Alamo defenders and memory in Texas history
A short feature recalls the Alamo as a former Spanish mission and fort where 180 defenders led by Bowie and Crockett died resisting Santa Anna in 1836. It notes the siege dates February to March, survivors, and the war cry Remember the Alamo, plus a classroom craft caption for Junior Editors with a rudimentary flag craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Davy Crockett
Texas
Mexico
The
Alamo
James Bowie
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Sama Anna
Houston
Texas Army
San Jacinto
Pork and Lamb Are Good Buys For Food Shoppers This Week
Prices at markets show pork and lamb discounts with beef cuts like chuck roast topping the better buys. Pork is down wholesale and lamb legs are lower, while fryers, turkeys, and some vegetables offer value. August outlook notes rising broilers and plentiful supplies plus assorted produce and dairy items.
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Associated Press
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Hollywood Needs A Grouchy Goose
Hollywood director William Wyler could not locate a photogenic grouchy goose for a Gary Cooper film. At Stahmann Farms near Las Cruces, New Mexico, 150000 geese were calm outside breeding season. Eyherabide notes geese are irascible only during spring breeding, with shooting slated for August 15.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Hollywood
William Wyler
Gary Cooper
Stahmann
Pasquel Eyherabide
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America
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Winchester
Dale
Capitol City
Rawhide
Jackson Twins
By Dick Brooks
Blondie
By Chick Young
Afaces
Henry
U. S. Patent Office
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
By Mel Graf
Pail
Joe Otterfoot
Nurvle
Mrs. Curtin
Big Sister
U. S
Patent Office
By Bob Naylor
Etta Kett
BY Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Skeeter
By Wally Bishop
Hes
Kenneth E. Henry Co
N. Loudoun
Southern Cross
W. Cork St
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