Wartime ration notices and farm support programs update
A broad wartime bulletin lists A and B coupon deadlines, sugar stamp limits, and meat and processed foods quotas. It covers tax filing rights, canning sugar availability through 1945, and WFA price support plans for eggs and other farm products. Also noted are relocation of physicians, truck tire reporting, vitamin A allocations, and military casualty totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Coast
War Food Administration
WFA
Patrick H. Winston
Selective Service System
Explains Why Sergeants Get That Way Army Joke
A satirical piece describes the Army drill field linguistic shift from clear commands to garbled soldierspeak. It follows Joe Snerd from private to first sergeant as he abandons human speech for phonetic growls and mispronounced orders, illustrating the humorous erosion of clarity at higher ranks.
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Joe Snerd
Joe
March
Ocs
Notice to creditors in Williams estate Grayson County Texas
The State of Texas commands the sheriff or constable to publish this notice in a Grayson County newspaper for at least ten days before the return day. Lula Foster as administratrix files a final report on the estate of Mattie Belle Williams deceased to be heard on the first Monday after ten days service, in the Grayson County Probate Court at Sherman on the second Monday in February 1944. Creditors may appear and contest the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Mattie Bell Williams
Lula Foster
Mattie Belle Williams
City of
Sherman
A. D
H. Grady Thompson
Maude Haddick
Plainspoken drill cadence from Albany News anecdote
Pvt William A Holcomb recalls a parade command example from the Albany News noting that soldiers respond to unfamiliar phrases because they rehearse them in the morning. The piece highlights military drill jargon and soldier obedience amid unclear orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Holcomb
Albany News
Arms Production Answers Critics
Donald M. Nelson head of the War Production Board declares free enterprise powers will meet war needs. He notes the greatest task is to produce equipment for the invasion of Europe not just on time but ahead of time, affirming confidence in labor and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Europe
Citation to James Claud Tutt in 1944 Texas case
The State of Texas issues citation requiring James Claud Tutt to appear and answer the plaintiff’s petition by 10 a.m. on Monday March 13 1944 before the court at issued location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
James Claud Tutt
A. D
State OF
Texas
B. E. Lovelady
Ada Lovelady Tolbert
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Court
Honorable District Court grants a divorce petition filed January 27 1944 by Nettie Velma Tutt against James Claud Tutt citing three year abandonment and seeking custody of two boys Bobby Gene and Albert Claud plus costs. Also notes a citation in case 52493 involving partition by receiver for 69 and 15 acres in listed surveys with heirs and guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorable District Court of
Grayson County
Sherman
Texas
Nettie Velma Tutt
James Claud Tutt
Bobby Gene
Albert Claud
A. D
S V. Earnest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Treasury Department
OPA
Mately
Surgeon General
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Public
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
DDT
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Department
U. S. Armed Forest
CPA
Farm Freezer Industry Advisory Committee
M-K-T Railway
Whitewright
Denison
Mr. de Marco
U. S. Employment Office
Denison, Texas
Cardus
District Court of
Court House
Katherine Propect
Claude Lindley Propect
Frances Propect
Ruby Mae Martin
Paul William Martin
Followig
John H. Annear
John Vaughn
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
Lone Star A Gas Company
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