I Give You Texas By Royce House Insightful smoke and a jailhouse joke
Royce House uses a breezy Texas tone to discuss smoking as a small indulgence and to recount a humorous jailhouse quip about Major Tom King. The column weaves memory of Sam Houston and David Crockett with a West Texas bond auditing anecdote and regional pride. It ends with a sharp jab at bonds sold south of the Mason Dixon line.
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Tom King
Air Corps
King
Tennessee
Sam Houston
David Crockett
West
Texas
Mr. King
Letters from German Prisoners Show Crumbling Morale Near Exouches
Troops in northern France interview exhausted prisoners from varied outfits. A tank colonel reads letters from soldiers to loved ones describing danger, censorship doubt, and a longing for home as the war nears its end.
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France
Exouches
Hitler
Argonne
Paula
Heinrich
Nazis Lose 25 Generals Since D Day in Western France
British headquarters in France reports that twenty five German generals and one admiral have been killed wounded captured replaced or disappeared since D-Day June 6. The casualty toll is notable as generals rarely sit near the frontline and this shift is regarded as significant to the campaign.
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France
Quick Cooking Gas Ranges Aid Jelly Making
A vintage guide explains how rapid heating from gas ranges preserves fruit flavor in jams and jellies. It notes how long cooking dulls flavor and pectin, then gives a blackberry jam method using one cup sugar per cup fruit and finishing with hot sterilized glasses.
Hitler challenged by fast Allied assault hinting at resistance
The remark signals both the rapidity and force of the Allied attack and suggests Hitler feared commanders who backpedaled for personal safety, indicating mounting pressure on retreating leaders.
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Hitler
Lactic acid in baby formula blamed for deaths
Dr E Gordon Young and Dr Ralph P Smith warn in the Journal of the American Medical Association that lactic acid in infant formula caused acute hemorrhage and gangrenous stomach inflammation in three premature babies. The corrosive acid also killed rabbits fed the same formula.
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Chicago
E. Gordon Young
Ralph P. Smith
Dalhouse University
Halifax
N. S
Journal of the American Medical Association
Baptists To Meet At Tom Bean In Grayson County
The Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association gathers at Tom Bean Baptist Church starting Thursday Sept 14 at 8 p m. Rev. Guy Newman Preaches Thursday evening and Dr J A Ellis delivers the missionary sermon Friday morning. officers elected Friday afternoon.
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Grayson County
Chester Moss
Brotherhood
R. N. Sandlin
L. O. Evans
W. T. Simmons
L. G. Hight
John R. Stephens
J. F. Selcraig
Buckner Orphans Home
E. P. Wootten
V mail falls down in actual service in China
An Army weekly mockingly reports V mail failing in practice abroad. Soldiers prefer handwritten letters, find V mail too small, and sometimes cannot read or read letters due to small size. The piece notes air mail as faster and mentions the first U.S. copyright act of 1790.
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China
Washington
the Army Weekly
Army
Little Things Outweigh Size in Human Trouble
A reflective note from Madras dated September 1 1935 contrasts small dangers with large ones and warns that microbe and vanity matter more than size. The writer recalls travel observations in India, noting waitstaff absences, coolies hauling freight, elephantiasis, sleeping natives, and the contrast between fine buildings and squalid huts.
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Madras
India
Neptune Hotel
Society of Friends- In-Need
Death by Accident Every 534 Minutes
The National Safety Council reports 1943 saw 97,500 accidental deaths and 10,100,000 injuries in the United States. Falls were the leading cause with 27,400 deaths, followed by traffic, burns, drownings, railroads, firearms, and poisons, costing about 4.9 billion dollars and 380 million man-days of work.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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Tom Bean
By Fred B. Barton
United States
Gomer May
Pascal Farley
Joe Smith
Palestine
Syria
Calcutta
Livestock
R. P. Childress
Sherman
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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