Wartime Food Rationing and Production Updates
Wartime notices from the Office of War Information and WPB cover red and blue stamps, sugar allocations, and beef and butter point rules. The piece also notes facial tissues, gifts for service members, penicillin depot hospitals, iron production, poultry transport plans, and broader transport and industry guidance for 1944. It lists hemp seed pricing, tomato plant shipments, and Jamaica farm workers, plus salvage and tire eligibility for civilian drivers.
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East Coast
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Bat
United States
Office of War Information
Army
Navy
WPB
Manu
Army Exchange Service
Navy Ship Service
Mansfield
Ohio
New York City
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Georgia
Jamaica
Hartford
President Roosevelt Returns From Palm Beach Vacation in Strong Health
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington after a month on Bernard Baruch's Hobcaw Barony plantation in Georgetown South Carolina his doctor the Navy's Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire saying he is in excellent shape. The president said he feels a great deal better and his vacation companions note he is in fine physical condition after four weeks of rest. He slept long hours and enjoyed a relaxed schedule including sun fishing cruising waterways and sightseeing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Bernard M. Baruch
Georgetown
S. C
Divorce by abandonment cited in Grayson County Texas
Citation issued to Velma McCauley for divorce from J A McCauley filed March 29 1944 in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. Hearing set by June 26 1944 at 10 am before the court. Case No 52664.
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State OF Texas
Velma McCauley
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
J. A. McCauley
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
Steel Man Finally Collects Fortune From 33 Year Patent
Andrew F. Howe received 1 164 201 dollars from a patent used by Commonwealth Steel Company later folded into General Steel Castings. He earned the money at 67 after conceiving the idea at 33. Howe plans annuities for his wife and daughter and has fought a long patent suit since 1929.
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ST. Louis
Andrew F. Howe
Howe collects patent payout after long legal fight
The court affirmed a $3.5 million plus 5 percent interest claim for patent use since 1911. Howe accepted $1,958,238 with $794,037 in fees and costs. Taxability hinges on 1911 as the basis, with potential tax up to $970,000, leaving about $200,000. Howe, employed by Commonwealth Steel, earned at most $500 monthly.
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Supreme Court
Howe
Commonwealth Steel Company
Half of War Marriages To Fail Says Professor
Baltimore. A Goucher College professor argues that 50 percent of wartime marriages are doomed. Dr Raymond F Hawes, philosophy professor, says success hinges on training in philosophy and religion as a stimulus to thought and preparation for facing life’s problems. The Army is preparing textbooks for such training.
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Baltimore
Goucher College
Raymond F. Hawes
Hawes
War marriage risks in Britain and trenches highlighted
A professor notes that Army sponsored programs in Great Britain show similar dangers. He says war marriages carry high risk as spouses change at different paces from the home front to the front lines, affecting couple dynamics.
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Great Britain
Dr. Hawes
What a Mouthful Teacher
A playful exchange about teeth lists three kinds. Smarty notes temporary, permanent, and false as the joke answer highlighting a pun on dental terms.
Divorce by Cruel Treatment Amid Grissom Case in Texas
Citation details include Mozelle Grissom as defendant in a 1944 Texas divorce suit filed by Harry R. Grissom. Court documents show the proceeding dated April 25 1944 in Grayson County with Clerk S V Earnest and Deputy Nancy Drake.
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State OF Texas
Mozelle Grissom
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Harry R. Grissom
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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War Food Administration
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Burma
Owl
Gomer May
Wilma Wattwalter
Community Public Service Company
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