Etiquette for Soldiers in Foreign Countries
Washington reports the Army issued handbooks guiding soldiers to get along with locals in North Africa and other regions. The Social Service Division lists twenty seven rules from being friendly to avoiding bravado, learning local customs, laws, language, and treating allies and civilians with respect.
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Washington
North Africa
India
New Caledonia
China
New Zealand
Britain
Northern Ireland
Australia
United States
Services of Supply
Planning Poultry Program For 1943
Texas farmers are urged to raise eggs by 11 percent and increase poultry meat in 1943 with two chick groups starting February or March and as soon as the first group leaves the brooder. McCarthy of A and M Extension warns against overcrowding and insufficient water and feed, outlining space requirements per chick and hen and recommending straight run chicks for heavier fryers next spring.
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McCarthy
Grayson County Farmers Received Soil and Wheat Parity Payments
Grayson County farmers received about 296 854 dollars in soil conservation payments and 78 000 dollars in 1942 wheat parity payments, per W W Gunn of the agricultural adjustment office. 1941 payments reached 378 000 dollars. Insurance payouts totaled 50 000 dollars to about 500 wheat farmers and 80 000 dollars on 1 015 cotton policies. government carried the insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
W. W. Gunn
Agricultural Adjustment Office
Gunn
The Devil Won Out Fable Ends with a Lawyer Jibe
A humorous tale has St. Peter demanding the Devil repair the heaven and hell boundary. The Devil refuses claiming busyness and retorts with a legal quip about finding a lawyer.
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Heaven and
Hell
St. Peter
Choosing Local Hatcheries for Prime Chicks Under NPIP
Mc Carthy recommends purchasing chicks as close to home as possible to cut transport delays. He favors hatcheries with reliable quality and NPIP or equivalent programs, ensuring better grade stock for a 100 birds per house drinking water plan.
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McCarthy
National Poultry Improvement Program
JAPANESE DETENTION CAMP LISTS FOOD FOR ALIENS
The Evening News notes a large variety of foods requested from wholesale grocers for aliens held in a Texas camp. The list includes olives, canned salmon and sardines, fruit salad, jams, lard, mince meat, and 8,800 pounds of sugar among over 100 items.
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San Antonio
the Evening News
Texas
Sows Produce All-Time Litter Record With 27 Pigs
Davenport Iowa reports a Floyd Metzger farm sow born twenty seven piglets in a week an unheard of total in hog country. Seven piglets died from the litter while the rest show signs of thriving. Two other Metzger sows produced fifty two more piglets bringing the farm total to seventy nine in twenty four hours.
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Davenport
Iowa
Floyd Metzger
Des Moines
Metzger
Connelly's Column Reports Texas Legislature Actions
John W. Connelly of Fannin County describes the 48th Legislature convening with Price Daniel elected Speaker and Clarence Jones named chief clerk. He outlines aims to reform social security provisions for the aged and dependent children, including lifting pension ceilings and enabling matching funds with federal aid. Harley Sadler enters as a new legislator after ceasing a tent show due to gasoline rationing.
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Price Daniel
Liberty
Homer Leonard
McAllen
House
Baylor
Texas Young Democrats
Leonard
Stevenson
Clarence Jones
Trenton
Reading
E. R. Lindley
Fannin County
North Texas
Senate
Clarence
Charles R. Jones
Texas
Lon Alsup
Panola County
Harley Sadler
West Texas
Jerry Sadler
Sweetwater
Harley
Sadler
Barnum
John W. Connelly
U.S. War Costs Soar Beyond Past Conflicts in WWII
The Sun reports President Roosevelt's $100 billion defense budget drives WWII costs to $196 billion from Pearl Harbor to June 30, 1944. It lists earlier American war costs: Revolutionary War $150 million, War of 1812 $133.7 million, Mexican War $166 million, Civil War North $15.097 billion, Spanish American War $1.922 billion, World War I $41.765 billion, with all federal spending through Pearl Harbor totaling $197.18 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Pearl Harbor
North
Notice to creditors of George L. Carlat estate
The administratrix Mrs. George L. Carlat notifies creditors to present claims within the statutory period at Denison Texas. This notice dated December 31 1942.
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George L. Carlat
Denison
Texas
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Emily Post
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Lumber Co
TEXAN
North American Aviation, Inc
U. S. Army Air Forces
J. H. Kindelberger
North American
Ade
Big Texas
Airmada
Grayson
Sow
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Connelly
U. S. Wars
Mobil 2
G.C. Stateville
L. LaRoe & Co
The
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright
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