Wartime Ration Updates and Industry Notices
Wartime sugar stamp validity for home canning and meat blue stamps lists through October or August based on stamp type. Agricultural rates revised by WFA for cotton corn and wheat, with rice and tobacco unchanged. Drafts for fathers begin, August crop outlook praised, and War Ballots access for Army personnel explained. ODT warns on school bus repairs, civilians to receive more canned goods, and NYA equipment use rules. Cash donations to the government noted, and WAC benefits outlined. Price controls for women and children's wear updated. Dried fruits set aside for government. WPB assures car parts supply through 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFA
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
ODT
Director Food Distribution
Stifle Free Enterprise And Lose Progress
Dr. Geo S Benson president of Harding College argues that China lacks private incentive and protection for industry while praising American private enterprise. He contrasts Chinese stagnation with U S farming productivity and asserts free enterprise empowers all workers who risk and profit in a free market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy, Ark
Dr. Benson
China
America
Sunday supper box rumors and court threats in notices
Verses from Niagara Falls and Wharton mingle with court cautions about carriage rules and age limits. A bride recalls a formal church aisle moment as editors highlight colorful local notices and social scenes.
74 year old joins war effort at Western Cartridge Company
Theopholis Lee Crane, aged 74, sought wartime work. The U S Employment Service initially hesitated but Crane endured a physical and mental exam at Western Cartridge Company and passed. He was hired.
Newsprint Woods Need 20 000 Men, Congressman Says
New York report notes Representative Lyle H. Boren said restoration of newsprint to 1941 levels would require 20 000 additional workers in the American pulp wood industry and a similar boost in Canadian woods manpower. He spoke after informal talks with manufacturers and as chair of a House subcommittee on newsprint supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lyle H. Boren
Dem
Okla
Boren
House
Pulpwood Focus to Ease Shortage Warns of Production Delays
Boren calls for increased pulpwood production as the solution to the shortage. He notes even with more workers, paper output cannot rise quickly due to a year lag between pulp wood cutting and newsprint making. After WPB talks led by Harry C. Bitner, the committee recommends the WPB hold firm on allocation decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boren
War Production Board
Harry C. Bitner
WPB Printing and Publishing
WPB
Quote on budgets shifts toward percentage based cuts
Fragmentary text notes a preference for alterable percentage wise reductions over any form of allocation. The line suggests a debate on fiscal strategy without detailing participants, dates, or specific programs involved.
Fannin County Court Sets Tax Rate Increase
Bonham mentions the commissioners' court set the county tax rate at 74 cents per 100 valuation an increase of 4 cents. The state rate is 47 cents. Part of the increase funds a sinking fund for principal and interest on the new jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Commissioners’ Court
May production triples WW1 era ar tillery output
In May American industry produced three times as many ar tillery pieces as were produced during the entire World War 1 period.
Local Notices and Briefs From New York Papers
Typographical errors noted in the Buffalo News report about Rev. H. W. C. struck in an auto as he eats a launch. At Palmyra Fair G. S. and his 3 year old cold won a prize. Lyons paper notes department men instructed to ensure bicycles are properly equipped and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
G. S
Palmyra
Cold
Lyons
Trustee Sale Notice on Lot 13 Washington Heights Denison
Trustee Ralph Geisenhower will sell the Lot 13, Block 17, Washington Heights Addition in Denison Grayson County Texas at public vendue on the first Tuesday in September 1943 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to satisfy a note default with owed amount 57.19 plus attorney fees. Sale at Grayson County Courthouse door.
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O. T. Anderson
T. A. Anderson
Grayson County
Texas
Ralph Geisenhoner
Court House
Washington Heights
Denison
Ralph Geisenhower
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marvin Jones
War Food
Army
War Department
Treasury
WAC
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Women’s Army Corps
OPA
NYA
Paul V. Mc
K. Wolens
Kvolens Department Stores
Ernest Lilley
Denison, Texas
Children’s Court
Niagara Falls
Wharton
Tex
Eugene
Ore
Register-Guard
I. 1
St. John's Chapel
Monterey
Calif
Peninsula Herald
Woods
Fannin County Court
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Ulag
Lal
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Public Service Company
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