No Hero Pilot Saves 14 From Flaming Flight
Montgomery newsroom recounts Eastern Airlines pilot Hissong landing a 14-passenger Houston to New York plane near Montgomery after a flaming engine failed. Co pilot Russell shut fuel, Gibbs ensured passenger safety belts, all 14 aboard escaped before a post-crash explosion. Hissong credits crew teamwork and a damaged propeller for the trouble.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dave Hissong
Atlanta
Hissong
C. R. Russell
Frank Gibbs
Eastern Airlines
Houston
New York
Russell
Steward Gibbs
Buried in oats horse at farm feeds itself
At Chris Thiel’s Appleton farm a horse was buried up to its neck by 450 bushels of oats that toppled from a granary sack used as a stopper. The horse and another animal were engulfed as the oats spilled. Chris found both horses eating calmly when chores began.
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Appleton, Wis
Chris Thiel
Chris
Republicans Dead Return Directory Note in Pittsfield
In Pittsfield Massachusetts Democratic leader Walter S Marden found a directory marked Republican Headquarters at 74 North Street on his desk and returned it to the post office with the inscription Died. Left no forwarding address.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Walter S. Marden
North Street
City
Hay Fever Remedies Proposed In Quaint Home Cure
Read like a light column from TROUP about hay fever sufferers trying odd remedies. An elderly Clarksville woman prescribes pine needle beds or pillows, others mention a pen shaped inhalator, quinine in shoes, and a raisin heat remedy from an optometrist who cautions it is not a good hay fever cure. The piece captures humorous, skeptical patient anecdotes and the notion that people will try anything to relieve symptoms.
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Clarksville
Tyler
W. M. Kimbell
Sinclair City
Bill
117 Beer Dealers Lose Licenses
Austin Liquor Board report shows 117 beer establishments had licenses suspended since September 1 for disorderly conduct sale of beer to minors and other offenses placing them in the category of joints. The latest suspension occurred in Elgin near Austin after a four person affray in a retail shop.
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Austin
Liquor Board
Bert Ford
Elgin
Ford
Creator of Popeye Dies in Santa Monica
Elzie Crisler Segar, 43, creator of Popeye and Olive Oyl and all Thimble Theatre comic strip characters, died at his Santa Monica home after a lengthy illness of spleen and liver.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Popeye
J. Wellington Wimpy
Olive Oyl
Thimble Theatre
Elzie Crisler Segar
Spice of Life Snippets and Ambitious Youth Gags
A collection of light anecdotes and quips from a bygone era. A mother recalls a baby’s toes in his mouth, a boy writes his accident card as Johnny Jones, Borah’s defiant line to Harding, a catechism joke about a kittychism, and a boy’s two dollar feat borrowed from mother.
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Johnny Jones
Pinto’s Bucking Tale and George’s Bay Window
A rugged joke exchanges between a tenderfoot and cowboys about a bucking horse named Pinto and a witty remark that Pinto did not buck but coughed. A humorous family quip follows, identifying George by his bay window as the eldest brother.
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Pinto
Women Account Holders Share Texas Social Security Cards
The Social Security Board released a nationwide study showing Texans with Social Security numbers are about 23 percent female. Of 141,376 sampled card workers in Texas, 109,443 were male and 31,933 female, from random samples representing roughly 10 percent of card holders.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Real estate and service classifieds near Whitewright
An old classifieds snippet lists Joe Johnson wiring services, Mrs. H. T. Atterberry flowers and funeral designs, plus multiple land offerings by Tom Barbee near Whitewright. Properties include 55 acres with a house and water on the paved highway priced at 2250 with possession available, 61 acres with improvements at 1500, 44 and a half acres with no improvements at 600, and 60 acres with bottom land at 2200 with 450 cash option.
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Whitewright
Tom Barbee
No. 381354-B Seeks Stay on Hanger Over Medical Fears
In a courtroom dialogue the prisoner No 381354 B asks for a postponement of his execution due to a neck boil he fears could burst from the rope and cause infection or death. The judge questions the reason while Mirandy notes the practical need for a breakfast pause.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Sherman
Candidate hosts delegation at country home in hay loft
A political delegation visits a candidate at his country home. He greets them in shirtsleeves with a pitchfork and invites them to the barn to see him pitching hay. At the barn they find no hay, and the hired man reveals he had not yet cleared yesterday’s load.
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Jim
Lubricants and philosophy mix at rural farmhouse visit
A stranded motorist asks an elderly woman for oil and receives cheeky replies on salts and philosophy. A quip about death and taxes closes the exchange. Kumquat and Quiggle exchange a humorous line about affording a wife's wishes.
Shoeshop Proprietor Boasts Revenge on Wrong Number
A shoeshop proprietor boasted to a friend that his revenge on a departing customer came from giving a young telephone operator the wrong number. The anecdote centers on the operator and the prank, with the proprietor framing it as payback.
Freshman joke answer about jailbirds origin
A light exchange features a freshman asking where jailbirds come from and a sophomore replying with a playful line that they are raised from larks bats and swallows.
Son carries on business while father away
A witty exchange frames a family business scenario as a clerk notes the son kept the business running but forgot the core business itself, illustrating practical continuity with a humorous misstep.
Fresh Coincidence in a Tunnel Kiss Delights Audience
Dialogic snippet shows a playful exchange about a tunnel encounter. Fresh lines feature Ditto reacting with surprise to an unanticipated kiss. The light moment highlights character interplay and a whimsical mood within the scene.
Age distribution of Texans by gender and groups
The study reports male Texans by age with counts and percentages from under 15 to 65 plus. It also notes female counts of 31 933 with 0.2 percent under 15 and the largest female group aged 20 to 24 at 32.4 percent, followed by 25 to 29 at 17.2 percent.
Largest Benefit Payment Goes to Texas King Ranch
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration listed 141 farmers and farming concerns receiving $10,000,000 or more in benefit payments from December 1937 to June 30. The top payment, $112,140.04, was issued to King Ranch in Kleberg County, Texas, from the $500 million soil conservation fund. Other payments of $35,000 or more included estates of Cornelia Adair in Palo Duro Armstrong County and W. T. Waggoner in Fort Worth Wilbarger County.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
King Ranch
Kleberg County
Texas
Congress
Cornelia Adair
Palo Duro
Armstrong County
W. T. Waggoner
Fort Worth
Wilbarger County
Grain waste from whisky and alcohol industries sold as stock feed
Quantities of grain byproducts from whisky and other alcohol industries are marketed for use as feed for livestock. The byproducts are processed into stocks of animal fodder and sold to farmers and feeders as cost effective nutrition.
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Whisky
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Pilot
T. W. Ayres & Son’s
Peters Diawieurre
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter’s Underwear
Gossard
Warren G. Harding
William E. Borah
Republican Party
Borah
Billy
Tommy
George
Wilson
Myrtle Badgett
Lee Hampton
Allen T. Short
Joe Johnson
H. T. Atterberry
Mirandy
Denison
Kuppenheimer Fine Clothes
U. S. Clothing Co
Texas King Ranch
Magnolia
G. C. Stateville
Manning & Meador’s
Manning & Meadow Furniture — Farmalls — Hardware
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