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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1943
Page
4
Fragmented report notes rationing and public concern about the war. Mentions Mr C G Bronstad and a Red Cross service. Gandhi is referenced with nationwide unrest and a three week plan influencing the population. Lancaster High appears in text.
Fragmentary local report recounts personal visits, a January automobile accident with ongoing recovery, a parish priest visiting home, and residents like Dan Denshyre Sylvie Tata Glerk and Clament Rinchelow. Mentions Clifton west of town and a resident choosing to cease livestock care, with subscription details expiring February 20.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Brown and relatives from Majure California and Waco visited Mrs PB Shirley and Mr and Mrs Chris Johnson. Grant Ising and family, known rifle experts, travel to camps teaching soldiers gun handling. Ensign R A Obenhaus of Clifton, after Tucson training, is commissioned for Navy service and will serve in New York. Furloughs permit a Texas stop from Camp Barkeley to Abilene and Dallas where Bobby sees his sister and brother in law and meets his wife.
The readable fragment provides little coherent information. No clear event, names, places, or dates emerge to form a factual summary.
Army recruiting officer Claude Ki Rhinehart urges eligible young women in seven central Texas counties to enroll in the WAAC Auxiliary Corps. Tests are offered in Dallas with travel paid. women may travel from Waco and return the same day or form a platoon for a sworn-in ceremony.
The report notes Clifton and Cisco will open the junior college tournament held here today. It mentions entrants’ strength comparisons and upcoming matchups such as Paris versus Sardapse and Elper against the tourney winner, with Harold Caraway visiting relatives in the area.
Washington February 20 reports real talk about anti administration Democrats considering a third party if President Roosevelt seeks a fourth term. While some fear party unity in war and peace, others see a lasting undercurrent of dissatisfaction that could shape 1944 race even without a formal third party. Veterans and current officeholders echo the doubt, weighing chances of organization and impact.
The Caraway Family and Mrs J C Black extend heartfelt thanks for the kindness and deeds shown during illness and death. Words cannot express the gratitude for the support that eased their burden, and they hope to repay the debt in some way.
Mrs C E Pierson spent a weekend in Sweetwater where she joined her husband Pvt Cris E Pierson who is in Uncle Sam's forces stationed at Big Spring Texas and serving in the station hospital office.
Mr Martin outlines required practices for commercial wartime materials including certificates of war and material warrants. Receipts must endorse the sorting number, with originals to the seller and copies kept. Records should be available for examination by responsible representatives of the OD T upon request.
Statewide broadcast planned for all three brackets of the league finals at the University of Texas Gregory Gym March 1 to 6. Play-by-play will air on KNOW Amarillo KGNC Beaumont KRLD Dallas KYRH Houston KFRO Longview KTSA San Antonio KRGV Wes Inco KWET Window Falls.
An old advertisement touts government loan cotton and tire recapping services. It stresses March 1 rule changes, promotes recapping with 98 percent durability, and urges customers to act before rubber types shift to reclaimed. It notes cost savings and warns about judgments and nonrecapped tires.
OCR fragment shows visiting relatives and family mentions including Mrs Parker Careon and Linde Lee of Corslegiin, plus Mr Walter Golden and Mrs Ira Awutin. It also lists county district actions with real estate transfers to J D McCartp and Be dex positions, noting sums like 640 and 1.00 with multiple tracts from Murhardt, Bayhardt, and Geo Kelly surveys.
Mills Stewart remains a patient in a Dale Lane hospital recovering from minor operations performed this week. He was accompanied on the trip to the city last Friday by Mr and Mrs E E Stewart and their young son Charles Michael.
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