Texas Increases Goals For Sorghum Soybeans And Sweet Potatoes
The Texas War Board raised production goals for grain sorghum from 4,969,000 to 5,963,000 acres, soybeans from 50,000 to 75,000 acres, and sweet potatoes from 60,000 to 95,000 acres. No gains for peanuts and flax. Incentive payments of 8 dollars per acre for grain, 15 dollars per acre for soybeans, and 50 cents per bushel for sweet potatoes apply to relevant planted acreage.
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College Station
Texas
Usda War Board
War Board
There Are Shoes For All at Shoe Meeting
Fort Worth speakers stressed abundant footwear and rationing safeguards at the Southwest Shoe Travelers Association annual convention. J L Sullivan noted styles and colors trimmed to cut labor while wartime shipments would focus on practical shoes. Salesmen described a brisk year as merchants restocked inventories.
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Fort Worth
J. L. Sullivan
Southwest Shoe Travelers Association
McTweed jokes about job tenure with Doodle and Company
In a sharp quip McTweed says he has worked for Doodle and Company only since they threatened to fire him. The exchange frames a tense employer employee dynamic with a burst of humor.
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DeTwitter
Doodle and Company
McTweed
Army finds new cotton uses for textiles and gear
In an exchange disclosed by Senator Hattie Caraway, Maj. Gen. W. D. Styer reports the Army is expanding cotton use to replace metal and fiber parts. Substitutions include cotton for sheet metal in truck tops and bags, cloth for metal in airplanes, rope, webbing, and binders, to meet rising demand.
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Washington
Armed Services
Lendlease
W. D. Styer
Services of Supply
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Manila
Army
Rickenbacker Opposes Overtime for 48-Hour Week
In Philadelphia at Independence Hall Capt Eddie Rickenbacker voiced opposition to President Roosevelts 48 hour work week. He said workers should endure 48 hours for current high wages and cited wartime sacrifice for soldiers in foxholes deserts and swamps. He predicted the war lasting into 1944 or longer and opposed salary caps as limiting incentive.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Rickenbacker
Roosevelt
Independence Hall
Rickenbacker
The Spice of Life Humorous Snippets From Daily Laughs
A string of light hearted quips and jokes appears through a humorous column. The bits include a would be politician, a bank mishearing, a tombstone pun, a Grand Canyon anecdote and a lawyerly courtroom gag.
Lloyd George says change of trouble as good as vacation
Under war stress David Lloyd George appeared rested at a meeting. Asked how he stays fit he replied that a change of trouble is as good as a vacation, contrasting his fatigue with those around him.
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David Lloyd George
Soldier recruit endures drill and death quote clash
A raw Army recruit endures a long drill day and softly mutters death is wonderful. The officer demands who spoke the line and the recruit admits Shelley. A German pilot captured in England jokes about repeated downings and quick liberation by his Fuehrer and Poland.
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Shelley
England
Poland
Fuehrer
Bitter Cold and Gasoline Quandary on the Road
A man tells his doctor he feels unwell while claiming to look splendid. A driver at a filling station in a frosty day neglects to switch off his motor, prompting the attendant to shout for engine shutoff as the car’s exhaust lingers.
Help Wanted Advertisements From Early 20th Century Papers
A collection of brief help wanted notices from various papers shows general housework for a woman with a good home and sugar, a licensed druggist with walking ability, a stenographer paid thirty a week but expected lower pay, and sixty five plus hotel elevator operators. The quotes end with a wry social maxim about yawning.
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Hiawatha
Kansas
Cloverleaf
Chattanooga
Nampa
Idaho
New Orleans
Shipbuilding Order Quoted For Three 10000-Ton Vessels
A town resident visits a bank to deposit funds after a firm requests three ten thousand ton ships and the shipbuilder Kaiser suggests delivery by Friday at 5 p.m. The dialogue implies a business deal in progress while a Ladies Aid Society member handles banking tasks in a small town.
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Ladies Aid Society
War era banter as RAF halts Luftwaffe plans
A wartime exchange shows tension between a Belgian and a French speaker regarding Hitler and imminent move. The RAF interruption hints at a planned invasion or air threat with a remark about heading to Canada tomorrow.
What For Question Follows Busy Lawyer Card
A young lawyer, seen as busy and prosperous, leaves a note saying he will return in an hour. On return, a rival has written underneath What For, turning the innocent card into a taunting jab.
Bracelet mystery at West Coast Kaiser shipyard
Reported incident at a Kaiser shipyard leads to a vague tale as two African American workers, fond of relaxation, are surprised by an event after a remark about a precious bracelet. The dialogue hints at a pun and social context of the era.
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Kaiser
Workers leave shipyard as heads are cleared
Two sailors quip about being defrosted after being dismissed from the shipyard as they walk toward the gate.
Arithmetic bugs plague Rastus in classroom exchange
In a satirical exchange a Major asks about arithmetic bugs and Rastus explains they are cooties that add to misery and subtract from pleasure while daily life divides attention and multiplies like chickens, as a bootblack jokes about facing his reflection.
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Rastus
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