New Bombers to Carry Half Carload of Bombs
General H H Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, predicts future bombers that dwarf Flying Fortresses will carry half a carload of bombs across the Atlantic and return nonstop. He notes advances in gun sights, radar use, and turreted bomber designs, along with further fighter upgrades and parachute fragmentation bombs.
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Atlantic
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Army Ordnance
Army Ordnance Association
General Arnold
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Doing Our Part poem from Camp Bowie Texas war bond appeal
A Dort poem from Camp Bowie Texas laments civilians not buying War Bonds. The author urges readers to support the overseas effort despite comfortable home life and busy routines. The piece contrasts front line danger with domestic complacency and calls for action toward wartime finance.
Weather-proofing saves oil and coal in war effort
Federal Housing Administration finds that weather-proofing 3 percent more homes could free over 44 million gallons of oil and over a million tons of coal for wartime use. With storm windows, caulk, weather stripping, and insulation, winter fuel bills drop to about 60 percent oil and two thirds coal, paying for itself in five to ten years. FHA offers three year loans up to 2500 dollars for weatherproofing.
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Federal Housing Administration
Solid Fuels and Petroleum Administrations
FHA
Federal Reserve
Cracks at the Crowd Wife Says Helping Backfires
The narrator shares marital woes with satirical lines about a wife who helped too much and now sees the harm. The niece contemplates marrying rich for money, and a gay collection of family misfortunes follows from frequent moves, limited spoiling, and petty rivalries. The tone is humorous and sharp.
Divorce Petition Served in Grayson County Texas
Citation to Clyde Gilbert commands appearance by 10 a m on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, for a divorce case No 49677 filed May 6 1943. Plaintiff Dorothy Gilbert vs Clyde Gilbert. Court in Sherman Texas. Issued August 23 1943 by S V Earnest Clerk.
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Clyde Gilbert
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Dorothy Gilbert
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Fher Gets Zero Bomber 125 Leg Wounds in Day
Captain William P. Norris of Cedar Rapids Iowa a U S Army Thirteenth Air Force fighter pilot in the South Pacific shot down a Japanese bomber and two Zeros then crash landed a damaged P 40 Warhawk after suffering 125 leg wounds from shell fragments The War Department details the combat and Norris recovery noting his Texas training at Corsicana Randolph and Kelly Fields.
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William P. Norris
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United States Army
Thirteenth Air Force
South Pacific
War Department
Texas
Norris
Corsicana
Randolph Field
Kelly Field
United States to Get Cuba’s 44 Sugar Crop
Cuba has accepted the sale of its 1944 sugar crop to the United States. Minister Emerterio S. Santovenia announced last night that representatives of the Sugar Stabilization Institute will depart for Washington to sign the contract with the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Cuba
United States
Emerterio S. Santovenia
Sugar Stabilization Institute
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Meat ration points stay steady despite slaughter quota suspension
The Office of Price Administration clarified that suspended slaughter quotas do not raise civilian meat supplies. Meat ration points are only slightly reduced, and Bowles said no further cuts are possible in September. Government needs keep civilian demand unchanged despite misperceptions.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
CPA
War Food Administration
Bowles
WFA
Navy to Carry Pacific Load Until Soldiers Go to Japan
Navy Secretary Frank Knox told Colgate University that U S sea and air power will continue in the Pacific until U S troops land in Japan. He noted the Navy has fought most of its war in the Pacific since Pearl Harbor and is adding a warship a day to boost the effort against Japan.
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N. Y
Naval Sea-Air Power
Pacific
United States
Japan
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Colgate University Navy
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Tojo
Rumor Has a Hundred Tongues Voice of Iron
Quote attributed to Vergil about rumor and its iron voice spreads among many mouths. No other identifiable people or events present.
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Vergil
Originality as Fresh Eyes Quote
A concise adage asserts originality arises from fresh perspectives. The saying credits T. W. Higginson and emphasizes new viewpoints fueling creativity and insight.
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