Wartime Town and Farm Measures and War Information
War time guidance covers ration stamps, tax deadlines, manpower needs, and state of military forces. Reports on agricultural deferments policy changes, job summaries, fuel dopes tests, shipyard output, and food and price controls. A closing joke contrasts shillings with peace showing wartime humor.
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Office OF War Information
United States Armed Services
U. S. Employment Service Office
War Manpower Commission
Rattling Good Mystery Solved By Auto Mechanic
Chicago police traced a murder car after Mildred Roloff and Ann Gerber reported seeing a hand and foot protruding from a trunk. A garage mechanic, Gus Knoblock, revealed he listened from within the trunk to diagnose a rattling noise and was later involved in the car’s capture.
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Chicago
William Drury
Mildred Roloff
Ann Gerber
Gus Knoblock
Milk Subsidy Payments Total 10744.06 for Grayson Producers
Sherman report notes March and April milk subsidy payments will be issued after April. Checks totaling 10,744.06 were issued to Grayson milk producers on 1,154 applications covering February sales. Going forward dealers will apply to the commodity credit office in Kansas City for government feeding purposes.
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Sherman
W. W. Gunn
Agricultural Administration Office
Grayson
Gunn
Commodity Credit Office
Kansas City
Television to Serve 67 000 000 After War
New York GE officials predict 100 active television stations serving 67 million people within five years after the war. They also expect postwar receivers with good performance around $200, based on prewar levels.
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New York
James D. McLean
General Electric Company
A. A. Bryadt
Albert Introduces Christmas Tree to England
Albert Prince Consort of Queen Victoria introduced the Christmas tree to England, a custom that spread through royal circles and into broader society during the 19th century.
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England
Albert
Price
Queen Victoria
I ShoppeD The Black Market Across The Nation
A reporter recounts an eleven thousand mile tour showing widespread black market activity during OPA shortages. Meat, fruit juice, beans, tomatoes, sugar, stockings, and durable goods were bought without ration points or above ceiling prices in cities from Chicago to New York. Stores, doctors, and chiropractors allegedly aided schemes. some workers flaunted uniforms while many stock up at speakeasies and restaurants.
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War Food Administration
U. S
Great Britain
Russia
WPB
OPA
United States
Chicago
Evanston
Oak Park
Winnetka
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Washington
New York
D. C
Alarm Clock Purchases Limited by Ceiling Price
The shopper notes buying only alarm clocks with a $9 purchase for a familiar Dallas brand, despite a ceiling price of $3.95. This highlights a mismatch between actual spending and regulated price limits in the area.
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Dallas
3400 Year Old Grave Unearthed in England Garden
In Brighton, while digging in her garden, Mrs. P. G. Massey uncovered a grave believed by archaeologists to date to no later than 1500 B C. A skeleton with knees drawn up and two long narrow flints lay beside it. Scientists hope to locate more items to date the burial more precisely.
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Brighton
England
P. G. Massey
Divorce by abandonment sought in Grayson County Texas
Citation served Velma McCauley for divorce case No 52664 filed May 29 1944 in Grayson County District Court. Plaintiff J A McCauley seeks divorce on abandonment grounds. Court scheduled hearing by May 15 1944 at 10 A M. in Sherman Texas.
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State OF Texas
Velma McCauley
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
J. A. McCauley
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
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United States Army
War Department
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
National Selective Service System
Partment
Bureau of Standards
Maritime Commission
Commission
Liberty Ships
Ben
Patricia Lochridge
South
Gomer
Zella Zipsweep
Zella
Community Public Service Company
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