Less Whitaker Joins Smokeless Ranks Of Deputies
Deputy Less Whitaker quits smoking along with Deputy Dick Vaughan and Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi as part of a broader move. Texas Highway Patrolman Byron St. Clair, stationed in Amarillo Dalhart and Shamrock, says he will be inducted from Wheeler County soon.
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Less Whitaker
Little
Less
Dick Vaughan
W. D. DeGrassi
Texas
Byron St. Clair
Amarillo
Dalhart
Shamrock
Wheeler County
Sta
Texas Payrolls Still Increase
Texas payrolls and employment rose in December according to the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. Industrial payrolls were 296 percent higher than the previous year and 3 percent above November. Overall employment rose 11.7 percent from December 1940. A new Commerce Department unit was created to aid small businesses during the war period.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Department of Commerce
Perioxt
Cotton ginning shows decrease in 1941 output
Washington January 23 1941 The census bureau reported that cotton of 1941 growth ginned to January 16 totaled 10 240027 running bales counting round as half bales The data indicate a decline from earlier months and reflect the year's early ginning activity.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Intimate London View Amid War Letters From Streatham
An inch by inch look at wartime London from Mrs. William Sheppard in Streatham reveals daily life during raids rationing and shortages. She describes casualties evacuees and her hopes for Christmas meals and luxuries while noting a possible Natural Service Bill and duty shifts.
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London
William Shepard
Mortimer Close
Streatham
S. W
H. E. Fulford
Crestway Street
Bomber Takes Life Which Surgeon Saved
A life boat carried 10 year old Margaret Smith from a Shetland lighthouse to safety after an appendicitis operation saved her life, but she was killed by a bomb dropped by a daylight raider. The report notes a paramedical rescue and tragic death in wartime.
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London
Shetland
Margaret Smith
Margaret
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