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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
2
Homemaker notes describe a DIY shoe shine kit and a ventilation friendly laundry hamper. The kit uses scrap lumber with a top closed box and a shallow inner space for polish cans and brushes. The hamper, built from a four foot square of plywood, is lightweight, well ventilated, and paintable. Pattern 280 includes cutting guides, diagrams, and a materials list. send 15 cents with name and address to obtain it.
A quiz sheet lists ten trivia prompts including completing a line from a poem, directions of trade winds, a Greek myth figure with bronze claws, Haile Selassie’s claimed lineage, the singular of apices, Fleet Street’s fame, the least populated U S state, the world’s deepest freshwater location, whether Big Ben is the largest clock, and the former name New Holland for Australia.
The notes present varied items from literature and geography. It mentions Medusa, Solomon and Queen of Sheba, and a Colgate clock claim. It lists newspapers, Nevada population 91,000, The Dead Sea, and an easterly direction toward the equator.
The large personal guest book of Man o’ War, retired near Lexington Kentucky, holds over two million visitor names from 24 years at Faraway Farms. The record illustrates the horse’s enduring legend and public interest across decades.
S/Sgt. Arthur Freund, a 25 year old overseas veteran, is among thousands to be discharged under the point plan. He will remain to aid the war effort on the home front while caring for his invalid wife Bertha after an auto crash. Fort Dix, N J hosts a separation center chosen for Freund as the nearest to his Brooklyn home.
The ceremony presents Sergeant Freund with final discharge papers and separation qualification record. He receives his discharge button, service medals, and mustering out pay totaling $300 after overseas service, including $100 initial pay, with congratulations on an excellent service record.
The army’s last duties include signing papers and stamping the discharge while inspecting issued clothing. The government plans a postwar effort to file and preserve records for over 10 million service members. Complete war records will guide all future claims on discharge day.
The discharging of the vast armed forces has started and will continue for months after V J Day. Many servicemen wish to stay in uniform during peacetime and provisions are being made to allow remaining in the regular army navy or marines. No mass naval discharge is planned now. naval demobilization will mirror the army process once under way.
As war winds down, automakers plan 200 000 cars this year and 400 000 in early 1946 with one piece windshields and full hubcaps. Public optimism soars as belted paint and new shapes return, while Jim wartime shortages fade. The Post Hitler Boiler is near and the drive toward victory continues on the road ahead.
A humorous exchange portrays restaurant patrons and staff debating red points for meat orders and coupons. The dialogue mocks point systems while businesslike lawyers and a San Francisco conference on five bases in baseball spark satire about future peace and base running.
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