Gruesome Grocery Murder in Bronzeville Store
A young negro robber shot and killed White storekeeper Robert Berg 38, hacked the body with a meat cleaver, then idled as a clerk waited on customers for about ten patrons before fleeing with cash. Berg left behind a bloody scene as police traced the killer’s sign taunt. Berg, husband and father of two daughters, was slain after a pistol duel and a command to keep serving customers. In a separate note, Lieut Commander Robert F. Martin ends university duties to report for sea duty at Texas.
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Chicago
Bronzeville
Robert Berg
Napoleon Sutton
David Neal
Berg
Neal
Austin
Dutles
Naval Science and Tactics
University of Texas
Robert F. Martin
Smaller Oil Operators Hard Hit by War Cuts
Texas oil men face sharp production cuts as Harold Ickes orders a 960000 barrel daily cap for May. Most wells are shut 18 days this month due to tanker shortages and submarine losses, with 1512000 barrels daily demanded by buyers for May. Humble Oil warns West Texas storage fills by May without tanker outlets.
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Austin
Texas
Harold J. Ickes
Federal Petroleum Co
Texas Railroad Commission
Gulf Coast
Jerry Sadler
Olin Culberson
Washington
Ickes
Ickes Telegram
Harry C. Wirss
Houston
Humble Oil Company
West
Southwest
Wiess
Inventive Genius of American People Is Greatest Weapon
Memphis April 22. A. I. Elder of the War Production Board told the American Chemical Society that Americas inventive genius is the world’s greatest secret weapon. He cited four engine bombers proving their range and resilience, and noted ongoing wartime ideas flow from the national inventors council and the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Elder praised collaboration among machinists, chemists, and universities, and said education will increasingly yield productive results with the wartime incentive.
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Memphis
Tenn
America
A. I. Elder
War Production Board
Washington
American Chemical Society
Hitler
Elder
United States
Ruhr
Tokyo
WPB
Hirohito
National Inventor's Council
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Bushel Daily
Charles F. Kettering
Inventor's Council
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Heavy Thumbed Artists Draw Attention To Short Weights
In Austin on April 23 the Texas Weights and Measures Association reports a campaign at its Fort Worth meeting May 7 and 8 to curb heavy thumbed butchers and other short measures. The piece notes a chorus in Yankee Doodle Dandy featuring Frances Gladwyn as an hourglass figure in the film about George M. Cohan.
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Austin
Texas Weights and Measures Association
Fort Worth
Frances Gladwyn
George M. Cohan
Guardsmen to Rifle Range to Mobilize Sunday
Guardsmen from Company C Texas Defense Guard will move to the rifle range Sunday with transportation provided. The unit will depart the armory at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, meals arranged by the mess sergeant, and mobilization plans by First Sergeant McAllister. All members should attend tomorrow night’s drill for last minute instruction including trigger squeeze by First Lieutenant Jack Rogers and sighting by Second Lieutenant Stanley.
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McAllister
Jack Rogers
Stanley
Ownership Change Since 1937 Noted
The fragment states a party has owned it since 1937 and held ownership for two years, indicating a recent transition from an earlier period of ownership. The sparse text confirms historical ownership duration but lacks additional names or locations.
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Tckes
Panhandle
Davenport
Boise
Ames
Iowa
Wilmington
Del
National Inventors Council
Office of Scientific Research and
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York N. Y
He Music Store
Pianos
Taylor St.pamarilo
Sy Levusea Wheeler
Texas Defense Guard
Todat
Cretney Drug
Cucewe Jarais
Pampa
Borger
Amarillo
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Cretney's
Polk Street
Amarillo, Texas
Drene
Lextron
Mennen
Saraka
Danderine
Johnson
Quart Johnson
Pablum Ste Mennen Baby Set
Dc Johnson Baby Oil
Frances Denney
California
Walker's
Seagram's
Old Taylor
DU Barry
Cata Nome Cosmetics
Helena Rubinstein
Vita Ray
Taboo
Denney
Dorothy Perkins
LUX Soap
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