Mitscher declares Japan beaten by carrier supremacy
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher said Japan is beaten and carrier supremacy defeated its forces. He credited carrier power with destroying Japan’s air and naval strength and enabling bases near the home islands, while acknowledging the atomic bomb as a final factor. Major General Allen H. Turnage emphasized teamwork in a CBS address.
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Washington
Marc A. Mitscher
Japan
Task Force 58
Naval Operations
Air
Mitscher
Naval Airforce
Allen H. Turnage
Marine Corps
Columbia Broadcasting System
Legislature pay plan would raise lawmakers’ daily rate
The proposal to pay Texas legislators ten dollars a day for all days they are elected would cost the state about 1.32 million dollars over two years and 660 thousand annually. It would become effective within 30 days of approval and begin paying immediately, though no session is expected until January 1947.
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Texas
House
Senate
Paris News
Allied Marines Unite In Gratitude Across Ware Front
A wartime bulletin quotes a Marine Corps leader praising Allied teamwork and thanking God for the unity and sacrifice of military forces. The message emphasizes gratitude for the collective effort and the relief brought by joint efforts of Marines and allied nations.
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Marine Corps
Parlor Talk Turns to Tools in a Modern Fable
A humorous exchange contrasts old world gossip with new tech as a housewife declares plans for an electric washer. A laundress and a spider and fly motif appears, updating the classic parlor scene with a modern twist and a short retort about a flivver.
Quirky Fractions and Dining Pranks
A set of humorous vignettes about misheard fractions and awkward dinners. Tommy’s answer about four customers highlights quick wit. Two men recount a dinner misadventure ending with an unintended station mix up. A waiter jokes about oysters and pearls to a picky customer.
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Tommy
Are you the girl who took my order
A man compliments a waitress as she confirms taking his order and hints she looks unchanged with age. He jokes about being paid for using brains, not having them, in a light conversational exchange.
Diplomatic Corps Applicant Quip Draws Laughs
An applicant mocks the interview with a joke about 20 years of marriage and a wife who believes he has a sick friend, highlighting light humor during a diplomatic corps recruitment.
Consolation For Mother And The Martini Stem Joke
Gretchen comforts her mother saying others failed too while admitting the problem. A man at a bar orders multiple Martinis and chews the glass bowl, tossing the stems over his shoulder. The bartender, with a stare, notes the stems are the best part.
Man confronts dangerous bull after fence crawl
In a rural incident a city man dropped over a fence into a pasture and asked a farmer if the bull was safe. The farmer quipped that the bull was safer than the man, highlighting the danger with humor.
Knee Action Wheels Spark Spring Training Confusion
A controversial exchange at a major league club's spring camp features crude humor about pedestrians and a gatekeeper asking to admit an umpire with two friends. A Sioux maiden in the scene is described flippantly as she passes tepees, provoking boisterous cries from players.
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Brioux
Do Tell Tell Me All About Yourself
The speaker prompts a self portrait exploring struggles and dreams while requesting a telephone number. The line reads as a direct, intimate invitation to reveal personal details and contact information.
Sheriff's Sale No 53397 in Grayson County Texas
The State of Texas by order of sale from the 15th District Court of Grayson County issues a sale in suit No 53297 against Luella Johnson Clerk Johnson and unknown heirs of Clerk Johnson for the sum of 294 and 6100 dollars with the state as plaintiff.
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State of Texas
Grayson
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Texas
A. D
Luella Johnson
Clerk Johnson
Sheriff Sale Notice of Grayson County Judgment
Judgment rendered July 10 1945 in favor of plaintiff against defendants for taxes interest penalties and costs with six percent interest. Sale of Lots 1 and 2 Block 2 Carters addition Van Alstyne Grayson County Texas on September 4 1945 at the Court House door Sherman between 2 and 4 PM to satisfy the judgment and costs with two year right of redemption and other rights under law. G P Gafford Sheriff Grayson County Texas. Deputy M G Dicken.
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15Th District Court
Grayson County
A. D
Court House
Grayson
Sherman
Grayson and State of
Texas
Carter
van Alstyne
G. P. Gafford
M. G. Dicken
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McKinney Examiner
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Whitewright, Texas
Kingston Drug Store
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Rexall
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
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