Art Promotes 10 TP and L Advertisement Visual Romance
The Texas Power and Light Company runs an ad featuring a painting by Harriston Miller. The scene shows a rubber boat adrift 700 miles from the British Isles, with the sky tracing constellations as seen at the time, designed with expert input from Dr Roy K Marshall and shipyard craftsman to ensure nautical accuracy.
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Texas Power & Light Company
U. S
Atlantic
Harriston Miller
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Roy K. Marshall
Cook Observatory
University of Pennsylvania
Fels Planetarium
Marshall
British Isles
Mr. Miller
Cramps
Philadelpha
Local bonds spurred for Texas highway work by special session act
A Texas special legislative session allowed sub divisions of counties to issue bonds for road improvements, giving initial momentum to local bond projects for highway construction.
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Texas
Mrs C W Hinyard Visits Bryant Station This Week
Mrs C W Hinyard visited Bryant Station on Tuesday and Wednesday, staying for a short visit with local residents.
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C. W. Hinyard
Bryant Station
What You Buy With JW A BUND J War Bonds
The piece recalls American cavalry lineage from Indian wars to modern times and stresses the need for sturdy saddles gear and helmets. It urges buying War Bonds and joining the Payroll Savings Plan to invest ten percent of income in War Bonds, courtesy of the U S Treasury Department.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Christmas Cheer Fund Seeks Help for Cameron Families
Local relief drive led by Knights of Pythias with several lodges asks recipients to call a listed committee for aid due to gas rationing. Volunteers Mrs. J. M. McLean, Mrs. Albert Collins, Mrs. H. N. Tate, Mrs. Roy Griffith, and Messrs Don Isaacs and C. R. Isaacs provide contact numbers.
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Knights of Pythias
Masonic Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
American Legion
Cameron
J. M. McLean
Albert Collins
H. N. Tate
Roy Griffith
Walker Named in Who's Who Among American Students
Ben Arnold Walker son of J E Walker of this city will receive his B A from North Texas State Teacher's College in June and is listed in the 1942 1943 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
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Ben Arnold Walker
J. E. Walker
North Texas State Teacher's College
Walker
Lee Junior College
Goose Creek
Te College
Denton
Navy
Notre Dame
Yee High School
What You Buy Wis War Rounds
The text describes the 240 mm howitzer as the Army’s biggest field gun, twenty feet of barrel, with wheels removed for emplacement. It links wartime artillery to War Bonds and promotes payroll savings plans, urging readers to save ten percent. James P. Sutton from Johnstown, Pa., stationed at Camp Hood, visited Mrs. M. A. Chambers and her daughter.
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Pfe
James P. Sutton
Johnstown
Camp Hood
M. A. Chambers
From Morocco Where Navy Landed Troops
Phillip Tuma of Bethlehem on leave from his ship, an American destroyer that took part in the landing of American troops off Casablanca in French Morocco. Tuma, a Machinist Mate First Class in the navy six years, says the operation was completed quickly and involved French warships and shore batteries. He notes the crew returned soon after and speaks of the navy spirit.
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Phillip Tuma
Bethlehem
Casablanca
French
Morocco
Tuma
Pacific Ocean
Ile
Ife
Navy
Herald
Oxsheer Smith
Citizens National Bank
English Origin of Christmas Carols Origin Story
The article notes that English tradition traces carol singing to England with the first carol praising Glory to God in the Highest and Peace on Earth Good will toward men.
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England
Mrs Virginia Ferguson Event in Cameron Stirs Gause
Mrs Virginia Ferguson of Gause attended a Cameron event Tuesday stirring local residents. The report notes community interest and mentions Mrs Ferguson as a key participant.
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Virginia Ferguson
Gause
Cameron
War Bonds payroll savings plan urged to fund war effort
A wartime appeal urges Americans to invest at least ten percent of earnings in War Bonds rather than rely on wishful thinking or spare change. The Freamey Department promotes joining the payroll savings plan at offices and factories to “Top that Ten Percent” and save money for victory.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Hitler
Freamey Department
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Don Isaacs
C. R. Isaacs
Rockdale
Temple Life Insurance Company
Temple, Texas
Vernon Roberts
Walter B. Smith
Wallace
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
Lone Star Lines
Oklahoma
Southwest
Lone Star
Lone Star System
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