Drawing Of Names For Home Leaves Is Big Event
Army sergeant describes the home leave drawing for 37th Infantry on a South Pacific island. Hundreds of eligible soldiers await their fate as names are drawn in an event held near frontline huts and rear echelons. Families at home and memories of civilization fuel the tense ceremony.
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37Th Infantry
Southwest Pacific
Red Cross
Tam
Harold Aitken
Frankfort
Frederick Kirker
Columbus
Ohio
South Pacific
New Georgia
Hell
Bougainville
C. L. Kendrick
L. Kendrick
Spray
N. C
Aloysius Wilhelm
Toledo
Kendrick
Mississippi
United States of America
Tom
Frank
Jim
Newsdrop Surrenders News at Normandy Front
A Nazi prisoner, interrogated by Allied officers in Normandy, complains his squad lacked the little one sheet newspapers. The unarmed fascist notes that enemy signals are delayed and shows frustration over the absence of timely war news.
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Normandy
The
New Yorker
The ABCs of the Electoral College Explored
The piece traces how Texas and other states use a slate of electors rather than candidate names on the ballot. It discusses historical reasons for the electors system, the rise of party slates, weaknesses tied to unbound electors, and the potential impact on the two party system with regional voting disparities. It ends by questioning the persistence and fairness of the Southern influence in the Electoral College.
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Texas
France
Germany
Time and Duty in War Era Morality Sermon
A reflective sermon insists on time as a scarce gift from God and condemns excuses of no time. It contrasts swift celestial motion with human inaction and warns that the Devil advances while people sleep. It condemns whisky as unworthy, cites wartime alcohol production, and appeals for kneeling in mercy.
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Constellation Arcturus
God of Love and Mercy
Son tells mother about girlfriend’s possessions
A humorous exchange where a son explains to his mother that his girlfriend has “everything” including a typewriter, a full set of new tires, and a father who runs a filling station. The mother questions what he means by everything.
War Time Patience and a Quiet Power of Small Things
A 1944 reminiscence urges readers to keep temper over trivial annoyances as war demands replace household containers with safer substitutes for medicines, food, and fuels. It notes how wartime shortages shift canning, packing, and materials to frontline needs, stressing that every small loss supports soldiers and machinery vital to the front.
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Pacific
Limited Partnership Formed In Sherman Texas
The state records a limited partnership by T. L. Brice Company, Limited. General partner T. L. Brice and special partners William H. Lucas R. E. Brice Howard Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas reside in Sherman Grayson County Texas. Business includes manufacturing and selling pickles relishes preserves and related canning activities with a principal office in Sherman.
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T. L. Brice
R. E. Brice
William H. Lucas
Howard Lucas
Elizabeth Lucas
Robert E. Brice
W. H. Lucas
Texas
Grayson
A. D
A. N. Birge
Grayson County
T. L. Brice Company, Limited
Affiante General Partner
Elizabeth Lucas William H. Lucas Howard Lucas
Sherman
Ais County
City of
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
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