Jottings on Ford memories and local colorful scenes
The writer reflects on Ford Model T memories and jokes, notes editors aging milestones, and visits to Hood County offices. Vignettes include Ashley Crockett and a grandson hand-setting type, a San Antonio cleric quote, two James W. Williams at a Denton service station, and the rise of orange displays signaling broader changes in marketing and private enterprise over forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Sheaf
Wood County Democrat
You
Granbury
Ashley Crockett
David Crockett
Hood County
Hunters Wives and Hidden Trophies in Honeymoon Ebb
Poem by Edgar A. Guest laments wives who must tolerate husbands’ hunting trophies until after marriage. It jokes that cluttered halls with moose heads, sailfish, ducks and other relics test conjugal patience. The poem ends with playful advice to sell it via a Sun Want Ad.
German Atrocities By Robert Musel
London report quotes Soviet list of German crimes in Russia detailing poison mouthings at Rostov and mass deaths at Krasnodar and Kharkov. It outlines execution grounds, forced labor, and future trials under allied law with named figures such as Herz Krasnodar and Pyatigorsk officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rostov
Krasnodar
Kharkov
Pitanitskaya
Malayagat
Phillip Kovalchuk
Pyatigorsk
Stalingrad
Kiev
Vorovsky
Rzhev
Hitler
Germany
Moscow
Nikolai Burdenko
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Orel
Burdenke
Donbas
Hoffman
Matern
Erlich
Gestapo
Herz
Wintz
Mikhailov
Communist Youth Organization
It All Depends on Dependents Aid Questioning Soldier
A colored soldier answering an aid application said he had no dependents. An officer asked if he was married, and the man replied yes but quipped that his wife “ain’t dependable.”
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Staunch
Edgar A. Guest
Navy Fliers Miss Schedule By Only Thirty Seconds
A navy flight of 12 patrol bombers flew 1250 miles to the Atlantic island destination within 30 seconds of the estimated time. Lieut. T. D. Martin of Ashland Virginia described celestial navigation and close formation keeping as the key to accurate arrival despite overcast conditions. Radio bearings were used only for reference, with no course corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Atlantic
Lieut. T. D. Martin
USN
Ashland
Navy Department
Martin
Navigation Consciousness Marked by One Experience
A fragment notes that a single such experience can make a man more navigation conscious than before, implying a transformative impact on awareness and caution in movement or travel. The line hints at personal growth through exposure to risk or challenge.
Recruit Quips On Enlistment And Salary Preference
A man applies at a recruiting office. The officer asks if he seeks a commission. The recruit replies he prefers a straight salary because he is a poor shot.
Notice to Lula McCarty Foreclosure of Delinquent Taxes
City of Tioga Texas sues Lula McCarty or her heirs to foreclose on a lot in Grayson County for taxes from 1931 to 1942. Case No 49881 notes defendants Tioga Independent School District, Grayson County, and Texas. Hearing set for January Term 1944 in Grayson County District Court Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula McCarty
Tioga
Texas
Towit
Grayson
Buck Creek
John Fizer
van Zandt
J. A. Mothershed
W. R. Parks
North Main Street
Lee Richardson
Richardson
Sherman Street
L. G. Smith
J. H. van Zandt
Grayson County
Lula
15Th Judicial District Court
Sherman
City of
Tioga Independent School District
State of Texas
S. W. Earnest
Inez Steed
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Boyce House
Henry
Ford
James W. Williams
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Whitewright
By Robert Musel
Palace Theatre
Leon
Nellie
Tom Tyler
Jeanne Bates
Ace
the Wonder Dog
Bornolan
the Sons OF the Pioneers
Rerus
Pune
Ynowyi
Ahlobog
Hasoud
Aramount Picture
Duke Ellington & Orchestra
Pathe News
Cassino Abbey
Red Cross
SAT. Prevue, Sun. & Mon
York
AIR Force
Mawys
Randolph Scott
James Brown
Noah Beery, Jr
Barry Fitzgerald
Andy Devine
Fuzzy Knight David Bruce Thomas Gomez
Richard Lane
Ana Ella Raines
Guadalcanal
Henry Aldrich
Jivin’ Pace
Sone
Sues
Travel
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