Landowners of Grayson To Vote On Soil Erosion District
Grayson County landowners vote next Saturday on joining the Upper Elm Red Soil Conservation District. The plan excludes Bethel Pilot Grove Cannon Farming ton and Van Alstyne but promises free federal guidance, planning maps, and terraces with owner funded materials. Any landowner within the area may vote. a five member board will run the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Grayson County
Upper Elm-Red Soil Conservation
State Soil Conservation Board
Upper Elm-Red
Whitewright
Bells
Tom Bean
Ida
Murray Bryant
Henry Phillips
N. E. Skaggs
Soil Conservation District
Whitesboro
Southmayor
Gunter
Collin County
Howe
Bethel
Pilot Grove
Cannon
Farmington
van Alstyne
John B. Rice
Collinsville
Upper Elm Red
Grand Saline Resurrects Old Curfew Law
Grand Saline imposes enforcement of a 30 year old curfew prohibiting anyone under 20 from being in the business district after 9 p m. Violations carry a fine of one to two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Old Rules of War Out Gen Davies Tells New Pilots
Brig. Gen. Isaiah Davies of San Angelo, commanding the 34th Flying Training Wing, told Brooks Field graduates that airpower is a new sphere where old warfare rules do not apply. He said airpower can alter warfare strategy and chart a path to peace, urging pilots to prove airpower is a powerful, standalone weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Isaiah Davies
San Angelo
34Th
Air Force Advanced
Brooks Feild
United States
Davies
Men Found Idling In Public Places Face Draft
Local draft boards with city and county officers ordered officers to identify men within the draft who are not employed and induct them. Police Chief Powers directed questioning at places in and near Henderson. Sheriff Stone and deputies pursue the program in rural areas. Stuck Puzzled Husband jokes about filling government forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
W. H. Powers
Reagan Stone
OPA Price Fight as Butcher Defends 32 Cent Ceiling
District OPA Price Executive E. G. Albright asserts the 32 cent ceiling on hamburger applies to small retailers. A housewife challenged paying 39 cents, noting a paper claim of OPA pricing. The butcher replies that shoppers should buy at the OPA ceiling and not from individual shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
OPA
E. G. Albright
Albright
State Abandons Tubeless Tires After Study
Texas Highway Department announces tubeless tires were discontinued after tests. Twenty five district engineers, led by DeWitt C. Greer, favor standard tires with tubes due to inflation issues and risk of fabric separation without tubes. The finding was reported to Governor Coke Stevenson on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Highway Department
Coke Stevenson
Tulsa
Okla
DeWitt C. Greer
Texas birth record law labeled unconstitutional
Texas' last legislature failed to bar labeling children as illegitimate in birth records and the attorney general's department ruled the provision unconstitutional. The department said it would not answer further queries from Dr. W. A. Davis, state registrar of vital statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Attorney General’s Department
Legal Department
W. A. Davis
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Supermen Leave Africa in Tunisia War Report
Ernie Pyle observes German prisoners moving west from the Tunisian front as Allied logistics strain to feed and transport them. He notes prisoners' myths about Russia and Japan, shares anecdote of Pvt. Connell of Brooklyn, and critiques German morale, equipment design, and a German language booklet set found in a supply dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Tunisia
Tunisian
West
Africa
Germany
America
Japan
Russia
Siberia
New York
Bill Connell
Brooklyn
Connell
251
Grove St
253
Grove
Mechanical cotton picker to aid West Texas harvest
The OWI announced that West Texas farmers can plant cotton without labor worries this year. Mechanical harvesters, capable of replacing 35 pickers each, will be produced with priority for west Texas varieties, ensuring efficient harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
West Texas
Office of War Information
OWI
Press Casualties in War Total 20 Percent
New York editor and publisher trade magazine reported Friday that press casualties in the war reached about 20 percent. The note emphasized risks to newspaper staff and correspondents amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Press Casualties Among Wartime Newsmen Reported
A survey shows newspapermen casualties at about 20 percent versus Army rates under five percent. The piece lists 12 dead, three missing, 60 wounded or injured, 29 captured and held, 50 hospitalized abroad, seven captured and released, and 40 interned and repatriated.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sat
Gen. Davies
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Pascal Farley
Allen T. Short
Hannah
Tom Barbee
Foster's Butane
Denison
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
U. S
Manning & Meadow Furniture — Farmalls — Hardware
Sheaffer
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!