20 Questions Push From GOP Nominee to O Daniel
Fort Worth scene as Alexander Boynton San Antonio lawyer and Republican candidate for Governor launches 20 pointed inquiries at W Lee O Daniel Democrat. He calls for a joint state wide debate tour and previews his open letter style interrogation.
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Texas
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United States
Draft Favored If U S Should Be in New War
Washington officials outlined wartime planning for a potential U S entry, including immediate enactment of a selective service draft akin to 1917 18. Exemptions cover married men and dependents. selection by lot. Plans also call for national guard call up, regular army expansion to 200000, a 1,000,000 man army, mass factory mobilization, and activation of War Resources Administration.
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War Department
United States
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Department
Congress
France
National Guard
Regular Army
Louis Johnson
War Resources Administration
Prohibit Office Holder from Seeking Another Office Proposed
A Texas constitutional amendment to bar current officeholders from seeking another office is being readied for the regular legislative session. A Senate member plans to sponsor it, arguing mixing offices concentrates power and disrupts the tradition of moving up through roles. Critics say incumbents seek higher office during non-election years, risking special elections if defeated.
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Texas Senate
Texas
Congress
Senate
Sweet Potato May Make Stamp Licking Pleasure
Washington reports a Philadelphia post office experiment with a mechanical stamp licker vendor easing tongue traffic. The idea uses sweet potato as a base for the adhesive, addressing decades of concerns over sanitation and time, and signals a potential shift away from traditional stamp vending.
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Washington
Post Office
Philadelphia
Agriculture department touts sweet potato stickum taste gain
After extensive experiments the agriculture department says sweet potato will produce a fine stickum and taste better than cassava dextrin now used by the government. Deer hunting privilege sales in Colorado County earned 22 landowners over $3,000 in 1937-38. Preserves ranged from 170 to 11,000 acres.
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Agriculture Department
Colorado County
Pigeons Capable of Fast Vertical Lift and Rapid Flight
Pigeons can rise almost vertically and reach speeds of about 60 miles per hour, demonstrating remarkable aerial capability and maneuverability for a small bird species.
The Spice of Life and Spare the Red Fun Snippets
A pair of humor vignettes feature a farm lad with a pail a chicken and a goat in a lane as a young woman offers a playful kiss idea. Another gag has a child asking his father to tell the teacher the rule about not striking smaller people. A最后 line hints at a wedding plan and Lola’s complexion in yellow.
Aspiring Writer Wonders at Novel Length
A young man asks an experienced author how long a novel must be. The author hedges, "sixty thousand words, perhaps." The hopeful writer sighs, "then mine's finished," implying a brief or impossible start to the project.
Eternity Sermon Excerpt Reveals Vast Time Scale
A negro clergyman during a sermon declares eternity as forever and beyond measure. He imagines counting figures from here to sunset and beyond, claiming even after millions of years eternity would still be far from its starting point. The vivid line dramatizes endless spans of time.
Parlor Jokes and Oddities From a Local Page
A stray bundle of light humor items appears here including a tale of a salesman and Mrs Coolidge buying a medical volume, a leaf inscription about Calvin Coolidge, a parrot quip, a pun about a banana skin and a bride-to-be who names two bridesmaids Lola Lemon and another who dislikes Lola.
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Lola Lemon
Lola
Child Riddled With Political Dreams Joke
A playful exchange imagines a baby destined for politics. The father jokes the child shows signs of a political future through lack of hair constant bottle use and babbling that never says anything.
Large Congregation Hears Sermon on Drinking
A preacher amid a heated sermon on liquor urged pouring every drop into the river. After finishing, he asked the choir to sing heartily Shall We Gather at the River, as the congregation joined in.
Meaning of the phrase He came to himself
A teacher asks a child to explain the phrase he came to himself. The child replies it means he had pawned all his clothes. A mother urges kindness to kittens as Peter carries them by their stems, claiming to handle them carefully.
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Peter
Mother
Street crossing joke mild exchange between officer and woman
A stout woman asks the crossing officer if he can see her across the street. The officer flirts and replies that he could see her a mile away.
No-zero dispute over grades between student and professor
A student protests receiving a zero grade while a professor agrees it is harsh yet says it is the lowest mark allowed. Dialogues reveal tension over grading standards and fairness in a classroom setting.
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Soph
Prof
Designers place a woman's head on many coins
A quarrel between a married couple centers on women’s beauty. The wife extols the sex while noting designers adorn coins with a woman’s head. The husband concedes recognizing this, but quips designers also place his coins on a woman’s head.
Parson Delivers Personal Sermon About Detours and Distance
A wreck of dialogue features a parson praising a sermon, Georgie noting its oddness, a teacher asking about a detour, and a bright pupil defining distance as the roughest path between two points.
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Georgie
Ingenious Excuse From a Clever Student
A master asked pupils to write an essay on Mother. Two brothers produced identical essays. When questioned, one boy explained that they share the same mother, hence the same inspiration. The tale hinges on a witty, affectionate family punchline.
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John
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