National War Fund Urges Continued Aid for Starving Europeans
Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of the National War Fund, told Judge Ben J. Powell that mass starvation in Europe is unlikely this winter but there will be great suffering without more than the basics. He urged continued private relief through National War Fund agencies to supply food, clothing, shoes, and tools, stressing that their work complements UNRRA and may shape Europe’s spring.
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Austin
Europe
Winthrop W. Ale Grich
National War Fund
Ben J. Powell
United War Chest of Texas
Aldrich
England
France
Holland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Mr. Aldrich
National War
Executor of Ruth Sproul Miles estate seeks debts and claims
The undersigned, executor of Ruth Sproul Miles, deceased of Brewster County, Texas, notifies all debtors to settle and all creditors to present claims by law. Addressed to alp ine Brewster County, the notice is dated September 26, 1943, issued by W. Miles as executor.
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Ruth Sproul Miles
Brewster County
Texas
R. B. Slight
Said County
Alpine
A. D
W. ©. Miles
Ind
Fragmented sworn statement text and signatures
The readable portion shows a sworn statement with names such as Bennett and Sinatra-like references, but the full context is unclear. It appears to be an affidavit or oath page with signatures and a line about swearing to or subscribing before an official.
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Bennett
Caro Ee
Guardian accounts and cattle market gloom in Alpine
Guardian of Edith Pal Twanteer and Helen Palmanteer Woodbury filed final account and discharge request in Brewster County Court. Cattle market notes a frantic week with mixed receipts, high steer prices to 16.90, cows varied, calves weaker, lambs steady, sheep prices flat as of October 1945. Court set October 8 for objections. witnesses and officials in Alpine, Texas.
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Texas
Brewster
Cas Edwards
Edith Pal Twanteer
Helen Palmanteer Woodbury
Comalmon
Plain Light Island
J. W. Frazer
Brewster County
Alpine
A. D
J.W. Frazer
Clarence Hord
Clara Kendzer
Village women to train as nurses under trust plan
Trustees of the Kasturba Gandhi National Trust Fund in India urge the Christian Medical Association to back a rural service initiative. They aim to train village women as nurses and midwives while developing herbs for medicine, with mission hospitals and training schools providing large numbers of trainees who pledge to return to their villages after schooling.
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Kasturba Gandhi National Trust Fund
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Christan Medical Assn. of India
Interdenominational
Mahatma
CM. ‘A
Mission Hospitals
Mission Medical
Vilelages
Government power rivals private firms in fair-play critique
The passage argues that government owned electric power systems gain unfair advantages, paying little taxes and receiving Treasury support at low interest. In contrast, private, business managed systems pay full taxes and fair loan rates. It claims over 80 percent of U S electricity comes from tax paying, self supporting utilities run by millions of citizens.
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U.S. Treasury
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Willie
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