Interesting News at Cranfillis Gap and Fort Worth visits
Local notes detail visits by Mex Archi Wickman and Miss Dorothy Olson of Fort Worth, soldiers from Camp Hood and Camp Polk, and several residents from Fort Worth and Waco visiting relatives in the area. News mentions Mr. and Mrs. Gaston and family, baby news, and Captain William Cherry with Pearl Bateman.
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Mex
Archi Wickman
Darothy Olson
Fort Worth
Fuente
M. Prather
Camp Hood
Ws. Prather
Malcolm Smith
Emmett Smith
Waco
Charles Broyles
Rural Solberg
Carrol Johnson
Camp Barkeley
Abilene
Indoet Visi
Induw
Si Johnson
Prasier Gaston
Grady Pendleton
Denison
Dennie Pendleton
Mea
Charles Westley
Sop Phaples Hayden
Mount Vernon
Linois
Ras Gaston
Clifton
Mable Ranum
Denver
Colorado
B. R. Maakestad
Glyde Bronstad
Bris Picat Cironstad
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Otis
Carrol Nelson
Jersey
Guy
N. J
Tim Nelnon
Claun
Camp Edwards
Mass
Ehine
Gle Olson
Ervin Knudson
Fort
Mirm
Bertelson
Lee Amundson
C. N. Sand
Carl Swenton
Eon
al Dallas
Bi Jckman
Minnie
Amudson
Dallas
Albert Knudson
James
Heebee
Ida Nelson
Glenna Dell
San Antonio
Sven Hanson
Oliver
Terry Tergerson
Orville Reesing
Garlon Leonard
Forts
William Cherry
Pearl Bateman
Robin Hunter
Bateman
Cherrys
Dallas News
Jill
Eddie Rickenbacker
Feed Mill Grinding Opens for Full Operation
Our feed mill is now in full operation offering fast and quality grinding. We sell all kinds of feed and will tailor poultry and dairy feeds to your needs. We have Carbolineno in stock and a Bronstad gin 40-2te for pest control.
Texas prison plan to let convicts join war effort
Houston November 12 Texas prison board chairman Dr Lister said convicts may be freed to apply for service in their counties fighting forces. A special board would judge applications and some prisoners with good records would be released to join the draft. Texas could supply about 1500 soldiers. nationwide estimates reach 200000 from penitentiaries. The plan could start in January with high risk offenders excluded.
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Houston
M. Lister
Texas Prison Board
Lister
Vut
Army
Nny
National
Seletive Service
Prsons
Lieter
Texas
Certificates of War Necessity For SAS Vehicle Rations
Operators of trucks buses and taxies must hold war necessity certificates before applying to the local war price and rationing board for mileage rations. County chairman Mr. Handley explains these certificates issued by the Office of Defense Transportation form the basis for transport rationing. The certificate states miles allowed over three months and gallons of gasoline needed. The board will set transport rations based on mileage, not exceeding certificate limits, with coupons torn from the ration book.
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Handler
Office of Defense
Trent
Fr. Handley
Yond
Atypical Man and the North Star of Ink Fame
A narrator recalls O Henry’s claim of the typical man about town and his own chase to read a New Yorker style tale. He reveals how a Texas journalist, Wesley Winans Stout, invited him to write a post and recounts the thrill of receiving an acceptance letter offering $500 for an article.
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O. Henry
Ing Post
The
Post
Texas
Wesley Winans Stout
Mexia
Wrest
Barnes Broiles
Gladewater
Boyce House
Stout
Unmailables and Mail Channel Notice from Post Master
Officials warn against chain letters and unmailables sent by mail. Instructions urge cooperation to keep mail channels open and efficient. The notice also notes a new synthetic textile filament, weighing about one twentieth of silk, with a diameter near one thousandth of an inch.
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University of California
Santa Clara
Corneil C. Brown
Eigh
Cranfilis Gap
Geraldine Robne
France
SAS
Oy Boyce
Austin
Office of Defense Transportation
U. S. Track Conservation Corps
U. S
America
Toby
Bet Buanhie
Rolling
Neill Victors
Seale Ales
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Mark—A. L. Bronatad
W. A. Johnson
Meridian
Dallas Morning Nea
PT. Wort
Waco News-Tribune
Waco Times-Herald
Houston Chronicle
Clifton Record
C. A. Pemberton
Meridian, Texas
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