Rubber Chief Forecasts Rosy Synthetic Tire Outlook
Washington reports Col. Bradley N. Dewey, acting rubber director, says synthetic rubber output fluctuates between 50 and 150 percent of capacity due to catalyst changes. He adds civilian tire goals could rise from 5 million to 6 million with rayon cord supply, and that the rubber will be ready for the extra million.
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Washington
Col
Bradley N. Dewey
William R. Jeffers
Dewey
Rubber supply promises for Sirdles and elastic garments
A commentator notes current preference for the crude rubber product and predicts ample supplies for Sirdles, brassieres, and other elastic garments, reflecting booming demand for rubbers used in clothing.
Women in 1813 Army at Jefferson Barracks
Records at Jefferson Barracks show a women's auxiliary corps existed in 1813. They received 15 cents a day in rations and performed grimy duties such as scrubbing cannons oiling muskets filling powder horns and preparing wadding for ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
House tax chief seeks help on income report
Chairman Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina the head of the House ways and means committee said he hired an expert to prepare his Sept 15 income tax return. He called a night session to seek simplification of the return due next March 15 and noted new plastic tubing with rubberlike flexibility is now in production.
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Washington
Congress
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
Franklin tip to soak body used by torpedoed sailors
Philadelphia reports that sailors escaping sinking ships soak their bodies in seawater to relieve thirst, a practice linked to a 1761 letter from Benjamin Franklin preserved by Dr Henry B Allen of the Franklin Institute. The letter notes skin absorption and perspiration and cites Franklins observations of thirst after swimming.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Henry B. Allen
Franklin Institute
Franklin
Mary Stevenson
Wants and Auto Financing and a Texas Citation
Wants ads offer a second hand bedroom suite stove and table radio with pricing and a 1941 Chevrolet sedan plus cash for used furniture. Auto Finance Co advertises quick loans with inspection and title papers. Also a legal citation in Grayson County to Beedie Chinn heirs regarding quiet title on Lot 10 Block 2 Hall and Jones Addition Sherman filed Sept 3 1943 with hearing by Oct 18 1943.
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Hill Top
Bonham East
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham, Texas
East Hill
Bonham
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
State OF
Texas
Beedie Chinn
J. Knox Chinn
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
A. W. Chinn, Sr
Hall and Jones
J. Knox, Chinn
S. V. Earnest
R. C Steed
Franklin and emblem debates and water purification by osmosis
A fragment notes Benjamin Franklin campaigned for the turkey as the national emblem and mentions the idea of filtering salt from water through imbibing pores. The passage reflects early American rhetorical energy on symbols and a curious aside about purification mechanisms.
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Benjamin Franklin
Turkey
Divorce Suit Filed Between Ritchersons in Texas
On September 1 1943 L M Ritcherson sues Flocy Marie Ritcherson in Grayson County Texas file No 49923 for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorable District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
L. M. Ritcherson
Flocy Marie Ritcherson
A.D
S. V. Earnest
Steed
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T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Pascal Farley
Paul Pritchett
Mahurin Schoolhouse
Allen T. Short
Hannah's
Whitewright
J. E. Morgani
Jersey
Whitewright Trading Post
A. Ray
East Whitewright
C. T. Ferguson
Leonard
Tom Barbee
Rotary Club
Russell Summers
Clay Horton
Riley Smith
Ely
Foster’s
Butane
Denison
Carl
J. C. Gillespie
J. C. Duck
Jimmie
Sinclair Products
Sinclair Ethyl
Sinclair H C
Sinclair Pennsylvania
Opaline
Sinclair
Wilson
State OF Texas
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Community Public Service Company
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