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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1943
Page
7
A wartime digest lists ration coupons for gasoline and food stamps with valid dates, and explains the Second War Loan Drive raising 13 billion dollars. It notes Army victory gardens, tin collections, and quotas for farmers, service men, and workers, plus new price controls and ration transfer rules.
A factory boss reassures Bessie about not meeting the ten percent War Bond pledge while she requests a dollar a week to contribute after living expenses. The report urges participation in payroll savings plans and highlights wartime sacrifice by American women and workers.
A jumble of humorous snippets from a gathering includes jokes about chemistry earnings from tooth extraction and slow dental work, a cynical Navy slogan joke, racey puns, and crossed wires in conversations. The fragments hint at social humor, misheard lines, and wartime quips.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Berger celebrate a newborn on April 7 named Lelevahath Abn. Pvt Gus Popp deferred from Army for farm work. stationed near California Camp. Miss Agatha Leopold had tonsils removed by Dr Weinheimer. Martha Leopold returns from Ursuline Convent employment in San Antonio. Hugo Schoellmann and wife arrive from Needles California. he to work as Santa Fe Railroad foreman in Houston. War era farm shifts affect crop plans. spring weather mild. corn growing. peanut and sorghum planting rising. soil-building crops fewer.
The plan provides rubber tires and tubes to convert about 20 000 tractors and implements from steel wheels since May 1 1942. County war boards certify farmer applications for tire use and list needs based on road access soil and topography to maintain dairy farm operations. Selective Service boards are instructed to return experienced men to dairy farms and to reassign 18 to 45 year olds to essential duties or dairy work as needed. U S Department of Agriculture notes a large vegetable pack output and civilian supply expectations for the year.
The passage describes a country lad peering into a banana offered by an amused man. He takes a bite, enters a dark tunnel, and returns trembling with fear. A woman asks why he hesitated and notes his one bite turned him motionless.
The following boys have been named as lettermen in Basketball for the past season Co Captains Sonny Spanihel and Gorden sey Edward Causey George usey Charlie Spalinger Gene Selph and Stanley Kueherle Those days that will receive pe letters Roland Ini Durbin and Kenneth Davis finished third in the fir st season behind El Cianpo nbeng On the boys Edward Causay Oh inger Gene Selph Gene Day and Kenneth Davis will return for another season of
Laughlin Hospital reports a variety of patients over the past week including surgical cases Mrs Earl Carter and Mrs N L Reading, medical patient E W Smith of Houston, Mrs W T Shaw Gurwood, Mrs Victor Engelhard, and newborn Doris Wilson. Also listed are Alvin Kohleffel and Mrs JS Peters in city areas, plus Charleen Moore and Bow Austin in color sections. The notice mentions Mr and Mrs E O M Kyevin arriving from East Towis with Pvt Glean Inveson home on weekend. Miss Ellie Jowkes of Phienin stayed with her aunt Mrs A M Kveton.
Mrs E F Munford member of the Columbus school system was a guest of her mother Mrs Selma Fitten on Saturday in a social note reflecting local community figures and family ties in the city.
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