Third of Draftees Rejected for Health Defects in Texas
Texas State Selective Service data show 28.79 percent of the first 9 506 draftees were rejected for health defects. I-B rejections totaled 967 with 163 eye defects 122 hernia 132 syphilis and 97 skeletal issues. IV-F permanent rejections numbered 1 770 with 430 skeletal defects 235 syphilis 189 vision impairment and other conditions. Public health progress since World War I is noted as insufficient without broader local health services and citizen cooperation.
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Austin
Texas State Headquarters For Selective Service
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Pen Pricks by Thad Adams
A collection of wit and observations on politics, aging, and local quirks. The columnist notes the Iowa town of 800 reveals it sits in Nebraska triggering tax effects and jokes about editors and truth.
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Iowa
Nebraska
World in a False Face and the Masquerade Gap
A 1941 snapshot of a long running costume rental business facing its worst season as a generation grows up without masked balls. The owner cites modern pressures like draft and taxes, noting people no longer seek glamour in costumes or role play.
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Marshall News Messenger
Blood Circulation Speed Across Body
The text notes that blood circulates through the entire body in fifteen seconds and passes through the heart four times each minute.
The Spice of Life Jokes in a Georgia Evangelist Crowd
A Georgia crowd hears a negro evangelist describing hell with teeth jokes. Characters include a toothless mammy and Rastus on a sea voyage as light humor mingles with religious preaching and social stereotypes. The parsonAlso remarks on golf and moral lessons.
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Hell
Sistah Jackson
Quick Witty Quotes and Timely Jokes from Daily Life
A collection of brief humorous exchanges and observations. A golfer jokes about turf and swearing while another quips about a squeaky mouse. A farmer retorts to a photographer about a pocketed pose. A saying notes courage rising with adversity.
Glove Gaffe Tests Doctor Patient Bond
A doctor apologizes for reopening a patient to remove a rubber glove left inside. The patient jokes a dollar could buy another glove. A separate scene shows an old gentleman addressing a flashily dressed man asking for the bridge room. The man laments the semi finals defeat.
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Nere
Father reassures child amid new baby talk
A father responds to his four year old who fears being replaced by a new baby. The boy asks why he is crying and implies concern about losing his place in the family. The father calms him by acknowledging his feelings and the arrival of a sibling.
Bayonet Drill Leads Rookie to Face the Dummy
A sergeant mentors new soldiers in bayonet practice as a recruit stumbles and crashes face first into a dummy. An elder's quip about sticking targets and cooperation with the inevitable sits aside the drill.
Gravity Law Before It Was Passed
A humorous exchange contrasts gravity's law with its historical adoption. Frankie asks how people stayed on Earth before gravity existed, and Daddy points to the law of gravitation as the answer, highlighting a playful curiosity about scientific progress.
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Rastus
Frankie
Family asks if Heaven awaits father who stays busy
A child asks if they will reach heaven someday and a parent hopes so but notes the father cannot leave his business. The exchange shows family faith and the pull of work on priorities.
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Mamma
Papa
Whitewright
When my horse bolted, I yelled they went up that way
A humorous exchange recalls a race day mishap. A spectator leaned over the fence, pointed, and shouted that the winning route was away, prompting laughter. The line captures sporting banter and crowd energy from a past event.
Halo Too Tight Doctors Joke Ends In Pun
A physician notes the patient feels head pain on both sides and concludes the halo is tight. A separate quip features a convict warning against advertising slogans as a five year caution, recalling a "make money at home" slogan.
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Federal Housing Administration
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Yeager
Luther Gordon
Herbie
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A.J. Levinson
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L. LaRoe & Co
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