Housewives Urged to Save Fat for War Effort in Texas
Texas fell 34 percent of its salvage quota as the War Production Board urged deeper household fat collection. Governor Coke Stevenson called on housewives to save at least one tablespoon daily and asked butchers to accept fats for renderers, naming local salvage chairs or county officials for guidance.
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Austin
Texas
Coke Stevenson
War Production Board
Phillipines
Dutch East Indies
Far East
Stevenson
Texas Legion membership tops 44 000 in history
The Texas department of the American Legion announced a total membership of 44 000, up 7 500 from previous highs. The 44 000th member is Jim E. Salser of Theodore Roosevelt Post No 391 in Houston. The department war conference will be in Galveston from August 15 to 17.
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Austin
Texas Department of the American Legion
Jim E. Salser
Theodore Roosevelt
Houston
Harry E. Rather
Texas Department
Rather
Galveston
Words Not Found In Your Dictionary
A collection of humorous definitions by R. Roy Keaton describes common terms with ironic twists. Entries cover topics from dentistry and geniuses to war and matrimony with concise, wry observations.
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R. Roy Keaton
Two From This Section Are War Prisoners
War department casualty list reports two local men held as German prisoners. Sgt. Cecil Schutz of Waelder and S Sgt Anton Schacherl of Moulton are identified as captured servicemen.
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War Department
Cecil Schutz
Mary L. Schutz
Waelder
Anton Schacherl
Theresa Schacherl
Moulton
Boehm Serves With Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier in England
Cpl Edwin A. Boehm, son of Mrs Margaret Boehm of Moulton, has been with a Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier group in England since early this year. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces on January 13 1943.
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Ninth Troop Carrier Command
England
Edwin A. Boehm
Margaret Boehm
Moulton
Ninth Air Force
Air Force
Moulton Bay Chosen For Ensign Training
The Navy selects Henry A. Butschek Seaman Second Class from Moulton for its V-12 college program. He is stationed at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and will begin college July 1 to train as an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve.
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The
Navy
Henry A. Butschek
Butschek
Moulton
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi
U.S. Naval Reserve
Farm Machinery Repair Shop Opens Under National Defense Program
J. F. Novosad runs a farm machinery repair shop as part of the national defense program. The shop operates every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 to 11 PM. Repairs are offered at no charge to those with repair work.
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J. F. Novosad
National Defense Program
Moulton Soldier Promoted With Fifth Army in Italy
Pfc. Lawrence J. Narvar and his wife Annie of Moulton Texas report his promotion to corporal. Narvar serves as a cook with an anti aircraft unit of the Fifth Army stationed in Italy.
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John C. Williams
Moulton
Texas
Edgar Smith
Omaha
Nebraska
Cape Gloucester
Fifth Army
Italy
Lawrence J. Narvar
Annie
Lenhardt Lequa Promoted to Corporal in Italy Division
Lenhardt Lequa of the South Division in Italy has been promoted to corporal. He is the son of Mrs. Fannie Laqua.
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Lenhardt FE. Lequa
Italy
Fannie Laqua
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Mgr
Texaco Products
U. S. Tires
State Bank
Moulton, Texas
Iewfeer
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Airforce
Moulton Bay
Moulton Eagli
C. F. Knape
Adlerika
Kotzebue Drug Company
Motor Sales
Ford Sales and Service
Ce Jarosek
GEO. H. Lee’s Products
Moulton Hardware CO
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