Wartime Town and Farm Bulletin Highlights Food and Labor News
War time guidance covers ration stamps and sugar allotments for 1944, wheat loan terms by the Commodity Credit Corporation, and civilian telephone production resumed at 200,000 sets per quarter. Canning methods warn against open kettle and oven methods while promoting boiling water bath and steam canning. Merchant Marine training details and fuel conservation tips accompany labor and shipbuilding data from WPB and the War Shipping Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Department of Agriculture
WPB
No Diplomat Lady Patient Joke Exchange
A humorous exchange between a patient and a doctor where the patient complains the doctor hasn’t looked at her tongue yet. The doctor responds that he needed to keep it quiet long enough to write the prescription.
Rationing Shifted From Rubber To Gasoline Scarcity
The shift from tire conservation to gasoline shortage dominates wartime rationing as synthetic tires roll out. Civilian gas is constrained by military demand, with PAW stating no nationwide rise before July 1 and OPA studying civilian use to justify B-card increases, especially in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Pacific
U. S
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Davies
OPA
The Smartest Man in the World Joke Call
A child dials his father at the office and proclaims the caller the smartest man in the world. The father identifies the voice as his son and the boy realizes he has dialed the wrong number. The exchange ends with the boy recognizing the misdial and apologizing.
Property dispute over Denison lot in Washington Heights addition
The case filed by Tom Smith vs Q Jane Jones in Grayson County seeks title to Lot 1 Block 16 Washington Heights Denison. Jones is summoned to answer by July 3 1944. The petition dates May 19 1944 claims fee simple ownership and peaceful possession as of January 1 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Jane Jones
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Tom Smith
Q. Jane Jones
Towit
Washington Heights
Denison
Lawsuit Seeks Adverse Possession Title Change
On January 2, 1944 defendant Q Jane Jones unlawfully entered and dispossessed plaintiff of the premises. Plaintiff, claiming ten years of peaceable open adverse possession to January 2, 1944, seeks removal of a cloud on title and full fee simple title for plaintiff. Court issued citation by publication May 20, 1944 in Sherman Texas. clerk S V Earnest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. Jane Jones
Sherman Texas
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Grayson County
Texas
Inez Steed
Also Mentioned on This Page
Office OF War Information
East Coast
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation of
WFA
War Shipping Administration
Stewards’ Department
U. S. Maritime Service
Solid Fuels Administration For War
Solid Fuels
United States Employment Service
Secretary of Labor
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Compan
Paw's
Billy
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Community Public Service Company
Lone Star Gas Company
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