Cotton's ongoing battle to keep Texas as a cotton stronghold
The Dallas News argues cotton remains central to Texas business and economy despite floods and competition. It notes farmers faced planting losses and weed infestations while urging stronger varieties, better policy, and freedom from bungled controls to safeguard cotton’s future amid global rivals and synthetic textiles.
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Dallas
Waco
Houston
Washington
Cotton Research Congress
Brazil
Argentina
Russia
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Dallas News
Community faces harvest help and preparedness questions
Letters from Hollis and Moore County urge shared responsibility as nearby towns cut servicemen visits. Editors warn against complacency and call for national readiness, taxes, and extended military training to deter future trouble.
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Hollis
Childress Army Air Forces Bombardier School
Hollis Weekly News
Clarks
Lindberghs
Nyes
Atlantic
Pacific
Ickes
Dorothy Thompson
Wallace Crowd
America
Army
Navy
Air Corp
Marine Corp
San Antonio Battle of Flowers Ends A Prewar Era
The writer laments Hitler era changes in Texas ending San Antonio’s Battle of Flowers. He recalls crowds, vendors, and the parade’s vivid spectacle surpassing Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses, noting last event and comparing memories with old songs and social scenes.
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Texas
San Antonio
Pasadena
California
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Leo Carrillo
War Band, Stamp Drive Aids Soldiers In New Front
The Red Cross clubmobile tours army posts overseas weekly with loudspeakers playing records talks and sports casts While two girls offer free doughnuts coffee cigarettes and gum and hand out reading materials to troops The piece also notes Latin American nutrition concerns in the U S linking dietary deficiency to higher disease rates from New Mexico research.
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American Red Cross
United States
University of Texas
New Mexico
Wartime Digest: Coupons and Travel Restrictions
Rural Press Section summarizes wartime ration stamps and travel limits. Gasoline coupons four gallons. sugar and coffee stamps through summer. meat and processed foods stamps extended. ODT defines nonessential trips. photos of soldiers' children permitted under V Mail rules. Victory Tax moves to 20 percent withholding from July 1. Grain farmers aided with fuel and tire support for custom harvesters.
Sticker and price measures spark wartime controls on consumer goods
The government announces OPA stickers on shoes to guard against black markets and maintain ration-free sales after damage. It outlines price limits for frozen produce including asparagus and strawberries, details tool and wire distribution to farmers, and explains car resale tire-inspection and lumber measures. War spending for May reaches about 7.878 billion dollars, with daily expenditures around 288.6 million.
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OPA
U. S
Local notes drift through small town life and war updates
A jumble of short items from a small town records daily life during wartime. Neighborhood residents like Mrs. W M Tucker and Mrs. Carl Newsom are mentioned with health, social, and garden efforts while others pursue Red Cross classes and WAAC uniforms.
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Carl Newsom
LaVerne Eiland
Red Cross
TH. A. Holcomb
WAAC
War Savings Bond Drive Highlights Wartime Support
The piece urges belief in Allied victory and notes Texans' funding via War Savings Bonds while reporting only one commercial failure in Texas in March and seven failures in the first quarter of 1943. It cites Secretary Morgenthau on citizen investment and mentions amphibian jeeps aiding flood relief with land and water rescues.
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Texas
Texas Bureau of Business Research
Shipboard time eight bells and city’s holy name
The text asks when eight bells occur at sea and notes Jerusalem as the holy city. It also mentions gate receipts of a contest and lists cabinet positions and U S government posts. It inquires about British currency and a continued page reference.
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