Town and Farm in Wartime From Office of War Information
Civilians are urged to take a summer farm job to help meet wartime food goals. Drive slowly and maintain your car. Save fats. stamps updates issued. Seventh War Loan Drive opens May 14, 1945 with a 14 billion goal. Limited April tire supply. four groups assign priorities for civilian tires.
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Office OF War Information
OPA
Treasury
Treasury Department
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Adlerika
Women and Children Receive Most Social Security Checks
In Dallas Ernest L Tutt notes that across the nation more than a million Social Security beneficiaries receive monthly checks and about 60 percent are women and children. He explains many workers miss benefits due to lack of information and offers a free post card form to obtain a confidential wage credits statement. Last year over 48 million workers were covered but 20 million farm and self employed workers were excluded.
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Dallas
Ernest L. Tutt
Dallas Social Security Board
Social Security Board
Radio Jibe Sparks Lumbago Remark
Murray Bryant groaned he might be getting lumbago while bending over his radio. Mrs. Bryant quips you won’t be able to understand a word they say.
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Murray Bryant
Vote H G Ball For County School Trustee At Large
A local political ad urges Grayson County voters to support H G Ball for county school trustee at large and travel to polls on April 7 1945. It emphasizes Ball’s experience and fearless honest service and invites support for fellow local trustees.
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H. G. Ball
Santo Tomas internment camp story from Manila prison hospital
Dr. Frank E. Whitacre recalls the Santo Tomas University campus internment in Manila where 4 000 residents were crowded into a 30 acre walled area for three years. He describes dire living conditions, food shortages, disease outbreaks, and rising mental deterioration among inmates. The account notes Tojo's visit and the impact on elderly Americans amid limited Red Cross aid and scarce milk and medicine.
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James R. Young
Santo Tomas University
Manila
Frank E. Whitacre
University of Tennessee, College of Medicine
Whitacre
Peiping
China
Hedeki Tojo
Tokyo
Tojo
The
Japan Times
Hattai
Santo Tomas
U. S
International Harvester Company
Los Banos
Dairy Subsidy in Grayson County Benefits 1500 Farmers
Grayson County dairymen receive January February and March payments under the dairy feed subsidy program. W. W. Gunn, secretary of the Grayson County Agricultural Adjustment Agency, announced payments issued by the Sherman office have averaged 12 000 to 15 000 dollars monthly. About 1 500 farmers are paid 70 cents per 100 pounds of sweet milk and 10 cents per pound on butter fat and cream. To claim, farmers must show sales receipts including date amount and buyer name.
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Grayson County
W. W. Gunn
Grayson County Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Sherman
Farmers to receive monthly checks under county program
Applications are mailed to the AAA office, filled out, and returned to farmers. Signed forms trigger mailed checks, with the largest county payments around $1,000 per month. Mr. Gunn estimated a minimum 30 days to complete payments. The note ends with an odd line about fear of cats.
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AAA
Gunn
Divorce by Cruel Treatment Citations for Bennie Duckworth
Citation in Grayson County Texas commands Bennie Duckworth to appear in district court by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. Plaintiff Mollie Kelly Duckworth filed January 13, 1945. Case No. 53282. Divorce action grounded on cruelty. Issued March 14, 1945 by Clerk V Earnest.
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State OF Texas
Bennie Duckworth
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Mollie Kelly Duckworth
Ss. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Dr. Salsbury
Mika
R. P. Childress
Mgr
Henry G. Ball
Tioga
Ball
U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Community Public Service Company
Electric Power
America
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