Uncle Sam’s Bear Trap Debts Reach 1.65 Billion
In the General Accounting Office a debtor-collection division nicknamed the bear trap grows from one clerk to ten. It has flagged over 300,000 individuals and companies owing more than 1.65 billion dollars. Debtors entering or rejoining government service must settle or pay. Monthly additions run about 5,000 with only about 600 settlements.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
General Accounting Office
GAO
National Defense
Safe flyer earns DSC for perilous mission over enemy lines
Vallejo,Earl Grant Mahoney, Flying Lieutenant, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for a Dec 10 night mission amid ground fire and blackout. He destroyed an enemy flying boat and strafed a radio station, then landed with bombs still attached due to a faulty release mechanism. His mother had not heard from him since Dec 11 until Manila's report.
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Vallejo
Calif
Manila
Grant Mahoney
H. E. Mahoney
Army
Young Mahoney
Merry Christmas Around the World
World language renditions translate Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for many nations. Iraqi Arabic, Argentine Spanish, Turkish, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Chinese renderings echo festive wishes and New Year greetings.
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Iraq
Netherlands
Service men in Hawaii ask home folks to write
Lieut. Col. William W. Jenna, Army recreation and morale officer in Hawaii, requested the Associated Press to urge civilians to send messages to the men stationed in Hawaii. He asked that sweethearts, mothers, fathers, and other relatives write and mail messages from home.
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Hawaii
Honolulu, T. H
William W. Jenna
Army Recreation and Morale
Associated Press Office
Civil Service Jobs Reach New Peak
Civil service employment rose to 1,512,428 as of October 31, a peak two thirds higher than the World War high. The monthly gain was 24,503 with War and Navy departments driving most of the rise. Executive branch payroll reached $235,855,055, up $11,714,387 from September.
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
War and Navy Departments
Executive Branch
Customer asks about poison on grapes from vendor
A woman requests assurance that grapes she plans to buy are not poisoned for her ill husband. The vendor directs her to consult the druggist for safety confirmation.
God Bless Our Lads Poem by Martha Hunter
A wartime prayer praising noble lads who guard the nation by air sea and land. The verse asks for courage faith and victory and ends with a blessing for a lasting brotherhood. Author Martha Lavinia Hunter signs the piece.
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Martha Lavinia Hunter
Notable Foibles in Famed Minds Doyle and Chaplin
A playful moment recalls Sir Arthur Conan Doyle nearly sharing future earnings with a young actor named Charlie Chaplin who earned ten dollars weekly. The anecdote contrasts Doyle's amusement with the youth's bold bid for lifelong profits. Also referenced is Paderewski before Queen Victoria who joked about genius and drudgery in his rise.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle
Charlie Chaplin
Elliott Roosevelt Receives Air Navigator Rating
Brigadier General Harmon at Kelly Field praises fourteen graduating navigators including Capt. Elliott Roosevelt for their role in national defense. The ceremony emphasizes air forces as central to wartime efforts and highlights Roosevelt as part of the new navigator corps.
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San Antonio
America
Hubert R. Harmon
Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center
Kelly Field
Elliott Roosevelt
Harmon
Executor seeks debts and claims for J. L. Bow estate
The executor of J. L. Bow deceased notifies all debtors and creditors in Grayson County Texas to settle or present claims. He requests filings within legal time at his Whitewright residence or Sherman office, dated December 2 1941.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
J. L. Bow
Grayson County
Jake J. Loy
Whitewright
M. & P. Bank
Sherman
A. D
Jack Nossaman
Forgotten Good Will Ad During Whitewright Savings
An exultant Christmas reminder notes the birth of Christ in Bethlehem and contrasts peace on earth with World War II era turmoil. The ad urges readers to buy in Whitewright to save money, linking commerce to the season’s goodwill.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Little Things Grow Into Big Things
An emergency plea from the Honey Grove Signal Citizen urging county residents to contribute for defense. It argues that small acts add up, noting that one pound of iron per person in Fannin County would total over forty thousand pounds and ten cent stamps could raise over four thousand dollars. Remember Pearl Harbor.
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Fannin County
America
Pearl Harbor
Honey Grove
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Coke Stevenson
State of Texas
Austin
Vor
Paderewski
Queen Victoria
Mr. Paderewski
Dallas Morning News and
the Sun
Fort Worth
Press and
Democrat and
Denison Herald and the Sun
The
Whitewright Sun
E. T. Doss
Stafford Typewriter
Sun
E. C. Butler
Sherman Soap Works
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
Collins Piano Company
Greenville
Waters Furniture Company
Denison
J. H. Warnell
S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Sun Office
Merry Christmas
W. H. Stedham
Norris
Amerry
Alig
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
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