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[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle] (open access)

[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle]

Magazine clipping recounting the story of how an American tugboat, the "Intent," traveled from Port Arthur to Massawa during WWII to open a bottleneck for the 8th Army and save North Africa for the Allies. Some parts of the article have handwritten notes and underlining. The back of the second page has text from portions of other articles and advertisements.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Dorcy, Biddle & Kiesling, Barrett C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Texas Is Stranger Than Fiction] (open access)

[Clipping: Texas Is Stranger Than Fiction]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: . . . from the Employees] (open access)

[Clipping: . . . from the Employees]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Invisible Colonel] (open access)

[Clipping: The Invisible Colonel]

Magazine clipping describing the influence of Colonel McCormick and the extent of his control through the use of the Chicago Tribune. The pages include parts of other articles, advertisements, and cartoons. The last page has the lower right portion cut out.
Date: March 25, 1944
Creator: Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Seven Steps to Personal Success] (open access)

[Clipping: Seven Steps to Personal Success]

Magazine clipping giving advice on how to have a great personality by helping readers focus their energy on great decisions and good habits. The back of the first sheet (p. 29) has movie reviews, and there are several advertisements around the article.
Date: January 11, 1941
Creator: Pitkin, Walter B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: What Russia Wants] (open access)

[Clipping: What Russia Wants]

Reader's Digest version of an editorial by the former Under Secretary of State, discussing how the United States could establish friendship with Soviet Russia in the post-war era. There are handwritten notes around a quotation at the bottom of the last page.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Saxet Field Oil Test Running Wild] (open access)

[Clipping: Saxet Field Oil Test Running Wild]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Cros's Nest, Letters to the Lookout - May 10 1940] (open access)

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

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Spain Uncensored] (open access)

[Clipping: Spain Uncensored]

Newspaper clipping describing the Nazi occupation of Spanish territory. On the back of this newspaper article is an article that has been cut in half that reads, "Rusco Helps to Stock the Nation's Larder"
Date: February 22, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: U. S. to Aid Ethiopia] (open access)

[Clipping: U. S. to Aid Ethiopia]

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 surrounding the Alaskan oil deal and a geological survey.
Date: December 6, 1943
Creator: Marsh, R. O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention] (open access)

[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention]

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~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries] (open access)

[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries]

Newspaper clipping containing an editorial in the form of a glossary defining words for reactionaries. The definitions reflect the author's view of American culture at the time. A cartoon labelled "X-Ray of the Nationalist Brain" is featured next to the editorial. There are headlines for other articles on the back of the clipping.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: Lerner, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 20,000 Follow In His Footsteps] (open access)

[Clipping: 20,000 Follow In His Footsteps]

Newspaper article briefly describing the successful preacher Preston Bradley of Chicago and his unique methods of preaching and his preferred method of using theatre seats rather than pews. The second page of this clipping features another newspaper article describing Mr. George Fitzgerald’s profession of teaching men and women how to properly walk.
Date: unknown
Creator: The American Magazine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hitler's Agents] (open access)

[Clipping: Hitler's Agents]

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Diesel Engine & Friends] (open access)

[Clipping: Diesel Engine & Friends]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Chaplain Is Scolded For GI Vote Letters #1] (open access)

[Clipping: Chaplain Is Scolded For GI Vote Letters #1]

Newspaper clipping covering a news story about Lt. Charles L. Austin sending letters pertaining to the soldier-vote issue to Congressman Scott of Pennsylvania.
Date: unknown
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Chaplain Is Scolded For GI Vote Letters #2] (open access)

[Clipping: Chaplain Is Scolded For GI Vote Letters #2]

Newspaper clipping covering a news story about Lt. Charles L. Austin sending letters pertaining to the soldier-vote issue to Congressman Scott of Pennsylvania.
Date: unknown
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: American Photo - Print Company, Inc. Diploma Restoration] (open access)

[Clipping: American Photo - Print Company, Inc. Diploma Restoration]

Advertisement clipping for the restoration of diplomas to be mounted on mahogany frame. The advertisement provides four sizes depending on the size of the diplomas. The back page features the text “rejuvenation guaranteed” along with a human figure.
Date: unknown
Creator: American Photo - Print Company, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: American Empire in Asia] (open access)

[Clipping: American Empire in Asia]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Buses and Traveling Throughout Texas] (open access)

[Buses and Traveling Throughout Texas]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Happy Man] (open access)

[Clipping: A Happy Man]

Newspaper clipping memorializes Oscar Ameringer and discusses his political career. The back of the clipping contains an ad for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Mayer, Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Books of the Times] (open access)

[Clipping: Books of the Times]

Newspaper clipping reviewing George S. Perry's book "Hackberry Cavalier", its main protagonist Edgar Selfridge, and his relationship to the town of Hackberry, Texas. On the backside, the author speculates the next moves of General MacArthur in WWII.
Date: February 17, 1944
Creator: Chamberlain, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Thumbs down on the Lookout] (open access)

[Clipping: Thumbs down on the Lookout]

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: First Committee and the No More Foreign Wars Committee] (open access)

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

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 was planning another expansion for March of that year.
Date: January 9, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History