Oil Industry Funds Large Share Of Texas School Costs
A Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association survey shows the oil industry paid 22.4 million dollars in direct school taxes in 1943, supporting about one quarter of public education costs. In districts with oil dominance per-pupil costs ran higher, with some districts and an entire county relying mainly on oil taxes.
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Texas Oil Industry
Texas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Texas Oil
Wash Day Oven Meal Saves Gas Fuel
Oven meals save time and fuel for households aiding the war effort. The Wash Day Oven Meal serves six in 45 minutes at 375 degrees, combining potato tarts with sausage filling and Spanish beans baked together.
Jungle Japs Meet Old West Style Marine Scout
Sergeant Herman H Boude a 36 year old Marine scout and dog handler known for his cowpuncher past and Colt revolver skills shoots from the hip in jungle warfare. He is credited with a clean single shot kill of a Japanese soldier and recalls Lae and Ramu Valley campaigns with Dog Dick. Boude trained at Beltsville then earned expert marksman status. He has a large private collection of Colt pistols and rifles at his Idaho home.
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Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Herman H. Boude
Boude
Sergeant Boude
Lae
Ramu Valley
New Guinea
Twin Falls
Idaho
Kimberley
Beltsville
West
Sgt Boude
Chillicothe
Homestead
Colt
Divorce Petition Issued in Grayson County Texas
Citation orders Ruby L. Cox to appear before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman on the first Monday after 42 days from May 2, 1944, for Luther Cox's divorce petition alleging cruel treatment. Filed April 8, 1944 in Case No. 52682. clerk S. V. Earnest. Deputy Inez Steed.
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State OF Texas
Ruby L. Cox
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
Advertising Inflation Fight Praised by Roosevelt
New York. President Roosevelt praises advertising as a strong force in opposing inflation. In a War Advertising Council letter he notes price declines since the hold-the-line order and urges renewed efforts in the coming months. The council and life insurers conduct a nationwide program using donated ad space across magazines, newspapers, billboards, and radio to educate the public on keeping prices down.
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New York
Roosevelt
War Advertising Council
Tuberculosis Spread in Japan Sparks Wartime Health Push
Domei agency reports one in four young Japanese affected by tuberculosis due to wartime diet deficiencies. The Welfare Ministry plans to inoculate five million Japanese boys next month with a new anti tuberculosis serum. Queen Victoria had 37 living grandchildren at her death.
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Domei Agency
Office of War Information
Ministry of Welfare
Diary notes from Darjeeling in 1935
A travel diary entry describes a Himalayan journey from Darjeeling, noting distance traveled, costs, mountain views of Kanchanjanga, meals named Chota Hari and Big Breakfast, sacred Ganges details, an encounter with a fortune teller, a boarding-house scene with vendors, and observations on people and world travel. It also includes brief reflections on Washington politics, the Pentagon, and a quip about pessimists and optimists.
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Darjeeling
India
Himalayas
Kanchanjanga
Ganges
Japan
Globe
Washington
Pentagon
Vivicillin A Penicillin Derivative Cures Ruptured Appendix
London reports vivicillin a penicillin derivative saved a 9 year old boy with ruptured appendix who could not be operated on due to hemophilia. Dr Hans Enoch, 47, is among the experimenters. The drug’s makers say it can be produced cheaply and awaits more human testing.
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London
Wellhouse Hospital
Barnet
Hans Enoch
The
Times
Mary Zullo Becomes Citizen After War News Delayed
In Newark Judge Meaney swears in a group of new citizens after a telegram arrives about Sgt Daniel Zullo’s death in action. Mrs Zullo, arriving late, receives oath in chambers as she learns her son, a 26 year old Flying Fortress engineer in England, is dead. Soap rationing in England highlighted by a London dispatch.
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Newark
N. J
Mary Zullo
Federal Court Room
Thomas F. Meaney
Sgt
Daniel Zullo
England
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