Texas News Briefs From The War Years And Trade Turbulence
Texas growers receive two dollars a bushel for flax and linseed, with yields of ten to twenty bushels per acre near Corpus Christi. Texas farmers plant 96 000 more acres than asked, peanut production rising to offset imports, while gasoline sales fall 50 percent without rationing. Three glider pilot schools are opened in Texas at Waco Amarillo and Lubbock. An Italian grocer custody reveals a $49 000 cache and a $800 tank account. UT coeds volunteer for onion picking to ease farm labor shortages. Texas crops progress under USDA notes, and Lieut Reddy who bombed Tokyo repays a $150 debt to his mother.
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Corpus Christi
Tokyo
Uncle Sam
Pacific
Texan
Bateriay
Allen
Houston
FBI
Benito Mussonk
Muainesa
Kenneth E. Reddy
North Texas State Teachers College
Bowie
Roose Allen
Electra
Reddy
Army Air Corps
Texas Governor Praises Lions Slogan in Nation Safety Call
Governor Luke Stevenson broadcasts across four Lone Star Chain stations praising the Lions Slogan Liberty Intelligence Our Nation's Safety. He urges unity over party gain, cites Franklin and Roosevelt, and backs strong armed services to preserve freedoms and government by the people.
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Luke Stevenson
Texas
Lone Star Chain
Rome
Ben Franklin
Arul
Wtel
Texan
Stvite
Constitutional
Aaron
Moses
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Americana
Paul Massey Seeks Bosque County Judge Seat Despite Army Duty
A statement from Paul Massey explains his candidacy for Bosque County Judge while entering military service in 1943. He planned to withdraw if inducted but, facing campaign costs and local support, kept his name on the ticket. If elected, Massey would have the county court appoint a temporary replacement for the war’s duration.
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Hongue County
Texas
Paul
Bosque County
Commissioners Court
Elvetal
Hal
Taam
County
Juulne
Bonque County
Commissiahers Court
Paul Ha
Wwe
Heliul
County Dudge
Cwmpaigh TeFe
Neeralv
Morgan Youth Appointed to Naval Air Station Trainee
Thomas Washington Price, employed at Corpus Christi NYA War Work Center, was appointed by the Civil Service Commission to the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station as Helper Trainee at 180 a month. He received work experience at the station in maintenance and airplane engines, referred by the U S Employment Service, and attended related training through Corpus Christi Public Schools and the State Board for Vocational Education.
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Prine
United States
Corpus Chats Naval Air Staton
Corpus Christ Public Schools
State Board For Vocation Adacutan
German couple convicted as spies for Nazis in Los Angeles
Dr Hans Helmut Gros and his wife Prancen Gros were found guilty of conspiring to transmit national defense information to Germany. Hans faced an added charge for failing to register as a foreign agent. The judge called their actions as agent activity by a government and noted the wife’s emotional conflict between her husband and country.
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Los Angeles
Hans Helmut Gros
Prancen
Germany
Gros
Greg
Jen Harrison
Sam
Mark Quin
Narriwn
America
Bohne Family Visit Prompts Suit by Whitney Parents
Cor nwell City resident Mr and Mrs Tata Bohne visit their in laws Mr and Mrs W C Sauer. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Challen Whitney of College Station sue the Bohnes. Mrs Bryan Richards and her daughters Norabel and Stella Gale visit Meridian relatives.
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Tata” Bohne
Cornwell City
Mrr
W. C. Sauer
Bee Sinter
Nolan McMian
B.W. Whitney
College Station
Challen Whitney
Bryan Righards
Norabel
Stella Gale
Raines
Moridian
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Toby) Tennison Jr
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Dyess Feed Store
Clipton, Treas
Paul Massey
Cayote News
Wu Monde
Stampa
Arene
Ue UU
LA France
Inez Larsen
Glifton, Texas
Humble Service Station
Raleigh
F. FE. Lynch
Chevrolet
Rolet
Standefer
Dae En
Pete
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