Wartime Town and Farm Reminders From OWI
Office of War Information theme covers ration changes and wartime tips. Blue tokens shift to groups of ten after Sept 30. many items remove from rationing Sept 17. tire inspection records replaced with new mileage form. A books issued Sept 22. stove rationing ends Oct 15 for coal and wood. shoe rationing persists due to hide shortages. veteran employment and GI Bill education guidance provided. foreign fuel experiments noted. small business aid for veterans announced. roundups on trucks and manpower in France cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
OPA
WPB
G. I. Joes
Veterans Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Veterans Administration
The
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Department of Commerce
Cuba
Martinique
Para
Brazil
China
Army
Armed Services
Office of Defense Transportation
France
Foreign Economic Administration
Divorce Citation Issued In Grayson County Texas
The state issues citation to Theola V. Collins to answer Rudolph H. Collins petition for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Court set appearance by 10 A M on October 2, 1944 before the District Court of Grayson County at Sherman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Theola V. Collins
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Rudolph H. Collins
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Billie Jo Linn
Leahnette Linn
Australians Grow Sweet Corn To Yield 35 Million Cans In 1945
The Department of Commerce reports Australia will produce enough sweet corn to yield 35 million cans in 1945. Housewives are urged by WFA to use more onions in late September and early October to ease storage concerns. The Department of Agriculture notes properly canned foods last longer, with a one year guideline for consumption in normal times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tralia
Department of Commerce
WFA
Department of Agriculture
Better and Cheaper Tires Promised by New Process
General Tire and Rubber Co chemists in Akron perfected a process that blends carbon black with synthetic rubber in liquid form. The method, a natural mixing technique, replaces grinding milling and cuts milling time by one third while yielding uniformly distributed carbon black in the finished rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
General Tire and Rubber Co
Citation 52891 in Texas suit filed July 12 1944
The State of Texas cites Billie Jo Linn as defendant in case No. 52891 where Leahnette Linn is the plaintiff. The petition was filed July 12 1944 and issued August 16.
OPA Moves to Tighten Enforcement on Violators
Dallas report says the Office of Price Administration will press enforcement of its rules by targeting intentional violators and using trade advisory committees to strengthen compliance. William A. Orth became regional administrator, succeeding Max McCullough who left for national rationing work in Washington.
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Dallas
Office of Price Administration
William A. Orth
Orth
Max McCullough
Washington
OPA
Few Texans Ever Leave Their Home State
Washington report shows Texas has the third smallest share of residents living outside the state. Of 5,929,750 Texas births, 5,036,550 reside in Texas. Seventeen point eight percent of Texas residents were born elsewhere, while New York-born residents account for about 15.8 percent.
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Home State
Washington
Bureau of the Census
Texas
Union
California
New York
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Office OF War Information
Taliaferro Furniture Co
E. Houston St
Pascal Farley
Whitewright Lumber Co
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
South
Sun Office
Sewell
L. LaRoe & Co
Lone Star i
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