Abbreviations Explained SHAEF ETO in War Brief
The piece explains Allied forces terms SHAEF and ETO for readers, noting Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces directed Europe’s campaign under Eisenhower and European Theater of Operations covers the region from the Mediterranean to Norway. It clarifies redeployments and reassignment possibilities for European personnel.
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Greenville Herald
Europe
Herald
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
Eisenhower
Shaef
Pacific
Mediterranean
Norway
Sweden
Eto
USA
United States Army
I Give You Texas and the Boy as Nation’s Hope
A humorous essay extols boys as perpetual motion bundles of energy and promise, noting their chaos and charm from dirt to dining. It concludes with a civic appeal urging August 25 a constitutional amendment to let Texans in the armed forces vote without poll tax payments.
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Texas
New neighbors spark caution after discovery of character
Residents say they were wary of new neighbors once they learned about their character. They stress the need for caution in evaluating unfamiliar people.
Nazi Slapper Found Guilty For 13th Time At Fort Devens
Pvt. Joseph V. McGee of Worcester received a six month hard labor sentence and $35 monthly pay deduction after his thirteenth court martial conviction. He admitted wearing unearned combat awards and was found guilty of AWOL, drunkenness in uniform, and false swearing.
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Fort Devens
Mass
Joseph V. McGee
Worcester
McGee
Fort Benjamin Harrison
United States
Devens
Leon A. McCarthy
Frank Bowler
Cotton acreage drops to fifty year low in Texas
Texas cotton planted by June 13 totaled 6.4 million acres, down 13 percent from last year and the smallest since 1890 1900. Nationally July 1 cotton acreage stood at 18.355 million, 10 percent below last year, with a ten year average of 26.359 million.
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Austin
Texas
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
United States
Husband and Wife Teams Ended on State Pay Rolls
Austin reports that husbands and wives will disappear from state payrolls after September 1 as departmental and college appropriation bills ban joint employment. The college bill includes the provision ending this practice that has lasted for years.
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Austin
Statewide marital status rule tightens state payroll
A new departmental appropriation bill ends an exception allowing husbands and wives employed since 1941 to both hold state jobs. Before pay warrants, workers must file affidavits on marital status and whether a spouse is state employed. About six couples at Texas Tech and three at UT will be affected, with Texas A M College absorbing the heaviest impact. Dean Frank Bolton cited an estimated 45 to 50 persons affected.
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Texas Technological College
University of Texas Texas A. & M
Frank Bolton
Farm mortgage debt drops to 1916 low in 1944
The U S Department of Agriculture reports farmers reduced outstanding mortgage debt to 5 270 655 000 on January 1 1945 from 5 634 772 000 a year earlier. The 1944 decline of 364 117 000 follows wartime income gains as farmers prepare for postwar readjustments.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm mortgage debt trends in World War II and World War I
The wartime years 1940 to 1944 show farm mortgage debt reaching $1,315,744,000 or one fifth of the 1940 total. By contrast debt rose each year in World War I from $4,707,000,000 on Jan 1, 1914 to $7,137,000,000 on Jan 1, 1919, then climbed to a peak over $102 billion in the early 1920s, more than double the present total.
McCloskey Hospital Handles 34033 Cases
Temple McCloskey General Hospital, Army’s amputation and neuro surgical center, has admitted 34033 bed patients through July 3. Brig Gen James A Bethea reports over 5000 in hospital now, about 1000 on sick leave, with more than 1600 amputations among the current patients.
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Temple
McCloskey General Hospital
James A. Bethea
Short Ride Pullman Trips End July 15
The Office of Defense Transportation bans Pullman travel on runs of 450 miles or less effective at noon July 15. DDT Director J. Monroe Johnson cited unexpected heavy arrivals as the reason for the order.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
Army redeployment ahead of schedule in July
He indicated July will be the heaviest month for Army arrivals in the country under the redeployment program from Europe and suggested further cuts in civilian Pullman travel may be necessary.
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Europe
Husband and groom confront rival husband at police station
In Houston a newlywed couple and a man claiming the wife as his continue dispute after an accidental meeting. The intruder says his wife left him two months ago and has not filed for divorce. The trio goes to the police station where the bride refuses to speak.
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Houston
Farm furloughs out senator says no harvest aid
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas announced there will be no soldier furloughs for farm work this year. He released Brig. Gen. Miles Reber's letter responding to a Salina Chamber of Commerce request for harvest assistance.
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Washington
Arthur Capper
Rep
Kansas
Miles Reber
Salina
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
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