Wartime Homefront Reminders and War Economy Updates
Wartime notice from the Office of War Information covers Ration stamps and their validity, projected food supplies, salvage paper goals, Victory garden plans, surplus war property and horses, gasoline for service members, restaurant price ceilings, GI education interest, firewood saves coal, used farm equipment ceilings, and new school bus production for 1944. Includes details on OPA pricing, WPB allocations, and relief measures.
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Office of War Information
Armed Services
Office of Price Administration
Army
Navy
War Price and Rationing Board
WPB
OPA
Hints for Home Makers Practical tips for cleaning and care
A collection of household tips covers stain removal from painted surfaces with lemon, comfort for bedridden patients with a knee pillow, sewing machine maintenance for longevity, cleaning teddy bears with corn starch, and iron maintenance with salt. It also advises binding a rug from carpet remnants, cleaning small bottles with a stopper chain, refreshing drapes by alternating sun exposure, reviving chenille with brushing, and rewashing clothes if not clean in 15 minutes.
Exchange bourbon for housing in Washington area ad
A classified ad in the Washington Post offers to swap 4 quarts of Old Charter bourbon and a furnished seven room house with two baths and gas furnace in Lexington Kentucky for a comparable house in or near Washington. The advertiser signs only with a phone number.
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Washington
Capital
Washington Post
Lexington
One Terrible Man
Poem by Edgar A. Guest laments war and political turmoil spoiling peaceful fishing scenes. The speaker contrasts ideal nature with a world disrupted by a terrible man and ongoing conflict. The piece expresses longing for calm and renewal after upheaval.
Divorce Judgment Citation in Grayson County Texas
Citation issued to Gordon E Farley in case No 52921 filed July 24 1944 for divorce from Anna Mae Farley on grounds of cruel treatment. Court requires appearance by September 11 1944 before Honorable District Court in Sherman Texas. Clerk S V Earnest notes case details and deputy Nancy Drake signs.
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State OF Texas
Gordon E. Farley
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Anna Mae Farley
Pyssa
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Texas Proposal Expands City Pension Powers in 1944 Vote
The Texas Legislature proposes amendments to Article 3 Section 51 adding 51-e and 51-f to allow cities to create retirement and disability pension systems for appointive officers and employees with voter approval, subject to tax supported bond limits, and to authorize statewide or district pension plans by the Legislature with voluntary participation and no state funding. The measure sets election timing, ballot wording, and a $5,000 appropriation for publication and election costs.
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Texas
State OF
State of Texas
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War Food Administration
War Production Board
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Victory Gardens
WFA
G. I
G. I. Joes
Veterans Administration
G. L
ODT
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
The
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hitler
Edgar A. Guest
Turkeys
Farley Grocery
Whitewright
Kaiser’s Store
Pilot Grove
Palace Theatre
Hoppy
Andy Clyde
Jimmy Rogers
Frances Woodward
Bob Mitchum
Richard Crane
Anthony Warde
William Halligan
Lesley Selawder
Donwatt Cohen
Grerence L Setter
Marry Sherwar
United Artists
Harry Sherman
Eenses
Lee
Edgar Kenedy
Flying Cadets
Lve
Morgans Creek
Bing Crosby
Bob
Diana Lynn
William Demarest
Porter Hall
McGinty
PU Ea LC
Preston SO
Sullivans
Hargrove
Joe
Curie
HOUSE
Cardui
Jean Gabin
Richard Whorf
Allyn
Joslyn
Ellen Drew
Peter van Eyck
John Qualen
Eddie Quillan
Ralph Morgan
Pathe News
Caen
la Haye
Crimea
Franchot
Ella Raines
Alan Curtis
Thomas Gomez
Aurora
Elisha Cook, Jr
Fay Helm
Andrew Tombes
Directed By
Robert Siodmak
Jasper
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