Man Impaled by Bridge Plank Survives Incredible Injury
In Thibodaux, Ivory Hill 28 remains alive after a pine plank pierced his chest and protruded from his back when a bridge crash knocked him unconscious. He walked a half mile to seek help, endured surgery to remove the wood, and survived without heavy bleeding or infection, astonishing doctors.
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Thiodaux
Ivory Hill
Hill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Napoleonville
Thibodaux
What Is a Closed Shop and a Union Shop
A closed shop employs only union labor and can dismiss workers who quit the union. A union shop allows non union hires who must join the union within days and stay in good standing or be dismissed.
Texas Aggies Use Cotton Too
Aggie ticket manager E. W. Hooker reviewed 1941 orders and found extensive cotton goods in football equipment. Items include adhesive tape, jersies, pants, hose, towels, cushions, laces, gauze bandages, belts, pads and ball linings, highlighting footballs cotton usage.
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College Station
Texas A. & M
E. W. Hooker
Aggie
Pointers For Texas Agriculture and Related Notes
Texas farm figures show 2 percent of total corn acreage planted to hybrid seed. Cotton quotas vote set for December 13 to determine 1942 marketing quotas. Blue stamps added 9.6 million dollars of farm products to the diets of over 3.5 million people on public aid in September. Texas agricultural income for the first nine months rises 25 percent from a year earlier. Peanut uses dominate as peanut butter and salted nuts are major outlets. less than 10 percent roasted in shell for sale. Brazil studies tomato seed oil with high vitamin content and potential use in drying agents and varnish. Doctor and junior joke closes the brief.
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United States
Brazil
USDA
Learn the Printing Trade at Southwest School of Printing
Young men and women can learn the printing trade at a non profit school run by printers and publishers. Practical instruction with low tuition and 150000 dollars of modern equipment. Write for free catalog and complete information from the Southwest School of Printing in Dallas.
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Southwest School of Printing
Clarendon Drive
Dallas
Texas
Auto Loan Offer for Vehicle Financing and Refinancing
If you need money for any reason or want to refinance car payments to smaller amounts, this company will loan any reasonable amount or term with no delay. Bring title papers and car for inspection. F. W. Creager, Manager, 121% So. Travis, Sherman.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
District Federation Music Clubs Convention Thanks
Whitewright Music Club extends gratitude to all contributors to last week's district convention. Special appreciation goes to church women who prepared and served meals.
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Federation of Music Clubs
Whitewright Music Club
Christian Soldiers Hail Faithful Army Worship Surge
Chief of Chaplains Arnold reports 11,640,000 soldiers attended religious services in the year ending June 30, 1941. Average per service 97.8 soldiers, a rise from 68.9 the prior year. Total services reached 118,990 as improvised chapels and venues hosted worship across posts and camps. Bible classes numbered 14,482 with wide off-post attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Arnold
Uncle Sam
Arnold
Our Boys
Venison cookery tips from Texas outdoorsmen
In Austin readers learn venison cooking from J. Frank Dobie and others. Suggested methods include salt and pepper steaks dusted with flour and fried, or roasts with long baking times and frequent basting. Serve with current jelly and sauce. prepare heated plates to keep meat warm.
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Austin
Texas
J. Frank Dobie
Roast Saddle of Venison Suggestions and Prep Note
Wash the venison surface with lukewarm vinegar and water after a week hanging in a cool place. Rub with butter, cover with greased paper, apply a flour and water paste, wrap again, and roast fifteen minutes per pound for rare preference.
Army Chaplains Questioned for Service Totals
Chaplain Arnold reports the Army has 1 330 chaplains with units of 1 200 or more. Catholic chaplains Sacraments 35 371 times for 768 586 soldiers. Protestant chaplains Holy Communion 2 607 times for 72 757. They held services visited hospitals and guardhouses 2 237 marriages 2 670 baptisms 3 172 funerals. Daily soldier contacts averaged 52 each totaling about 25 385 115 contacts.
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Arnold
Truck Driver Dies in Sleep Near Conroe
Sherman H. H. Hicks 46 a North Texas Warehouse Co. driver died Monday near Conroe while parked to sleep on the road. He had delivered a cotton load to Houston and was en route home when investigators found the truck motor running and carbon monoxide gas listed as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
H. H. Hicks
North Texas Warehouse Company
Conroe
Quiet Words That Sting and Heal in Anger
A Riley verse notes the power of unspoken words when anger rises. The poem contrasts loud disputes with the wiser restraint of silence, suggesting that restraint prevents sharper harm and invites reflection after the storm passes.
Venison Roast Wrapped in Salt Pork
Bone two or three ribs of venison then roll in a thin slice of salt pork and tie tight. Season, dredge with flour and roast. Serve with spiced currants or gooseberry catsup.
Venison Steaks Prepared With Jelly Sauce
Venison steaks are to be heated on the gridiron or fried and served with a little melted butter and currant jelly. Cut from the haunch, broil thoroughly to cook venison well and preserve the gravy. Heat plates and serve each steak with current jelly on top.
Jelly Sauce For Venison Gravy Instructions
Strain the gravy into the pan and ensure at least one pint remains. Thicken with browned flour and add currant jelly lemon juice salt and pepper to taste. Follow with blending until smooth for serving with venison.
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Texas Aggies
Texas Agriculture
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
Junior
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Pocketbook OF Knowledge
Rome
Vel. Ln
MREET
U.S. Industrial Research
Virgil Smith
Whitewright
Grace Lewis
Stafford Typewriter
Sun
E. C. Butler
Sherman Soap Works
Fred Henninger
Pilot Grove
S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency
Whitewright Hatchery
W. E. Stephens
Airport
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
James Whitcomb Riley
Sinclair
Ethyl
Sinclair HC
Sinclair U.S. Motor
Yeager
Sinclair Station
America
Defense Savings
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