[The fight for democracy - proofread copy] (open access)

[The fight for democracy - proofread copy]

Speech given by Carlos E. Castañeda at San Jacinto on April 21, 1943. Castañeda speaks of the unconquerable determination to do or die by the army of "freemen" to preserve the liberty and freedom of the country in face of the brutal tyranny by the "army of a dictator".
Date: April 21, 1943
Creator: Castañeda, Carlos E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Written Account of the Origins of the Danevang Farmers Cooperative Society] (open access)

[Written Account of the Origins of the Danevang Farmers Cooperative Society]

Four page account of the beginning of the Danevange Farmers Cooperative Society written by W. E. Paulson, a marketing specialist in the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A. & M. University. Early hardships in Danevange frame the communal spirit of the early Texas Danes, who begin cooperative enterprises after the devastating "Galveston storm" in 1900. Mr. Paulson ends with some of the financial benefits of the Coop society on Danevange.
Date: September 16, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Boy Scouts of America Charter for Troop #426, Houston, Texas] (open access)

[Boy Scouts of America Charter for Troop #426, Houston, Texas]

The original charter of Boy Scout Troop #426 of Houston, Texas dated October 31, 1943. The troop was sponsored by The League of United Latin American Citizens, with John J. Herrera as Scoutmaster of the troop. It is printed in color on the official Boy Scouts of America charter form.
Date: October 31, 1943
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Application for War Ration Book by Frank Latlip] (open access)

[Application for War Ration Book by Frank Latlip]

War Ration Book Application card completed by Frank Latlip, Senior. It was mailed from El Paso, Texas on May 29, 1943. It is stamped: "No. 888908 CW"
Date: May 12, 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Meyer Bodansky's Certificate of Membership by the National Geographic Society] (open access)

[Dr. Meyer Bodansky's Certificate of Membership by the National Geographic Society]

The National Geographic Society certificate of membership granted to Dr. Bodansky.
Date: December 8, 1943
Creator: The National Geographic Society
System: The Portal to Texas History