Texas Set To Ease 1942 Vehicle Title Rules
Texas Highway Commission announces wartime steps to prevent delays in 1942 vehicle registrations. County tax collectors may issue plates if applicants show an already filed title application or surrender an assigned title and apply for a new Texas title. Officials urge prompt accurate filings and correct addresses to speed title processing for defense travel.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Highway Department
Army meal tickets aid restaurant operators at war
The Army issues meal tickets instead of cash for soldiers dining on the road, allowing up to 75 cents per meal in restaurants and one dollar in railroad dining cars. Operators fill blanks, mail to post finance officers, who promptly pay full amounts. As the war expands, use of tickets will grow and more eateries will honor them.
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United States
Fort. Smurchi i
Alabama
Ian LR
Pete- John. Doe
Gloverdale
All But Very Poor To Tote Tax Load
Washington reported plan to raise 27 billion yearly revenue by taxing all but the very poor. Federal Reserve's Marriner Eccles outlined steps including higher personal and corporate taxes, withholding at source, expanded excises, closing loopholes, and borrowing from current incomes.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Eccles
New York
Treasury
Cotton plastic to replace tin cans proposed by Army official
Col Maurice E Barker of the Army Chemical Warfare Service told William and Mary students in Williamsburg that cotton sheets bonded with plastic from corn cobs could replace tin cans for foods and beverages. He urged new processing to convert cotton into woollike fiber, noting cotton’s potential as a major packaging material and fiber source.
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Marshall McNeil
Williamsburg
Texas
Maurice E. Barker
Army
Chemical Warfare Service
College of William and Mary
Barker
Gold lined reactors proposed for defense plant
Colonel Barker proposed loaning gold and silver from vaults to line reaction kettles and stills. He said a gold lined reactor would delight engineers and that the gold would be used without being consumed, aiding national defense.
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Barker
Measles in Texas Reaching Mild Epidemic Stage
In Austin Doctor Geo W Cox Texas State Health Officer says measles is at a mild epidemic stage with spread following travel routes. He warns complications like streptococcus mastoiditis and pneumonia can be deadly, urges parental vigilance and immediate medical care for exposed children.
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Austin
Texas
Geo
W. Cox
Cox
Talking Crows Show Speech Not In Tongue Slitting
Crows can mimic speech through the syrinx. The idea of slitting the tongue is false and cruel. Birds produce vocal sounds without such harm.
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