OPA Details First Food Rationing Plan Provisions
Des Moines reports the Office of Price Administration outlines how general food rationing will work starting before February ends. Consumers will shop any store, but items are limited by point values. Registration for Ration Book No. 2 will occur at schools, with red meat stamps and blue canned food stamps issued per family.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
Kenneth E. Stauffer
OPA
Reading tastes and open minds for good books
Briefs note readers should approach real thinkers with an open mind, absorb ideas, and not rush judgment. The column covers a mix of literary opinions, film notes, and a wartime plant relief drive sparked by a Red Cross button and coins. It also lists several book recommendations and a humorous travel memory.
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Mr. Shakespeare
Denver
Red Cross
Salvation Army
First Offender Oliver Keeps Clothes Untidy
A mother finds clothing scattered about and asks who failed to hang up clothes at bedtime. A muffled reply under the covers whispers the name Adam.
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Oliver
Adam
Divorce Petition Issued in Grayson County Texas
Citation in case number 49433 commands Samuel David Stephens to appear before the 15th District Court in Sherman on March 1, 1943, to answer Marie Stephens's divorce petition filed January 4, 1943 for cruel treatment. The document bears clerk S. V. Earnest and deputy Nancy Hatfield.
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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
Farmers Paying Off Land Notes In 1942 Texas
Texas farmers and ranchmen reduced land bank and commissioner loans in 1942, with 9,835 loans paid in full. Outstanding debt fell from 225,634,583 to 206,437,302 dollars despite 12 million in new loans. Future Payment Funds total 2,126,000 with interest, and borrowers build reserves in War Bonds.
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Houston
Texas
Sterling C. Evans
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Land Bank and Commissioner
Land Bank
Commissioner
Evans
Texas Agriculture
Hard to Keep Up Husband and Wife Exchange
A domestic exchange contrasts a husband’s frustration with saving to a wife’s blame on neighbors for ongoing costs. The humor hinges on financial strain and neighborly activity as the source of expense.
Jokes Hint at Quiet Hall Turns into Silent Punchline
A speaker demands silence in the hall to hear a pin drop. An irrepressible youth on the front row breaks the moment with Let her drop, eliciting a ripple of laughter and mild chaos.
Bread as staff pun sparks managerial notice
A business man hangs a witty sign criticizing staff diligence. The notice declares Bread is the staff of life, but the life of our staff should not be one continual loaf. The quip frames workplace morale with humorous contrast.
Pat Accepts Ride but Keeps Potatoes On Back
An Irishman named Pat, carrying a large sack of potatoes on a lonely road, accepts a lift from a wagon driver. He agrees to set the sack down in the wagon but refuses to let the driver bear the extra burden, saying he is grateful for the lift yet does not want to burden them.
Golfer and Caddie Banter Over Fading Game
A humorous exchange features a golfer lamenting his decline and a disapproving caddie noting the change in performance. The light back and forth captures a moment of frustration and wit on the course.
Richard Mansfield Hires Private Secretary Fallout
Richard Mansfield engages a private secretary to handle personal affairs but soon discovers the hire is ill suited. The story follows the mismatch and its unfolding consequences.
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Richard Mansfield
Actor Mansfield Drops Worker Over Poor Education
A young man is fired by Mr. Mansfield for bad spelling and mispronunciations after weeks of work. On protest, Mansfield says the man lacks educational requirements. The man claims his parents spent $10,000 on him, prompting the actor to joke they should sue for the money.
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Mansfield
Bank Clerk and Bride Joke About Money Knowledge
A bank clerk teases his bride by noting she is impressed with his explanations about banking and currency. She responds that it’s wonderful he knows so much about money while having none himself.
Man with black eye on street corner tale
A passerby recalls meeting a man sporting a black eye who explains he earned it in a fight, not by anyone giving it to him. The exchange captures a stoic, streetwise moment.
Fortune's Door Keeps Haunting the Boss
A wry exchange centers on worry over business while a tired old man jokes about fortune visiting. A secretary's typing is praised as mental prowess. The humor pivots on a pun with Miss Fortune as a visitor to the narrator.
Izzy and Lizzie Exchange Quip About Sewing and Kisses
Comic exchange frames Izzy asking the difference between a sewing machine and a kiss. Lizzie notes they are different while Izzy jokes that one sews and the other seems so nice.
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Izzy
Lizzie
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