Local wartime notes touch politics crops and tax stamps
A garbled wartime page reports Governor Dewey’s Chicago nomination and MacArthur support, Civilian requirements fears, and a federal motor vehicle use tax starting July 1 1944. It surveys farm weather prospects for corn and grain, notes grain crop hopes, and mentions a postal tax stamp program. Major Arnold H Spitzer promotion noted with hometown background.
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Atmo
Wffeet
Cineal
Brontiad
Lamb ration plan described amid price controls
A garbled notice outlines a ration scheme with fixed portions for pork veal lamb and beef. It mentions a 20 part per person allotment every four weeks and a July period starting Sunday with rate unchanged. Names and clear details are obscured in the OCR text.
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Shiblay
Carla
Buy and Me War Bonds Amid Turbulent Market
Wartime bond drive messages warn of inflation and postwar cash needs as prices swing. Officials urge citizens to invest, noting high inflation risk and the importance of holding bonds to stabilize the economy and support recovery.
Local residents visit in Meridian and Whitney amid hospital stays
Newman Wallace and Mrs H R Shaddock of Meridian visit Wallace in Dallas area hospitals where he is recovering, while ZF Warley of Whitney and others near Good-Witcher Clinic Hospital remain under care. Captain Wegner returns from Camp Ritchie on leave to Clifton and Dallas visits. Corporal Joe Cooper, long listed as ill, shows steady recovery in McCloskey General Hospital as family calls on him. A separate note mentions Eisenhower approving a program to curb flood of dollars by limiting spending of American soldiers in postwar French stores and eateries.
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Henry Cooper
H. P. Cooper
Charles Rhoades
Loraine Rhoades
Temple
Joe Cooper
Southwest Pacific
McCloskey General Hospital
Clifton
Joe
Herated
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Engand
Italy
Local Notices And Social News Snippets From Clifton
A roundup of social visits and local happenings in Clifton Texas includes Mias Hstelle Reese visiting from Waco, a one room apartment for rent in a home, Dr G W Gottis Sr hosting guests, and relatives from Dallas Arlington Fort Worth stopping by. Mrs George Golden of Whitney underwent hospital treatment and returned home. Mrs W C Hurst plans a visit to Hillsbury to see family. Master Dink Humphries is among early Central Texas beneficiaries of penicillin at the local hospital with about a week of treatment expected to aid recovery.
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Jol Port
Dallas
Stanley
Miles
Master Dink Humphries
Texas
Man Made Rubber From Goodrich Plant Quoted
Four Clifton men aided in making a fit at the Goodrich Silvertown Plant. Clarence Handley Frank Everett Wallace and C H Glover joined others in sourcing man made tires. A G Gillian notes the big stock of synthetic tires in all sizes.
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Silvertown
Clifton
Clarence Handley
Frank Everett Wallace
C. H. Glover
A. G. Gillian
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