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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
2
Fragmentary wartime report shows US economy tests with five billion dollar stock and hearings on budget language. Mentions rubber shortages, tire redirection, aircraft production, and a plaguing rumor about plague transmission from rats and fleas. Roosevelt’s ninth year noted. breath-holding record cited.
A Houston Telegraph text from Feb 23 1842 recounts a frontier encounter involving a brave woman guiding oxen through mud under cannon fire and a pursuit by Captain Rover. The piece also notes postage rate changes for letters and newspapers and a $2000 General Education Board grant to the University of Texas for a junior college workshop.
Aubrey Williams of the National Youth Administration ordered immediate shutdown of NYA projects not turning out war production workers. In a letter to state admins he notes adjustments are required, conceding some projects like school buildings and community services are not essential to the war effort and must be terminated to push workers into defense roles.
Week’s meals show Monday entries with pork and beans batter fried items, grits, lettuce salad with tomato dressing, muffins, grapefruit note, and liver with vegetables. Wednesday features cream peas cabbage with bacon sauce, muffins, ginger apple pudding, grapefruit juice. Friday lists salt pork dressing dried hens carrot trips oatmeal muffins half apple or half grapefruit.
A long list of church events across Texas communities includes St. Clay Lutheran in Stanford Gap, Our Savior's in Norse, Trinity Lutheran, First Presbyterian, and others. Schedules cover Sunday schools, divine services, choir practices, confirmation classes, youth meetings, and Lenten or midweek services with times and host families where listed.
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