Texarkana Letter on War Plants and Local Life
Reporter Fred Hartman details Texarkana’s wartime plants the Lone Star Ordnance Works and Red River Arsenal, noting their vast size, 7060 workers, and payroll near a million and a half monthly. He recounts visits, meets Major De Verter, and mentions local sports plans with Lufkin in the bi district final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
USA
Feo
Lone Star Ordnance Works
Red River Arsenal
Baytown
Humble Oil and Hefining Company
Nelson McElroy
Hotel Grim
Lufkin
Austin
David
Rosse) Johnson
Kosse
Kosse Johnson
Chicago
Isaiah Verse Echoes Humility and Ruin
A morning verse reflects on human frailty and moral failure as Isaiah 64 6 compares all deeds to filth and our sins to wind carrying us away, stressing a need for divine mercy and washing.
No Tax Relief Warns Of Federal Encroachment
Dallas readers hear tax expert H. Cecil Kilpatrick from Washington warn that lower federal taxes are unlikely and that centralized government expands federal power. He notes the income tax of 1913 fortified national revenue, eroding state sovereignty, with Texas heavily taxed by federal funds.
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H. Cecil Kilpatrick
Washington
Dallas
Tony
Kilpatrick
The
Dallas Times-Herald
Congress
Texas
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Utah
Twenty-third amendment proposal and youth versus age in politics
The writer suggests changing presidential age rules to require eligibility at twenty one and to limit tenure to forty five, arguing youth balance progress and tradition. He cites editorial praise of youth optimism and laments national gloom, urging readers to consider whether age shapes governance. The note ends with a playful pig pen anecdote about towels.
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McWaller
Beytoun Texas newspaper edition details and prices
An old Baytown Texas newspaper page lists the Daily Sun Company at Pearce and Ashbel Beytoun with Robert Matherne as publisher Fred Hartman as editor Syd Gould as advertising manager Beulah Mae Jackson as office manager and subscription rate notes. Subscriptions are payable in advance with 3 month and annual figures, including a Baytown Texas post office under congressional authority and armed service coupons.
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Daily Sun Company
Pearce and Ashbel
Beytoun, Texas
Robert “Matherne
Fred Hartman
Syd.s. Gould
Beulah Mae, Jackson Abedoetnsege
Baytown
Texas
Congress of
Best Dressed Ike Tops Nation in Guild List
Henry McLeMore savages Ike Eisenhower as best dressed, listing Clark Gable, Sammy Kaye, Dan Topping, Arthur Murray, Lauritz Melchior and others. He mocks American fashion norms while predicting Ike’s 1942 presidential bid, arguing voters value practicality over style.
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Henry McLe
Custom Tailors Guild of American, Inc
Ike” Eisenhower
Clark Gable
Sammy Kaye
Dan Topping
Arthur Murray
Lauritz Melchior
George F. Schreft
Ralph Edwards
Thomas F. Murphy
Harry E. Gould
Eisenhower
United States
Clark Gables
Napoleon born on Corsica or Elba or St Helena lands
Inquiries ask where Napoleon Bonaparte was born among Corsica Elba or St Helena plus a set of trivia items. The notes mention Roosevelt era VP Henry A Wallace and other birthdays and events including Anthony Eden resignation and Chamberlain seeking peace with Germany.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica
Elba
St. Helena
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Washington, D. A
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues With Names Guess
Crossword puzzle style clues with many errors and misprints. Includes a name guessing feature about a French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz and a heavyweight boxing champion born in Lucknow Germany. Also contains astrological notes and scattered erroneous segments about locations and periods.
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Cote-Saint Andre
Grenoble
Faust
Beatrice Et
Benedict
Paris
Lucknow
Germany
United States
Johnny Risko
York
Pauline Greudun
Jack Sharkey
New York Boxing Commission
Sharkey
New York Commission
Willie Stribling
Telling Me By Rit A Chorus of Oddities In Spring News
A collage of quirky notes spans gorilla hunts in the Congo zany radio mispronunciations a police parrot case a fortune in a Detroit parrot and Dr Klaus Fuchs admitting atomic secrets sale. It notes unions at the Metropolitan Opera and a general mood of radio TV and baseball era irony.
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Detroit
Emil Klaus Fuchs
Have A Laugh Arkansas Yarns About The Joint Stake
A folklore Arkansas tale describes a joint snake built like a bookcase that shatters into multiple fragments when struck. A farmer hits the creature, it breaks into nine pieces, reunites, and the parts hunt for the missing middle section before the snake slips away.
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Arkansas
Trees From Acorns Grow Church Invests Its Building Fund
Rev Murph of Baytown Cedar Bayou leads a fundraising plan for a new San Antonio church. He splits $1000 into $10 for adults $5 for youths and $2 for children to invest funds, returning principal plus profits for a Palm Sunday ceremony to seed a $20,000 building with a $5,000 goal.
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Herman Murph
San Pedro Avenue Methodist Church
San Antonio
Acorns Grow Church
San Pedro Avenue
Baytown
Murph
Cedar Bars
C. Hernan Murph
Aiurph
Cedar Bayou
Quote on unity and leadership from Steinkraus dialog
The speaker stresses that facing danger requires courage and cohesion among citizens. He warns against hollow promises of greater benefits and urges leaders to provide direction with wisdom. The message underscores building a united, resilient nation to meet challenges.
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Steinkrausa
Press Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Barclay On Bridge Start Moves and Early Inference
A bridge problem discusses timing a deceptive move to mislead the opposition. It analyzes East West vulnerability, opening bids, and how premature or delayed plays affect outcomes, illustrating ruffing, trump control, and suit development with a sample hand and questions for readers.
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West
South
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Rice Hotel
George C. Aarshall
Red River
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Depot
DE Verter
Texarkane
Paul J. de Verter
Craffordsville
Wabash College
Uncle John
da Goose Creek Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
Dan Shults
Sun
By Erich Brandeis
Nature
Che Boptown Sun
Acheson
New York Yankees
Murray
Melchior
George F. Schrafft
Society
Guild
Murphy
Ivan la Lorraine Albright
Anthony Thieme
Helvin Warr Albright
Mary Garden
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Russel Crouse
Herold
Muddy) Ruel
Cleveland Indians
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Ging
Neville Chamberlain
Daily Crossword
Aceross
Ruth
Bashan
Kingdom
Africa
India
Pluto
Fhipster
Ife
Scotland
Australia
Hector Berlioz
Max Schmeting
William Rit
Gargantua
Champ
New York
Zazaree Brandy
Sey
Sam
Cleveland
Friend
Metropolitan Opera
Songbirds
Boyce House
Creal
Barclay
Wastz
Rqtioe
Shephard Barclay
Howgy Ever
East
Lsgas
wesTesse
Sony
Greater Baytown
Harris CounTy FeDeral — Savings & Loan Association
Corner DeFeé and Gaillard
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