Texas to Host MajorSynthetic Rubber Plants War Time Shift
As Japan strips rubber from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, Texas gears up with four large plants building toward 255000 tons yearly. Rubber Day marks the new industry, aided by cotton, carbon black and sulphur, with fate of synthetic rubber tied to cost cuts and wartime needs. Race tensions, labor disputes, and shifting industries loom as consequences of the war.
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Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Texas
South America
Mexico
Far East
ABC
Ben E. Keith Company
P. O
Fort Worth
Keith
Fruit Express
Gay Cooke
German Labor Strife Cited Against John L. Lewis
A German labor member says Germans suffer under nazism and that John L. Lewis harmed labor more than any factor. He claims Lewis would block peaceful settlement for miners who would then need him less.
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Germany
der Fuehrer
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Thrilling air show to headline Stamford Independence Day
The American Legion will stage an Independence Day celebration in Stamford July 5 6 and 7 featuring aerial acts including bomb drops from 3000 feet and stunt flying. Some bombs carry parachutes with American flags released at explosion heard miles away.
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American Legion
Stamford
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Christian Church
Roy Townsend
Ford
Leeders Baptist
Walter R. Alexander
The
Baptist Church
Rock Hill
S. C
First Baptist Church
Local society notes from area towns
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Larche return from a Rio Grande Valley trip. Leslie Larche and family depart for a Colorado vacation. Mrs. J. J. Mooney and son James visit Waco relatives. M. T. Wilson and Roby visit R. C. Thomas home. Wilson once bank cashier. Oswalt returns from vacation in Quanah and Dallas. attends Druggists convention. works at B. Yates Drug Co. in Roby.
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Terry
L. E. Larche
Rio Grande Valley
Leslie Larche
Colorado
J. J. Mooney
James
Waco
Druggists’ Convention
Oswalt
B. Yates Drug Co
No. 1
Sagerton Sewing Club Meets Hosted by Mrs Williams
Mrs I R Williams hosted the Sagerton Sewing Club gathering last Wednesday with a social hour followed by ice cream and cake. Members and guests included J W Burrow Melvin Lewis W Z Summers B Hess Anna Hawkins J A Clark M Y Benton Frank Bilberry G A Leach Ethel Laughlin and Mrs O E Durham with visitor Mrs X R Banks. The next meeting is set for Wednesday June 30 at Mrs G A Leach residence with Mrs Laughlin hosting. Staff Sgt Anda Vee Neiast of San Angelo is here on 15 day furlough.
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Williams
I. R. Williams
Sewing Club
J. W. Burrow
Melvin Lewis
W. Z. Summers
B. Hess
Anna Hawkins
J. A. Clark
M. Y. Benton
Frank Bilberry
G. A. Leach
Ethel Laughlin
O. E. Durham
X. R. Banks
Anda Vee Neiast
San Angelo
Furloughs and Visits Highlight Local Notices
The column notes 15 day furloughs for Pfc Schroeder and Sgt Dedmon visiting family in Bryan and Camp Polk. It lists numerous local visits across towns including Camp Shelby and White Face, with residents and relatives visiting or hosting relatives for Father’s Day.
4-H Club Meeting Closes Summer Program in Angleton
Rule Mrs W F McKerrall of Angleton Kenneth Busby of Houston Miss Joyce Stegemoeller of Stamford and Mr and Mrs Cliff LaFevre attended a 4 H Club gathering in the lunchroom with home demonstration agent Miss Cathryn Sands and sponsor Mrs X R Banks. Sands led a canning discussion and demonstrated caning plums and beets as corn and apples were dried. Martha Schmalenbeck major of home economics from the State University of Austin was present. The meeting ends the 4 H Club program for the summer.
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W. F. McKerrall
Angleton
Kenneth Busby
Houston
Joyce Stegemoeller
Stamford
Cliff LaFevre
Cathryn Sands
X. R. Banks
Miss Sands
Martha Schmalenbeck
State University of Austin
Aubrey Adams Enters Radio Training Program
Aubrey Adams has been transferred from Sheppard Field Wichita Falls to radio school in Sioux Falls South Dakota. He had been in glider pilot training until its discontinuation. His wife works at Stamford Flying School. Adams has two brothers in service Virgil Adams in New Guinea Army Quartermasters Corps and Hubert A Adams in the South Pacific Military Police. They are sons of Mr and Mrs J H Adams of Copperas Cove and brothers of Mrs Roy Smith.
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Aubrey Adams
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Stamford Flying School
Adams
Virgil Adams
New Guinea
Army Quartermasters Corps
Hubert A. Adams
South Pacific
Camp Bowie
Albany
J. H. Adams
Copperas Cove
Roy Smith
Burnet Llano and Trans Pecos Granite Notables in Texas
The passage notes that Texas stone resources are led by the granites found in the Burnet Llano region and the Trans Pecos area. It emphasizes these granites as the most notable among state stone deposits.
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Texas
Burnet-Llano
Trans-Pecos
Miles Locke Heads to Officers' Candidate School
Miles Locke son of Major and Mrs. Frank Locke of San Antonio will report in July to Officers Candidate School at Ft. Benning Georgia for a 16 week course for commission in the Infantry. He is a senior at Texas A and M College Bryan and was inducted at Ft. Sam Houston in March and sent back to finish the spring term. The family lived here for years before moving after Major Locke was mobilized with the National Guard.
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Miles Locke
Frank Locke
San Antonio
Ft. Benning
Locke
Texas A. and
M. College
Bryan
Ft. Sam Houston
National Guard
Stone for the present state caps he of Texas
A stone for the present state cap was produced at Granite Mountain near Marble Falls in Burnet County Texas.
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Texas
Granite Mountain
Marble Falls
Burnett County
Shamburger Lumber Co. Involved in WALI Paper and Carivas
Local note mentions C A Shamburger Lumber Co. in connection with entities WALI Paper and Carivas. Details unclear but indicates business ties or contracts linked to the three names.
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Wali Paper and Carivas
C. A Shamburger Lumber Co
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East Hamilton Street
Detroit
Axis
Bowen Pope
Hamlin Herald
Pope
Hamlin
Hitler
Stamford American
Arthur P. Duggan
Littlefield
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Conention
Amarillo
R. W. Haynie
Abilene
Col. R. L. Penick
Porter Whaley
WTCC
American Red Cross
A. H. Goldsticker
Dorothy Ruth
Robert Frances Culbreath
W. F. Culbreath
Hico
S. H. Caldwell
Temple
Mr. Caldwell
Express
A. Blackwell
A. L. Langford
Sinclair
Sinclair Petroleum
Sinclair Refining Company
CO Sinclair
West Rotan St
L. C. Goad
Stamford, Texas
McMurry College
Abi
Sagerton
Mr. O. G. Neinast
Fam
Willié Schroeder
L. Schroeder
Pfc
Schroeder
Mississippi
Herbert Nierdieck
Pvt
Camp Shelby
Miss
Dorothy Lee Benton
Miss Benton
Stegemoeller
Lubbock
Fred Cornelius
Cornelius
Rule
Betty Jo Anderson
State Theater
J. P. Caudle
Aspermont
W. P
W. B. Dedmon
J. R. Laughlin
Mrs. van Laughlin
Officers’ School
Keiths
BEN E. Kemh Company
Keith's Fruit Express Kgko
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