Wallace amplifies Latin American ties in postwar air reach
Vice President Wallace tours Latin America to foster air diplomacy and civil aviation cooperation. The piece notes Latin nations moved faster to build aviation and remain ahead in civil use, while the United States lags in war navigation and postwar planning. Senator McCarren urges clear separation of war and postwar issues and stresses internationalism on an aerial scale.
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Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Henry Wallace
Henry
Pat McCarren
Wright Brothers
United States
Europe
Amazon
Rio de la Plata
Rio Grande
Patagonia
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Tob
McCarren
Britain
Wallace
Service Members Visit Bowie and Begin Training
Pfc Joel C Cook of Ft Jackson S C visited Bowie friends after induction last December. He heads to Yoakum Texas to visit his parents. Pvt Billy C Taylor of Bowie is in Camp Butner NC with an infantry company. Pfc Boyd Bolton of Colorado visited his Bowie sister Mrs Mark Campbell. Pvt Glen R Prater of Bowie has gone to Kansas State Teachers College Emporia to begin five months Army Air Force instruction toward becoming a cadet. WAAC Eunice Elkins of Bowie is training at Fort Des Moines Iowa with the Women's Auxiliary Corps.
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Joel C. Cook
Joel Cook
Ft. Jackson
South Carolina
Army
Bowie
Yoakum
Texas
Billy Taylor
North Carolina
Billy C. Taylor
Camp Butner
E. J. Taylor
Boyd Bolton
Pvt
Glen R. Prater
W. H. Prater
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Kansas
Army Air Force
Army Air Forces
Flying Training Command
WAAC
Eunice Elkins
Bowie High School
Women’s Auxiliary Corps
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Bowie License Office Sees Brisk Vehicle Registrations
The Bowie sub station of the Tax Assessor and Collector reported brisk business as owners rush to register cars and trucks before the April 1 deadline. The office opened last week in the city auditorium basement under Wade Bond to save Bowie motorists trips to Montague.
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Bowie
City Auditorium
Wade Bond
Montague
Bowie Grocery To Re open In Ideal Building
The Bowie Grocery Company plans to reopen in the former Ideal Grocery building within days after being destroyed earlier this month. Owner Joe H Garlington hoped to open by Saturday but rain and late fixtures hindered progress. A full set of fixtures and a large stock of merchandise were being installed and delivered. Miss Jane Rook of Dallas visited Dr. and Mrs. E P Harris this week.
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Bowie Grocery Company
Ideal Grocery
Joe H. Garlington
Garlington
Bowie Majestic Theatre Schedule Highlights
The Bowie Majestic Theatre lists a busy lineup with The Daring Young Man featuring Joe E Brown and Lloyd Nolan in Apache Trail, plus Adventures of Smilin Jack. Mickey Rooney stars in A Yank at Eton with newsreel and Disney cartoon. Monty Woolley and Roddy McDowall headline The Pied Piper and Valley of Vanishing Men. Arabian Nights features Jon Hall Marie Montex and Sabu.
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Joe E. Brown
Lloyd Nolan
Donna Reed
Mickey Rooney
Eton
Disney Cartoon
Monty Woolley
Roddy McDowall
Butchers and Livestock Dealers To Meet On Permits And Quotas
The Montague USDA War Board will discuss permit issuance for buying and selling livestock and 1942 quota allocations for slaughter at a March 29 meeting in the District court room. Farmers and dealers must record all sales within 30 days and stamp meat with permit numbers, aiming to curb local slaughter and ensure meat reaches the military.
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Montague Usda War Board
District Court Room
War Board
Food Distribution Administration
Department of Agriculture
Army
Navy
Market For Waste Paper Open Again
Last year many groups collected waste paper but found no market. Now a Dallas based company will buy magazines and newspapers at 35c per hundred pounds for newsprint and 45c for magazines. Transportation of waste paper to Dallas adds 15c per hundred. only 20,000 pound lots or larger are accepted at several trip points. smaller lots are less favored.
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Dallas
Allred Nomination Fails To Pass Committee Vote
Washington D. C. The senate judiciary committee declined on a 9 to 9 vote to report favorably President Roosevelt's nomination of Jimmy Allred as judge of the fifth circuit court of appeals. The committee also declined to postpone consideration, effectively keeping the nomination alive for future action.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Jimmy Allred
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Manufacture of 300 Items to Start War Era Goods
The Office of Brice Administrative unit signals urgency in starting production of 300 essential civilian items. High demand and war needs threaten replacements, with inventories near vanishing point before 193. Plans aim to assign higher priority to manufacturers for goods in production or out of production for the war’s duration.
