Jack Smith Completes Navy Department Intern Program
Jack W. Smith, formerly of Whitewright and now with the Navy Department in Washington, D. C., has completed a six month training course as an administrative intern. He was among 25 employees selected for the second interdepartmental program, approved by the Federal Government and the Civil Service Commission. Smith is the son of Mrs. Fred W. Smith of Ardmore, Ohio, whose late husband led Whitewright Schools for a decade.
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Jack W. Smith
Whitewright
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
Smith
Fred W. Smith
Ardmore
Ohio
Whitewright Schools
Boy with $10 reward asks for another try
Lawrence E. Maxey offered a $10 reward when his four month old fox terrier Corky disappeared in Kansas City. A boy returned Corky and the $10 reward with no questions asked. Later the boy sent a postcard begging to leave the dog on the porch again for another ten dollars.
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Kansas City
Corky
Lawrence E. Maxey
Maxey
Valley Forge Desertions Reach Over Three Thousand Men
A historic report notes more than 3,000 Washington troops deserted to the British from Valley Forge during a period of hardship and strife. The claim highlights the severity of supply shortages and morale challenges in the Continental Army.
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Washington
Valley Forge
Jokes From A World War II Era Humour Page
A collection of brief quips and exchanges featuring soldiers sailors and civilians. Jokes cover military life radio announcers medical exams finances gags about manners and a hillbilly bargain. Light dialogue about lipstick debts and a can opener highlight wartime humor.
Carpet Sweeper Pitch Sparks Rural Interruption
A carpet sweeper salesman visits a rural neighborhood but is interrupted by a hillbilly who bluntly says he already has a device and won’t waste breath on sales talk. The encounter highlights a humorous clash between salesman bravado and rural thrift.
What Mrs Smith Said Before The Judge Allows Question
A courtroom scene ends with defense counsel pressing a witness about Mrs Smith’s reply. The opposing counsel objects as irrelevant, a heated argument ensues, and the judge allows the question. The witness answers simply that Mrs Smith said nothing.
Bridge Patrol Riddle Sparks Humorous Exchange
A joking military exchange features an officer ordering a private to patrol a mined bridge and blow a whistle as it explodes. The private asks whether to blow it during the ascent or descent, turning a tense moment into a lighthearted quip.
Australian WWI diggers boast of distant girls in old yarns
Private Bluey and Private Curley recall how they wooed English maidens 27 years ago with tall tales of cactus ranches and prickly pear farms down under. A letter arrives from Bluey’s sister about her daughter falling for an American GI who claims to own a Nevada popcorn mine.
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Private Bluey
Private Curley
Down Under
G. I
Nevada
Fragmented comedy verse meets a Texas sheriff sale notice
A pasted page mixes a childlike poem and a legal Sheriff’s Sale Notice No 54083 from Grayson County Texas. The court order, dated February 15 1946, enforces a $204.97 judgment in favor of The State of Texas against The County of Grayson Intervener and Mrs N E Ritchey and heirs with six percent interest.
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State of Texas
Grayson
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Texas
A. D
N. E. Ritchey
Parmelia Conger
Grayson County Sheriff Sale Notice for 20 Acre Land Tract
Sheriff Gafford announces foreclosure sale on 20 acres from the E M Jones Survey in Grayson County on the first Tuesday in April 1946 between 2 and 4 PM at the Sherman courthouse. The property, described starting at the N W Corner, is subject to redemption and tax liens, with proceeds to satisfy judgment and costs. The notice also cites a separate suit No. 54324 in Grayson County District Court for damages and quiet title on property in Sherman’s Post Oak Addition, with restitution sought and issuance dated February 18, 1946.
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15Th District Court
Grayson County
A. D
Court House
Sherman
Grayson
N. E. Ritchey
Texas
N. W
E. M. Jones League
J. S. Thompson
Jones League
State of
G. P. Gafford
Gidson County
M. G. Dicken
Mary Stinson
W B. Stinson
M. F. Stinson
Annie A. Allingham
E. R. Ackerman
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Zora Hestand
Post Oak Creek
Samuel Bragg
Post Oak Addition
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Jack Smith
Navy Dept
Stars and Stripes
Jack
Union Station
Sarah
M. D
Whitewright Lumber Co.eighborly Service
Hank
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
L. Laroe & CO
Princeton
Miamian
Denison
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