Little Girl Enters Fourth Year of 'Life Of Sleep' at Chicago
Mary Ellen Reardon, age 5, has begun the fourth year of a mysterious sleep after encephalitis in 1938. Doctors say there may be no awakening. The Chicago girl is cared for by her parents, Daniel and Mary Reardon, and shows rare signs of movement and a hopeful smile as she remains bedbound and connected to nourishment via a stomach tube.
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Chicago
Mary Ellen Reardon
Mary Ellen
Daniel Reardon
Patient Moves Limbs Faintly as Mother Keeps Vigil
A child, once paralyzed in legs and arms, shows brief movements and smiles when her mother speaks. The girl has not spoken, though rare movements occur. Mrs. Reardon remains at the bedside, watching, while a small altar with a lit crucifix stands nearby for daily prayers.
Army Air Corps Seeks Recruits For Cadets and Non Flying Jobs
Fort Sam Houston Texas outlines increased pilot cadet training for unmarried men ages 20 to 27 with two years of college and non flying enlistments for men 18 to 35, with emphasis on mechanical technical or administrative roles. Educational tests may adjust requirements.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Regular Army
Army Air Corps
Army
U. S. Army Air Corps
Regular
Air Corps
Air Corps Enlistment Drive Expands Across Five States
States of Arizona Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas seek about 3500 men to assign to air corps stations. Wide assignments available at Randolph Kelly Brooks Duncan Ellington Post Lowry March Moffett Hamilton and a new Las Vegas field. Army Recruiting Officers in major cities offer training and service information with no obligation.
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Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Kelly Field
Brooks Field
Duncan Field
San Antonio
Ellington Field
Houston
Post Field
Fort Sill
Okla
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
March Field
Riverside
Calif
Moffett Field
California
Hamilton Field
Las Vegas
Nevada
Army
Corps
SMU Enrollment Reaches All Time High
SMU reports total enrollment 4,537 for 1940-41, up from 3,921 in 1939-40, with total valuation near 6.97 million dollars. President Umprey Lee declares engineering and arts and sciences growth drove gains. capital value up nearly 1 million in 10 years. Professor asks about immersion in water. coed jokes about telephone rings.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Umprey Lee
Lee
Money to Loan on Automobiles by Low Interest
Money to loan on new and late model used cars with prompt service offered by S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency. For sale The L. L. P. Sears dwelling near High School with six rooms hall bathroom garage and eight lots. See Oran L. Sears or Homer H. Sears. 21-A10.
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S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency
L. L. P. Sears
Oran L. Sears
Homer H. Sears
Money Loan Offer from Sherman Star Credit Company
An advertisement from the Star Credit Company promoting low cost motor vehicle loans with no red tape and quick service. The notice cites its tie to the Grayson County State Bank and invites customers to bring a car and papers to save time and worry.
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Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Oklahoma Taxpayers Eye Texas Privileges Shift
Washington reports the Treasury challenges Oklahoma's plan to grant its big taxpayers the same community property tax treatment as Texas and seven other states. If the challenge fails, wealthy Oklahomans may move to Texas to reduce taxes. if it succeeds, similar laws could spread to other states. The dispute is before the Board of Tax Appeals with possible arguments scheduled this month.
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Big
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
Treasury
U. S. Bureau of Internal Revenue
Board of Tax Appeals
U.S. Buys $10 Million Worth of Surplus Food
Washington report says the Department of Agriculture has become a major purchaser of food, announcing a purchase totaling about ten million dollars. The move marks a substantial expansion in federal food procurement.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Surplus Food Commodities for Relief and War Aid
The two week period from March 15 to 31 will distribute 10 million dollars worth of surplus food commodities. Purchases support state welfare agencies for relief and free school lunches, Red Cross shipments to war refugees, or sales to Great Britain under the lease lend act.
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Red Cross
Great Britain
Humorous Exchange Over a Mouthful of Grit
A playful dialogue unfolds as she accuses him of planning a kiss before three air quotes. He explains he only puckered for a grain of grit, prompting her zesty retort to swallow it and try again.
Pension applicant claims mother of 37 children
Mrs. George Womack told welfare investigator she is mother to 37 children, with 14 still living, including five sets of twins, three triplets, one quadruplet, and one quintuplet. Her husband died in 1939.
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Dallas
George Womack
Phillip Lively
Womack
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Mark Twain
ELDER
New Shipment
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
A.J. Levinson
Optometrist
Gray’s Credit Jewelers
W. Main
SMU
Joe Johnson
L. C. Smith
Glenn Doss
Sun
Ben Bow
Trenton
Route
Haile
Stafford Typewriter
Tom Barbee
O. L. Sears
H. H. Sears
C. B. Bryant III
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
H. A. James
Sherman Soap Works
B. L. Janway
U. S
W. O. Houston
Madden
Denison
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