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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
3
The Texas fire death record for the first eight months of 1940 is the worst in years. State Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall cites 290 deaths in eight months versus 383 for all of last year. He notes higher death losses despite lower property losses, urging fire prevention in daily life.
Washington reports selective service officials set general physical standards for draftees. Every man must be able to walk 15 to 20 miles with 50 pounds after due conditioning. The policy keeps Army standards with minor changes including accepting five foot tall conscripts and excluding limited service.
The long running SWC champions face a stiff test in 1940 as Texas A&M unveils its lineup. Front and follow the full team of players from Odell Herman to Elvis Simmons with coach Homer Norton and a large supporting staff.
Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission will resume trapping antelope in West Texas using an airplane to direct animals from 500 feet. The method aims to cut trapping crews, double capture rates, and stock open land under Pittman Robertson funds with federal aid.
A male quail lingered around Eagle Lake’s square as it searched for its mate at Barnet's Barber Shop. A female quail flew into the shop at 7 PM and was captured by Jess Adams and taken to the country. The following mornings the male was seen perched on the building calling for its mate.
Dr Agnes Fay Morgan reports an anti-gray vitamin from the B family may reverse gray hair. Tested on animals and humans, the vitamin shows hair darkening, improved vigor, and health markers. Liver rice and bran are cited as sources.
G. H. Walker of Lufkin is among the county's oldest active sportsmen. At over eighty he shoots doves and awaits the duck deer turkey and quail seasons. He killed a deer before the season was three days old last year and fishes regularly with live and artificial baits. The motto: Take a boy hunting or fishing.
A daughter laments being locked out at 1 o'clock and decides to wait on the porch. A guest asks how she will enter, and she replies there is nothing to do but wait for her mother’s return.
Don't let constipation lead to harsh measures. Gentle thorough relief follows a good night's rest when BLACK-DRAUGHT is taken at bedtime. Its principal ingredient tones bowel muscles. Next time, take all-vegetable BLACK-DRAUGHT. Economical 25 to 40 doses, 25c.
Dr. Morgan exults over her work in a discovery linked to plantation cane molasses alfalfa and brewer's yeast. She likens her excitement to Ponce De Leon's famed fountain of Youth.
An insurance agent asks a farm applicant if he has had accidents. The farmer denies recent incidents and jokes that past mule kicks and a rattlesnake bite were intentional. The agent is shocked, but the farmer insists those events were deliberate.
The Texas Memorial Museum in Austin houses one of the nation’s finest fossil collections. Displayed are a 60 million year old sea fish caught near Dallas, a 7 million year old sea monster skull near Austin, a 25 foot mosasaur, a giant buffalo skull with 18 inch horns, a 13 inch wolf skull, and other prime specimens. Soon on view: a shovel jaw mastodon, a giant ground sloth, and glyptodon.
Rex Beach recounts staying in a primitive one room log cabin with a stove a bed and a loft. A wary settler family makes room for him by placing their children to sleep on the floor then letting him use the bed and providing hot meals after a long day.
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