Navy Secretary urges action to clear Atlantic of Nazis
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told governors that now is the time to strike Nazi Germany in the Atlantic. He argued Russia could stall Germany’s war machine this year and urged mobilizing America’s vast wartime capacity to defeat the Nazi threat and support Britain, even at great cost.
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Boston
Mass
Frank Knox
Atlantic
United States
Russia
Germany
Navy
Hitler
America
Britain
Knox
Soviet Russia
Singing Warms the Blood Says the Paper
A cited newspaper story reports singing has warming effects on the blood. Critics counter that many songs evoke chilling feelings and memories.
Bill Collector Downstairs Demand on Desk Pile
A terse exchange shows a resident instructing a messenger to tell the bill collector downstairs to take the pile on the speaker's desk. The line captures a moment of domestic tension over unpaid accounts.
Navy Opens Its Doors to Married Men
The United States Navy will accept married men for the naval reserve with conditions. Applicants must be 17 to 50 or 17 to 36 for four year reserve enlistments, qualify for a rating with adequate pay or have dependents with sufficient income, and undergo intensive sixteen week training for technical roles.
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Dallas
United States Navy
Ray Lokey
Dallas District
Naval Reserve
Navy
Lokey
Bare Faced Swindle: a joke about heaven and whiskers
A humorous quip revolves around a child asking if men go to heaven and a parent replying that most men reach heaven by a close shave, winking at a paternal vanity. The exchange highlights a light hearted joke about appearances and virtue.
Grayson Air School project bids top 3.17 million
Denison report shows a low bid of 3,166,781 from R F Ball and Central Contracting Co for housing utilities and facilities for the Army Air Corps basic training school south of Pottsboro. The list includes buildings, water and gas systems, storage tanks, barracks, mess halls, and hangars.
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Katalla
Camemoasasie
Laoo
Scien Ooo
Ee Gas Distribution System
Whee
Pottsboro
Leg exercise urged to strengthen youth and students
An army life would be hard on many due to weak leg muscles says a university physical education instructor. He notes college students and youths avoid walking, opting to save time by car, hindering sustained muscular effort. A campaign to encourage leg use is called for.
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Taylor Press
Living Up to It: A Witty Matchmaking Banter
A lively exchange centers on marriage prospects as a sensible young woman resists a blunt proposal. The humor hinges on appearances versus intent, revealing character through flirtation and social expectations.
Cotton crop faces heavy insect damage across Texas
Dr. F L Thomas warns of a worsening boll weevil threat in Texas with record weevil emergence and high percentages of punctured squares in Calhoun Burleson Brazos McLennan Collin counties. Fleahoppers and adverse weather conditions threaten yields from the Blacklands to the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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College Station
Texas
F. L. Thomas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Thomas
Calhoun County
Burleson
Brazos
McLennan and Vicinity
Collin
Rio Grande Valley
Hale County
C. B. Martin
South Plains
Hedge encounter at Mount Vernon ends with wry comeback
An English visitor to Mount Vernon mocks the hedge and claims George Washington got the hedge from England. Gardener Shep Wright, a Confederate scout, confronts him and delivers a blunt retort about the whole country.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
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Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
St. James's Palace
London
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
George VI
Zaleski
Sikorski
Poland
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Free
America’s Foundation
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Grayson Air School
Arters
Ance
Paeneenn
Hospital Barracks
Beedss
Wey Ewe
Gifford- Hill & Co
Wenmarig
Port Lavaca
Blacklands
Ashburn’s
Ashburn
Community Public Service CO
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