We’re After Hitler Houston County War Bond Drive
A 1940s Houston County Alabama editorial urges residents to back the Second War Bond Drive. It frames war funding as civilian duty, pledging to fund two bombers with a county quota boosted by 10 percent to 869000, and calls for prompt, decisive support through War Bonds. It praises local patriotism, lists places and battles, and motivates readers to act without delay.
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Houston County
Alabama
Adolf
Houston
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Bataza
Corregidor
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
North Africa
Alaska
Iceland
Ireland
Britain
Battle of
Coral Sea
Midway
Europe
Berlin
Tokyo
Hitler
Treasury
Controversy Over Press Access to Postwar Conference
Editorial attacks President Roosevelts handling of press access to the upcoming United Nations food conference. It argues the closed sessions and government handouts threaten democratic principles, urging Congress to demand attendance by its delegates and full reporting by major press associations.
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Roose
State Department
Pearmenides
Tte
Preas
Pre
Stephen Early
Office of War Information
Elmer Devis
Roosevelt
Tured
Barbs and Ball Collector Tale Becomes Unpopular Topic
A garbled clump of phrases mentions a settlement worker and a ball collector, hints at a cat friend, a liquor shortage, and late nights. The text trails into unrelated remarks about going through rye and students not claiming something, illustrating a fractured, unreadable OCR fragment.
Watson Absence Tax Breaks and Treasury Rulings Change
A lengthy financial dispatch details Thomas Watson's six month absence from the United States in 1937, his involvement with the International Chamber of Commerce, a medal from Adolf Hitler, and the Treasury’s revised rule 116 A limiting six month tax deductions to truly consecutive absences. It covers related investigations by Internal Revenue, the New York Federal Reserve directors, and notes political context with ambassadorial figures and postwar tax debates.
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Macone
America
Treasury
Handel
Eiteum
Maccom
Fr & Pet N
Sax
Internatenal Camber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Lane
Hull
Watson
UCL A
Internal Revenue
United States
United Stated
Canada
Jong-nosed Kugh McQuillen
New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Mexico
Galveston
Los Angeles
Charles Bedaux
Luke of Windsor
Behaw
Thomas Watson
John Winant
Fred Ig
Middle East
Cairo
Jimmy Grnes
Senate
Aftica
Nelson
Wilson
War Production Board
Suiney Wernbergwik
Wien
Lane Powers
New Jersey
Tate
Amilus
Gaunt
Billy Phillipa
Houward
FDR
Caroline Astor Dray
Fmilies
Phallipa
Italy
Fetoain
Haland
Art
Staites
Paulos Os Pow
Lord Linlithgow
Viccrox
Oxford
General Wavell
Bombay
Calcutta
Ail Pillara
Hritinh Raj
Let There Be Light and a New Christ in Battle
A fragmentary poem recounts faith and visions of divine aid in conflicts. The speaker recalls companionship with a protective figure, a sight under Heaven that only God understands, and a Sword of God in His hand guiding through battles. References to Zechariah and prayer frame the poem’s martial spirituality.
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Christ Thera
Sword of God
Gordon Johnatone
Ernie Pyle In Africa in Tunisia Frontline hospital tale
In a Tunisian frontline American hospital I share fruitcake with Corporal Lester Gray a Chicago jeweler turned lab tech and hear of his wife’s first fruitcake. a famed dog mascot Lady travels with soldiers through Ireland England and Tunisia. a hotel dinner with French officers ends in a poignant reunion scene as wounded veterans and a chaplain sing regimental songs.
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Tunisia
Gray
Armerica
Sergt
Edward Moody
Minneapolis
Ireland
England
Air Force
Feriana
Orchids for Army Wives and Home Front Reflections
Logue writes of orchids delayed for next week due to office duties. He recalls conversations with Army officers wives in Dotha about adapting to move and home life, praising their efforts to secure housing and balance family needs amid wartime displacement.
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Rey Ralph Madson
Dotha
Tow
Letters from Draft Board No. Three Visit Pages
A veteran writer reflects on soldiers from Draft Board No. Three leaving town, urging politeness and unity across regions. He praises mothers and fathers at home, notes homesickness, and recalls Rotarian support as eighteen and nineteen year olds head to unfamiliar fields with mixed emotions.
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Draft Board No
Ne Dothan Rotary Club
Mom
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Dixie Transfer
Eternal Granite
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