The Veteran and His Job
The Fort Worth Press discusses veterans' job rights after service. It cites CIO leader Philip Murray and Col. Paul Griffith on priority rules, reviews Senate Document 152, and explains reemployment rights and 40 day deadline. It notes risks of losing prewar seniority if veterans take new jobs during transition.
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Fort Worth Press
Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
Paul H. Griffith
Selective Service
North American Aviation
North American
Senate
United States
Government Printing Office
Phil Murray
Cigarette thief apologizes in note after break-in
George Scott found his car glass broken at Snows Crossing in Scott County and missing cigarettes. A handwritten note inside offered payment: 80 cents for the cigarettes and 2 dollars for the glass, apologizing for the theft.
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Winchester
Ill
George Scott
Scott County
Snows Crossing
Bowles Outlines 11 Point Postwar Economic Plan
OPA administrator Chester Bowles, speaking to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, proposed an 11 point program to keep production high in farms and factories and ensure a stable full employment economy after the war. He warned against reverting to 1940 levels and urged government action to sustain price stability, credit support, social security, housing, exports, and a major works program with private enterprise. He stressed cooperation among labor management and farmers, plus returning service members to prevent conflict over scarce resources.
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Seattle
Chester Bowles
OPA
United States
Washington
Texas Population Drops as War Moves Many Residents
Census Director reports Texas shed 133,999 people from April 1940 to last Nov 1 amid war migration. Net loss from inter state migration reached 15,700 while natural increase added 365,853. Pacific Coast and Great Lakes regions show the largest population shifts due to war industry.
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Washington
Texas
J. C. Capt
Capt
West
Pacific Coast
East
Great Lakes
Not So Easily Retrieved Daddy and Jimmy at the Dock
A father teaching Jimmy to dive slips off the diving board and explains he lost his equilibrium. Jimmy volunteers to dive down and recover the missing item as they head toward the shore.
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Daddy
Jimmy
Erosion Has Devastated Over Sixty Percent Of U S Soil
Historical assessment notes drastic soil loss across the United States. Two hundred years ago the country had about 415 million acres of productive soil, now 61 percent is ruined or depleted leaving roughly 161 million acres usable.
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Globe
United States
Divorce by cruelty cited in Grayson County Texas court
Citation No 52968 commands John M Pitkin to appear by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, in Sherman Texas. Plaintiff Ella Pitkin filed August 14 1944 seeking divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Issued August 14 1944 by District Court clerk S V Earnest with deputy Nancy Drake.
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State OF Texas
John M. Pitkin
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Ella Pitkin
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Independent candidate Morrow seeks Texas governor seat
Dallas contractor John E. Morrow 52 announces an independent bid for Texas governor after years of press conflict and meditation. He cites a one house legislature, Trinity River canalization, and grade-crossing viaducts, opposing liquor and gambling while listing Pentecostal faith, Bonham birth, Dallas residence since 1937, a wife and three grown children. Arizona’s 1912 statehood is noted.
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Dallas
John E. Morrow
Browder
Texas
Morrow
Trinity River
Church of Jesus Christ In God
Bonham
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District of Columbia
Congress
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Times
Whitewright Gin
L. E. Alexander
Mer
Bowles
Independent
Pilit
Arizona
Denison
Kingston
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Aines
Eenuiudls
Community Public Service Company
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