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Brice
Wartime meat ration values set by Office of Price Administration
Washington dispatch details the official consumer point table for meats cheeses fats oils and canned fish effective March 29. The 16 point weekly limit per person tops the canned goods 12 points with items priced per pound from eight to twelve points and guidance on uniform pricing across forms and brands.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Montague Oil Production Sees Weekly Gain and New Discoveries
Montague oil output rose to an average of 8,689 barrels per day for the week, up from 8,610. Continental reports its No 1 W A Richardson near Bowie flowed 222 barrels of oil and 90 barrels of water in ten hours after perforation in the Caddo lime. Completion would mark a third pay discovery at the site, with other Continental wells in Simpson and Strawn sands and further rigs active nearby.
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Bowie
W. A. Richardson
Continental
P. Mueller
Strawn
W. L. Kancaster
Stoneburg
Three Inch Rain Lifts Area Farmers Prospects
Farmers, merchants, and Victory gardeners praised a three inch rain that fell Wednesday. The moisture promises wheat oats and Victory garden harvests and should free pastures within weeks, enabling earlier planting and easing stock and cattle feed shortages.
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Victory
Important Farm Meet Saturday in Bowie for Sweet Potatoes
Farmers and others interested in producing sweet potatoes for a commercial market are urged to attend a meeting at the City Auditorium in Bowie on Saturday March 27 at 2 00 P M. A market outlet is secured and seed potatoes will be provided to signers of contracts to sell at market price. All contracted potatoes will be sent to the Army and Navy for soldiers.
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City Auditorium
Bowie
Army
Navy
Services Held For Ray Guy Buckner
Funeral services for Ray Guy Buckner 69 died at his Bowie home March 12 were held at Sunset Baptist Church March 14 Rev A J Quinn conducted the service Burgess Funeral Home in charge Buckner born December 10 1873 in Illinois member of the Baptist church He is survived by his wife Mrs Zennia Buckner a niece Mrs Merle Lankford who has lived with him and two brothers Henry and Riley Buckner of Park Springs Pallbearers were Lyndell Whetsell Hubert Farr Luther Scott Gene Buckner and Dave Whetsel
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Ray Guy Buckner
Bowie
Sunset Baptist Church
A. J. Quinn
Burgess Funeral Home
Mr. Buckner
Illinois
The
Baptist Church
Zennia Buckner
Merle Lankford
Henry
Riley Buckner
Park Springs
Lyndell Whetsell
Hubert Farr
Luther Scott
Gene Buckner
Dave Whetsel
Hospital News Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Eliza Sutton and R E Weeks of Bowie, T H Jimerson, Jo M Steadham of Saint Jo. dismissal list features J D Jameon of Montague, Steaham of Saint Jo, Jimerson with daughter Patricia June, Weeks with daughter Lou Ellen, Russell Scott, Walter Black, Fenoglio family, Sims in Henrietta, Holder family with son Jimmie Warren.
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Eliza Sutton
Bowie
R. E. Weeks
T. H. Jimerson
Jo M. Steadham
Saint
J. D. Jameon
Montague
O. M. Steaham
Saint Jo
Patricia June
Lou Ellen
Russell Scott
Walter Black
Ray Fenoglio
Donald Ray
Charlie Sims
Henrietta
W. R. Holder
Jimmie Warren
Farmers Must Obtain Slaughter Permits in Montague County
Montague County farmers who slaughter meat for sale must obtain slaughter permits by Thursday April 1, per the new meat program. County USDA War Board will issue permits at the local AAA office. Dealers buying or selling cattle, pigs, or sheep and holding stock under 30 days must also obtain a permit and keep records. home use slaughters are exempt.
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Montague County
Usda War Board
AAA
H. A. Reynolds
Wickard
Reynolds
County War Board
Banks Have A Whale Of A Job And How To Help
Banks face staffing shortages as they take on ration stamp duties and War Bond handling. Readers can speed service by endorsing checks properly, drawing their own deposit slips, organizing and facing currency, and writing checks before reaching the teller window. Such steps reduce errors and save time for everyone in line.
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Uncle Sam
Is it Better to Prepare Than to Repair Talk at Bowie Rotary
Dr E P Harris spoke before the Bowie Rotary Club on how home church and schools shape good citizenship in youth. He stressed outside activities in later schooling build careers and urged older men to engage with young people. Garrett of Lyon Matthews Co attended as a guest.
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Bowie
Garrett
Lyon & Matthews Co
Mrs Lewis Lester on Week‑Long Southern Visit
Mrs. Lewis Lester leaves Wednesday after a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Hurdt of Bowie and sister Mrs Stanley Robertson and Reggie of Denton. Enroute to Biloxi Mississippi she will visit another sister Mrs Wm I Lane in Houston.
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Lewis Lester
Arthur O. Hurdt
Bowie
Stanley Robertson
Reggie
Denton
Biloxi
Miss
Wm. I Lane
Houston
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Henry A. Wallace
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Bowie Grocery
Jane Rook
E. P. Harris
Bowie Majestic
Allred
Chile
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Bowie News
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