Texas War Food Plan Calls for Record 380 Million Acre Planting
Texas farmers are urged to boost food crop plantings under a national goal of 380 million acres, with a 26 percent rise in wheat and larger output of dry beans peanuts and potatoes. Judge Marvin Jones says all farmers must mobilize assets to meet rising war time food needs and maintain rotation to protect yields.
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Washington
Texas
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Jones
United States
Patton Heads American Forces In Sicily Command
Malta dispatch lists the top Allied command in the Mediterranean during the Sicily campaign with Patton as commanding general of American forces and Montgomery as British commander in chief. The officers include Eisenhower as overall commander, Cunningham as naval chief, Tedder as air chief, Spaatz and Do little in strategic roles, and Lloyd overseeing coastal air forces.
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Valletta
Malta
George S. Patton Jr
United States
Sicily
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Bertram Ramsey
Allied Forces
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean Air Command
Sir Arthur Tedder
United States Naval Forces
Henry K. Hewitt
Northwest African Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Tactical Air Force
Arthur Cunningham
Strategic Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Northwest African Coastal Air Force
Sir Hugh P. Lloyd
Lightning Bolt Kills Dog Sparing Baby At Farm
A single lightning strike at the Roland Crammel farm in Merrill Wisconsin killed a dog on the front porch, knocked a baby from its crib into another room, and damaged the kitchen sink, but the 8 month old baby was not hurt.
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Merrill, Wis
Roland Crammel Farm
Cotton Insignia May Replace Metal Under War Plan
Philadelphia report says the Army considers removing metal branch insignia in favor of knitted cotton labels to identify soldiers. The move aims to conserve brass and would require thousands of pounds of cotton yarn for production.
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Philadelphia
Cotton
Governor Plans Own Inventory of Tires in Check of Rationing
Governor Coke Stevenson moves to collect information from local sources on Texas tire supplies and butter and meat shortages as he postpones a conference with OPA official Max McCullough. He cites secrecy and calls for data to counter Washington “glittering generalities.”
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Max McCullough
Dallas
OPA
Stevenson
McCullough
Washington
Ration Free Shoe Sales Authorized by OPA
Washington D C Ration free sales of limited quantities of obsolete and odd lot shoes are authorized from July 19 to 31 by the Office of Price Administration. Prices will cap at ten percent above wholesale or twenty five percent below the July 1 1943 selling price.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Wanted to Buy Fat Cattle and Sell Items in The Sun
A collage of classified notices includes WANTED fat cattle for butchering and requests to buy land or property, plus sale pitches for butane gas and auto loans. It also promotes selling unused household items via The Sun classifieds with low rates and quick results.
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Pascal Farley
Tom Barbee
Foster’s
Butane
Denison
Texas
Sun
The Spice of Life and Odd Tales From The War Era
A collection of light anecdotes and jokes from wartime life. Louis laments starting school with a humorous line about unfinished business. A Marine trades a pipe up to a tribal trophy worth hundreds. A Georgia tale explains two Baptist churches over Moses. A desert traveler asks about a bathing suit. Two brothers share kitchen work. one fishes while the other fails. Will Rogers jokes about a Washington lecture with Coolidge and a singing quartet. A man questions a girlfriend named Belle and finds a door sign reading Bell out of order.
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Will Rogers
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Will
Ise Been Took Ras Tus Refuses Lawful Wife
A colored minister asks Ras Tus if he will take a woman as his wife. The undersized, bow-legged man replies that he takes nothing, adding the line Ise been took, implying he has been deceived or trapped in the situation.
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Rastus
Tomatoes baked fried and boiled for winter use
Tomato cooking tips emphasize baked stuffing, frying on toast, and boiling for variety. Guidance covers vitamin C content, storage in cool places, and using scraps for gravies and meals as meats rationing increases vegetable use. Sun Want Ads notes end of column.
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War Food Administration
Patton
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Joe Norman
Whitewright
Woodmen Circle Home
Sherman, Texas
Allen T. Short
Hannah’s. Phone 100
Fay
Burnett
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Louis
Dad
Wisdom of
The
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Dickering
Georgia
Pharoah
Moses
Udder
Sahara Desert
Belle
Marathon
Quaker State Motor Oil
Norris
Public Service Company
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