Great Lakes freight tops 1942 averages amid wartime demand
The 1942 Great Lakes bulk freight total reached 178.6 million net tons with iron ore shipments totaling 92 million gross tons. The record aided steel production at a monthly rate surpassing 7 million ingot tons while wartime budgets projected 1944 expenditures near 108 billion and new tax collections of 16 billion. Public notices include 4 million women in war work and a push to expand nursing and Red Cross programs.
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Great Lakes
Congress
OWI
WMC
McNutt
Red Cross Nursing Service
Army and Navy
Red Cross
Defense Health and Welfare Services
Miss Boy Prompted By Copy Desk Gaffe
A midwestern newspaper faced a gendered readers issue as staff settled on addressing a female reader by the term Miss Boy after a copy desk joke. The incident highlights newsroom language and etiquette in print.
Looking Ahead by George S Benson on character and nationhood
The article argues personal character drives duty and financial responsibility. It links hard work and honesty to America’s greatness, warns against moral decay, and urges character building through religion, liberty, and faith-based conduct. It extols founders' three freedoms and the role of godliness in good citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
America
United States
Orient
God
Japanese Propaganda Claims Hornet Sinking Fueled Tokyo Revenge
Japanese broadcasts claimed the carrier Hornet was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands on October 26 1942 and asserted it brought North American bombers for an April 18 air attack on Tokyo. OWI tracked the宣 broadcast as revenge rhetoric and noted focus on the Hornet by Japanese air units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz Islands
Tokyo
OWI
New Food Allergy Test Promises Relief for Many
Dr. Arthur F. Coca of Oradell announces a new highly accurate food allergy test at the Fifth Annual Forum on Allergy in Cleveland. He says the test identifies culprit foods linked to migraine indigestion constipation and other symptoms affecting 80 percent of people, with two thirds freed by avoidance. Sympathectomy shows effectiveness in some cases. Collegiate studies support links to common colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Arthur F. Coca
Oradell
N. J
Coca
Laurence Miscall
U.S. Army
Arthur Locke
West
Baby brother arrives at hospital costs family $300
A five-year-old asks why a newborn costs money after meeting his new baby brother at the hospital. The mother explains the baby cost $300, prompting the child to quip about the baby’s hair, teeth, and abilities.
Final Report in Latitia Fuller Estate Heard in 1943
Citation commands Grayson County sheriff to publish notice in a local newspaper and summon all interested parties to appear at the Grayson County Probate Court in Sherman on the first Monday after ten days service to contest guardian Cora Lee Fuller’s final report on Latitia Fuller non compos mentis estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Latitia Fuller
Cora Lee Fuller
Court House
City of
Sherman
A. D
Writ Executed in Grayson County Texas January 15 1943
Affidavit of publisher attached to a copy of this writ showing execution. Witness H Grady Thompson Clerk of the County Court Grayson County Texas at Sherman. Dated January 15 1943. Deputy Iva Medlin signs for the Clerk. 1T
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Grady Thompson
Grayson County
Texas
Sherman
A. D
Iva Medlin
Divorce Citation Issued for Marie Stephens Case No 49433
The State of Texas commands Samuel David Stephens to appear and answer the plaintiff's divorce petition. The hearing is set before the 15th District Court in Grayson County, Sherman on Monday March 1, 1943. Plaintiff Marie Stephens seeks divorce for cruel treatment plus costs and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Samuel David Stephens
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Marie Stephens
Towit
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Hatfield
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Treasury Department
Stanley S. Surrey
Tax Legislative Counsel
Treasury
Roosevelt
North Africa
United Nations
Department of Agriculture
Sherman Farms
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
the Sun
Whitewright
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy, Arkansas
South
Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburg
Stevens College
Palace Theatre
Es Orne Nag
Miley Burnette
Mae
Thurston Hall
Harry Langdon
SUN. Matinee
SUN. Nite & Mon
Irving Berlin
Bing. Crosby
Bertins
Marjorie Reynolds
Virginia Dale
Walter Abel
Destruction, Inc
Burma
John Ware Lee Youn Carroll
Paul Kelly Gordon Jones
Bill Shirley Mae Clarke
Madero
Mexico
Suicide Squadron
Anton Walbrook
Sally Gray
A.republic Picture
Pete Smith
Wake Island
Eaton
Eileen
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