Texas labor bill draws flood of constituent protests
In Austin lawmakers face a flood of mail over House Bill 100 seen as tightening union rules. Denison reps M. B. Morgan and Roger Q. Evans vow to oppose the measure though many observers expect its passage. The bill would require unions to file annual financial reports and limit initiation fees.
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Roger Q. Evans
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J. A. Benton
Grayson
Collin Counties
Wylie
McKinney
Betty Morgan
Denton
University of Texas
North American plant hits ten thousand planes built
J H Kindelberger announced that North American Aviation reached the ten thousandth Texan trainer produced since September 1941 at the Dallas division, a world record for a single model. The Texan, used by 27 UN air forces, marks a milestone in American aviation capacity.
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Inglewood
Brothers from Ohio at Perrin Field
Major Paul R. Okerbloom and Pvt. Charles Okerbloom, brothers from Columbus, Ohio, are stationed at Perrin Field Denison. The major, one of the youngest at 26, joined air forces after West Point in 1939 and became a pilot in 1940, arriving at Perrin Field in 1941. The private enlisted in December. civilian life he was Professor Okerbloom at the University of Iowa.
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Department of Fine Arts
University of Iowa
Looking Ahead by George Benson
George Benson urges workers to embrace effort and reject idle dependence. He compares 1943 to 1776, warns against centralized power, praises Congress for investigating bureaus, and supports voter engagement in wartime governance.
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Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Knetsch Takes Oath on Texas Highway Commission
Fred E. Knetsch of Seguin was sworn in by Judge Harry Graves of the Court of Criminal Appeals as a Texas Highway Commission member for a six year term. He succeeds Robert Lee Bobbitt of San Antonio.
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Fred E. Knetsch
Seguin
Harry Graves
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Highway Commission
Knetsch
Robert Lee Bobbitt
San Antonio
Dangerous Dollars In Our Pockets
A wartime economist argues that Americans will have 110 billion dollars to save or spend after 15 billion in taxes. With only 70 billion in civilian goods, 40 billion will remain idle unless saved in War Bonds or spent on inflationary purchases. Each person must choose between wasted money through bidding up prices or safeguarding it via War Bonds for future peace.
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America
Rural home demonstration clubs grow in 1942 membership
Texas home demonstration clubs show steady growth in 1942 with more women enrolled. Sociologist Helen H. Swift of the A and M College Extension Service notes membership increased from 40 611 in 1938 to 46 079 by 1942 as rural women's organizations expand.
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College Station
Texas’ Home
Helen H. Swift
A. and M. College Extension Service
Local clubs growth and county councils expansion cited
The report notes clubs increased from 2 197 to 2 717 in the year and that county home demonstration councils are active in 193 counties.
Soldiers trade tall tales about scarecrows and corn
Two soldiers swap stories about scarecrows. One claims a lifelike figure scared crows away all summer. The other retorts his father’s scarecrow frightened crows into returning stolen corn from the previous year.
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