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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1944
Page
2
A humorous exchange unfolds with a judge and waiter over boiled eggs as a joke about guilt. A caller teases relatives, noting familiarity with neighbors but never meeting a brother named George. A small boy hints at appearance while a quip about song hits suggests they’d be missed.
A professor in a university lecture room addresses students and notes an extra attendee, a donkey, present among the seated class, prompting a lighthearted remark about seating.
In rural England American Marauder crews from Texas and Oklahoma share war stories and plans for postwar life. Men from Tyler and Coweta, plus Houston and McKinney, recount 35 to 53 missions, aircraft roles, and hopes to return home after defeating Nazi Europe.
The piece outlines interagency blame for military and labor draft confusion in Washington. It cites Manpower chief McNutt opposing an industrial draft, notes conflicting directives from the armed services, and mentions Col. Leonard Ayres. It also covers 4-Fs in labor battalions and Hull’s radio statement favoring international cooperation.
Flying Cadets at Ellington Field practice radio code sending and receiving as they train for air combat. The Texas flying schools are turning out thousands of air corps men monthly amid engine hums and wartime noise.
A quaint note offers an actual size pattern for a set of three wall brackets shaped in a heart motif to decorate a living room. Includes directions for cutting assembling and finishing and asks readers to mail 15 cents for Pattern 263.
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