Automobile Makers Prepare to Build New Cars Under WPB Authority
Washington report notes WPB authorization allows retooling and material purchases for delivery July 1 to yield 200,000 cars this year. Ford aims for 60 to 90 days to start production, Hudson and Packard pledge quick outputs, GM vows not to fall behind, while a dealer pressuring relaxation of restrictions. George Romney critiques ongoing limits.
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Washington, D. C
WPB
George Romney
Automotive Council For War Production
Ford Motor Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Packard
General Motors
Ready to Operate I Hear Henderson's Business Move
The butcher quotes Henderson buying six thousand packing cases from the government. The baker agrees, joking that Henderson may be entering the apartment house business.
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Henderson
Allied Press Service to control news in Germany
SHAEF announces tight postwar news oversight in Germany with an Allied Press Service in the United Kingdom. James T. Hart will head the operation, joining OWI and British Foreign Office personnel to supervise censorship of local German papers.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
SHAEF
United Kingdom
James T. Hart
New York
OWI
Political Intelligence Department
British Foreign Office
R. A. McClure
Eliminate Engine Static in Radios For Autos Planes
SAN DIEGO Engine ignition static long the main interference in aircraft and automobile radios can be eliminated without reducing engine efficiency. Victor Feige of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp developed an ignition system that confines radio disturbances to an engine by isolating the sparking return path. Convair patent officials said the system would soon be available to American manufacturers.
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San Diego
Victor Feige
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Weilge
Convair
Mr. Welge
Retirement talk and constitutional amendment notice from 1945
A farm couple Jim and Bill discuss Social Security retirement amid law limits for farmers. The article notes Jim will receive 32.40 monthly combined for him and his wife, while farmers remain ineligible for benefits. It also details a proposed Texas Constitution amendment to expand the Supreme Court to nine members and the election process.
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Jim Burns
Bill Holcomb
Jim
Bill
Smith’s
Mr. Smith
Dallas
Social
Mary
The
Social Security Board
Congress
State of
Texas
Supreme Court
United States
Commission of Appeals
U S Mule Branded as Un Safe in Old Time Joke
A quip about a mule named Rastus notes the U S on his hindquarters and jokes that the letters stand for Un Safe rather than Uncle Sam, reflecting rural humor about wartime branding.
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U. S
Rastus
Uncle Sam
If I Were a Negro a Chan ning Pollock piece
A reflection from the Negro Digest argues pride in race and self-respect, urging individuals to pursue education and improvement. It cautions that resentment and insistence on superficial equality harm the race and that better behavior from both sides could foster more reasonable treatment.
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Channing Pollock
The
Negro Digest
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Tom Barbee
Real Estate
Possum Flats
BY Graham Hunter
Fant Milling CompAny
Sherman, Texas
Farmers Federal Insurance Forum
Ernest L. Tutt
Sherman
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Building
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Lumber Co
Jerry Boren
Japan
Hardwicke-Etter Co
Hirohito
U. S. Employment Service
East
Houston Street
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
L. LaRoe & Co
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