Read Up On New Texas Fishing Laws This Season
Spring anglers should study state game laws as two month closed seasons began March 1 with regional variations. The general rule bans bass and crappie in March and April, with many counties extending bans or adding special provisions for other species.
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Armstrong
Briscoe
Carson
Castro
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Donley
Gray
Hall
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Lipscomb
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Palmer
Potter
Randall
Roberts
Sherman
Swisher
Wheeler
Will J. Tucker
Game Department
Archer
Baylor
Wichita
Wichita River
Lake Kem
Lake Diversion
Bandera County
Medina Lake
Bexar County
Blanco
Gillespie
Kendall
Llano
Mason
Bosque
Denton
DeWitt
Fannin
Fisher
Hardin
Chambers
Jefferson
Mitchell
Nolan
Orange
Parker
Comal County
Edwards
Kerr
Kimball
Benard
Real
Sutton
Lake Waco
Bosque Rivers
Erath
McLennan
Hamilton
Gonzales County
Guadalupe County
Jones, Hays
Jim Wells
Live Oak
San Patricio
Shackelford
Medina County
Travis County
Upshur County
Gin Lake
Glade
Young County
Caddo Lake
Harrison
Marion
Texas January Auto Toll Cut Report Shows Fewer Accidents
Texas Highway Department reports for January 1939 show 1,287 accidents, 131 deaths, and 1,213 injuries, all down from 1938. Fatal accidents were all reported, non fatal down 85 percent. average daily toll 41 incidents, with 5 to 6 am lowest and 7 to 8 pm peak. Drivers ranged from 14 to 40s. 21 percent of fatals involved drinking.
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Highway Department
Department
Texans Getting Noisier Year by Year
Dr. C. P. Boner of the University of Texas reports seven years of sound meter tests across churches halls and restaurants show increasing audience noise measured in decibels. He notes artificial loudness distorts speech and music tones and cites street noises as contributing factors while suggesting shade and shelter for dairy cows.
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Austin
C. P. Boner
University of Texas
University
Boner
The Glow Worm News Ends Year With Class Fun
Seventh grade notes a final assembly and promise to keep tidy behavior. Sherman visitors and family trips are listed, with Fat Stock Show attendance in Fort Worth. Honor roll names from second grade appear among other junior news and school events.
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Carlton
WGS
Martha Dee Williams
Jacylyn Nossaman
Charleen Stateville
Billie Joe Scott
Sherman
Happy Jack Watson
Leonard
George Henry Hansard
Fort Worth
Janet English
Childress
Billie Dwight Smith
Bonham
Jessie McCarstin
Alvin Monroe Vestal
Annabel Bedford
Mary Frances Stephens
Nola Mae Ingram
Lonnie Magers
James Edgar Taylor
Freada Hembree
Cora Lee Head
Patsy Jean Drain
Truman Arney
Postman In Columbia Designs Motorized Mail Scooter
A Columbia South Carolina mail carrier invents a motorized scooter that cuts his route time from 3 hours 45 minutes on foot to 2 hours 15 minutes on the scooter. The device runs at four to 12 miles per hour averaging 50 miles per gallon.
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Columbia
South Carolina
J. W
Illness Sweeps Seventh Grade and Town
The seventh grade is missing several members due to the flu. Other grades report victims as well, with the epidemic spreading through town in the past few days. We wish all the absent ones a quick return to health, and remind the well to beware the flu.
We Went to Pike on the Bus in a Long Trip
The note recalls a trip to Pike with the team and a hard loss by eleven to ten. The writer expresses optimism for a rematch at home and invites readers to attend the upcoming game.
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Pike
Trivial Qs and Facts Roundup
A quick set of general knowledge prompts covering geometry poetry animals biology religion geography and botany. Questions ask circle degrees parlor rhyme king’s children Moses siblings Salt Lake City temple Mary Baker Eddy founded religion eggs by peafowl true or false Dutchman's breeches bachelor buttons common trait and love apple meaning
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England
Moses
Mormon Tabernacle
Mary Baker Eddy
We boys defeated at Pike last Thursday 11 to 2
We lost to Pike by 11 to 2 with Tommy Thornhill and Pete Ford scoring for us. Our line-up included Tom Layman, Tom Thornhill, Wallace Reeves, James Stateville, Charles Skaggs, G. C. Brown, Jones Vestal, Billy Harris, Melvin Fleming, and Leroy Martin. We played our best and are working out harder than ever.
