Chris Herron Honor Follows a Brave Downing of Bomber
Lieutenant Christian Herron from Pittsburgh died during a crash landing on Ra Baul New Britain after a mission May 2. His crew of five survived as Herron directed them to bail out then opted to steer to safety, dying in the wreck while the others escaped.
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Southwest Pacific
Christian Herron
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Pittsburgh
George Barnhill
Charlotte
N. C
Bombadier
Fred Milkes
Salem
Ind
Barnhill
Herron
Chris
Noel Wright
Schenectady
N. Y
Bob Gurney
Gurney
Milkes
House Endorses Fifty Dollar Soldiers Pay Scale
The House kept a fifty dollar monthly pay scale for the Army Navy lowest ranks in the pay raise bill on Wednesday with one dissenting vote. Indications point to a final figure of forty two dollars as the Senate approved rate. The measure then goes to conference to align with Senate totals. Astrakan refers to pelts from a Russian sheep species.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wool Is Precious Take Good Care of It
COLLEGE STATION Two or three times this nation’s domestic wool production will be needed in 1943 for military needs. Homemakers should care for woolen blankets and clothing by cleaning spots, airing on sunny days, brushing, and storing with proper packing and moth prevention.
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Louise Bryant
Extension Servi O
Save Your Fats
College Station reports American families consume over six billion pounds of fats and oils yearly. Roy W. Snyder from A. and M. College Extension Service notes the scale would need 6,000 freight trains of 50 cars to move it to a central market. The world shortage calls for conserving fats at home and storing lard for home use.
Practical hints for preserving lard and fat storage
The article advises storing lard in tight dry dark containers with a wax top and using no more than needed. Large containers should be opened from the top to avoid surface exposure. Strain bacon drippings for reuse and store cool. Do not heat fat to the smoking point to extend life.
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Snyder
Time Brings All Things: A Curio Page of Oddities
A roundup of curious vignettes from cities including St. Louis Fort Collins Philadelphia Paris Van Nuys and Milan. A man bares an abdominal tattoo to a physician a rabbit study ends fatally for a coeds diet a burlesque dress passes proof a maid confesses nine gas leaks and a couple discovers the ad was for their own home.
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BITE
van Nuys
Calif
If We Knew the Man We Talk About So Much
Poem warns that rumors distort truth when public opinion shifts toward judgment. It argues people would show mercy if they truly knew the person, noting how gossip travels faster than facts and harms reputations before verification.
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Douglas Malone
Origin of hitchhiker term linked to 1890 Ohio ride
In a recollection from Ohio in 1890 an old man explains how two travelers with one horse shared a ride by mounting and dismounting to cover allotted distances, giving rise to the term hitch hiker.
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Ohio
Hiker Traced by Rider After Split in Trail Escape
An incident recounts two men splitting on a trail with one choosing to walk then ride to catch the other, citing a belief about governance. The quote from William Buel Sprague is included about ignorance and vice in a republic and despotism in government.
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Oscar Ameringer
William Buel Sprague
Divorce Petition and Citation in Grayson County Texas
Citation issued to M Y Early for divorce from Fair Early in Grayson County Texas. Court date set for the first Monday after 42 days from May 15 1942, in Sherman courthouse. Plaintiff seeks divorce due to abandonment plus costs and relief.
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State OF Texas
M. Y
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Fair Early
M. Y. Early
W. R. Henderson
Shirley Clayton
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