Veteran troubles spark debate on crimes and veterans care
A returning World War II veteran with Silver Star and Purple Heart commits kidnapping and robbery after a night of drinking. The piece questions whether jail or a veterans hospital is the right response, stressing compassionate treatment and proper psychiatric care amid the transition from civilian to postwar life.
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Ni York
New Jersey
Hut
Pars
New Guinea
Jerry
Veterans
Ion
Community service plan for returning servicemen back home
The piece urges women and community groups to organize a nationwide service for returning soldiers. It calls for joint efforts with Rotary Kiwanis and veterans groups to secure jobs, set up local service centers and unemployment agencies, refer veterans for disability evaluation and guidance, coordinate welfare and legal aid, and assist with loans for starting businesses or buying homes.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
The
American Legion
Alvwa Rasy
Roosevelt Critiques Avery And Petrillo In Wartime Labor Clash
The piece notes President Roosevelt chiding Ward chair Sewell Avery and AFM head James C. Petrillo for defying War Labor Board orders during WWII. It contrasts Avery’s labor opposition with Petrillo’s management stance, citing Ward store damage and occupation in Dearborn and a polite but ineffective reply to Petrillo’s strike. The article argues both actions harmed the public interest and wartime harmony.
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Second Army
Montgomery Ward and Co
Roosevelt
Sewell Avery
Ward
Mrs. Avery
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
War Labor Board
Mr. Petrillo
Mr. Avery
The
American
Harmony
WILB
Detroit War
Dearborn, Mich
WLB
Petrillo
Inced
Avery
West Texas Chambers Endorse War Manpower Drive
War Manpower Commission urges West Texas labor to meet a 311000 national quota for new war workers. C B Belk and RE Hardin call for chamber support, urging workers to stay in war jobs or seek USES referrals, and employers to hire only on USES referrals.
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West Texans
War Manpower Commission
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Ares
RE. W. Hardin
WTC
WMC
C. B. Belk
West Texas
Eisenhower
Hardin
Area Chambers
U.S
Employment Service
Texas Stars in War Record Lone Texan Leaders Highlight
A Texas war compilation credits 183 generals in the Army and Air Forces born or residing in Texas. It notes 12 admirals, about 1,000,000 soldiers trained in Texas woods and prairies, and nine Texans awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Prominent names include Eisenhower from Denison and Krueger tied to San Antonio.
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Navy
Lone Star
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Denison
Wan. H. Simpson
Aledo
Ninth Army
Pacific
Chester Uniits
Fredericksburg
Walter Krueger
Philippines
San Antonio
Army
Air Forces
Dapper man seeks separation over cruelty claim
A man applied for a separation order against his wife arguing cruelty. When asked to prove his case he replied that a dream of winning $100,000 led to his wife nearly killing him for not bankin g the money before he woke. A Harvard professor in Texas then asked a cowboy elder about longevity. the Texan credited it to never stealing a horse or calling a man a liar to his face.
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Mina Reader
Harvard
Texas
British Clergyman's Afternoon Disturbed by Child
A clergyman visiting a village home is startled when a boy bursts out with a grim tale of beating a rat until death. He then softens, saying God called him. The verse-like vignette contrasts faith with brutal curiosity in a quiet garden scene.
Father Rejects Low Salary Suitor Over Daughters Hand
A young man asks for a daughter's hand in marriage. The father questions weekly pay of fifteen dollars, says it wouldn't keep a daughter in pocket handkerchiefs, and the suitor replies that if she is often ill with a cold he does not want her.
Editors Supposed To Know Answers Quiz Kids
A Dallas Times Herald item notes that editors face callers seeking exact answers for trivia bets and exams. Journalists defend accuracy by checking reference files before responding, while barroom and schoolroom inquiries illustrate the pressure on city desks to settle disputes.
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Dallas Times Herald
Jimmy Cox
Voice No. 1
Make mine one egg on toast and other family quips
Fragment from a domestic pageant ends with humorous exchanges about meals and marriage plans. Uncle Spec is referenced as a Lions Club member from Garland. A stray wartime line notes WAR BONDS purchased today will save many lives and a Chicago man seeks jail to escape his wife.
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Uncle Spec
Garland
Lions Club
John Jurasek
Chicago
Promsing
Toda
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