Surrender of U S General Wainwright Recited by Japanese
Japanese broadcasts recount the Corregidor surrender of United States General Wainwright. The six foot commander approached with a white flag, saluted, and discussed terms with the Japanese leader who warned of wiping out resisting troops. Wainwright said Filipino American forces would surrender per his orders, ending fighting on Corregidor.
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Tokio
Wainwright
Manila Bay
Corregidor Island
Parity and Conservation Payments Aimed at Wartime Needs
Texas farmers under the SAA program will receive parity and conservation payments to promote efficient land, labor, and equipment use for wartime food. Wheat growers get 13.5 cents per bushel parity. cotton and rice receive no parity due to 1941 returns at parity. New conservation rates replace prior ones: cotton 1.20 per 100 lb, wheat 9.9 per bushel, peanuts 1.25 per ton, Irish potatoes 1.8 per bushel, rice 3.88 per barrel. soil-building rates unchanged pending later updates.
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AAA
Housewives urged to get canning sugar
Dallas region director Max L McCullough of the Office of Price Administration urged housewives to use their sugar allowance for canning and preserving during the berry season. Any person with a ration book may apply to the local ration board for a canning sugar allowance via printed form or letter. Each person gets five pounds yearly for preserving and canning.
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Dallas
Max L. McCullough
Office of Price Administration
Sunday School Card Sharpshooters Hint at Bidding Five Spades
In a Sunday school class, Johnny misreads a card and blurts a bold bid of five spades while studying his hand. The moment highlights playful humor as a young boy mixes card game terms with classroom routine.
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Johnny
The Radio Haunts The Trinity Standard Script
A fragmentary piece mimics a radio broadcast touting the Trinity Standard weekly. It parodies ads for sponsors and prints trivia about wireless history from Marconi to early 20th century receivers. It cuts to politics with a Hitler surrender bulletin and ends mid-paragraph with Lincoln’s Gettysburg address word counts.
Campaign urges support for USO recreation drive in Texas
A Texas fund raising campaign aims to supply recreation and comfort for the Army Navy and Marine Corps. The appeal highlights improving writers and speakers by studying the English of the Bible and encourages public participation.
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Lincoln
USO
Texas
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Substituting Stewed Fruit Syrups For Sugar Shortage
With sugar rationing tightening, readers may substitute stewed fruit syrups for sugar. The piece lists fruit and juice sugar contents such as orange juice 12 percent, grape juice 70 percent, apples 10 to 15 percent, and berries around 5 to 6 percent, suggesting practical syrup bases from common foods.
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Prierin
Ncaial
One Way to Save a Nickel Fare
A joke recounts a person explaining how missing transport led to saving a nickel fare by running home behind the streetcar after missing both the street car and the bus. The humorous exchange contrasts the improvised route with the skipped bus fare.
Soldiers Supplied With Sulfanilamide
San Francisco report states American soldiers are issued sulfanilamide to prevent bacterial growth after injury. Each box contains twelve tablets with two taken every five minutes until finished. Army doctors monitor dispensing to ensure every soldier has a tablet supply. An unrelated line notes the average Japanese farm size of two and a half acres.
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San Francisco
Japan
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