Civilians Must Wait On For Refrigerators
Washington reports a production cap of 1 155 000 domestic mechanical refrigerators for the rest of 1945 and the first quarter of 1946 due to sheet steel shortages. The War Production Board limits to 655 000 units in the current and fourth quarters of 1945 and 500 000 in the first quarter of 1946, with only 265 000 allocated this quarter and an expected 150 000 more. All units will be reserved for hospitals, the military, and other high priority buyers and not sold retail.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Hero 14 Starts 30 Day Furlough After Army Deception
Fourteen year old Pvt. Robert Kelso begins a 30 day furlough at Fort Sam Houston after convincing officers he was older to fight in Europe. He expects redeployment to the Pacific upon return, though the process for his discharge or reentry remains unclear.
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San Antonio
Robert Kelso
Europe
Pacific
Kelso
Fort Sam Houston
Safe Rayon Washing Method Proposed by UT Expert
Austin advice from Elizabeth Tarpley, University of Texas home economics professor, urges avoiding squeezing rayon garments. She recommends lukewarm soap suds, dipping to cleanse, rubbing powdery collars, rinsing until clear, then drip drying on a rustproof hanger.
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Austin
Elizabeth Tarpley
University of Texas
Miss Tarpley
Grapefruit and Tomato Juice Unrationed
Washington reports canned tomato juice mixed vegetable juice grapefruit juice and blends of grapefruit and orange juice become point free. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson and Price Administrator Bowles announced the action after considering reduced military needs and expected higher 1945 46 production compared with prewar years.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Price
Bowles
OPA
Movie Official Probes Cookbook Film About Purchase
A film executive questions how to adapt a best selling cookbook into a movie after a $50,000 purchase. An agent confirms the sale as they discuss the project’s direction.
Jokes and anecdotes from a family humor page
A string of light hearted vignettes. A graduate quips the world is his oyster while a father jokes about oysters. A minister visits a chapel and a deacon teases a poor speaker. A father and son banter on electricity and lightning revealing curious lessons. The piece ends with encouragement to ask questions to learn.
New Personnel Officer Welcomes First Visitor at Fort Warren
A new personnel affairs officer settles in his office as the first GI arrives. The officer answers the phone and reassures the caller that all is well. The visitor explains he has come to connect the office phone amid routine post assignments.
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Signal Office
Fort Warren Sentinel
Justice’s wedding fee and a shipboard joke
A couple wed after their license check by a justice who quips a two dollar fee. The groom secretively drops a half dollar and adds two and a half as a tip. A chaplain on an aircraft carrier recalls a mess hall grace joke about dessert.
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the Justice
Pacific
Cribbage Duel Ends With One And Half Dollars
A henpecked husband in a rare night out plays cribbage and loses a dollar to Jones. He later tells his wife Jones owes him fifty cents after giving a dollar and a half. A separate New Yorker story has a panhandler demanding a dollar, proving stubborn about business methods.
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Jones
Herbaceous border query sparks classroom joke
A school scene opens with a student misdefining herbaceous border as a ledger that doesn’t eat meat. The teacher notes lateness and a quip about Jack missing class during a dream of Ireland as the bell signals a steamboat.
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Jack
Ireland
Joe
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