An American Mother honors a son at Normandy graves
Don Whitehead reports from Omaha Beach as an American mother sends a letter to her dead son James. French girl Helene Chapelle and her mother place flowers on James Simonman’s cross at La Cambe Cemetery. The scene recalls a mother’s grief, hope, and memory across war’s long reach.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
France
la Cambe
Helen Chapelle
James Simonman
New York State
Helene
James
Adam
Madam Chapelle
Jerry
Pacific
Madam Chapile
Hidden taxes and their burden across purchases
A New Jersey Taxpayers Association broadcast argues that hidden taxes go unseen. It cites 63 taxes on a $35 suit and 201 taxes per gallon of gasoline, noting ration stamps are also involved in the current system.
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New Jersey Taxpayers’ Association
Texas Tax Journal
Wall of flame for Nazis off England coast 1940 41
Geoffrey Lloyd disclosed Britain's wartime plan to ignite the sea and scorch southern shores to deter a Nazi invasion. Details included flame throwers, fogasse devices, beach fires, and armed flaming barriers. The report notes German attempts and propaganda impacts alongside a note on fraction as legal tender limits.
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London
English
Britain
Geoffrey Lloyd
Lloyd
Channel
England
Hitler
France
U.S Fire Toll Tops 10,000 Lives Annually
New York reports that the National Fire Protection Association pegs U S losses at about 450 million dollars yearly and over 10 000 deaths, with 17 000 hospitalizations. Fire losses erode war production, rivaling enemy bomb damage, and call for a full week of fire prevention annually.
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U.S
New York
America
National Fire Protection Association
Pearl Harbor
Percy Bugbee
The
Association
United States
England
France
Germany
Japan
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell Verse Tip
The verse by Margie B Boswell notes experience over pictures of fortune and warns that constant mirth dulls the mind. It likens pleasures to spring perennials and ends with a reflective pause about deaf ears.
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Margie B. Boswell
Fragmentary lines stir recall of a kaleidoscope mind
A terse, reflective note hints at memory distortions and personal preoccupations. It evokes shifting patterns of thought like a kaleidoscope. Quiet introspection contrasts with sharp edged wording and scattered impressions.
Citation for final report in Grayson County estate
The state commands the sheriff to publish this notice for ten days to summon all interested in the estate of A. F. Bizzell Non Compos Mentis guardian H. D. Bizzell to appear at the Grayson County Probate Court in Sherman on the second Monday in June 1945 to contest the final report. Witness J. C. Buchanan clerk.
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State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
A. F. Bizzell
H. D. Bizzell
City of
Sherman
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Iva Medlin
Divorce by Cruel Treatment Citation in Sherman Texas
Citation issued May 15 1945 commands R R McDowell to appear in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas by 10 am on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance for Hazel Maxine McDowell plaintiff in suit No 53566 seeking divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Deputy clerk Nancy Drake. 4-17
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State OF Texas
R. R. McDowell
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Hazel Maxine McDowell
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Rexall
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Akim Tamiroff
Robert Paige
David Bruce Leonid Kinskey
Ray Collins
June Vincent Andrew Tombes Thomas Gomez
Woody the Woodpecker
Woody
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Palace Theatre
FBI
Bordertun
Bugs Bunny
Wild Hare
Mystery Queen
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
Margaret O'Brien
Stor
Marsha Hunt
Hugh Herbert
Harry Davenport
Marie Wilson
Larry Adler
Pathe News
Truman
Congress
Nab Doenitz
Seyss-Inquart
Baguio
Philippines
Copenhagen
Montgomery
Paris
Cheryl Walker
Stut
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