Cotton Stamp Plan 10 to Aid Needy Under Wartime Surplus
Secretary Wallace announced a wartime Cotton Stamp Plan to help relief families by issuing green purchase stamps and brown free stamps redeemable for cotton products. The program, funded by Congress, starts in six weeks in selected cities and expands if successful, with quarterly allotments and defined purchase ranges.
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Washngton
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Treasury
Department
Congress
Local Oddity Ends With Parkin Plashe Confusion
A humorous crime scene involves a man addressing an officer claiming a parked plash car is present. The exchange centers on a misheard phrase and a misunderstanding of a supposed vehicle located in a parking place. No threats or injuries reported.
Texas to vote 14 million in 1940 elections
Fort Worth reports poll tax data showing Texas may field 1.4 to 1.5 million eligible voters this year the largest tally in state history. Harris County leads with about 135000 eligible voters, driven by presidential and local races and strong interest in reform and government.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Harris County
Roosevelt
W. Lee O'Daniel
John Bourland
Tarrant
O’daniel
Ed Cobb
Dallas
Don't Worry Your Heart Won't Break Says Doctor
Harvard Medical School physician Dr. Raul D. White told a lecture that emotion does not physically break a heart and that coronary thrombosis can rupture a heart muscle in rare cases. He noted murmurs often mean little and that walking stairs helps the heart, while three meals a day can be bad for the heart unless the eater is a manual laborer.
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Boston
Raul D. White
Harvard Medical School
Misunderstanding Leads Son to Leave College
Mr Brown asks about his son leaving college and Mr White replies the son mistook the dean of women for a coed. The brief exchange hints at a campus misunderstanding affecting the student’s status.
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Mr. Brown
Mr. White
Dean of Women
Johnson Hearing Delayed Indefinitely by Texas Board
Austin. Chairman Harry Knox of the State Board of Control said hearings into operation of the San Antonio State Hospital for the Insane would be delayed indefinitely. Resumes depend on outcome of Dr. W. J. Johnson’s injunction suit to stop his discharge as hospital superintendent. District Judge J. D. Moore will rule on the petition Saturday. The inquiry followed a complaint by the San Antonio Ministerial Alliance that Johnson, 56, pursued female staff.
Kin-Mother Term Proposed by Mother-in-Law Group
In New York 600 members of the Mother-in-Law Association chose a new word kin-mother after a lengthy search. They did not disclose whether the group would rename itself Kin-Mother Association. Other proposed substitutes included Belle-mere mother-eureka ersatz-mother and mother link.
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New York
Mother-in-Law Association
Kin-Mother Association
Smallpox vaccination urged to end Texas spread
Public health notes that Texas reported 502 smallpox cases last year, the lowest in a decade aside from 1936, while stressing vaccination as the simple, affordable path to eliminate smallpox and prevent outbreaks in adults and children alike.
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Texas
State Health Department
United States
England
Wales
Germany
Woman Tries to Pay Fur Coat with Counterfeit $1000
In Corpus store a woman presented a counterfeit $1000 bill for a fur coat priced five to six hundred dollars. After bank checks cleared she initially refused, later accepted the coat, and when the bill proved fake she had already left for her hotel. The hotel received the coat and change, then she vanished.
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Corpus
O. K
Victoria County Mirror
Keeping the Record Straight
A witty exchange corrects a misstatement about a brother. The speaker clarifies that the trip was on a cattleship rather than a fellowship, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
Business Is Still Good Despite Slower Industrial Pace
Washington economists from the Commerce Department say industrial production has slowed slightly from December’s peak but remains strong. They expect further slackening in the coming month with spring developments, especially European war, potentially boosting foreign orders and drawing investment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Europe
1940 Census Cost To Government
Washington officials told a House subcommittee the 1940 census will cost about 53 million dollars. The population count requires 17.37 million, with agricultural census at 11.61 million and a survey of business establishments at 6.24 million.
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Washington
Census Bureau
House Appropriations
Anxious to Please Diner Requests Special Eggs
An anxious diner dictates precise egg preparation to a waiter in a humorous exchange. The waiter replies with the hen’s name Betty, adding a light touch to the kitchen order. The scene highlights a quirky, period newspaper humor tone.
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Betty
Ahem Teacher Joke About Ages and Arithmetic
A classroom quip has Tommy replying to a teacher with a joke about changing teachers. The exchange plays on memory of past math lessons and the speaker’s age.
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Tommy
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