North Africa Now Raises Nearly All Its Own Food
President Roosevelt announced North Africa now produces nearly all its food with only sugar tea and milk imported. Local crops, fruit and meat are shipped to Allied forces under reverse Lend-Lease. French forces plan to stockpile for liberation and Italy campaign.
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North Africa
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
France
Casablanca
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
Allied Force Headquarters
Tire Factory at Waco to Begin Output in 1944
General Tire and Rubber Co announces a 225 acre Waco site for a $5.5 million plant to start by fall 1944 after drawings and materials are approved. William O Neil says the 250000 square foot facility will produce 3500 tires daily mainly for civilian use and cites Texas raw materials and postwar expansion plans.
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Waco
William O'Neil
General Tire and Rubber Co
William H. Mason
General
Dallas
Fred A. Mayfield
General Tire Colony
Texas
Mason
55 Million Paid in Back Wages Reported
Dallas report states under the fair labor relations standards act over five years more than 55 million dollars was paid to about 1.5 million workers for back wages and unpaid overtime. L Metcalfe Walling administrator said at a regional conference in Dallas that 2.4 million dollars in restitution has gone to roughly 52,000 Southwest employees during the act’s five-year tenure.
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Dallas
L. Metcalfe Walling
U. S. Department of Labor
Walling
Southwest
Axis Must Pay War Damage Says Soviets
Moscow reports the Soviet magazine War and the Working Classes asserts Axis powers must pay more than 200 billion dollars for material damage in Russia Poland and war battered Balkan states. The piece appears during the tripartite conference of foreign ministers in Moscow outlining reparations to Germany and its allies.
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Moscow
War and the
Russia
Poland
Balkan
Germany
Misunderstood Recruiting Officer Joke Sketch
A humorous exchange shows a recruiting officer pressing a recruit about marriage. The recruit answers he is married but cannot recall the wedding date, replying he misheard the officer asking “Why.” The bit plays on word confusion and timing.
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R. O
How to Buy Baby Chicks in Texas Poultry Tips
Rex Cruse urges buyers to order chicks early and from nearby sources to avoid shortages. Check hatcheries for pul lorum disease protection, performance, flock weight, and breeding traits, preferably from Poultry Improvement Plan members. Texas holidays noted: Independence Day March 2 and San Jacinto Day April 21.
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Rex Cruse
Mr. Cruse
Texas
Texas Independence
San Jacinto
Taylor Farmers Endorse Texas Hybrid No. 12 Corn
Sixty three Taylor farmers completed a one year trial on 1150 acres and report an average 21 percent yield increase over standard corn. The group notes a net about $4.65 per acre gain despite 35 cent per acre higher planting cost. Wittliff plans 100 acres next year for seed.
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Taylor
Texas
Julius Witliff
Gasoline for State Vehicles Cut in Texas Rationing
Austin reports Travis County rationing board has ordered a 25 percent reduction in gasoline use by state agencies. Coupons for most state operated cars are issued by the board as a committee of state officials works on the plan.
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Austin
Texas
Travis County Rationing Board
Travis County
Card of Thanks from the Taylor Family
Card of thanks from Mrs. Sam Taylor and children expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and for sympathy after the husband and father’s death. They convey heartfelt appreciation and lasting warm regard.
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Sam Taylor
Departments Draft Mutual Travel Arrangement Plan
A plan outlines the creation of mutual travel arrangements to cut unnecessary trips across departments. It aims to streamline coordination and reduce travel costs by sharing resources and scheduling swaps where feasible.
Minister Reads Bible Aboard Way Train
A traveling minister aboard a side-line way train reads his Bible when the conductor asks if the railroad is mentioned. The minister replies that in the first chapter the Lord made every creeping thing.
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Tunisia
Europe
Axis
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Gulf Coast
Division of Field Seed Certification
State Department of Agriculture
the Sun
Whitewright
Pascal Farley
Avon
Grace Roberts
Joe Johnson
Allen T. Short
Hannah's
Trenton
Sam
J. A. Harper
Tom Barbee
M. B. Hasty
Calvin Raley
John Blanks
South
Elm Street
Denton
Joe Rich
John Deere
J. E. Coggins, Jr
Whitewright-Trenton Road
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Dobbs
K. Wolens
ENRO
House of Enro
Kvolens Department Stores
Ernest Lilley
Denison, Texas
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