Local Armed Forces Echoes From Marathon News
Marathon News reports on servicemen and families with Wedin substituting for Wedin, Odie Roberts sent to New York, Sam Adams on furlough, APO postmark letters, Jim Henderson earning a cooks and bakers diploma and becoming a technical corporal, Givens Miller awaiting army duty, Guillermo Garcia called to Navy, and various arrivals, visits, and travel within Texas communities. A humorous note ends with a line about a man in line at a River, Mass store leading to a grocery butter purchase.
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Odie Roberts
New York
Marathon
Givens Miller
Guillermo Garcia
Navy
Texas to celebrate rubber program with government plants
Governor John V. RU Stevenson leads Texas in a Rubber Governors celebration. Officials Thornton Hall and Deakins Wells invite Governor John W. Bricker to ceremonies. Four government plants will be erected in Texas with Baytown plant opening for The General Tire and Rubber Company in partnership with General Latex and Chemical. A nationwide broadcast on June 28 will highlight Texas role in rubber solution.
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RU Stevenson
Texas
General ‘Tire & Rubber ‘Company
General Latex and Chemical Company
Cambridge
Mass
Nation of Texas
First Lady of Texas Featured in Cotton Portrait Series
Mrs. Coke Stevenson Jr, First Lady of Texas, is the fifth figure in the Governors Lady portrait series by the National Cotton Council and Cotton Textile Institute. The July issue of Mademoiselle will include her portrait taken at the Governor's Mansion in Austin with daughters Scottie Gayle and Linda Fay, showcasing white pique and chambray outfits to promote durable cotton garments.
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Lone Star State
Cotton
Memphis
Tenn
Austin
Wynn Richards
New York
Mrs. Stevenson
Texas
Coke Stevenson Jr
State of
Scottie Gayle
Linda Fay
Stevenson
Cotton Industry
Mademoiselle
Portrait Series Highlights Cotton Country in Home Front
The series portrays cotton country life with Governor Stevenson and family scenes in Junction and Austin. It follows Mrs Stevenson serving as hostess after her husband’s term, featuring regions from Mississippi to Oklahoma and officials like Eli Arnall of Georgia and Mrs Johnston of South Carolina.
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Lauren
Miesipp
Louisiana
Victory Tax changes loom for next March wages
The Victory Tax will shift from a 5 percent deduction on income over 624 a year to a new check-off. Taxpayers on regular wages face future adjustments in March. Those not on wages must file an estimate by September 15 and make a December 15 installment, with final settlement next March.
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Congress
Anti Japanese mice attack MSU band score in Missoula garage
Mice attacked musical scores of Montana State University in Clarence Bell's Missoula garage damaging one piece titled The Mikado. The incident involved anti Japanese mice, a term reflecting the era's sentiment, and affected the band’s library stored in the director's garage.
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Montana State University
Clarence Bell
Missoula, Mont
Notice of Dissolution of Alpine Wool and Mohair Co
Notice is given that the partnership between James H. Logan and Dan H. Ritter, Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, known as Alpine Wool and Mohair Company, dissolved by mutual consent on June 17, 1943. Debts to the partnership are to be received by Dan J. Ritter, and all demands are to be presented to him for payment. Witnesses signed on June 17, 1943.
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James H. Logan
Dan H. Ritter
Alpine
Brewster
State of Texas
Alpine Wool and Mohair Company
Dan J. Ritter
Hime
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Corres
Aftor
Ida Mae ‘Thurman
Newton
Page
Buck Jones
Cpl
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Sam Carnes
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Cooks and Bakers School
Una Mae
Johnnie
Ode Roberts
Elbie Adams
Sonora
Geo. Adams
Norma Giles
Geo. Harris
Margaret Pierson
Sanderson
Pete Miller
Elizabeth Montgomery
Tech
C. L. Holman
Pvt
J. W. Dozier
New Orleans
Mr. Long
Joe Simpson
Edgar Bridges
Mr. and
Mrs. Cottee
Hallie Stillwell
Dadie
Jim Easton
U. S. Naval Air Base
Corpus Christi
Teave
Tom
Camilla Henderson
Judy Genard
Hollywood
Calif
Mahlon Blem
Ysleta
Clem
Judy Geear
Laura Lee Henderson
San Antonio
Rall River
Eteler
McFarland
Crawford - Baines
Otis Turner
J.C. Epperson
Hord Bldg
Alpine, Tex
J. W. Shepperd Jeweler
Turner
T. A. Beard
Dipimsbytor Standand Oil Poviters
Mobilgas Mobiloil
Sylvan Sanders
U. S
Ave. M
Texas Win
Ft. Davis
John V
Arma
Jean Ero
First Lady of
Stevenson Jr
Junction
Fear
Wasribotou
Aimee
Sunshine Cleaners
West Main Ave
Dan Ritter
James H. Legmae
der Fuehrer
eNaught
The
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporati
United Nations
Anheuser-Busch
America
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