Wartime Farm Machinery Output And Shortages In 1945
The Office of War Information reports 1945 farm machinery production will rise slightly to 697 million dollars with 455 million for new machines and 204 million for repair parts while 90 percent of equipment may reach farms, and exports total about 7 percent. War demands limit supply, with scarce manpower and components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of War Information
War Food Administration
War Production Board
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Foreign Economic Administration
United States
WPB
WFA
Middle West
Bureau
Move Over My Troops Need Sleep With Seventh Army
A scarlet sashed Russian officer in a fur hat proclaimed at a 44th Division command post that his troops have taken all of Europe, demanding billets for his soldiers as he swept a map in a thick accent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Army
Europe
Divorce by abandonment case in Grayson County Texas
The state commands O H Williams to appear and answer the petition filed January 5 1945 in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. The case No 53268 lists Viola Williams as plaintiff and O H Williams as defendant seeking divorce on grounds of three years abandonment. Issued January 8 1945 with clerk S V Earnest and deputy Nancy Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
O. H. Williams
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Viola Williams
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Cambridge dog returns after newspaper ad drives man
In Cambridge Nebraska C Don Harpst of the Cambridge Clarion notes a man wrote a lost dog ad and the dog then walked into his office, illustrating unusually swift newspaper ad results. The scene underscores the ad’s effectiveness in reuniting owners and pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Neb
C. Don Harpst
The
Cambridge Clarion
Notable Fort Worth Press Mentor and War Poet Reflections
Retrospective piece recalls Rupert Brooke Joyce Kilmer Alan Seeger and McCrae while noting C L Douglas, Fort Worth Press editor, and a ministerial cleanup campaign. A former Star-Telegram reporter, Douglas shared stories of a closed meeting and a temporary role as typist during preparation of a resolutions copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Brooke
England
Joyce Kilmer
Alan Seeger
Flanders Field
Col. McCrae
Batle
C. L. Douglas
Fort Worth
Texas
James Bowie
Star-Telegram
Douglas
the Press
When to Speak and When to Remain Silent
A rival reporter confuses a preacher with a minister and asks for more remarks. In a solemn reply the speaker says that will be all. The next day the truth emerges that elocution teaches how to speak, not when to speak.
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Douglas
Whitley Divorce Citation Issued for 1944 Suit
Citation No. 52979 directs Albert Whitley to appear before Grayson County District Court in Sherman Texas by 10 am on February 19 1945 in a divorce suit brought by Ethel Whitley on cruelty grounds with August 16 1944 date of action. Clerk S V Earnest and Deputy Nancy Drake filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Albert Whitley
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Ethel Whitley
S. Vv. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Red Army
Alsace
Leonard J. Fooshkill
Fooshkill
Gomer May
Bureau of Public Relations
WACS
Ceylon
WAC
Florence S. Bullitt
San Jose
Calif
China
Chunking
U. S. Signal Corps
Kandy
Southeast Asia Command
Joe
Sun Office
Boyce House
Drug Service
R. P. Childress
Community Public Service Company
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