F D R Sees Turning Point in War as Rally Echoes
President Roosevelt on radio says Africa and Pacific successes mark a turning point, warns against exultation, and praises Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan. He notes the San Francisco may be decorated and defends news withholding in war. He recounts carrier sinkings and defends keeping quiet to protect victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Africa
Far Pacific
Solomon Islands
Herald-Tribune
Daniel J. Callaghan
Callaghan
San Francisco
Pacific
Mr. Roosevelt
Southwest Pacific
Hawaii
Naval service opens question who will hire district attorney
District Attorney Ralph Elliott has joined the Naval Air Force and is training in Fort Worth. The question of who appoints his successor depends on whether the office is a state or county post, with precedent from Grayson County where both court and governor appointed a replacement. The status of Elliott’s successor remains unsettled as the resignation status is unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
B. F. Gafford
Hubert Bookout
Austin
Inonu
Turkey
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Mediterranean
South Africa
Thousands Eat School Lunches in Texas Programs
More than 371000 Texas school children benefited from the community school lunch program in the peak month of the last school year. Rural schools accounted for 273517 participants and city schools for 97987, with 5197 Texas schools taking part. nationwide, over six million children participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Administration
AMA
Army to cut coffee supply to soldiers in U S
The Seventh Service Command announced that from January 1 soldiers in the United States will receive coffee only once daily instead of twice. Overseas troops will still get the same quantity and quality. The move aims to conserve coffee nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Seventh Service Command
U. S. Army
United States
Army
For Sale Hens and Livestock in Local Ads
Want ads note J. W. Mabry offering heavy type hens for Thanksgiving. J. W. Wilson advertises three white piggy sows and a bay mare, 15% hands, about 1100 pounds, location near Whitewright. The Sun lists salesbooks for sale by the dozen or case, priced right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wilson
Whitewright
Sun
Hunter Climbs Tree Shot by Son Over Turkey Mistake
In Bandera County Texas O E Niemeyer 41 a Duncan field worker was killed by his 16 year old son Lawrence who mistook him for a turkey while waiting for deer from a tree thirteen miles east of Bandera The death was ruled accidental by Justice of the Peace Wil son Clayton Sheriff W H Burns investigated noting dawn light and a misidentified target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Bandera
O. E. Niemeyer
Duncan
Lawrence
Justice of the Peace
Wilson Clayton
W. H. Burns
Diseases Report Rise Across Several Illnesses in State
The Texas State Department of Health reported higher weekly incidences of diphtheria, dysentery, influenza, pneumonia, and typhus fever for the week ended Nov 7, above the seven year median. Tuberculosis cases climbed from 45 to 261 due to October reports from X ray clinics and the TB division, Veterans Bureau, Navy and Selective Service. One smallpox case was noted and vigilance urged as the season nears, to avoid confusing it with chickenpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Department of Health
Division of Tuberculosis Control
Veterans Bureau
The
Navy
Selective Service
Frustrated Manager and Bookkeeper Trade Quick Quips
An irascible manager declares he would fire any man if another could fill the job. A weary bookkeeper responds she would quit only if she finished her welding night course.
Tunisia as the pivot of North Africa war effort
Washington reports the Tunisian outcome could decide the North African campaign. If the Allies seize Tunisia, Rommel’s Libya position collapses and a western drive to Tripoli and Suez strengthens. Axis hold threatens invasion routes to Italy and Europe from Sicily and Sardinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Philip Simms
Washington
Tunisia
Morocco
Algeria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Bizerte
Suez
Middle East
Rommel
Marshal Rommel
Libya
AEF
Tripoli
Alexandria
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy
Europe
Corsica
English Channel
North Africa
Britain
United Nations
Casablanca
Calcutta
Adolf Hitler
mid-Mediterranean
Axis
Tunis
France
F D R Denied Broad Powers Sought for War
Washington President Roosevelt failed to win blanket authority to suspend tariff immigration and espionage laws hampering wartime effort. The House Ways and Means Committee rejected the request but agreed to form a subcommittee to draft a sharply restricted substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Man Orders 30000 Cockroaches for Move
A Philadelphia man phoned a local bird store and ordered 30,000 cockroaches, claiming his lease requires the premises be left exactly as he found them, prompting the store to question the unusual request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hitler
Mussolini
Tojo
Elliott
Pocketbook OF Knowledge
U.S
Orra
J. W. Mabry
Stateville
Minnie Patterson
J. W. Mullins
Dallas News
Whitewright Sun
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Arthur Lee Pennell
Tom Bean
Lizzie Lee Pennell
Sherman
Hunter
Son
Ayres
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Pearl Harbor
Palace Theatre
M. B. Hasty
Black Sea
Mosul
Caucasus
Transcaucasia
Syria
Iraq
Iran
India
Japan
Many
the Quitter
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!