War tempo and home front controls shift as draft and price talks rise
A Washington letter discusses wartime adjustments in daily life and policy. It notes stricter controls on tires and consumer goods, potential shortages, and looming price and wage regulations. The Navy powers grow with enlistment of women for shore duties and a submarine production push. The writer forecasts labor and manufacturing shifts as war demands intensify.
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Tom
Sand Dine
Washington
Tania
W. R. Poage
11Th
Texas
Navy Relief Society Coordinators Call for Local Donations
Roosevelt honorary president leads Navy Relief Society effort to aid sailors families as Red Cross cooperates with Navy. Texas chairmen named by Attorney General Mann marshal local drives with a county total of 860.00 dollars. readers urged to donate at banks or to local chairmen for defense personnel.
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Navy Relief Society
Roosevelt
Navy
Admiral Dewey
Theoore Roosevelt
Red Cross
Relief Society
Navy Peronnel
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Navy Reef Society
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Fleet
Seven Seas
Ernest J. King
Gerald ¢. Mann
T. A. Greer
Morgan
C. C. Lain
Koppert
Ray Tidwell
Iredell
Chris L. Robne
Crawfills Gap
Gordon H. Williams
George Brook
Meridian
Virtnity
Social notes from Clifton area residents visits
A crowded weekend of visits and guest stays in Clifton and nearby towns includes Mr. and Mrs. Amon Frater of Waco hosting with J. E. Thomas, Mrs. Ethel Goodall Gatesville visiting relatives, and numerous relatives and friends from Clifton Waco Hico and Fort Worth stopping by. Betty Ann Gilbreath confinement with mumps noted. Corroborating mentions of Brotherhood Revival in Clifton and presbytery attendance in Waco appear among neighborly updates.
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Masite Hei
Amon Frater
Waco
J. E. ‘Thomas
Hugh Smith
Hilleboro
Wrater
Dan Veteto
Betty Ann Gilbreath
Ethel Goodall
Gatesville
Sam Bailey
Iceland
Eng
J. B. Gilbreath
Marjorie Walton
Clifton
Bonnie Shafer
H. B. Nutt
P. H. Barnett
Henry Snider
Fanny Smith
Grant Sadler
Frances Smith
Zada Oswald
Clifft
Husand
Vernon Rockwell
Bill Lackey
Hico
J. C. Sills
Lackey
Bills
Leslie Ellison
Chas, Ellison
George Harris
Ada Bell
Lydia Ruth
Dalian
Mas Corns Kironest
Corinne
Bernice Holt
Bunday
Jack Denton
of Sanderson
J. J. Jones
Sophia ‘Smith
Dudley 0. Henry
Carl C. Henry
Camp Blanding
Fla
Dumas
Texas
Audrey
Timmmonds Barnett
Hearie
C. C. Barnett
Clarence Handley
Hubbard
Jack Cawthon
Duane Skiles
Garland
Jim Sockwell
A. M. Ewing
Ocee
Vernon Sockwell
Orren Burns
Eula Goodall
P. H. Barett
Soldiers on Leave Struggle for Local Entertainment
A writer laments how soldiers stationed near towns get little to do on days off. Local areas lack sufficient entertainment facilities, leaving soldiers to loiter. The piece notes some towns offer community venues where soldiers can relax, while other places push them toward beer houses with unsafe conditions.
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Coopers Eos Army
Wold
Brerens
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Lone Star Gas System
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