Defeat of French Blamed on Fifth Column Activity
Count Rene de Chambrun asserts German parachute troops assassinated three French generals in their headquarters. He links France’s defeat to fifth column tactics including panic rumors in Belgium and refugee blockages that blocked movement and allowed disguised troops to attack.
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Washington
Rene de Chambrun
Lafayette
Flanders
Count de Chambrun
Fifth Column
Belgium
A. M. Passes On Tyler Rose Festival Game
Texas A and M will not play in Tyler’s Rose Festival on October 5. Rose festival officials announced Hardin Simmons Cowboys from Abilene will play Arizona State College Bulldogs of Temple instead.
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Tyler
Texas Aggies
Hardin- Simmons Cowboys
Abilene
Arizona State College Bulldogs
Temple
Ferdiliza Named After Ferdinand and Liza
A short dialogue records a boy explaining his name Ferdiliza as a combination of his father Ferdinand and mother Liza. The exchange highlights origins of a personal name in a folksy tone.
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Yassah
Daddy
Ferdinand
Mammy
Liza
Ferdiliza
GOP Advance Guard Debates 1940 Platform in Philadelphia
The Republican advance guard met in Philadelphia to draft the 1940 platform. Dewey backer Herbert K. Hyde was elected temporary chairman while anti-Deweyite Kenneth Simpson warned the Dewey boom had collapsed. Committee members, including Alf Landon, favored broad foreign policy language and limited commitments. Simpson predicted Dewey would win 200 to 300 votes on the first ballot and then lose momentum.
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Philadelphia
Dewey
Herbert K. Hyde
Oklahoma
Kenneth Simpson
New York
Hyde
United States
Europe
Asia
Resolution Committee
Alf M. Landon
America
Simpson
New York State Committee
Ruling on Dental Ads Expands Advertising Freedom
Attorney General Mann ruled that a dentist may advertise freely within specific prohibitions of the dental practice law. The decision, asked by Dan W. Jackson of Houston, found the law unconstitutional but kept permissive publication of notices, noting doctors and dentists have long used professional cards in directories.
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Austin
Mann
Dan W. Jackson
Houston
Gar Rodoes Spark Texas Angling Boom
The State Game Department markets gar fishing as thrilling sport in Texas waters. Cities plan gar rodeos as veterans switch from bass, using simple No. 30 hair wire nooses and light tackle. Free leaflets from the department explain gear and techniques to restore balance between game and rough fish.
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Austin
State Game Department
Texas
Game Department
Red ear bream yield strong angling in Texas waters
Reports to the State Game Department praise large red ear bream catching, a species previously overlooked. The fish reach twelve to thirteen inches, favor bottom fishing in streams or lakes, and lighter tackle increases sport. bream are described as having great fighting ability.
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State Game Department
Snakes Reported Preying on Texas Channel Catfish
Evidence of snakes feeding on fish in Texas emerged as the Game Department received a three inch water snake stomach containing a twelve inch channel cat weighing about one pound.
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Texas
Game Department
Exploding Hunter Theory Bearded Hens Raise Young
A Game Department warden captain and observer Bob Terault report sighting two bearded hens with chicks. One hen near Kerrville State Park had thirteen young, another near Guadalupe River had eight. The sightings challenge the belief that bearded hens cannot raise offspring. A separate vignette describes a neighbor child commenting on a mother’s baby.
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Game Department
Kerrville State Park
Bob Terault
Galveston
South Fork
Guadalupe River
CARDUS claims aid for women through appetite and digestion
Advert appears to promote CARDUS and CARDUI for functional dysmenorrhea caused by malnutrition. It asserts increased appetite and gastric juice flow ease periodic distress, with CARDUI usage advised days before and during the menstrual period and notes women have used CARDUI for more than 50 years.
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Cardus
Wallace sees world split up in event of German victory
Secretary Wallace warned at Bennington College that a German victory would divide the world into four spheres of influence including Europe Africa and the Americas with Russia and Japan. He warned Germany would seek to channel world trade via European corporations and predicted eventual decline of Germany as a dominating race.
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Bennington, VI
Wallace
Europe
Africa
North
South
America
Australia
New Zealand
Russia
Japan
Germany
Bennington College
Hitler
Western Hemisphere
Forgotten World War I Toll Figures
A quoted summary lists global WWI casualties and impacts: 74 million mobilized, 10 million killed, 3 million missing, 19 million wounded, 7 million prisoners, 9 million orphans, 5 million widows, 10 million displaced, and 6,400 deaths daily for 1,558 days.
Untermeyer Greenhouse Delicacies and New Starchless Potato
The late Samuel Untermeyer hosted rare treats from his estate Greystone including liquor flavored honeydew melons. George H. Chisholm developed a starchless tomato potato hybrid grown in gravel with magnesium sulfate and secret chemicals.
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Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Untermeyer
Greystone
George H. Chisholm
Chisholm
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