Senators Probe Shirt Shortage in Humorous Hearing
In Washington on February 27, Senators Bankhead Hoey Willis Bilbo Shipstead and Aiken examined a comical shirt shortage on their special agriculture subcommittee. Witnesses from Alabama Tennessee and beyond described scarce stock and odd clothing preventives while voicing frustration with OPA rules and shortages.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Raymond E. Willis
Indiana
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Hendrik Shipstead
Minnesota
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Special Agriculture
Fox Relax Annex Index Convex Climax Box Lynx Mix Onyx Complex
The list presents a sequence of words featuring varied endings and embeddings. It includes animal names such as Fox Lynx, mythical terms like Sphinx, and technical terms like Annex Complex Paradox Apex Perplex. The collection demonstrates diverse phonetic and semantic groupings.
Moffett withdraws from lieutenant governor race
Senator George Moffett of Chillicothe withdraws from the lieutenant governor contest. He cites Allan Shivers’ expected announcement next Sunday and says he will seek re election to the state senate.
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Sen
George Moffett
Lost and Found Bureau Opens at Senior High School
Student congressmen opened a lost and found bureau at the Senior High School with a display case near the second floor entrance. More than 100 items including fountain pens jewelry and cap pistols were placed on display. Each item is tagged with finding date finder and place and unclaimed articles return to the finder after a set period. Mrs Dorothy Haynie sponsors the student congress.
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R. B. Norman
Dorothy Haynie
Amarillo official urges date shift for state league meet
Chas. M. Rogers superintendent of Amarillo schools proposed moving the state Interscholastic League meet from May to late April to avoid a rule that bars students who turn 18 after May 1 1945 from competing. This year’s meet is May 2 3. many Amarillo athletes would be eligible until May 1 but would become ineligible when the event starts. Rogers notes the rule was not meant to work this way and cites a UT extension director's letter upholding the current ruling for this year while next year the league plans to change the rule to fix the technical issue.
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Chas. M. Rogers
Amarillo
Austin
Rogers
Dean T. H. Shelby
Division of Extension
University of Texas
Escaped Convict Is In Custody Again
Fort Worth February 27 A 48 year old convict Jess Hill escaped from Wynne prison farm February 18 where he served over 800 years. He was recaptured Tuesday by Parke County Constable W A Bledsoe after being found hiding in brush and chased from a hay barn by a farm worker. Initial reports said a German prisoner also hid in the barn.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Jess Hill
Wynne
Parke County
W. A. Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Hill
Itching First Application Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims one application of Blue Star Ointment relieves eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies with repeated use until healing. Money back if the first jar fails to satisfy.
Beware elimination when you have a cold Calotabs
Caution against constipation during a cold and promotion of Calotabs as a dependable intestinal eliminant. It claims the product sweeps virus-laden mucus and putrefactive waste to aid natural battle against the cold and urges use as directed on labeling.
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Nature
Weatherford burglary case tied to prior sentences
A man confessed to entering three Weatherford, Texas businesses Monday night but charges will not be filed due to his prior lengthy sentences. The text also includes a miscellaneous glossary of terms and unrelated phrases.
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Weatherford
Tex
Hill
Mexican farm bloc vows to push US classifying bill
Sen. Joaquin Martinez Chavarria announced that the farm bloc in the Mexican Congress will seek to pass legislation classifying the United States. The declaration came amid debate on agricultural policy and trade implications.
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Joaquin Martinez Chavarria
Mexican Congress
Forest fires threaten East Texas pine woods
Marshall report notes foresters scanned the skies for rain to halt a large fire outbreak in East Texas pine woods. District forester M. W. Dunmire called the previous day the most disastrous in many months as fires burned seedlings and standing timber across 1,625 acres in the northern half of the 14 county district.
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East
Texas
Marshall
East Texas
M. W. Dunmire
Fires blamed as patrols report spread near Marshall
Patrol aircraft reported 15 fires in the area west and south of Marshall Sunday while reports note Abadan Iran hosts the world’s largest oil refinery.
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Trict
Dunmire
Marshall
Abadan
Iran
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Toomey
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Grace Moore
Richard
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Fillmore
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