19 Dec 1941
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text shows wartime labor shifts and price hints, with scattered mentions of Meantime markets, public notices, and local travel references. Named entities are unclear due to garbled source, but the piece reads as a mixed-page collage of wartime economy cues and unrelated notices.
Fragmented OCR notes mention Granium Cracker answers on Page 5, a Derby open event for poets, and university names. It also references a national leap and an emperor in a doubtful story.
Joe Bailey Morris a Dallas lawyer died of a heart attack. The obituary notes his political activity, campaigns for state and national offices, and his family: wife Mrs Morris and sister Mrs Gillian. Morris was born in 1909, with services planned for Saturday morning.
A public notice details an ordinance to create the Municipal Defense Council of Del Rio with a vice chairman, powers to organize and coordinate defense activities, collaborate with city departments and private agencies, and establish subcommittees and training rules. It outlines appointment, removal, and reporting requirements and aims to protect life and property.
The U S oil industry accelerates during wartime with measures to conserve and expand supplies. Observers note reductions in octane requirements and gasoline lead, plans for a sharp drop in use of alkane substances, and forecasts of drilling up to 45 000 wells in 1942 amid efforts to boost reserves for 1943.
A string of Del Rio area visits and residents traveling to nearby towns is reported. W F Dahl of Port Isabel, Mrs J R Miller of Brackenville, Mrs Lloyd Leonard of Fort Clark, and Mrs Reeves R Houghton of Fort Clark were Del Rio visitors Thursday alongside several Brackettville, Comstock, and Carta Valley residents. Allan Howison visits his sister in Del Rio. Otto Baker and Sam Hutchinson visit from Devils River and Eagle Pass. Frank Reagat of Tucson is staying in Del Rio with Averill and Stockland relatives. The group plans trips to Minneola, Arizona, and other local stops for Christmas holidays.
Clyde Mills underwent an appendectomy Thursday in the Medical and Surgical Clinic. He was reported doing likely improving by Friday.
A special Texas committee led by J B Tabor will push defense savings stamps in Del Rio stores as part of a nationwide effort. The Texas Retailers Defense Committee seeks broad participation, aiming to expand to smaller towns and coordinate with the national program to aid the war effort. In Wallce Idaho, Hecla Mining Commission announces a six day week with time and a half for Saturday, affecting about 600 workers across Hecla Star and related mines as part of war production.
Washington reports Lt Col Laurence F H Henley that for the first time in U S history married men may apply to the Aviation Cadets program. Qualifications include ages 20 to 26, U S citizenship ten years, physical fitness, and college credit requirements or equivalent coursework.
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