Appeal for Voluntary Mileage Reduction in Unrationed Areas
An official appeal from Leon Henderson urges drivers in unrationed areas to voluntarily limit car use. Drivers are encouraged to adopt mileage categories A or R, sharing rides, and tracking monthly limits to conserve rubber for the war effort. The message stresses national duty and immediate action.
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Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Ba‘uch
America
Sam
Stern
Commanding Officer meeting notes reveal staffing and sanitation actions
The report lists attendees including Lorenzo and Alfredo Gonzalo as performers, and Esperanza Juarez as vocalist. A motion urged hiring a trained sanitarian to cooperate with army and State Health to improve sanitation and food safety. Col Hoyle’s staff and local contractors also attended, with names from McGough Bros and McMurry Plumbing among others.
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Cipating
Lorenzo
Alfonso Gonzalo
Nora Dominguez
Esperanza Juarez
Sesson
Army
State Health Department
Col. Hoyle
Paul T. McFarland
Quartermaster’s Department
W. E.J. Mellen
Leo F. Bach
Bach
Chester Allyn
Calvin G. Miller
Mille
W. B. McCrary
Home of Texas Admiral Nimitz Highlights Pioneer Architecture
A Fredericksburg birthplace of Admiral Chester Nimitz is cited as a prime example of early Texas pioneer architecture. The UT publication arising from a summer class on architectural history notes sturdy stone houses and handmade furniture from German settlers, plus a study of Native American pottery, basket weaving, and cave wall pictographs.
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Austin
Fredericksburg
Chester Nimitz
Texas
University of Texas
Samuel E. Gideon
Bult
Digger Uncovers Cable Mistaken for Root in Concordia
A sewer worker in Concordia Kansas believed he had cut a tree root but found a telephone cable instead. The error caused a loss of telephone service to the neighborhood. Local authorities began assessing the damage and restoring lines.
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Concordia, Kan
Midnight musings from a Texan scrap drive
An on duty Seabee writes from a Texas travel stop praising the hum of heavy machines and urging readers to collect scrap metal for war plants. The rambling note touches on noise, old tunes, and the need to keep industry running to hinder Adolf and Benito.
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Texas
Barry
Seabee
Adolf
Benito
Et Ny
Search for Scrap Continues in Haunted Room Menace
In a chaotic chase a skunk evaded capture as witnesses debated the weapon used and the tactic. A trooper force, led by a wary general, pressed forward into a room adjoining the fort’s holding area where the animal was tracked. A marksman glimpsed the creature and fired, with eyewitness accounts split on details.
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Skunk
Notice of business suspension by Border Wax Co
Public notice states Border Wax Co. has suspended operation and that Wallace Sublett will not be responsible for any transactions or debts in the name of Border Wax Co. in the future. Dated 9 25 3p.
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Border Wax Co
Wallace
Lunch Menu Fragment with Soup and Sandwiches
A fragment from a lunch menu lists Pipang hat Vegetable Beef Soup, Toasted Bacon and Tomato Sandwiches on Whole Wheat Toast, and Aprdenance Relish Owl Catard or Lee Cream as options. The readable text hints at a midnig dining service with typical deli fare.
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Midnig
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First Baptist Church
Pelly
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R. L. Wittner
Tharp
Southwest
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T. E. Vaughan
Ada
Oklahoma
Yussive
War Front
Neers Department
M. J. McGough
P. F. McGough
Sciex
McGough Bros
I Contractors
W. E. Kutzschbach
McMurry Plumbing Co
Max C. Crossland
H. E. Gates
Alpine
A. E. Ligon
Marfa Chamber of Commerce
Home of
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MT Peeks
Ila
Safeway Homemalow
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Sue
Safeway
Crackers
Penny Savers
Ol Sum
Pride
Warre
Neste Sac
S Son
Crackers Cnanan
Ecco
Petes New
Beverly
Libby
Freestone Peaches
Fin
Clarper
Pears
Jet Welt
Vera
Blesch
Alamo Lye
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San Sem
Yap
Tiim
Yongy
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