Battle Deaths In War Total Ten Million
New York statisticians from Metropolitan Life estimate World War II battle deaths at about 10 million, with Axis losses around 5.2 million and United Nations roughly 4.5 million. Germany leads Axis with 3.25 million. Russia about 3 million. Britain Empire 375–400k. United States 325k. other Allies 450k.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United Nations
United States
British Empire
Germany
Japan
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Bulgaria
United Nation
Russia
Underground
Poland
Yugoslavia
Belgium
China
Pearl Harbor
The Spice of Life and Jokes from Clyde Hoey
A collection of jokes and humorous lines. It includes a quip about a golf ball strike at St Andrews, a North Carolina senator's humorous church punchline, a miller and Seth tale, and several light wartime quips. The tone is playful, with multiple speakers sharing one liners and punchlines.
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St. Andrews
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Americans Complain About English Weather at Town Hall
Shelterers from a sudden downpour filled the arches of the town hall while a group of American soldiers debated English weather. A passerby quips that natives will keep the climate, prompting the surprised reply that people live here in peacetime.
Manville on management and the choice of overseers
The late Thomas F. Manville, famed asbeston king, stressed that business success hinges on choosing capable managers. He told a New York editor that the unsuccessful businessman tends to dispute authority and only hires weak overseers, as illustrated by his remark about young Seth Higgins.
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Thomas F. Manville
New York
Seth Higgins
Suburban Party Crasher Turns Ice Cream Dilemma
A local matron hosting a Sun day School party at a suburban drugstore faced a soda fountain clerk who feared a gallon would deplete supplies. The matron suggested four quarts instead, and the clerk agreed, praising the display of sportsmanship and handling the request smoothly.
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O. K
The
New Yorker
Crowds at Circus Entrance Meet Quiet Mathematics Moment
A crowd of boys gathers at a circus tent entrance. A man asks the ticket taker to count them as they enter, the last boy arriving at twenty eight. A humorous school year reception follows with teachers toasting and a witty retort about raises.
The Planter and Sam Debate The Afterlife Agreement
An elderly southern planter and his aged Black servant Sam discuss belief in life after death. The planter proposes a test to determine who goes where after death, framing an agreement about their fates based on behaviour. The dialogue hints at justice and moral reckoning in a discriminatory social setting.
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Sam
Divorce by cruelty cited in Grayson County Texas
State issues citation in No 54128 to Paul Eugene Harland to appear by 10 A M on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, March 25, 1946, before the District Court in Sherman. Plaintiff Helen Pauline Harland filed December 18, 1946 seeking divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Issued February 9, 1946 by Clerk S V Earnest, with Deputy Nancy Drake.
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State of Texas
Paul Eugene Harland
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Helen Pauline Harland
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Joseph F. McCarty
J. F. McCarty
Pleasant W. McCarty
Lizzie R. McCarty
Grayson
State of
Paw Paw Creek
I. G. Belcher
S. W
David Keeler
Keeler
Rationing Origins as Told by a History Lesson
A classroom dialogue quotes a student asking when gasoline rationing began. The teacher replies with a “four hundred years ago” estimate, then clarifies using a history book line about Queen Isabella providing Columbus with three galleons to cross the ocean.
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Willie
Isabella
Columbus
McCarty heirs listed in lengthy court notice
No. 54319 to Lizzie R. McCarty and others heirs and legal representatives of multiple McCarty Bolton heirs including Lola Lola Bolton Thelma Joseph Violet Susan E Mc... names continue in the fragmented notice with potential probate or estate action and related successors
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State of
Texas
Lizzie R. McCarty
Lizzie McCarty Fisher
Zaccheus M. McCarty
Lola R. McCarty
William B. McCarty
William Beatrice McCarty
William Beatrice McCarty Bolton
Chester Bolton
Lola Bolton
Thelma Bolton
Joseph Bolton
Violet Bolton
Susan E. McCarty
Pleasants W. McCarty sues for partition of Grayson County land
Pleasant W. McCarty files suit against Lizzie R. McCarty and others to partition two acres in Grayson County Texas on Paw Paw Creek. The property is described as part of a Belcher survey and conveyed to Joseph F. McCarty, with each party holding an undivided one third interest. Estimated value is two thousand dollars. The petition seeks division and relief in law or equity.
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Burnett Avenue
Stoneman
Joseph F. McCarty
Grayson County
Texas
Lizzie R. McCarty
William Beatrice McCarty Bolton
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Possum Flats
Fant Milling CompAny
Sherman, Texas
Seth
Yassah
Saipan
Gomer May
Whitewright Lumber Co
Bie
L. Laroe & CO
Henry
Judge
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
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