Army blood typing program to speed emergency transfusions
Corporal Gerald J Schmitz reports the U S Army Blood Typing program will assign each soldier to one of four major blood groups and create a donor network for rapid transfusions. The initiative, begun at the request of Surgeon General James C Magee, aims to enable immediate donor contact after injuries and could influence universal typing in birth records.
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Sigler du Ry
Army of the United Non
Army
Gerald J F. Schmitz
U. S. Army
Victoria
James C. Magee
Corporal Schmitz
Schmitz
Medical Department
Proclamation Declares Keep ’Em Flying Week in Texas 1941
Texas Governor Coke Stevenson proclaims December 14 to 20, 1941 as Keep ’Em Flying Week to promote Army Air Corps aviation cadet opportunities. The proclamation honors the Wright brothers and calls for citizen cooperation to aid recruitment for pilots during World War II.
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Texas
Ted
Eighth Corps
Army
Army Air Corps
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Coke Stevenson
Austin
A. D
Phone No 4 for an appointment the latest in hairstyles
MARBURGER'S Beauty Shop advertises a phone line for booking and highlights contemporary hair trends and services. The brief promo emphasizes accessibility and up to date styles in a neighborhood shop setting.
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Marburger’s Beauty Shop
Gums that itch or burn warn of pyorrhea
An old Stop Notice from Shiner Drug Co urges prompt dental care warning patients not to wait for pyorrhea. The advert promises a money back guarantee if the first bottle of LETO'S fails to satisfy.
Help Your Kidneys Turners Juno Tablets Ad
Help your kidneys with Turner s Juno Tablets offered by KUHN Pharmacy. The ad promotes a box at guaranteed sale prices 50c and 1.00 with claims tied to functional kidney or bladder disorders causing symptoms like getting up nights backache disturbed sleep dizziness or rheumatic pains.
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Kuhn Pharmacy
Army War Dept issues late enlistment orders and calls for skilled trades
Army officers report new War Department orders authorizing enlistment of unallied men in the United States Army and the urgent call for one hundred automobile mechanics for the Air Corps. Recruits will report to San Antonio stations and then be sent to Shepard Field, Wichita Falls. The Army seeks amateur and commercial radio operators for the Signal Corps with a license accepted in lieu of testing. Enlistments now run for the duration of the war plus six months with possible demobilization upon hostilities end.
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United States
Laurence H. Hanley
Hanley
War Department
Col
Air Corps
San Antonio
Builders’ Exchange
San Angelo
Temple
Austin
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Texas
Army of the United States
Signal Corps
Turkey Shoot at Boedeker Store Sunday Activities
Turkey shoot scheduled at Fritz Boedeker's store on Sunday December 21 at 1 o'clock. Hen turkeys only.
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Fritz Boedeker
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Coke R. Stevenson
Temple Lumber Co
Fischnar
Mgr
Shiger, Texas
Joe’s. Market
Federal Insurance Deposit Insurance Corp
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First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ows BP
Garbade Lhbr.Co
WAR Dept
Turkey
Mrs. America
Westinghouse
America
the Stars and Stripes
Feogen Foods
E. H. Willmann
Westinghouse Dealer
Gilat GhattaHe
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. H. Maneth
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