Santa’s Toy List Beams With Laughing Dolls and Realistic Toys
Santa Claus announced to the Commerce Department that this Christmas will feature dolls that laugh cry or sleep, electric irons and stoves, an enameled sink with running water, trains and airplanes, and mechanical farm equipment. He urged early shopping as demand may outpace supply, noting a retail value over 240 million dollars, up about 30 percent from last year.
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Washington
Santa Claus
Santa
Commerce Department
Tractor Mounted Potato Digger Is New Development
A tractor mounted sweet potato digger developed at the Sweet Potato Experiment Station in Gilmer uses an old grader blade on a tractor rear. The blade lifts potatoes to the surface via finger like attachments, reducing bruising. Two disc vine cutters front the blade. Several units were built by East Texas shop crews from blueprints by Texas A&M staff. Plans and blueprints are available from the Texas A&M Extension Service.
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Gilmer
R. B. Hickerson
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
East
Texas
Agricultural Engineering
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Yell Show Dangers Revealed by High Speed Films
Evanston Ill Scientists filmed fast color movies of yellings from football fans public speakers and voice students to study vocal cords They found moderate use rarely harms the cords but prolonged strain can cause persistent inflammation The North Western University project aims to improve voice training correct speech defects and aid study of vocal cord paralysis from illness or war injury
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Evanston
Ill
Paul Moore
School of Speech
Northwestern University
Four Central Falls veterans defy crime with reform stand
The fearless four in Central Falls Rhode Island joined the police to raid illegal gambling, were briefly suspended, then reinstated after veterans from nearby areas objected to city bosses. Their actions led to closing 140 slot machines and many dice games and bookie joints. Their pledge to keep the city decent echoes their wartime resolve.
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Central Falls
R. I
Providence
Mother-in-law jailed for head blow in quarrel
In Los Angeles Municipal Judge Byron Walters sentenced Leta Myers Smart to 30 days in jail after she struck her actor son-in-law Victor Heyden with a telephone during a quarrel. She may not visit Heyden or her daughter Waneta for two years unless invited.
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Los Angeles
Byron Walters
Leta Myers Smart
Victor Heyden
Waneta
Local House and Miscellaneous Items Offered for Sale
Classified notes list multiple offerings including a 5 burner Florence oil stove, a New Holland Farmall tractor accessory, a good dwelling with possession in 30 days, land and city property listings, flowers through agents in Sherman, and household furniture from James E Norris. Listings show names Jim Hicks Tom Barbee Mrs Allen Short and Mrs Carl May with contact details.
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Tom Barbee
For Sale Listings from Early 20th Century Paper
A set of short real estate and farm equipment notices. Seven room dwelling near grade school and business district offered by Joe Johnson. trade possible for a good farm. E O Young markets a Farmall tractor with equipment and mares. A Whitewright area eighty acre stock and dairy farm with deep well and improvements. Stephens & Bryant advertise 83 acre and 76 acre farms with dwellings, barns, and cultivation details.
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Joe Johnson
E. O. Young
Route One
Whitewright
Tom Barbee
Stephens & Bryant
Fannin County
Danes Tell Visitor He Owes Them Nothing
An English traveler touring Denmark in a village receives an unexpected bill reply from the garage owner. The proprietor states, You owe me nothing. We Danes owe you so much we shall never be able to repay you. The remark preserves a grateful tone and reflects wartime goodwill.
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Denmark
Perfume Makers Job Market Cited by Houston Plant
W R Crute of Champion Paper and Fibre Co says the firm has spent 457 250 to deodorize a pulp mill amid citizen complaints that odors drifts over much of Houston. He notes not all odors come from the plant as rice water is used in starch cellars and lace edgings.
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Houston
W. R. Crute
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
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Milwaukee Journal
NEW Shipment Men’s
Men’s & Boys
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Khidk Abd AA AM A A
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Jim Anna Beauty Shop
Spivy Paint Store
B. R. Caraway
Earl Blanton
Main Street
Bond Street
Walter Robbins
Farley & Hill Grocery
White Auto Store
Florence
Oscar Newton
Route 3
Ffarmall Tractor
Jim Hicks
J. A. Watson
Home of Flowers of
Sherman
Carl May
Jersey
Manton Fain Sr
James E. Norris
Hi-Way Grocery
U. S
Montor
Mear Seas
Christian Science Monitor
The
Christian Science Publishing “Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis
Collec
Denison
Fender and Body Work
Woody
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