Names and songs echo through a postwar reflection
The piece muses on changing given names from Mary to Elizabeth and other shifts, warns that an unbecoming name dulls one’s persona, and recalls a Great Lakes Naval Academy choir of 200 singing sailors aboard the Lexington during a torpedoing. It notes a future reunion of 12,000 sailors and mentions postwar foreign policy debates in the Senate.
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Janes
Margarets
Faith
Prudence
Mary
Elizabeth
Ann
Emily
Mabel
Great Lakes Naval Academy
Many Young People Headed For Future Misery
The Texas Sheriffs Association Magazine warns of dangerous marriage practices in Dallas. A Dallas News report notes 70 percent of pre marital certificates lack blood tests, risking venereal disease. A preacher near the license office allegedly promotes rapid marriages with doctor referrals. The Hall Foundation says blood tests require hours and syphilis cases rise in Texas. The gun marriage act once required a man’s medical certificate. parts were rescinded but the medical certificate law remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Sheriffs’ Association
Dallas News
Dallas
David Graham Hall Foundation
The
Hall Foundation
Texas
Foundation
Johnsons and a misfit student in school humor
The anecdote recalls Mrs Johnson and her son Jim in school. A friend asks about his progress and she replies he is doing much better though he barely failed the last exam, nearly topping the list of those who did not pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Super fuel for autos unlikely after war says Barnard
D P Barnard assistant director of research at Standard Oil Indiana says 100 octane aviation fuel will not become the postwar auto fuel. He notes prewar gasoline will remain the typical octane level with only modest gains and warns war era production practices are not economical for civilian use. Separately northern lights have been observed as far south as Singapore.
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Chicago
D. P. Barnard
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Barnard
Jokes and Prose Mix Size Up Snakes and Submarines
A letter writer compares U boats to rattlesnakes and cobras arguing the rattler warns before striking while the cobra bites without warning. The piece links German submarine progress to civilization and contrasts it with a humorous quip about shooting birds. A dad family exchange and a sentimental party scene round out the clipped page excerpts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Old Eli and Jenny Breakup Over Coffee Saucers
After forty years of bickering Jenny protests Eli coffee in a saucer and threatens to leave. He sadly says he will miss her more than his saucer of coffee.
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Eli
Jenny
Gal
War joke of missing luggage at station told in Dutch humor
A German passenger laments a missing suitcase at a small Dutch station after stepping away to wash his hands. A Dutch workman counters with a grim joke about Cologne where waiting guests found not only their suitcase but the platform and the whole station vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Cologne
The Rolling Stone Gathers No Mess
Patrick Corrigan of Galway narrates a parable about his son who joins a circus, wanders for two years, returns ragged and hungry, is turned away with the proverb rolling stone gathers no mess, and leaves. Two years later he returns prosperous with a high status and fine attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Corrigan
Galway
Patrick
Heil Hitler phrase mix up and steam experiment anecdote
A reader notes a German telephone scene with shouted Heil Hitler phrases and a child’s joke about generating speed with a tin can. The teacher’s steam experiment then yields a punchline about tying a can to a dog’s tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Encore anecdote on a Philadelphia flower card sparks smiles
A Philadelphia flower shop prints an anecdote titled Encore on center card panels. The humorous tale centers on a shy young man who, after a kiss from a bouquet giver, dashes out to fetch more flowers, with a playful punchline about his father and son.
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Philadelphia
Woman and Man Talk About Shopping and Fishing
The exchange suggests people claim activity to imply effort or progress even when no results show. The woman says she has been shopping without buying, and the man parallels with fishing without catching anything. Both imply signaling action rather than outcome.
Citation Notice for Heirs of Mrs Tirzah A Shock
The City of Sherman sues the heirs of Tirzah A Shock in Grayson County District Court. Citation must publish weekly for four weeks before March 13 1944 to require the unknown heirs to appear and answer the petition filed January 21 1944 in case 52509.
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Texas
Grayson County
Tirzah A. Shock
59Th Judicial District
Sherman
A. D
City of
Tirzah
Tax suits in Grayson County seek delinquent 1930s taxes
The 1944 district court docket lists plaintiffs seeking collection of delinquent taxes for 1930 through 1939 against properties owned by C A Shock and related parcels. State of Texas and Grayson County claim portions of taxes, with amounts shown for each year and total tax due including penalties and costs. Notices require publication to summon heirs of W M Reeder in Sherman for a separate 1944 case seeking delinquent taxes on Lot 5, Block A Bonds 3rd Richland Addition.
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A. Shock
Texas
Grayson
Deling
C. A
State of Texas
Grayson County
S. 40
M. B. Moore
Sherman
A. D
S. W. Earnest
City of
W. M. Reeder
Richland
S. V. Earnest
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Ance Was
Barbee & Bassett
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Singapore
Whitewright Lumber Co
Germany
Hockheim
Will
Pop
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Fey Minter
Southwestern Bell
State OF
Reeder
Reeder An
Hitler
Napoleon
Paris
Lenin
Moscow
Europe
America
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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