That's How Chris Was Never Fussed About Anything
An air base obituary tells of Lieut. Christian Herron who died May 2 crash landing a bomber over Ra baul New Britain. His crew, led by Lieut. George Barnhill, describes Herron’s calm fate saving others as their plane sank in a swamp. He refused to use his parachute.
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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
Inter- Prone
Noel Wright
Schenectady
Bob Gurney
Gurney
Wright
Milkes
House Endorses $50 Soldiers Pay Scale
The House kept the $50 monthly scale for the Army-Navy pay raise in the lowest ranks, with one dissent. Final figure likely $42 as Senate rate. bill to conference to align with Senate. Astrakan refers to pelts from a Russian sheep species.
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House
Washington
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. Homemakers are advised to store winter clothing and woolen items, inspect for soil, clean if needed, air outdoors, brush for shape, and use mothproof bags and tissue packing to prevent wrinkles.
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College Station
Louise Bryant
Save Your Fats in the Home
College Station reports American families use over six billion pounds of fats and oils yearly. Roy W. Snyder of the A and M College Extension Service says it would take 6,000 freight trains of 50 cars to move that amount to a central market. The world fats shortage urges domestic conservation and storage of lard for home use.
Card of Thanks from J L Devenport & Co
The firm thanks friends and customers who lent pictures of their boys for the windows. Names and addresses appear in the window and the company invites letters to the servicemen. Come by to see the display and learn how many local trade area boys are in the armed services.
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J. L. Devenport & Co
Armed Services
Whitewright
How to Store and Reuse Lard for Longevity in Summer
Practical guidance on keeping lard fresh in a dry cold dark environment. Use gallon buckets with wax seal. avoid air exposure by removing from top and not digging to the center. Store bacon drippings separately, strain and cool. Do not heat fat to the smoking point to extend reuse.
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Snyder
Time Brings All Things Told In Odd City Snippets
In St. Louis a man exposed an abdominal tattoo reading Hello Doctor. In Fort Collins Colorado State College researchers fed a coed diet to rabbits to study effects. In Philadelphia a magistrate tested a burlesque dress by folding it into a matchbox. In Paris police suspect leaks in ten gas lines at one apartment. a maid confessed causing nine. In Van Nuys a couple answered a house ad and found it was their own home. In Milan Paolo Motto and his bride heard water dripping from a ceiling hole then found a suitor with a pitcher above.
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BITE
van Nuys
Calif
Kibitzer
Milan
Italy
Paolo Motto
Paolo
If We Really Knew the Fellow We Talk About
Poem urges readers to consider how rumors grow when we do not know the subject well. It argues that cruelty and gossip arise from imagined flaws, while true understanding would prevent spreading falsehoods and protect each other’s dignity.
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Douglas Malone
Origin of Hitch Hiker Term Traced to 1890 Ohio Tale
An old man in Ohio in 1890 described a journey where two men shared one horse. One rider mounted for an allotted distance then dismounted to hitch the horse for the other traveler.
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Ohio
No usable headline from fragmented text
Fragmentary OCR lines mention a hiker and a rider with two names. a political quote on ignorance and vice and despotism. No clear event, date, place, or identifiable entities to summarize into a news item.
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Texas 1942 Citation
The State of Texas to M Y Early is commanded to appear and answer by 10 a m on Monday after 42 days from issuance June 15 1942 before Judge in Sherman. Petition filed April 28 1942 seeks divorce on abandonment grounds and costs of suit. File 48919. Issued April 29 1942 by W R Henderson Clerk Deputy Shirley Clayton.
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State OF Texas
M. Y
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Fair Early
W. R. Henderson
Shirley Clayton
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Harold Guard
Sudan
Pascal Farley
Farley & Hill
SOX
Stepins
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Lela Ownby
T. H. Sears
W. L. Rolen
Haile
Manning & Meador
Hardware and Farmall
Sherman Soap Works
Ethel Gordon Short
Hannah & Son of
R. I
Whitewright Hatchery
Sun
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
St. Louis
Fort Collins, Colo
Colorado State College
Philadelphia
Elias Myers
Paris
The
Typewriter
Consumer
Gory
Westinghouse
Community Public Service CO
United States War Savings
William Buel Sprague
AuMes— of
Newsom
Denison
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