Wartime Town and Farm Measures and Social Notes
Wartime guidance outlines ration stamps validity and draft prospects by age groups. Farmers get preference on 300 farm supply items, plus new items added to the list. WPB reports over two million dozen children and infant garments to be produced in summer. Hog price ceiling reduced to curb grain use. I Am An American Day honors new voters and naturalized citizens in 1943. Maritime Day events and merchanter service memorials highlighted nationwide.
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East Coast
National Selective Service Headquarters
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Price Administration
United States
Office of War Information
War Shipping Administration
U. S. Merchant Marine
American Legion
Big Boat Launched For Denison Lake Rescue Service
The Denison District U S Engineers launched a 73 foot rescue boat in the Denison Dam reservoir. It traveled from Houston by rail and slid into the water near the outlet works. Named Pirate at present, it will be renamed later and is designed to handle severe storms for lake rescue operations. The craft previously saved 11 men from a swamped tanker on the Great Lakes.
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Denison
U. S
Denison Dam
Gulf
Houston
Outlet Works
New Orleans
Great Lakes
Bonham Youth Drowns in Bois d Arc Creek
The body of 15 year old Joe Bailey Jr. was recovered at 3 a.m. Monday from Bois d Arc Creek where he drowned Sunday night while swimming alone. His bicycle and clothes were found on the creek bank. He leaves parents two sisters and two brothers.
Gag Beaten Anti Poll Tax Law Shelved
Washington voters faced no anti poll tax law this session as Senate defeated a cloture motion 36 to 44 and then laid aside the House approved measure 41 to 35. Senator Connally warned against death by own action while Leader Barkley said debate would continue indefinitely.
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Washington
Congress
Tom Connally
Texas
Vito Marcantonio
New York
Senate
Gag
Connally
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Editors Told to Fight Curb on Free Press
Denison Texas Railroad Commissioner Beauford Jester urged the North and East Texas Press Association to continue resisting curbs on press freedom. He praised Texas editors for ethics and cited Adolph Ochs praising The Dallas News. He warned against postwar industrial overreach while Texas edged toward victory in the war.
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Texas
Adolph Ochs
New York Times
Dallas News
The
Times
Leaders Named for Texas Advertising Association
T. J. White of Pittsburg was named president and Bob Mathern of Goose Creek was elected vice president. Fred Massengill of Terrell was reelected secretary treasurer and Rev. L. B. Trone of Gainesville was reelected chaplain. Holdover directors include R. A. Gaines Rockwall W. C. Poole Greenville G. R. Newby Bonham. New directors are J. H. Waggoner Whitewright Claude Council Detroit W. E. Reed Italy and R. H. Carraway Mineola. Retiring president becomes ex officio board member. Sun advertising touted as economical.
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T. J. White
Pittsburg
Bob Mathern
Goose Creek
Fred Massengill
Terrell
Admiral Hewitt pushes beer for sailors aboard ships
Admiral Henry K. Hewitt urged modifying the bone dry Navy policy to allow beer on ships, saying it would boost morale in wartime. He noted Secretary Daniels had forbade all drinks at sea in 1913 and that the Daniels act remained unchanged after prohibition repeal.
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Allied
Naples
Henry K. Hewitt
U. S. Navy
Hewitt
U. S
North African
Secretary of Navy
Josephus Daniels
Bruton Divorce Abandonment Case Citation Issued 1944
Citation in suit No 52719 commands Ethel Bruton to appear by 10 am on Monday June 19 1944 before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman Texas to answer Herman C Bruton’s divorce petition filed April 27 1944 on grounds of abandonment for more than three years.
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State OF
Texas
Ethel Bruton
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Herman C. Bruton
S. W. Earnest
Inez Steed
Eldredge Suit in Grayson County Court
Citation issued in 1944 naming Howard E. Eldredge as plaintiff and Mary Lucas Eldredge as defendant. The petition alleges cruel treatment and sets a response deadline of June 5 at 10 AM before the Honorable District Court in Sherman Texas.
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Denison Lake
Bonham
Whitewright
Gomer May
Sudan
Pascal Farley
Han
State OF Texas
Mary Lucas Eldredge
Howard E. Eldredge
S. V. Earnest
South
Hannah Hastywash
Community Public Service Company
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