Wartime Wheat Referendum Faces Farmers May 2
A national referendum will let about a million tillers of the soil vote on continuing the AAA wheat marketing quotas. The outcome could influence wartime production, farm prices, and attitudes toward administration versus congressional farm blocs as Congress debates price policies and gov ernment surpluses.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
United States
Congress
AAA
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Department
Congressional Farm Bloc
Auto Dealers Have War Tools in War Effort Survey
A Frazer Willys-Overland report to the War Production Board finds 4100 automobile dealers offer machinery worth about 500 million dollars that could be converted for armament parts. Pooling this gear could form a vast production base with 185000 skilled workers and thousands of machines. Dealers express eagerness to aid the war effort.
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Toledo
Joseph W. Frazer
Willys-Overland Motors
War Production Board
WPB
Frazer
Quotas on the 1941 crop Won by a Large Majority
The report notes an 81 percent majority in favor of quotas on the 1941 crop but observes that price controls and war shortage threats were not present at that time.
The Steady Subscriber Pays In Advance
A nostalgic verse praising the steady subscriber who pre pays for the year. The poem celebrates the financial support and loyalty of readers who endorse the newspaper with upfront payments, sparking cheer and gratitude within the office.
Thrifty Pockets Tailor Snubs Scotsman for Suit Access
A joke panel notes a tailor measuring a Scotsman. The tailor asks about pocket design, and the Scotsman replies the pockets should be difficult to reach, playing on stereotype for humor.
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McTavish
Unusual Socks Match Across Two Households
A dialogue about mismatched socks reveals a humorous response about owning a similar pair. The exchange highlights the playful tone and mirrors everyday domestic banter.
Air power proves decisive in Pacific naval warfare
In a Pacific view of World War II, air bombs have sunk more ships than gunfire. Capt. Joseph J. Clark notes Japan’s coordinated air sea land attacks and praises Japanese aircraft. Analysts foresee shifts in fleet composition as air supremacy complements traditional sea power.
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New York
Pacific
Japan
United States
Joseph J. Clark
United States Navy
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Clark
Alfred T. Mahan
Crete
Two Kinds of Beans Comic Family Exchange
A child named Bobby squeezes toothpaste from a tube asking how much he can take. His mom replies to take just a little about as big as a bean. He insists the paste is a string bean showing his playful misunderstanding.
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Bobby
Mom
Navy says sailors now better behaved and less tattooed
Washington reports naval spokesman praising modern sailors for behaving themselves and avoiding obscene tattoos and naked imagery. Recruits with nude artwork are rejected unless skirts are added, and any obscene ink after service may lead to discharge. Sailors still seek shore leave in limited ports and retain a restless, human look on land.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval
Edward Ward
Christendom
Ward
Life Like Portrait Promise Sparks Banter
A comic exchange portrays a portrait request as a quip about lifelike accuracy. The painter jokes that the likeness will be so true it could dodge the subject’s gaze, reflecting playful street humor.
Noisy Exchange Over Daughter’s Marriage Catches Verbena Off Guard
In a verbal vignette a maid asks Verbena about her daughter’s marriage. Verbena replies with a wry quip that the daughter has married a fearful husband, highlighting household dynamics and humor.
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Verbena
Yassum
Robert Dean Seeks Grayson County Tax Assessor-Collector
Former Whitewright resident Robert Dean of Sherman announces candidacy for Grayson County tax assessor-collector in the Democratic primary. Dean, with eight years at a Sherman wholesale firm, touts business experience and knowledge of taxpayers, pledging honest efficient service.
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Whitewright
Robert Dean
Sherman
Grayson County
Dean
Kentuckytown
James R
Ethel Foster Dean
Tom Bean
Weakley County
Tennessee
Texas
Thomas Jefferson Dean
Willis P. Dean
Titus County
Middle Tennessee
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Elouise Holt
Elisha Brooks
Howe
Dorchester
Early Rangers Use Tintypes to Nab Outlaws in Texas
The Dallas News recounts how Texas Rangers under Parrott used tintypes to identify and locate outlaw bands along the Rio Grande during Governor Richard Coke's era. Rangers spotted men, compared tintypes with memos, and conducted a mass expedition resulting in about one hundred outlaws slain and restored calm for local citizens.
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Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
Richard Coke
Parrott
Williams
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Dallas News
First White Commander to Visit Alaska
Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator in Russian service, became the first white commander to visit Alaska during his historic voyage.
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Alaska
Vitus’ Bering
Russia
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WS Overland Survey
Han Powe
Willys-Overland Motors, Checks
National Auto Dealer Survey
Federal Reserve U. S. Securities
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Pearl Harbor
Kelvinator
Public Service Company
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