Hog King Offered Real Life of Ease
Anna Illinois reports Neptune the 500 pound Hereford hog faced death or a life as a commercial model until Navy recruiter Don Lingle offered a farm retirement. Charles Booz of Portis Kansas would provide a permanent home for the patriotic hog if approved, at the Midwest horse and mule mart in Anna.
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Anna
Ill
King Neptune
Don Lingle
Marion
Navy
Neptune
Charles Booz
Portis
Kan
Booz
Horse and Mule Mart
Midwest
Houston to House a 1000-Bed Naval Hospital
Representative Albert Thomas of Texas announced the President signed an order designating Houston as the site for a 1000-bed naval hospital. The project would cost between 5 and 6 million dollars, with Houston among several Texas cities bidding for the facility. Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntyre, head of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, confirmed the action.
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Washington
Albert Thomas
Dem
Texas
Houston
Naval Hospital
Thomas
Ross T. McIntyre
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Hotel Residents Will Give Up Red Point a Day
OPA announced that large boarding houses residence hotels and similar establishments serving big groups of residents must surrender 10 red ration points every 10 days from each resident's ration book starting Tuesday. Previously 30 points were removed every two weeks to reduce unneeded stamps in circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Veteran 98 Holds One Man Meeting elects himself
Ira Stormes, 98, a Civil War veteran in Salt Lake City, called the 62nd annual Utah Department Grand Army of the Republic encampment to order and nominated and reelected himself commander in a one man show. He vowed to continue the practice until the last bugle.
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Salt Lake City
Ira Stormes
Utah Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Stormes
Pacific Coast Raid Now Rated as Zero
Fort Lewis Washington Lieutenant General Delos C Emmons commander of the Western Defense Command says the chance of a Japanese invasion along the Pacific coast at this time is zero He notes a possible carrier raid could occur to cause confusion and damage but would risk the carrier and air groups with little chance of success.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Pacific
Delos C. Emmons
Western Defense Command
Colonel Claims WACs Make Better Wives
Lt. Col. Walter H. E. Jeager told a wartime conference that WACs will be better wives than nonmilitary women. He added husbands will carry a military influence throughout life and a former WAC will bring valued household appreciation.
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Washington
Wacs
Walter H. E. Jeager
Army Industrial College
Women's Army Corps
For Sale Bargain furniture by Mrs. E F Everheart
Used furniture advertised at bargain prices includes a dining room suite with eight chairs, sewing table, two Victrolas, records, oak folding bed with mirror, maple bedroom set, writing desk and bookcase, iron bed with mattress, a concert grand piano, dresser, Roper gas range, and many other articles offered by Mrs. E F Everheart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roper
E. F. Everheart
Post Office Lifts Ban on Strange Fruit Mailing
New York publishers Reynal & Hitchcock announce the Post Office has lifted the ban on mailing Lillian Smith’s novel Strange Fruit to the extent of mailings at the publisher’s risk. Curtice Hitchcock says a Washington post office solicitor advised the change, permitting mailing under section 598 with acceptance of risk of prosecution.
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New York
Lillian Smith
South
Post Office Department
Curtice Hitchcock
Reynal & Hitchcock, Publishers
Hitchcock
Post Office
Washington
Death by Own Action Rate Drops to New Low in JU
Philadelphia report to the American Psychiatric Association notes American suicides have fallen to 13 per 100 000 from a high of 17 in 1932. Dr. Harry Freeman cites job gains and outward aggression as factors, observes hospital declines, and warns of a postwar rise similar to after World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry Freeman
Worcester
Mass
American Psychiatric Association
Early jury system traced to Henry II in the 12th century
Naturalists note domestic animals show greater intelligence than wild counterparts. Henry II of England established the first formal jury system in the 12th century to determine guilt or innocence.
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Henry II of
England
Grayson County Sheriff Sale Notice for Amelia Lindsey Clements land
The State of Texas through the Grayson County Sheriff announces a public sale of tax judgment property. On June 6, 1944 between 2 and 4 PM at the Grayson County Courthouse Sherman the sheriff will sell legally described real estate tied to Amelia Lindsey Clements, 13 acres from section 4 NW quarter NW quarter, University lands, as part of suit 52596. The sale follows a 1944 judgment for taxes interest penalties and costs in favor of the State.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Texas
A. D
Byron B. Black
Court House
Sherman
Grayson County Texas Public Auction Notice 1944
Sheriff G. P. Gafford of Grayson County announces sale of land described by metes and bounds to satisfy a judgment. The property faces a public road in section 4 with specified boundaries. Sale consent may be upon written request to defendants and includes rights of redemption within two years. Dated Sherman May 5 1944.
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Grayson County
Texas
Varas
N. W
Cross Roads
Sherman
Political Announcements for Democratic Primaries 1944
Column outlines Democratic primary candidates for county offices in July and August 1944. J. Co. Buchanan and J. H. White, E. C. Looney vie for County Clerk. Finis Alverson seeks second term as Public Weigher Pct. 3. E. P. Edgel Jackson and Ben Vaughan contend for County Commissioner.
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J. Co
Calvin
Buchanan
J. H
Hub
White E. C. Looney
Finis Alverson
E. P
Edgel) Jackson S. B
Ben) Vaughan
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R. P. Childress
Pacific Coast
Palace Theatre
Pascal Farley
Allen T. Short
Hannah
Denison
K. Walens, Denison
Weir Oslin
Tom Barbee
Will Brooks
Alyne Felked
Lester Haile Grain and Seed Office
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
HN W. See
North
Iarma Air Cort
Choice
Jewelers
N. Travis
P. O. Bars
JU. S
G. P. Gafford
M. G. Dicken
Congress
G. C. Morris
Sam Rayburn
Jake J. Loy V. R
Vernie) Henderson
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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