Town and Farm in Wartime Highlights and Shortages
Wartime notices on ration stamps and fuel, manpower mobilization, and production efficiency. Byrnes urges area focus on plant needs, Somervell cites material shortages across theaters, and OPA lifts some ration limits for beef, cheese, and utilities. Public Health and WPB data outline rural water, sanitation, and housing costs. Christmas Mailing Month planned with 70 million gifts. various price adjustments and guidance for farmers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
Divorce by cruel treatment cited in Grayson County court notice
The State of Texas issues citation to Gordon E Farley to appear before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman by 10:00 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. The plaintiff Anna Mae Farley filed July 24 1944 in case number 52921 seeking divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Issued July 24 1944 by Clerk S V Earnest with Deputy Nancy Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Gordon E. Farley
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Anna Mae Farley
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Jokes and remarks on daily life and work
A collection of humorous anecdotes about cooking servants asking for more soup and a worker who questions why he goes to work. The piece also includes light satire on radio leadership and military classification, highlighting an army cook pathway and a Yale theatre education reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooks’ and Bakers’ School
George Pierce Baker School
Yale
New Yorker
Radio Pioneers Praise Speech by RCA Chief David Sarnoff
RCA president David Sarnoff delivered a speech praising nearly all radio inventors and their contributions. Author Clarence Buddington Kelman notes the effusive tribute and the sense of shared progress in the developing medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Sarnoff
RCA
Clarence Buddington Kel
Bleckinsop Practices for Chess Matches
Vacationers notice Bleckinsop sitting alone in the hotel lounge with a thoughtful pose. The hotel clerk jokes he is preparing for chess matches next week, offering a light moment for fellow guests.
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Bleckinsop
Young Man Visits Family Home Ambushers Father with Casual Greeting
A young man invited to a house meets his girlfriend’s austere father. He shakes hands with confident, breezy familiarity and greets, Hi Pop. The father reddens and retorts that the greeting is premature and improper.
Tall Story AI Plays Checkers With Dog
A USO Club scene in Indianapolis features a soldier playing checkers with a dog. The dog ponders moves and makes a paw move, and the soldier admits to beating the animal three times in five.
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Agi
USO Club
Indianapolis
Ind
Poetic Hiker and Farmer Exchange About Setting Sun
A rustic exchange notes the sun’s glow as the hiker asks if it means anything to the farmer. The farmer replies the sunset signals he can unhitch the horses and head home at last.
Two Years of Furloughs Lost in Marine Bulletin
Marine dispatch by Sgt. Bill Allen reports a missing articles column noting two years of furloughs lost. The bulletin boards served US Marine Corps units as their daily newspaper and include a complete lost and found column from somewhere in the Southwest Pacific.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
Bill Allen
Marine Corps
Sgt. Allen
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Office OF War Information
East Coast
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Anzio
Cassino
Normandy
Somervell
Office of Price Administration
OPA
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Public Health
Public Health Service
Public Health Service Sanitary Engineers
Apple
A. A Vandergrift
Army and Navy
Minneapolis
Duluth
Red Wing
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Wisc
Chicago
Ill
Portland
Ore
WFA
WPB
Federal Housing Administration
Susie
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Denison
Kingston
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Land
Sarnoff
Milwaukee Journal
Radio
Palace Theatre
Tor
Bob Wills
Colombia
Flying Cadets
Bronston
Susan O'Shea
Hayward
Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Madame Curse
Mervyn Leroy
Sidney Franklin
Henry Travers
Albert Basserman
Robert Walker
C. Aubrey Smith
May Whitty
Victor Francenelsa Basserman
Reginald Owen van Johnson
Margaret O'Brien
Paul Osborn
Paul H. Rameau
Madame Curie
Eve Curie
Topay
Dalton Trumbo
Frederck Hazlitt Brennan
Victor Fleming
Everett Riskin
Pathe News
Thomas Dewey
Guam
Tom Turk
Daffy
Andy Hardy
Marseille
Tokyo
Life Boat
Private Hargrove
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