Farm Prices Jump Despite Past Market Collapse
The Office of War Information reports a sharp rise in U S farm land values as of March 1 1943 with per acre values near 99 versus 91 a year earlier. It notes wartime price gains outpace farmer costs though debt and living costs rose previously, highlighting a 360 million dollar debt payoff in 1942 and a 25 percent rise in costs since 1933.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
United States
18000 Wounded Flown From Africa
Brig. Gen. David N. W. Grant announced that over 18000 incapacitated and wounded soldiers were evacuated from Africa by U S Army Air Forces planes. He noted some days moved as many as 600 patients, with many being British and French as well as Americans.
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New York
United States Army
David N. W. Grant
Army Air Forces
Advertising Federation of America
Three Memorable Trips By A Fort Worth Observer
The author recalls three standout journeys by different transports. A police patrol ride at speed, an auto gyro piloted by Captain Yancey over Fort Worth, and a private railroad car inspection trip on the Childress Pampa line with a cook valet porter aboard. Buck Taylor, and a Comanche Chief quip are noted.
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Yancey
Atlantic
Fort Worth
Childress- Pampa
Rationed Chicagoans Explore Early American Rationing
The Chicago Historical Society display reveals rationing tickets dating to 1794 in Fort Madrid on the upper Mississippi, with examples in French for six loaves of bread and three pieces of cloth. Chicago post fire of 1871 also saw price ceilings and bread tariffs.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
Mississippi River
New Madrid
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Illinois
Fort Madrid
Historical Society
Vanden Benden
Louis
Divorce Citation for Mary Green vs Jack Breeden Green
Publication notice issued in Grayson County 1943 for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Plaintiff Mary Green seeks dissolution of the marriage to Jack Breeden Green with two adult children named Jack Jr. and Sarah. hearing set by August 16 at 10 a.m. before the District Court in Sherman.
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State OF Texas
Jack Breeden Green
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Mary Green
State of
Jack Breeden Green Jr
Sarah Green
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Auto Industry Sets Plans to Change Back
Detroit reports that the auto industry plans to revert to peacetime production after war needs. Officials acknowledge the wartime shift from cars to guns and tanks stretched engineering and slowed the conversion. Further signs show the path ahead remains challenging as officials press for readiness in 1945.
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Auto Industry
Detroit
Reconversion planning outlined by industry leaders
Alvan Macauley of Packard and the Automobile Council say a committee will study how to end government contracts and shift to peace production. Donald M. Nelson notes we can refund war facilities to aid reintegration of auto manufacture while sustaining the economy. Industry insiders warn the war machine may have peaked but reconversion remains feasible without diverting workers or machines from war work.
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Alvan Macauley
Packard Motor Company
Automobile Council For War Production
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Macauley
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Hitler
Japan
I am Brave Eagle Introduces His Family
Indian chief introduces himself to a paleface visitor and presents his son Fighting Bird and grandson Four-Engined Bomber. The scene underscores family lines across cultures during a moment of contact.
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Brave Eagle
Fighting Bird
Junior Improves in Exams Says Family
The family reports Junior is doing much better in his latest exams. He was almost at the top of the list of those who failed, signaling a significant turnaround and improved performance.
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Whitwright
Boyce House
Buck Taylor
Middlebuster Fame
Texas Institute of Natural Resources and Industrial Development
Dallas
Buck
Austin
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Turkestand
Tibet
S. H. Montgomery
Lone Star A Gas Company
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