stable Numbers and Limits
Estimates from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service show about 70 million ducks in continental North America up 5 million from last year but a liberalized hunting season next fall is unlikely as officials note a leveling off after prior strict regulations. The report cites increases in gadwall and teal but declines in redheads and ring necks with a Houston pet raccoon anecdote closing the note.
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Austin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
North America
Game Department
Ira N. Gabrielson
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gabrielson
United States
Texas
Canada
Fish and Wildlife Service
Javelina Invasion Provokes Fatal Houseyard Stand
A large javelina entered a Sonora Texas yard threatening a resident and animals before a neighbor shot and killed the boar. The incident, reported to the Game Department, marked a rare intrusion into civilization by a wild pig.
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Sonora
Texas
Game Department
East Texas Game Warden Fines Angler Under Injunction
A Texas game warden arrested a repeat offender in East Texas who faced multiple charges. He was fined 50 dollars for killing a doe, 25 for lacking a hunting license, 10 for trespassing, and 100 for injunctive violation, pushing costs over 300 dollars.
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Texas Game Department
Texas
White Wings In North Again In Texas
White wing doves, once limited to Duval County and the Rio Grande Valley, are reported north to Bandera County and nesting near Medina Lake. Loss of brush cover in Southwest Texas drives the birds northward as nesting and feeding grounds shrink. The Game Department studies plans to protect nesting and feeding habitats in the Valley.
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Duval County
Rio Grande Valley
Bandera County
Medina Lake
Texas
Game Department
Creatures Form Odd Trio On Flood Log
William E. Davis of Houston reports a rare scene after heavy rains a log floated down a stream carrying a hoot owl a raccoon and an opossum riding together side by side in an unlikely companionship observed during the flood cleanup era.
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William E. Davis
Houston
O'Daniel Snubs Texas Congress in Scathing Remark
Washington report notes Governor O'Daniel called all Texas congressmen "old long whiskered mummies" risking cooperation with a future Senate bid. It highlights Senator Connally's rising Senate influence and key Texas figures in the House including Speaker Sam Rayburn, Judge Hatton Sumners, and Rep. Joseph Mansfield.
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Washington
O'Daniel
Texas
U. S
O’daniel
Senator Connally
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Rep
Hatton Sumners
Dallas
Judiciary
Joseph J. Mansfield
Columbus
Rivers and Harbors
No, ma'am, I don't blame you for asking
A humorous exchange between a teacher and a student about matches and a long-running joke. The student hints at a mother’s claim that the teacher has labored for 20 years to make a match, prompting a lighthearted clarification.
Mann Addresses Farmers and Defense in Whitewright
Texas Attorney General Gerald C. Mann drew a large Whitewright crowd urging equal purchasing power for farmers, federal aid, and rapid armament. He vowed to curb defense industry strikes, back veterans, and push uniform aged assistance while praising the FBI and outlining immediate Senate legislation. Mann trails a statewide tour including Farmersville, Denison, Whitesboro, Gainesville, Denton, McKinney, Van Alstyne, and Sherman.
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Gerald C. Mann
United States Senate
United States
Senate
Mann
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Morris Sheppard
Farmersville
Denison
Whitesboro
Gainesville
Denton
McKinney
van Alstyne
Sherman
Texas
Van Alstyne Man Dies After Being Shot in Car
R. Houston Douglas, 39, died Sunday in Sherman hospital from a bullet wound to the right temple. He was found unconscious in his car near the Keplar farm, northeast of Van Alstyne, by his father and cousin. A rifle was discovered in the vehicle. Services were held Monday at Van Alstyne Christian Church with two ministers officiating. burial followed in Van Alstyne Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, one brother Glenn of Sherman, and five sisters.
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van Alstyne
R. Houston Douglas
Sherman
Douglas
Keplar Farm
John Charles Douglas
van Alstyne Christian Church
Lloyd Mottley
Frank Johnston
van Alstyne Cemetery
Glenn Douglas
Billie Ireland
Garvin Cotten
B. G. Whitt
Wade Hogan
Guy Johnston
Wichita Falls
Roughing It Housewife and Hobo Exchange Wry Banter
A brief dialogue snippet shows a housewife challenging a hobo about life on the road. The hobo responds with a humorous remark, saying he would rather have a car than continue begging, highlighting wishful thinking and misperceived mobility.
The Spice of Life and Jokes in Brief
A light collection of quips and gags about school exams stereotypes and social scenes. The jokes feature a boy Tokovitch and his father on a difference between a stoic and a cynic, a quip about a baby wash, and lines about imagination beauty and a chimpanzee awaiting a companion at the zoo.
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Little Tokovitch
Talkative Lady and Other Quips in a Dickensian Echo
A dialogue rich in social color features a talkative lady scolding a fisherman and a witty comeback about a fish. A middle aged woman falls into a garbage can after losing balance, provoking a harsh local quip about waste. A salesman courtesies a lover with a pun on a fortune beside her petite foot. First and second bachelors joke about marriage and victory. A man faces a life insurance form with a grim parental death history in a punchy panel of modern mores.
Floatin' kidney prayer joke in sermon exchange
A darky asks a minister to pray for a floatin kidney but the clergyman says he prays for spiritual needs only. The man asks why the minister prayed for "loose livahs" last week. The minister then remarks that all are useful as examples.
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Darky
Pahson
Rastus
Clock teeters on wall as heirs nearly claim estate
Mrs Brown recalls a clock falling at home and barely missing their mother. John jokes the clock was slow while a lawyer notes a hard fight settling the Jones estate and the heirs nearly received a share.
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John
Mrs. Brown
Divorce Cost Too High Woman Threatens With Shooting
A tearful young woman rejects a lawyer’s estimate of a two hundred dollar divorce citing an extreme alternative. She exclaims she could have her husband shot for fifty, illustrating a dramatic overreaction in a divorce case.
Old man teaches himself to write and read
In a warm corner by the fire Old Uncle Nehemiah labors with a pencil and paper. He proudly proclaims he has learned to write but admits he cannot read yet until Maw asks to see the scrawl and they realize the new skill remains unfinished.
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Nehemiah
Maw
Farmer and Doctor Exchange Grim Exchange
A farmer asks about the lawyer's progress and the doctor replies the lawyer is dying. The farmer notes the grit of being at death's door and still dying, highlighting a darkly humorous exchange about impending death.
Baptism Mixup Leads to Jack as Child's Name
A young father asked a priest to baptize his son Tom, but the priest named him Thomas. A year later the same father returned and insisted no additional names be added, declaring the boy's name was Jack and nothing else.
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Tom
Thomas
Jack
Rastus Reports a Stranger Aiming to Collect a Bill
A character named Rastus brings word of a man outside seeking to collect a debt. The man would not reveal his name, and Rastus describes him as resembling someone who should make payment.
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Rastus
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