Red Cross Faces Europe War Relief Gigantic Task
The American Red Cross mobilizes its largest peacetime relief effort to aid 5,000,000 European civilians. It has spent millions and sent ships and planes, with a $20,000,000 war fund campaign aimed at meeting minimum needs and closing local drives by June 30.
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Europe
American Red Cross
Red Cross
New York
America
The
Poland
Finland
Red Cross “Mercy
France
Rules For Safe Fishing In Texas Waters
Texas anglers are urged to follow safety and conservation rules outlined by the State Game Department. Key points include handling fish carefully to avoid injury, only keeping legal sized fish, using proper minnows, releasing non minnows immediately, wearing life jackets, inspecting boats, avoiding unsafe gear, and carrying first aid and snake bite kits.
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Austin
Texas
State Game Department
Woman seeks ideal husband and man calls her an angel
The dialogue repeats a bride seeking a brave handsome wise gentle partner while the groom counters she wants an angel. A separate note states deer are ruminants and chew their cud like cows.
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Solomon
Are You A Good Neighbor And Civic Spirit
A Guadalupe Valley Standard editorial advocates neighborly habits and consideration for others over self. It argues that daily acts of kindness strengthen community life and business, aligning behavior with the motto Do unto others. The piece cites the value of a cooperative town spirit.
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Guadalupe Valley Standard
Black-Draught: Vegetable Laxative With Proved Feature
This notice promotes Black-Draught as a punctual gentle relief for constipation. It cites a vegetable intestinal tonic laxative to tone lazy bowels, praising its spicy aromatic qualities and economy of 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
Machine Gun Shoots Light Instead of Bullets at UW
In Laramie Wyoming the University of Wyoming ROTC tests a beam gun that fires light rather than bullets. Major Malcolm E Craig explains the device as a telescope with a small light behind it. When the trigger is pulled the light marks the target.
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Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Malcolm E. Craig
Major Craig’s beam gun aids realistic gunfire drills
Major Craig built a sound box to amplify machine gun noise for training. A two minute rapid-fire session uses 1,000 rounds of 30 caliber costing 31.45 dollars, while the army limits rapid fire to 610 rounds. Wyoming recruits may fire freely with no wear on the apparatus. The beam gun, devised with Capt. Coates and other officers, has a 500 foot range and uses a smaller target to compensate for the distance.
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Craig
Army
Wyoming
Charles H. Coates
San Francisco
The Secret A Simple Life Of Love And Giving
A reflective verse extols a fine old world when one knows how to live by giving and loving. It contrasts burdens borrowed from trouble with the relief of sharing. The secret is simple do not borrow love and give and exchange kindness.
Confession Interruption Sparks Humble Admonition
A colored preacher halted a young sinner during confession to rebuke boastful claiming of sins and remind him to confess sincerely. The moment highlights the preacher’s direct guidance in moral reflection.
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Glen Earnheart Benefit Association
Whitewright
State Insurance Department
Whitewright Lumber Co
Ben L. Jones
Joel R. Bond
Justice Court OF Civil Appeals
Kaufman County
Cape Henry
United States
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Kirkpatrick
Gomer May
L. LaRoe & Co
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