Crop conditions and picker shortage in Wolfforth and area
J H Alexander of Wolfforth in Lubbock County notes a lack of cotton pickers as Mexican laborers depart and weather worsens. Wolfforth gins have processed 5 000 bales with 2 000 more possible. irrigated cotton yields two bales per acre, dry land about one. sweet potatoes reach 500 bushels per acre.
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the Sun
J. H. Alexander
Wolfforth
Lubbock County
Whitewright
W. R. Wilson
Slaton
Acre
Chicken Hatch Question Pun Exchange
A playful dialogue where a teacher asks why chicks hatch and Tommy quips that they fear being cooked if they stayed inside. The line highlights a humorous back-and-forth about finality and poultry.
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Tommy
Poll Tax States Challenge Election of 79 Representatives
The Southern Electoral Reform League will contest the seating of 79 House members from Alabama Georgia South Carolina Texas Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee and Virginia. It argues the Fourteenth Amendment protects voting rights and denies representation proportional to voters denied the ballot. Senator Bilbo warned of intense Senate debate over race and segregation in the next Congress.
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Washington
Southern Electoral Reform League
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Arkansas
Mississipi
Tennessee
Virginia
The
League
Arthur Dunn
New York City
Moses A. Plunkett
Roanoke County
Congress
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate
America
Reformers Debate Race Policy in Southern Discussion
A fragment outlines guided and politically minded reformers pushing legislation shaped by sentimental views on the race problem. The text frames South society and reformers as aiming to tell the region how to address racial issues through laws and policy.
Of Course Woman Customer and Grocer Egg Exchange
A joking exchange where a customer asks for eggs and the grocer replies they only have priorities. The customer agrees the eggs will do if needed for cooking, illustrating a humorous wartime style barter banter.
Citation in Texas suit over Sherman property title
Texas court summons George R Bandy heirs in suit No 53158 filed Nov 14 1944 by Mrs N O Kreager seeking quiet title to Lots 2 and 4 in Block 18 Christian Addition Sherman with over ten years adverse possession claims. appearance required Jan 1 1945 before the Grayson County District Court. Issued Nov 15 1944 by Clerk S V Earnest.
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State OF
Texas
George R. Bandy
T. J. Brown
H. O. Head
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
N. O. Kreager
Said
J. Brown
G. B. Pilant
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Face lifting likely for postwar civilian cars
Detroit reports that the first postwar civilian models will differ from 1942 cars, using old tools and dies while mock-ups guide new designs. Expect limited initial changes focusing on radiator lines, doors, and body panels, with manufacturers adopting sweeping appearances in some cases to gain competitive edge.
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Detroit
Widow refuses tax refund to aid war effort in Peru
A Peru Indiana widow who earns by washing dishes declined a $1.12 income tax refund. She told Treasury clerks to keep the money and apply it to the war effort, expressing gratitude for their trouble and asking not to send the check.
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Peru
Ind
Treasury Department
Texas Dairy Output Holds High Levels in October
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports October production of American cheese and ice cream in Texas remained high. American cheese rose 46.1 percent and ice cream up 8.8 percent versus October 1943, while creamery butter fell 17.2 percent.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
British eggs refuse Humpty Dumpty act in war report
Walton Cole of Reuters told Union League Club members that eggs resist blast effects of German V weapons due to streamlined shape. He noted politicians must straddle the fence and keep both ears to the ground in wartime commentary.
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Chicago
Walton Cole
Walter Cole
Reuters
Union League
England
Clerk McClain marks 47 years in Waco office
District Clerk R. V. McClain begins his forty-fifth consecutive year Tuesday after election to his twenty third straight term on November 7. He has served forty seven years in the office, oldest clerk in Texas beside Dash Shaw of Longview who was elected to his twenty fourth term last month.
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Waco
R. V. McClain
McClain
McLennan County
Texas
Dash Shaw
Longview
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Allen T. Short
Phone 100
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O. A. Huseman
Eastman Kodak
Ed Doss. L
Walter Jenkins
Noel Ashinhurst
Fort Worth Press, Daily
Whitewright Sun
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Tom Barbee
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
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Utopia
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