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[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention]

Description: Card with printed text "Bawl hell out of Dan Moody and Clint Small" attached to two newspaper clippings related to Texas delegates opposing support for the New Deal and F. D. Roosevelt being elected for a fourth presidential term. Names are underlined in red pencil on the card and in the clippings, and "Write Clint Small" is typewritten at the top of the text in the first clipping. Partial articles on the backs of the clipping describe news about World War II, in Guam and Hungary.
Date: 1944-07~

[Clipping: First Committee and the No More Foreign Wars Committee]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing three members of the First committee. These members include General Robert E. Wood, General Hugh Johnson, and Verne Marshall. Special emphasis has been placed on the oil financier William Rhodes Davis. A section of the newspaper clipping has been underlined in red colored pencil. The underlined passage describes a plan to purchase £2,000,000 of British and American oil and sell it to Germany and Italy. On the back of this clipping is speculation that Nazi Germany w… more
Date: January 9, 1941

[Clipping: Texas Is Stranger Than Fiction]

Description: Clipping compiling three submitted stories about strange things in Texas. The name Bob McCracken is underlined in red. The back of the clipping features a partial story about the aircraft industry.
Date: unknown

[Clipping: . . . from the Employees]

Description: Newspaper clipping focused on the team behind creating an unknown newspaper. Two (2) names have been marked with red colored pencil, "Lilyan Blake" and "Frederick B. Gipson". On the back of the clipping is a holiday greeting from the directors and personnel of the newspaper.
Date: unknown

[Clipping: Diesel Engine & Friends]

Description: Newspaper clipping that details the creation of a new diesel engine advancement from the engineer Charles F. Kettering and General Motors Corporation. A section is outlined in red pencil.
Date: January 31, 1938

[Buses and Traveling Throughout Texas]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Bus Transportation magazine that details the unknown author's various encounters with the the bus and travel industry of Texas.
Date: January 15, 1936

[Clipping: Second Well at Oklahoma City Controlled By Special Die Nipple]

Description: Journal page with portions of several articles, primarily describing the explosive oil well near the Northwest corner of Oklahoma City and the construction of a special metal collar that was used to safely control the oil well. Most of the article is centered around the construction of this metal collar and its effectiveness compared to an earlier oil well disaster.
Date: unknown

[Clipping: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing Hugh L. Patton’s extinguishing fire in Oklahoma City. The article touches upon the express concerns of Lieutenant Colonel Cicero Murray and the State conservation committee on using nitroglycerin to extinguish these fires. The well fire was extinguished by an explosion of nitroglycerin resulting in a wild and uncontrollable fire destroying 6,000 barrels of oil. The newspaper clipping is attached to a letter from R. C. Showalter to Alex Bradford informing him that S… more
Date: October 2, 1936
Creator: Showalter, R. C.

[Clipping: Saxet Field Oil Test Running Wild]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of a mangled oil derrick spewing crude oil into the air. On the back of the newspaper clipping are various local news stories and an advertisement for a local Walgreen.
Date: April 14, 1939

[Clipping: The State of the Union About Censorship - Military and Political]

Description: Newspaper clipping attempting to inform its readers of both political and military censorship. The first censorship concern is the possible protection of General MacArthur's political protection provided to the presidential nominee. The second censorship concern is the military suppression of error and failures under the command of General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.
Date: unknown
Creator: Childs, Marquis W.

[Clipping: Capital Hill Observer]

Description: Newspaper clipping detailing the biographical information of the newspaper man Marquis W. Childs. Information covered within the article includes Child's early life, education, career, and other biographical tidbits.
Date: February 21, 1944
Creator: Teed, Dexter

[Clipping: American Empire in Asia]

Description: Newspaper clipping that provides a brief preview on the book "Great Britain: An Empire in Transition" by Albert Viton. The book discusses the need to remove American Isolationism. The back of the page provides a preview for the book "American Counterpoint" by Alexander Alland.
Date: unknown

[Clipping: The Cros's Nest, Letters to the Lookout - May 10 1940]

Description: Newspaper clipping taken from the Letters to the Lookout section of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Four (4) letters have been written to the editor of the newspaper covering anti-allied comments made in previous issues of the Corpus Christi Caller. On the back of the newspaper clipping is an advertisement for men's suits, bathing accessories, and bedding.
Date: May 10, 1940

[Clipping: Hitler's Agents]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the letters to the editor section of the Caller-Times describing the anti-Semite experience between a Captain Jerry Shulz and a woman with Nazi ideology. The back of this clipping features miscellaneous illustrations and portions of additional articles.
Date: unknown
Creator: Starner, Ray G.

[Clipping: Thumbs down on the Lookout]

Description: Newspaper clipping taken from the Letters to the Lookout section of the Caller-Times newspaper. The letter to the editor describes Walter Winchell's prediction of possible propaganda against England being spread throughout America.
Date: unknown
Creator: Starner, Ray G.

[Clipping: U. S. to Aid Ethiopia]

Description: Newspaper clipping covering a brief article touching upon a technical mission to help Ethiopian farms produce additional agricultural commodities. The attached letter is from R. O. Marsh to Alex Bradford discussing the agricultural mission to assist Ethiopian farming efforts. Mr. Marsh provides additional information about the mission including the total number of people and the estimated dates of traveling to the African continent. Finally, there is a brief discussion about the delay surroundi… more
Date: December 6, 1943
Creator: Marsh, R. O.

[Clipping: Selected Delegates and Proposals]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing various precincts issues and the assigned delegates. Two sections of the newspaper have been highlighted with red and blue colored pencil. The first highlighted section describes a unanimously passed decision to back Roosevelt during this time of war. Delegate Alex (Tex) Bradford has been underlined in red pencil. The second highlighted passage is focused on precinct 42 & 43 and their discussion of various possible delegates.
Date: unknown

[Clipping: This Is On Me]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the authors personal disgust with horse racing being anything more than a gambling racket. Mr. Treat's presents his argument by touching on several concerns including, the cruel treatment of animals, the disconnection between horse and owner, the type of crowd attending horse races, and the ethics of selective breeding. On the back of the clipping are showtimes for movies and theater shows.
Date: January 13, 1945
Creator: Treat, Roger

[Clipping: Vatican Press Says Nazi Use of Mt. Cassino Abbey Has Never Been Established]

Description: Newspaper clipping detailing the Vatican's statement claiming that Nazi soldiers never used the Monte Cassino Abbey for any military purpose. This statement is in response to the American military newspaper, Stars and Stripes claiming that the Nazi's are using historic monuments as protection. On the back of the clipping is a partial article describing changes to canned goods by the Office of Price Administration (OPA).
Date: unknown
Creator: United Press

[Clipping: Catholic Campaign]

Description: Newspaper clipping covering the September 11 story of a Roman Catholic priest pleading guilty to drunk driving in Medera, California and the backlash of the roman-catholic community against the publishing newspaper, Scripps-Howard's San Francisco News. On the back of the article are two advertisements for Burberrys of London and Myers Jamaican Rum.
Date: October 23, 1944
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