Whitewright Sun Warns Farmers of Looming Farm Land Boom
The Whitewright Sun discusses a national farm land boom warned by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard. It notes rising land prices and farm sales, cautions against heavy debt, and says land can be a permanent, dividend-paying investment if the buyer has the means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
Mr. Wickard
University of Texas: Regents, power, and accountability debate
A discussion on how the University of Texas is governed by the nine member Board of Regents. The piece notes criticism of regents and support for Rainey and the faculty, and outlines how regents can be removed and how courses and staff are governed. It calls for consideration of potential legal changes.
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Stevenson
Dr. Rainey
Senate
Grange Sees Exports Vital To U S Farmer After War Is Over
Winston-Salem based National Grange calls for postwar export growth to balance surpluses. A committee led by William B. Pearson urges loans to rebuild devastated economies to reestablish productive capacity and world trade.
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Grange
U.S
Winston-Salem
N. C
National Grange
Iowa
California
United States
William B. Pearson
Ogilvie, Minn
Albert S. Goss
Rebel Yell Put in Wax for Posterity
Hollywood aided the United Daughters of the Confederacy to preserve the rebel yell. At the UDC golden jubilee convention they voted to place a recording in a vault at the headquarters in St. Louis. The recording was donated by a motion picture firm for help locating a Confederate veteran in California who taught the yell to film extras. Mrs. James E. Woodard of Wilson South Carolina led the disclosure.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hollywood
United Daughters of the Confederacy
UDC
St. Louis
California
James E. Woodard
Wilson, S. C
Yank Asks After Rain Ruins Letter From Front
Private Lex Skoglund of Plymouth Michigan received a mailed letter at an advance battle line position on Leyte. A Japanese mortar opened fire as a monsoon drenched the foxhole, soaking the letter beyond reading. authorities urge sending another note.
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Leyte
Lex Skoglund
Plymouth
Mich
Blakeslee to retire after record combat in European air war
Col. Don J. M. Blakeslee of the Eighth Air Force will take a vacation after four years fighting the Luftwaffe and amassing 1300 combat hours the most by any American fighter pilot in the European theatre. He laments the break, saying I just bought a new log book. Blakeslee led the first American bombers over Berlin and the escort for the England to Russia shuttle mission. His group was the first to destroy 500 German planes.
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London
Luftwaffe
Don J. M. Blakeslee
Eighth Air Force
Vactioner
Fairport Harbor
Ohio
Blakeslee
Berlin
New Refrigerators Marked for Essential War Uses
The WPB announced that refrigerators built under the spot authorization plan will be tagged for highly essential uses. They join the frozen stockpile reduced to 48,000 units from 700,000 in February 1942. Withdrawals are allowed only to meet Army and Navy needs for medicine storage and similar purposes.
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Washington
WPB
Army
Navy
Shadowy Escape Noted in Quote by Peter Freuchen
A terse line quotes Peter Freuchen describing a stealthy retreat, noting a 7 foot reference and London setting. The fragment evokes a dramatic exit with minimal detail.
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London
Peter Freuchen
Beard Sacrifice Let Escapee Flee To Sweden
An explorer who escaped from a German prison camp to Sweden in March altered his conspicuous appearance only by shaving his beard. The Dane, now in London, remarked the irony of being offered money to shave before the war and the need to pay to have the beard removed to flee Denmark.
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Sweden
London
Denmark
Allied Forces Reach 691,989 Prisoners Since D-Day
Allied armies on the Western Front report 691,989 prisoners captured since D-Day, roughly 69 German divisions. US First Army holds 200,138. Third 117,400. Seventh 50,916. Ninth 55,670. French First Army 57,939. British Second Army 94,794. Canadian First Army 95,132. French Forces of Interior with British and Canadian Armies 20,000.
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Western Front
U. S. First Army
U.S. Third Army
U. S. Seventh Army
U. S. Ninth Army
36th Texas Division Veteran of Salerno Invasion in France
A 1944 retrospective honors the 36th Texas Division, nicknamed the “T-Patchers,” for its World War II campaigns from Salerno to the Rhone valley and Moselle River, noting Major General Fred L. Walker and Major General John E. Dahlquist. The account traces beach assaults, battles at Rapido, Cassino, Anzio, and the Riviera landings, with 5,000 prisoners taken and rapid advance toward Rome and beyond.
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36Th “Texas” Division
Seventh Army
France
Texas National Guard
Camp Bowie
Texas
Camp Blanding
Camp Edwards
Africa
Europe
Texas” Division
Salerno
Fred L. Walker
36Th
Altaville
Charles E
Kelly
Volturno
Maggiore
Lungo
Cammino
San Pietro
Liroe
Rome
Rapido
Mount Cassino
Mount
Cairo
Mount Cairo
Cassino
Anzio
Valletri
Montalto
Grosette
Italy
John E. Dahlquist
Agay
Riviera
Grenoble
Montelimar
Rhone
Lyons
Moselle
Hitler
Why Jim Changed Jobs
A humorous anecdote about a wife reacting to her husband Jim becoming a deep sea diver. The parson’s wedding sermon urges obedience while the wife blurts her astonishment at the career shift.
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Jim
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