TOWN and FARM in WARTIME Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
War era notices advise on ration stamp validity for meats fats blue stamps and sugar in wartime, OPA to help buyers locate cars with dealer lists, November tire quota up, paper shortages through mid 1945, and consumer price ceilings on corned beef cheese and tobacco. Also notes on military medical officer recruitment and civilian physician recruitment continuation.
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Office OF War Information
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Empire State Building
New York
N. Y
War Production Board
Max McCullough
Army
War Department
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Navy
Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Veterans Administration
Remembering Farmer Jim Ferguson Texas Legend and Controversy
The obituary recalls Jim Ferguson known as Farmer Jim a Texas governor candidate and figure whose career spanned impeachment runs presidential bid and a baggage truck filing moment He championed tenant farmers faced opponents including the Ku Klux Klan and built a lasting stigma around his political branding His rural strength and quotable lines left a storied imprint on Texas politics.
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Sam Houston
Texas
Jim” Ferguson
Europe
Ferguson
Senate
Temple
United States Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Rubber Dulls Silver and Storing Advice Cited
A terse note warns rubber can tarnish silverware and advises using cords or tape to bind silver for storage. It ends with a quotation about politicians and generations, suggesting caution in planning for future governance.
Citation Notice to Heirs of Multiple Defunct Parties
A Texas citation names George B. Pilant and numerous unknown heirs of several deceased individuals including M. B. Shackelford L. J. Edwards Lemuel J. Edwards John Rhodes Joel W. Hagee Edward Eastburn J W Hagee and John Q A Carter with their heirs and legal representatives in a probate or civil matter.
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State OF
Texas
George B. Pilant
M. B. Shackelford
L. J. Edwards
Lemuel J. Edwards
John Rhodes
Joel W. Hagee
Edward Eastburn
J. W. Hagee
John Q. A. Carter
J. W. Loughmiller, Jr
J. W. Loughmiller, Jr. II
J. W. Loughmiller
Ili
Thelma Loughmiller
Marguerite Loughmiller
Mae Loughmiller Baxter
Mae Baxter
Laura Mendell
M. D. Loughmiller
J. B. Rooker
Gladys Loughmiller
James W. Loughmiller, Jr. IV
Thelma Tackitt
Lester B. Hackitt
Marguerite Hackett
May D. Baxter
Writ summons in Harrison and Mayrant heirs suit over Sherman property
Court issues a citation directing Ray Mendell as plaintiff to prevail against numerous heirs of M A R Carter Parker Mayrant Loughmiller Hackitt and others in Grayson County Texas. The case No 53126 seeks damages and quiet title to Lot 19 and the east ten feet of Lot 18 in Block A of Balfour and Mayrant Addition Sherman on Post Oak Creek. Hearing set before December 11 1944 at 10 AM in the Fifteenth Judicial District Court Sherman.
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J. L. Baxter
Maggie D. Mendell
A. D
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Ray Mendell
Grayson
State of
Post Oak Creek
George B. Pilant
Balfour & Mayrant
S. V. Earnest
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WPB
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Boyce House
God Almighty
Sears Roebuck
Jim Ferguson
Levi Garrett
M. A. R. Carter
J. C. D. Blackburn
A. Parker
Andrew Parker
Thomas Balfour
Emma Balfour
W. N. Mayrant
Henrietta Alice Mayrant
Beatrice Balfour
W. A. Robinson
Simmie Mayrant
J. F. Stevenson
Henrietta Alice Stevenson
James W. Loughmiller, Sr
Mae Loughmiller
Palace Theatre
Rhodes
Johnston Ictur
John Harvey
Martha Raye
Eugene Pallette
Skatin
Charlie Spivak
Dorothea Kent
Dave Willock
Val
Lisbon
Dr. Wassell
Mark Twain
Cees
Sailor
van Johnson
June Allyson
Gloria Dehaven
Jose Iturbi
Jimmy Durante
Gracie Allen
Lena Horne
Harry James and His Music Makers
Helen Forrest
Xavier Cugat
Lina Romay
Tom Drake
Henry Stephenson
Henry O’neill
Ben Blue
Carlos Ramirez
Frank Sully
Albert Coates
Donald Meek
Amparo Novarro
Virginia O'Brien
Wilde
Twins
Pathe News
Philippines
F.D.R
Kweilin
Dewey
Thrilling Story
Dr. Gillespie
Barrymore
Marilyn Johnson
Maxwell Keye
Luke
Ava
Alma Kruger Ragland
A Pel Tocek
Martin Berkeley
Harry Ruskin
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