Scrapped Planes Become Dishpans in U S Surplus Disposal
The Surplus Property Board will scrap thousands of unusable war planes and recover metals to turn into everyday items like dishpans and bath roofs. More than 4,000 fighters and bombers are in storage with aviation surplus growing at 100 plus weekly. The May value of surplus planes tops $900 million. education use exceptions apply. A committee will decide metal recovery methods. The 1945 Texas milk production goal is nearly four billion pounds.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch- Hancock
Mr. Baruch
Surplus Property Board
Texas
Berlin Aftermath Shows Dark View of War’s Cost
New York Times correspondent Drew Middleton reports from Paris on return from Berlin, describing a city dead, buried in rubble and lacking urban life. He notes Russian efforts to restore some services, but calls rebuilding a generation long task with 2,000,000 displaced, and air views reveal vast emptiness over Tiergarten.
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New York
Berlin
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Paris
Frankfort
Tiergarten
Yorkshireman in London Questions War Office Side
A Yorkshireman visiting London for the first time asked a passing soldier which side the War Office was on. The cheerful reply came that the War Office is on our side, we hope.
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Germany
London
War Office
Notice to Sheriff Grayson County on McConville estate
The state directs the sheriff or constable of Grayson County to publish this citation for ten days before the return day. A. T. Gribble, guardian, reports the final account of T. F. McConville non compos mentis, to be heard on the second Monday in July 1945 in Sherman. Interested parties may contest the report at probate court.
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State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
T. F. McConville
A. T. Gribble
Court House
City of
Sherman
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Iva Medlin
Jokes and verse poke fun at marriage and manners
A collection of light humor and rhymes about weddings and courting. Jokes include a widow joking about arming with a bow and arrow and marriage planning while satirizing attire and demands. The verses conclude with a quip about vegetable diets and aging weddings.
Concert Vows and Culinary Compliment to Mr Elman
A speaker thanks Mr Elman and says they plan to attend the concert tomorrow hoping to enjoy it as much as he enjoyed their cooking. The remark blends gratitude with anticipation for the musical event.
Italian Premier Protests Fiume Cession at Peace Talks
The dialogue recalls a WWI era exchange after the war when Premier Orlando urged Italy receive Fiume due to its Italian population, and President Wilson replied that the logic should not apply to New York City.
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Orlando
Italy
Wilson
Fiume
New York City
Elman Compliments Fiedler Kitchen Staff During Visit
Mischa Elman visiting Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops praised the cook’s meal and asked to thank the kitchen staff in person. He told the kitchen helper he was enchanted with the lunch. The anecdote highlights cordial, informal moments between renowned musicians.
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Mischa Elman
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops
Fiedler
Mr. Elman
Barber shop exchange on government time
The commanding officer finds his assistant in a barber chair midafternoon. The CO quips about a government time haircut, while the assistant responds the hair grew on government time and only part will be cut.
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Co. O
C. O
Knothead nickname from apprentice seaman to mother
Letter from Lancelot Elmer Vander steigel an apprentice seaman in the Pacific to his mother. He signs Dear Ma and explains his nickname Knothead used aboard the ship.
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Pacific
Lancelot Elmer Vandersteigel
Witty exchanges flash in wartime mood and politics
A humor piece contrasts a German citizen and bank clerk negotiating a war loan with grim assurances from Nazi officials. The Philadelphia police surgeon quips about sobriety with a tongue twister, ending with a playful line about Susie.
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Fuehrer
Philadelphia
Susie
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State Fire Insurance Department
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Whitewright Lumber Co. ,Neighborly Servic
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
Mandy
Dinah
F. Thurlow
Manhattan
Goering
L. LaRoe & Co
Prag Gas
Freedom Gas
Detroit-Michigan Stove Company
Lone Star !N Gas Company
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