Proving Birth Date May Be Key For Social Security Benefits
A Dallas article explains why proving the date of birth matters for old age insurance and Social Security benefits. It lists accepted proofs such as a birth record, church birth/baptism record, or census notification, plus alternatives like a birth-attendant statement, Bible family record, or other probative evidence.
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Dallas
Social Security Board
Ernest L. Tutt
504
Terminal Annex
Bureau of the Census
United States
Doan Gettin’ Wusser in One Way Only Miranda
Dialogue features Miranda and Rastus arguing about marriage and loyalty. Miranda asserts commitment while Rastus challenges her patience as their quarrel grows more heated and playful.
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Miranda
Texas Gulf coast dredges Passes to aid Laguna Madre water flow
The Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission completed a new dredged pass at Murdock's Landing on Padre Island, the third Gulf coast pass. The AE cut about a mile through the island from Laguna Madre toward the ocean, backed out by a strong wind, then returned to deepen the gulf entrance. Water flows into Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay, reducing salinity and aiding fish during droughts. Plans include a 1000 foot pass through Peat Island and another pass at an undecided location.
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Laguna Madre
Baffin Bay
Gulf Coast
Texas deer and fowl limits rise from 1903 to 1940
A 1903 notice in the Winnsboro Wide-Awake details game laws allowing extensive daily and seasonal takes for deer ducks geese turkeys prairie chickens doves and quail. It notes later restrictions reflect Texas population growth from 1900 to 1940 and improved motor travel enabling broader access for hunters.
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Winnsboro
Texas
Game Department
Landowners urged to manage reservoirs for wildlife crops
The Texas Game Department notes White's reservoir in Chambers County as a 500 acre artificial lake yielding over 900 dollars of commercial fish in 1940. About 100 duck hunters used the lake and if charged three dollars per day for two days could have added six hundred dollars, boosting income to three dollars per acre.
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Region 1
Texas Game Department
White’s Reservoir
Chambers County
Texas
Rice Field
Game Department
Albino White Buzzard Captured for Houston Zoo
W C Ferrell of Augusta captured a white buzzard after injuring its wing with shotgun pellets. The rare albino bird was added to the Houston Zoo collection and is the first reported in a decade to the State Game Department.
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Houston Zoo
W. C. Ferrell
Augusta
State Game Department
Wasted Effort Mother and Johnny Exchange Quiet Quips
In a domestic vignette a mother instructs Johnny to wash up before guests, while Johnny frets that visitors may not arrive. The dialogue captures small, tense humor in a family moment.
The Great Man Who Does A Thing For The First Time
A pithy quotation by Alexander Smith credits the great man as the one who pioneers a new act. It frames originality as the essence of leadership and bold action.
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Alexander Smith
Cotton Farmers Told Subsidy Shapes Texas Prosperity
A University of Texas expert warns Texas farmers to plan crops with a long-term view as a large cotton carryover looms. Dr A B Cox says foreign production is up while consumption falls, and he asserts federal subsidies or loans will largely set prices this year and influence Texas cotton prosperity.
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Austin
University of Texas
Texas
A. B. Cox
University
Bureau of Business Research
Houston
Galveston
Merriment Cited in Playful Exchange about Her Laughs
A playful exchange recalls fascination with a woman’s laughter as a source of joy. The speaker notes how observing her enjoying life stands out, inviting curiosity about the reason behind the charm.
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America
Liberty
Nazis Conscript 2 Million Yet Labor Shortage Persists
The Commerce Department reported Germany still lacks sufficient labor for its war economy despite deploying over two million foreigners. It notes a new agreement to provide 60,000 Italian farm workers, plus drafts of French laborers, with Polish prisoners and civilians used mainly in agriculture and other nations’ prisoners assigned to mining and industry.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Germany
Scots Officer Bribes Soldiers Across Bengali Battle
A Scots colonel in Bengal set 2s 6d per hundred prisoners to his men. A Scotsman later claimed 800 Italians, earning a pound by selling them back to the Australians for a bob per hundred.
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Home Economics Bureau
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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M. & P. Bank
Sherman, Texas
Carl Hurt
Danny
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Mobiloil
G.C. Stateville
Ecl Tore Snes
Chandise
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