A Boy Died Last Night In Deserted Wasteland
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt recalls a boy who died alone in a remote desert area after a plane crash. The piece contrasts the stark loneliness with memories of home and loved ones, urging readers to understand the sacrifice and endurement of those left behind.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Postwar Reconversion Plan Urges Rapid Industry Shift
The American Federation of Labor executive council urges the War Production Board to plan immediate reconversion from war to peace industry, plant by plant, with rapid capital investment incentives and assurances against excessive taxation to boost peacetime production and employment. William Jennings Bryan quoted. quote about humble folk and righteous cause closes.
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If We Should Lose Texas Sicily Compared in War Talk
An early wartime column compares Sicily’s capture to losing Texas, arguing Texas dominates sulphur citrus and wheat output while Sicily contributes to Axis needs. It notes resources like fish, olive oil and rubber, and mocks German strategic ideas amid the rapid Sicilian advance and Goebbels’ reactions.
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North Africa
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The Man Becomes The Law In Wartime Coal Policy
A critique argues that government seizure of coal mines mirrors Nazi logic that the end justifies the means. It warns laws are being torn up to serve a favored class and that future authorities may replace laws with whoever wields power, turning men into law.
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Hot Dawg and Rastus Laugh Over a Courtroom Mix Up
A humorous exchange features Moe and Joe debating medical terms and a courtroom scene where a wife pledges to carry on after him. Rastus and Liza join in with jokes about a dead end and a playful misunderstanding of medical words. The banter ends with a pun about a haircut named after growth removal from the head.
Low-Down on a Jap Spy and a Curious Bus Stop Encounter
A wartime column recalls a Japanese spy report criticizing morale in the United States and a seaside bus stop anecdote where a man avoids small talk about time leading to a chain of drinks and a neighborhood kitchen encounter involving his daughter.
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United States
Jones
Community recreation bids sought for Orem area project
A Texas rural residents group formed under the State Board of Control invites bids to rent an area office near Orem Utah for a motion picture theatre screaming pool open air dance hall softball and baseball field operations. Bids addressed to Mr Weaver H Baker Chairman must be received by 10:00 am September 16 1943. Specifications available from Resident Engineer State High Department Marathon Texas. Early Roman vessels carried baskets at the masthead indicating cargo carriage.
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State Board of Control
Austin
Texas
Orem
Utah
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Highway Department
Marathon
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