Higher Social Rank for G L Sought by Bill
Representative Kilday of Texas seeks Congress to raise enlisted men status by boosting pay housing and social standing. The plan includes moving officers housing to civilian communities and a $25 monthly raise for all commissioned officers ASAD. He argues improved NCO standing will attract recruits and strengthen the army as it links with civilian life.
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Washington
Kilday
Texas
Congress
America
House Military Committee
Texan
War Department
Continental United States
African Dies at 130 in Johannesburg
Ramonotwane, an African native credited with living 130 years, died Saturday in Johannesburg. Blind for many years, he kept a memory of native battles from over a century ago. A few days earlier another local native listed as 130 received a pension in Northern Transvaal.
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Johannesburg
Ramonotwane
Northern Transvaal
Test of Veteran Seniority Heads For Supreme Court
A New York district judge ruled that an ex serviceman must be rehired by Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair regardless of which worker is fired, citing the draft act reemployment clause over union seniority. The decision splits veterans groups with the CIO seeking Supreme Court review and the Legion endorsing the ruling.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
New York
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Abraham Fishgold
Navy
Matthew T. Abruzzo
Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Corp
Brooklyn
American Legion
Hershey
Abruzzo
the Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Disabled American Veterans
James W. Cannon
VFW
Congress
Customers Share Bread Basket Proceeds In Holidays
Leo Fagan closed his Freeport food store for the V J holidays and set out self service bread baskets. Patrons helped themselves and left 33 dollars and 20 cents, 20 cents more than the bread would have fetched at the counter. Eastland Texas and Southland Texas are noted as regional references.
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Freeport, I
Leo Fagan
Did You Hear Gossip Across Town
A poem by Edgar A. Guest warns how quickly rumors spread through a town. It notes how the first shared insinuations grow louder as more people listen, praising gossip’s appeal to all ages while ignoring truth or virtue.
War Mobilization Builds Rubber Committee Abroad Survey
War Mobilization and Reconversion plans a special rubber committee to survey overseas supply and advise on the United States synthetic rubber plants valued at about 700 million dollars. The panel’s chairman was anticipated to be named last Wednesday by Reconversion Director John W. W.
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John W. W
Expect Survey of Rubber Plantations
Notice in Grayson County Texas legal action seeks to tax delinquent Lots 10 through 15 in Block 4 O. T. P. Whitewright for state and county taxes totaling 667.61 dollars. Sara Phillips unknown heirs must appear at the September 24 1945 district court in Sherman to contest or risk foreclosure.
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State of Texas
Grayson
Sara Phillips
Whitewright
Grayson County
Texas
Commissioners Court
District Court
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Navy to demobilize 75 000 officers and 790 000 enlisted
The Navy announced a demobilization plan expecting about 75,000 officers and 790,000 enlisted to be released by year end 1945, with a total release target of around 3,000,000 through Sept 1, 1946. Monthly releases are listed from September 1945 through August 1946, with remaining strength at end August 1946 about 57,800 officers and 500,000 enlisted.
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Washington
Navy
Rubber committee to survey plantations under Japanese control
Snyder has not announced his final selection. Committee members will be chosen from interested government agencies. The new rubber committee will immediately survey the condition of rubber plantations that have been under Japanese control for three and one half years.
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Snyder
Final count on Texas constitutional amendments released
The Aug. 25 special election tabulation shows voters adopting three amendments and rejecting one. Soldier voting: for 126,854 against 37,442. Legislator's pay: for 42,026 against 123,492. Supreme court: for 88,232 against 73,891. Welfare: for 92,951 against 73,263.
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Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Supreme Court
Want Ad Sells It Fast for You
A brief want ad service promises quick sale of items by listing them in a local paper. It highlights easy posting, broad reach, and affordable rates for sellers seeking fast turnover.
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North Houston Street
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U. S. War Department
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517Th Regiment
Paris
Army
Malcolm Evans
Rye
Bie
Edgar A. Guest
Cardus
Slim
Irlan Polston
Tom Barbee
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Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society
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Norway Street
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Lone Stanted Gas Company
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