Deer Horns Locked in Fatal Fight Rescued in Hill Country
A Texas Game Department warden freed a surviving eight pointer after two bucks locked horns and fought to the death on the Herbert ranch. Witnesses say such battles thrill, with one buck dead and the other staggering into cover. Separate note reports Abilene anglers paying for licenses amid prize fish marked by merchants, and a Fredericksburg warden counting 76 deer deaths on Gillespie highways in a year span. The piece also lists numerous local names for migratory ducks to aid hunters. How many other names do you know for ducks.
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Austin
Texas Game Department
Herbert Ranch
Game Department
Fredericksburg
Gillespie
United States
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
Butterball
Ruddy
Bobby
Greaser
Spoony
Shovelbill
Woody
Tenant leaves sign reading Jesus paid it all
A Tyler Tyler Telegraph item recounts a Smith County landowner's loss of a tenant who walked away after a dry season rental. The departing renter left a crude porch sign stating Jesus paid it all as the landlord faced unpaid debt and uncertain crop prospects amid a sparse farm, while noting only eight states still levy a poll tax.
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Jesus
Tyler
Smith County
Divine Providence
Tyler Telegraph
Local Porter News Highlights Week of Rain and Visits
A light rain brightened Porter and residents expressed happiness. Various visits across families including Gunt ers Wilkinsons McCords Robinsons and Hicks took place from Sunday through Tuesday with social calls near Arledge Ridge Trenton Union Valley and Sherman. Jim Hicks recovered slowly from lumbago and Lynn Cooper healing an infected hand.
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Evveryone
Harry Gunter
Arledge Ridge
J. W. Gunter
Daisy Bell Whitworth
Vernell Wilkinson
Dorotha Jean McCord
Mar! Wilkinson
Peggy Ann
Maybell, Jewell
Estelle Gunter
Claude McCord
Kenneth Robinson
Ector
J. T. Robinson
B. E. Rowden
Ellen Frances
Charlie Rogers
Trenton
C. E. McCord
Marl Wilkins
Ina-Lee Hicks
G. D. Bennett
Lewis Cooper
R. E. Bowden
Jack Nichols
Union Valley
Jack Stewart
Jim Hicks
Ina Lee
Sara
Dick Fincher
Betty Jo Rich
Bonnie Ray
Mary Alice Hicks
Etta Hicks
Lois Allen
Betty
Marie
Sherman
Lynn Cooper
Jewell
Maybell Gunter
M. L. Williams
Texans Paid 9.76 for Vehicle Registration in 1938
Washington reports Texas vehicle owners paid an average 9.76 for car registration in 1938 and 21.14 for trucks, versus national 9.25 and 22.66. Total payments per vehicle in Texas averaged 13.09 against 13.19 nationally, with gas tax averages 27.61 per vehicle in Texas and 26.17 nationwide.
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Washington
Texas
Public Roads Administration
Honor Roll Lists Students at White Wright Negro School
M D Boyd principal announces first six weeks honor roll for the White Wright Negro School. Eighth grade Dennis Robbins Jr. Sixth Hazel Spratt. Fifth Collene Hamilton J Frank Robbins. Fourth Cathron Freeman Dorotha Williams Lester Conley. Third Hubert Henderson. Second Clara Freeman Willie Henderson Jr. First Douglas Roddy Marshall Patterson Coleman Wright.
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M. D. Boyd
Whitewright Negro School
Dennis Robbins Jr
Hazel Spratt
Collene Hamilton
J. Frank Robbins
Cathron Freeman
Dorotha Williams
Lester Conley
Hubert Henderson
Clara Freeman
Willie Henderson Jr
Douglas Roddy
Marshall Patterson
Coleman Wright
Overload charges filed against Texas truckers
Public Safety Department inspectors filed 2 139 truck overload charges in October. Fees and fines totaled 41 162 dollars. Homer Garrison Jr. said 20 inspectors logged 6 797 hours, traveled 64 385 miles and weighed 4 168 vehicles.
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Austin
Public Safety Department
Homer Garrison Jr
Three Years Added After Cigarette Light in Court
Tommy Reed of McLennan County was convicted of burglary and theft. District Judge D W Bartlett initially sentenced him to five years in prison but, noting the defendant's unconcerned demeanor, increased the term to eight years.
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Waco
Tommy Reed
McLennan County
D. W. Bartlett
Germany imposes strict clothing rationing system
Berlin announces a new points based clothing rationing plan starting Wednesday. Men may buy one suit and up to two shirts per year, with further items barred. Women may have one tailored suit one wool dress and a corset yearly, with no stockings allowed. Ration values set by item type.
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Berlin
Norris proposesArmistice Day as Thanksgiving Day
Senator Norris an Independent of Nebraska suggests resolving two Thanksgiving dates by making Armistice Day the official day of thanks. With President Roosevelt designating November 23 as Thanksgiving and governors sticking to the last Thursday, Norris proposes Armistice Day November 11 as a compromise noting it marked the end of World War I as a greater cause for thanks.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Higher taxes for Texans predicted by UT professor
Dr. R. H. Montgomery of the University of Texas predicted at the Texas Dry Cleaners and Dyers Association convention that Texans within five years will pay about 200 million dollars in taxes to fund state government. He cited a need for a new taxation system and gradual impost increases tied to expanded government functions.
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Austin
R. H. Montgomery
University of Texas
Texas Dry Cleaners and Dyers Association
Montgomery
Evil Old Man's Dinner Planned by Garner Friends
Dallas reporters note an event titled Evil Old Man's Dinner will be held Thursday by the Texas Editorial Association. The program denounces Vice President Garner, with speakers set to reference John L. Lewis, CIO leader, who had previously described Garner as a poker playing, whisky drinking, evil old man.
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Dallas
Texas Editorial Association
John N. Garner
United States
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Garner
8000 in drought areas to get WPA employment
Senator Tom Connally announced that Washington directed Texas WPA headquarters in San Antonio to employ 8 000 persons for two months in the current drouth emergency. The work is rural labor, the largest allocation of such labor to any state, with promises of diligent and earnest effort in addressing rural need.
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Marlin
Tom Connally
Washington
Texas
WPA
San Antonio
Drouth
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