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Pike
Tommy Thornhill
Pete Ford
Tom Layman
Wallace Reeves
James C. Stateville
Charles Skaggs
G. C. Brown
Rover Short
Jones Ray Vestal
Billy Coy Harris
Melvin Fleming
Leroy Martin
Seventh grade radio report from classroom
A seventh grade class signs off from a radio report describing daily subjects and activities. The message notes social studies topics Nature's Riches and How We Secure Them, language arts struggles with diagraming, spelling woes, arithmetic as advanced geometry, and after school activities with sewing and manual training.
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WGS
Hillbilly programs draw bids from small towns
An announcer notes Dallas Fort Worth and other small towns staging hillbilly programs and suggests some participants could win bids to join commercial groups if given the chance. The remark hints at local entertainment ventures and potential business opportunities in regional markets.
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Tommy Thornhill
Dallas
Fort Worth
Pike High School Seventh Grade Gossip Showily Revealed
A long list of seventh and older students features playful gossip and mischief during class and hallways. The piece names blame, crushes, pranks, and social dynamics among Pike students including Miss Sanders and B. I. C. as observers and participants.
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A. S
Miss Sanders
E. G
F. W
Wild Life Restoration Week Mentioned in School Notes
The column lists scattered school memories and questions about students and staff. Gwendolyn Kent visited, several teachers were ill, and a seventh grader took a long car ride. It notes a Fat Stock Show visit in Fort Worth and mentions prominent figures Franklin D. Roosevelt and Governor W. Lee O'Daniel in a casual school context.
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Gwendolyn Kent
Beth Cunningham
Ann LaRoe
Edith Harper
Pike
C. S
H. R
W. M
E. H
Miss Sanders
Paul Whiteman and the Governor of Louisiana Quiz Answers
Answers list includes names Paul Whiteman Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and Aaron and Miriam and organizations Salt Lake City Christian Science. It confirms facts about teeth eggs flowers and a tomato with true false statements and a final item.
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Paul Whiteman
Louisiana
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Aaron
Miriam
Salt Lake City
Christian Science
Bachelor at 100 Regrets That He Never Married
SYDNEY New South Wales William B Jackson just marked his 100th birthday and says his main regret is never marrying He once held a prejudice against women but now urges young men to wed Born in Ireland he moved to New South Wales as a young man His long life he credits to outdoor work regular exercise and good food His career spans builder contractor gold miner fisheries inspector and surveyor He remains fairly active with poor eyesight as his only disability He had three brothers all of whom married His sister Mrs McGarth of Temora is 95
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Sydney
William B. Jackson
Jackson
Ireland
New South Wales
McGarth
Temora
Prof Turns Down $50,000 Bank Job
Berkeley California Dr Robert Sproul declined a $50,000-a-year bank presidency to remain as UC president earning $13,500 annually. He cited refusal to abandon the university and its public service.
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Berkeley
Calif
Robert Sproul
University of California
Sproul
Men of America Tell of Faults Found in Women
Philadelphia survey results from the Ladies Home Journal reveal that men favor brunettes but see women as spoiled, nagging, and overly public with affection before marriage. The survey notes 59 percent prefer brunettes, 31 percent blondes, 10 percent redheads. It also credits women with managing family money and not being more to blame than men for rising divorce rates. Seventy-eight percent say married men are happier than bachelors.
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Philadelphia
America
Ladies Home Journal
Here they are the best dressed women in U S
New York selects eleven women as best dressed in a national poll by leading designers for the Fashion Academy awards. Kitty Carlisle earns All American honors, replacing Ginger Rogers as special award winner. Winners span society, screen, radio, supper clubs, stage, dance, adventure, debutante, business, opera and sports with notes on trousers, hair, and hosiery.
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New York
Kitty Carlisle
Ginger Rogers
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt
Bette Davis
Joan Blaine
Cobina Wright Jr
Benny Venuta
Yolanda
Osa Johnson
Fernanda Wanamaker Munn
Adam Gimbell
Rose Bampton
Alice Marble
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