Mason Will Be Completed Soon
Kimble County readers learn of road work on Highway 20 from the Menard road through Streeter to the Mason County line. D W Hooper notes base paving from a caliche pit, two weeks to finish, then one coat asphalt. The Big Bluff Creek bridge remains under construction with paving already reaching Junction in Kimble and Menard counties.
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Kimble County
Mason County
Menard Road
Streeter
D. W. Hooper
Long Mountain
Hooper
Big Bluff Creek
Kimble
Menard
Edwards County
Binder Twine Supply: Adequate for This Year’s Harvest
The WPB Binder Twine Sub-Committee reports an ample supply for grain crop harvests. A new blend of cotton and henequen yields satisfactory binder twine.
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WPB
Be Sure Preschoolers Are Ready for School This Fall
Dr Geo W Cox State Health Officer urges parents to prepare children for school by ensuring smallpox vaccination before entry and diphtheria toxoid booster. He notes vaccination should be completed before school opens and recommends an additional toxoid dose for lasting immunity.
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Geo. W. Cox
Cox
War Ration Book III mailed to 122 million people
The War Production Office announced that 122 million copies of War Ration Book Three had been mailed by last week. If not received, residents should apply at their local board between August 1 and 10. A program to distribute books to eligible armed services members is being set up and recipients should sign their names and addresses on the cover.
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OPA
Armed Services
New Tire and Tube Applications Issued by WPRB
New revised form R-1 for tires and tubes is now available at the War Price and Rationing Board office and service stations. Beginning August 1 applicants must use the new form. existing certificates may allow tire and tube purchase if available, but those without favorable action must refile on the new forms.
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Office of the War Price and Rationing Board
Fewer New Tires Hit August Quotas Warned by OPA
The Office of Price Administration announces smaller August quotas for new Grade I passenger car tires with larger allocations for used and recapped tires. Officials warn eligible drivers may receive used tires as new quotas stay low, the lowest since last April.
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OPA
Office of Rubber Director
U S Plane Output Surpasses Axis Total Production
An Allied dispatch notes Army Air Forces produce about 4500 planes monthly, exceeding Germany Italy and Japan combined. Allies receive roughly 3000 monthly. In 34 years the service grew from a basic 32 mph plane to 73,132 planes in 18 months ending last July 1, with production set to rise above 7000 monthly. Ollie Floyd elected commander of Ballinger American Legion Post, after moving from Junction.
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Associated News
Army Air Forces
Germany
Italy
Japan
Army
United States
Ollie Floyd
West Texas
Ballinger
American Legion
Junction
Certificates Awarded in Red Cross Nursing Course
In Kimble County courthouse the American Red Cross Home Nursing Course taught by Mrs. J. E. Weideman awarded certificates to 26 of 28 entrants. Recipients include Mesdames Bishop Blackburn Bode Borden Cardwell Chadwick Coney Coney Dechert Dutton Evans Felps Holland Ragsdale Murr Morgan McClatchy Means Martin Rothmann McCarroll Bannowsky Bannowsky Bannowsky Turner and Miss Lois Goodman. Martha Gay Lewis visited the Rembold ranch over the weekend with Jean Rembold.
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American Red Cross
J. E. Weideman
Kimble County
Mesdames Chas. Bishop
M. E Blackburn
Edward Bode
E. R. Borden
Cody Cardwell
Ray Chadwick
Rufus Coney
Thomas Coney
Ben Dechert
Harold Dutton
Damon Evans
Joe Felps
Clay Holland
Irma Ragsdale
M. B. Murr
O. E. Morgan
Cecil McClatchy
J. B. Means
Albert Martin
Goodall Rothmann
C. W. McCarroll
Alfred Bannowsky
Chester Bannowsky
Guss Bannowsky
Jack Turner
Lois Goodman
Home Canners Warned Against Chemical Preservatives
The U. S. Department of Agriculture warns home canners to avoid canning powders and chemicals like boric acid and metabisulfite. Commissioner W. G. Campbell of the FDA calls these a health hazard. Safe practice is proper heat processing and thorough heat sterilization rather than chemical preservatives.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. G. Campbell
Federal Food and Drug Administration
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Calcutta
BOY Scouts OF America
Scouts
Scouting
Jesse Ball
BOY Scouts
Highland Chevrolet Company
Highland
Chevrolet CO
U. S
Martha Gay Lewis
Mrs
Frank Rembold
Jean Rembold
Moore's
Wm. Moore
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