Draftees With a Psychosis Stand Little Chance to Enter Army Service
The Army plans a strict psych test to weed out draftees unfit for service citing high hospital costs from nervous and hypochondriac traits. Dallas already rejects selectees on psychiatric grounds as psychiatrists forecast tough screening nationwide.
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Dallas
Army
Sam
Arthur J. Schwenkenberg
Dallas County Medical Advisory Board
Atlanta
Napoleon
Elba
St. Francis of
Assia
St. Francis
Casanova
South
Harry Rubin
Waco
Veterans’ Administration
Texas
Schwenkenberg
Eighth Corps
Texas school lunch program feeds 260 348 children in December
A SMA report shows 260 348 Texas children in 3 627 schools benefited from surplus foods in December with 212 counties participating and 42 counties not yet in program. Welfare officials say improved attendance weight health and attitudes follow, with extension service aiding outreach. Marion follows with a humorous exchange about Tubbs plane engagement.
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College Station
Texas
Surplus Marketing Administration
SMA
Texas Extension Service
Salesmen barred at Glasgow front gate sign
A Glasgow house gate proclaims a ban on salesmen and canvassers with a carved line reading Pp. S. Except those with free samples. The wording suggests a local household asserting control over doorstep solicitations.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Poem and local lore guide Llano county notes
The piece recounts a published poem by H M Shannon found in the Wharton Spectator and notes Llano attractions Enchanted Rock Packsaddle Mountain and hunting grounds. It also chronicles Army truck production totals, several vehicle classes, and a sermon line about an oil field discovery for a black preacher.
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Wharton Spectator
Frank Shannon
H. M. Shannon
Richmond
Texas
Llano
A. F. Moss
Llano County
Buchanan Lake
The Owl and Gospel Telephone Prayer
An orator invokes spiritual imagery in a fervent, rhythmic prayer. The speaker asks for divine communication, enlightenment, and empowerment for a leader or people, invoking biblical motifs and symbols of energy, flame, and oil to convey spiritual renewal.
Monthly Army plane production nears 1000 mark
Washington officials said military plane output for January will total between 900 and 1000 aircraft. An office of production management spokesman disclosed the estimate on Monday.
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Washington
United States
Office of Production Management
Divorce by Abandonment Filing in Grayson County Court
Publication notice directs Sheriff to summon Ruby Winn unknown residence to answer plaintiff Antonio Winn in 1941 Grayson County District Court. Case number 48056 requests divorce on abandonment grounds with alleged separation since March 23, 1926. Court date set for the second Monday in March 1941 in Sherman.
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State OF
Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
Ruby Winn
15Th Judicial District
Sherman
Antonio Winn
V. R. Henderson
District Court of
Grayson Co
City of
Smiling Lesson From Stage Director Boosts Sales
A corporate sales head hires J B Iden of New York to coach smiles. He trains each man to ensure eyes mirror the mouth. After two weeks, sales rise 15 percent in three months.
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America
J. B. Iden
New York
Mr. Iden
Optimist International
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