23 Year Old Captain Bill Bryant’s North African War Years
Native Whitewright citizen Captain Bill Bryant led a squadron of B-25s with the British Eighth Army in North Africa. The 23 year old Air Medal recipient recalls combats over El Alamein Tripoli and Tunis while maintaining humor amid heavy anti aircraft fire and mission dangers.
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Bill
el Alamein
Tripoli
Tunis
Bill Bryant
George F. Bryant
Internal Revenue Department
9Th Air Force
Eighth Army
Africa
Where's the Sport in Killing Birds So Helpless to Defend Themselves
An editorial pleads against youth killing birds with BB guns and air rifles urging boys to photograph or observe birds instead. It argues sparrows help control pests and warns that egg collecting harms species. promotes study and museum collections over harming birds.
Funds Allocated to Complete Denison Dam Project
War Department increases funding to 5.5 million dollars, adding to the existing 10 million appropriation for the next fiscal year. Col. W W Wanamaker confirms the allotment covers all work except two wartime delays: relocation of highway 70 in Oklahoma and a second generator unit installation at the power house.
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Denison
War Department
W. W. Wanamaker
Oklahoma
Trousers Hold $1000 Cash Then Vanish in Philadelphia
Bernard Griesler stuffed $1000 in cash into trousers hung in his closet in Philadelphia. He woke to find the trousers on the floor and all the money gone. A thief who gained entry by removing a door panel also took Griesler’s gold watch and portable radio.
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Bernard Griesler
Philadelphia
Griesler
Last Will of Adolph Hitler Ridiculous Parody From Rising Star Record
A satirical parody pits Adolf Hitler’s supposed last will and testament against nations and figures. The piece assigns fantastical bequests to France England Norway Poland Jews America Mussolini Russia Roosevelt Ciano Japan Himmler Goering and ends with a claim of burial in an asbestos suit.
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Adolph Hitler
France
Mademoiselles
Paris
England
Norway
Quisling
Poland
America
Walter Winchell
Hitler
Mussolini
Russia
Comrade Stalin
Moscow
Himmler
Goering
Rainbow division inspired anew by a real omen
Captain Harry Gowdy reports Brigadier General Collins that a rainbow in the sky again inspires the Rainbow division before missions. The new Rainbow division will be activated at Camp Grubber on July 14, marking the 25th anniversary of the old unit’s Champagne front advance. Gowdy notes the historic link as the color badge was earned across diverse regions and overseas service.
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Camp Grubber
Champagne Front
Rainbow
Gowdy
Divorce Petition Citation in Grayson County Texas 1943
Public notice summons Clifteen Hanson as plaintiff v E W Hanson a defendant for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Citation issued June 7 1943 with return date July 19 1943 before the District Court in Sherman Texas. Filed June 7 1943 under file No 49731.
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State OF
Texas
E. W. Hanson
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Clifteen Hanson
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Rainbow Division's First Day At Fort Benning Reveals Rainbow Symbol
On the first day of officer cadre activities at Fort Benning for the Rainbow division a rainbow appeared over the officers' barracks. General Collins, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Balmer, visited Fort Sill in rain to meet field artillery officers of the Rainbow. A rainbow also appeared above Brig. Gen. Donovan's office in Washington as Lt. Robert W. Cutler Jr. reported.
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Rainbow
Fort Benning
Collins
Fort Sill
Okla
J. D. Balmer
Field Artillery
General Collins
Robert W. Cutler Jr
Washington
William J. Donovan
Texas Almanac shows big urban shift and wartime growth
The 1943-44 Texas Almanac from The Dallas Morning News reports about 400,000 rural Texans moving to cities since 1940 and the state becoming predominantly urban. It highlights rapid industrial expansion in munitions, rubber, ship building, aviation and war related industries, with mineral production valued at $954,211,150 in 1941.
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Texas Almanace
Dallas Morning News
Texas
Texas Almanac Highlights 1942 Mineral Output and Military Bases
The Texas Almanac estimates total mineral value in 1942 exceeded one billion dollars with petroleum natural gas and natural gasoline driving most production. It notes rapid growth in mineral diversity to over sixty types and reports twenty two major Army camps plus fifty Army aviation fields, with San Antonio and Corpus Christi hosting key air training centers. The biennial volume for 1943 1944 is priced 60 cents on newsstands. Cotton yarn length is mentioned as a separate curious fact.
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Texas
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Army
Navy
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Whitewright
Dallas News
Middle West
Gen. Sinclair
el Tlamein
America’s Foundation
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rising Star Record
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Count Ciano
Japan
Hirohito
Pacific
Adolf Hitler
Alas
Adolph Schikelgruber
Muskogee
Harry Gowdy
Harry J. Collins
South
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Lone Star
Albertine Berry
Lone Starmagas Company
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