Texas House Report Details Beating At Gainesville School
A Texas House committee report outlines a girl at Gainesville Training School for girls beaten with 74 lashes by a large woman. The document blames careless staff, notes solitary confinement, and cites other institutions with overcrowding and poor morale while urging better staffing and medical care.
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Austin
Texas
House
M. B. Morgan
Denison
Gainesville Training School
Gainesville School
Terrell State Hospital
Big Spring Insane Asylum
Abilene State Hospital
Former Private to Command Perrin Field at Denison
Colonel Charles G. Pearcy arrives to assume command of Perrin Field succeeding Lieut. Col. Bob Arnold. Pearcy, a 20 year Army aviation veteran with 9,000 flight hours, is a command pilot and combat observer. He comes from Lowry Field, Colorado. Arnold remains at the field. A historical note recalls Mount Pelee's May 8, 1902 eruption destroying St Pierre, Martinique.
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Denison
Charles G. Pearcy
Tennessee National Guard
Perrin Field
Bob Arnold
Pearcy
Lowry Field
Colo
Arnold
St. Pierre
Martinique
WPB Outlines Six Point Plan to Cushion 1943 Shortages
The War Production Board warns that civilians will face loss or discomfort in 1943 with a 15 to 20 percent drop in goods and services. A six point program aims to extend rationing, remove civilian manufacturing from labor shortage zones, boost retail productivity, trim nonessential goods, safeguard minimum needs, and educate the public.
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Washington
War Production Board
Robert R. Nathan
Army
WPB
Office of Civilian Supply
Devers vows rapid war win as European command opens
In London Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers takes over U S Army in Europe and declares the goal to win the war in the shortest possible time. He notes no let up in air power and promises intensified air support while continuing the armored warfare policy of his predecessor Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews.
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London
Jacob L. Devers
United States Army
Europe
Devers
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
Odds on Italy Out by Year End Stir London Wagers
Allied Tunisia victory spurred wagers in London on war’s end with brokers offering even money Italy exits by year end and Germany defeated by November 1944. Bets clustered in the financial district amid rallies from occupied nations France Poland and Greece, while Pacific war was ignored.
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London
Tunisia
Italy
Germany
France
Poland
Greece
Driver Distracted by Passengers Causes Fatal Crossings Crash
A driver with two passengers ignored flashing signals at a railroad crossing and was killed along with another occupant. a third occupant was injured as a train was delayed. The surviving passenger says the trio spoke during the approach, distracting the driver despite clear sight lines. The National Safety Council outlines a campaign to curb such crashes.
Wartime Ration Reminders From OWI Weekly Digest
Ration book and stamp validity dates listed for coffee sugar shoes gasoline and red meat stamps through May 31. War Department life insurance offers up to 10 000 for soldiers with August 10 deadline. Crop Corps certificates honor farm and processing workers. civilian defense service bars announced. Prosecutions for poultry price violations rise. new rural battery distribution and mail volumes for soldiers noted. Whitewright merchants offer better values.
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G. H
National Service Life
War Department
Crop Corps
U. S
War Food Administration
Chester C. Davis
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
OPA
War Department Board
United States
Africans Defeat Stuns German People in North Africa
Berlin reports say Germans at home are stunned by Allied victory in North Africa. Neutral observers note increased French resistance to occupation and praise Allied leadership. Eisenhower is credited with driving Axis forces from Africa and reopening the Mediterranean.
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Bern
Switzerland
North
Africa
Berlin
France
Europe
Bern der Bund
Gazette de Lausanne
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Tribune de Geneve
Tunis
Bizerte
Stalingrad
Seventh at Lunch and Track
A man recalls a sevenfold day from wakeup to race. He notes seven dollars in his pocket seven companions at lunch and seven horses in the race. His seventh choice finished seventh, not winning.
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Gatesville School
San Antonio State Hospital
San Antonio Hospital
Gilmer Orphans Home
Morgan
State Board of Control
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
The
National Safety Council
OWI News Bureau
Office of Civilian Requirements
Office of
Whitewright
South
Sherman Farms
A. Y. Creager Company
Sherman, Texas
Community Public Service Company
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