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[Clipping: "The WASPS"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASPS"]

Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASP]

Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stuart, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "The WASP"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASP"]

Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stuart, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pens of the People] (open access)

[Clipping: Pens of the People]

Clipping by W. N. Stowe describing a street in Galveston that has been greatly improved and should be cared for. Stowe suggest an ordinance to prohibit parking on this street.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Stowe, W. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Traffic Bottleknecks] (open access)

[Clipping: Traffic Bottleknecks]

Clipping from Pens of the People describing parking issues on roadways to as to make room for cars that are driving. Riley believes this would at least temporarily alleviate the bottleneck issues.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Riley, William Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plant More Trees] (open access)

[Clipping: Plant More Trees]

Clipping from Pens of the People describing disapproval for the proposal to remove the esplanades and trees from Galveston highways.
Date: January 27, 1948
Creator: Boddeker, Louis E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Drastic Expedient] (open access)

[Clipping: Drastic Expedient]

Clipping describing traffic issues. The author posits that operations by motorists should be guided by a control plan drafted by a traffic engineer. Complaints about the esplanades are also discussed.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catherine Parker Ends WASP Career Unit Is Praised] (open access)

[Clipping: Catherine Parker Ends WASP Career Unit Is Praised]

Newspaper clipping announcing that Catherine Parker has ended her flying career at Marana Army Air Field. The clipping includes a brief history about Miss Parker and her experiences as a member the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera] (open access)

[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera]

Biographical article on John J. Herrera from the Pan-American magazine, Volume 1, Number 4, January, 1945.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon] (open access)

[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon]

Newspaper clipping of articles about the WASP, how it feels to fly a plane, a dance that will be held to raise funds for infantile paralysis, the marriage of teacher Batrice Howell, war bonds, and more.
Date: January 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Esquire Magazine Illustrations: Varga Girls, 1946] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations: Varga Girls, 1946]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of Varga girls and descriptive text. The front page of the spread features a pull-out of a redhead with blue eyes wearing a gold bodysuit paired with a verse by Phil Stack celebrating the beginning of the new year. The following page is a spread showing a collection of 12 Varga girl illustrations, one for each month of the year (February-December) paired with descriptive text.
Date: January 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]

Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date: January 7, 1944
Creator: unknown
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: Medical Graduates Needed] (open access)

[Clipping: Medical Graduates Needed]

Clipping from the Houston Post describing the government forecast of more demand for medical graduates.
Date: January 23, 1949
Creator: The Houston Post
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Natural Beauty Spots, What Other Cities Do, Bottlenecks] (open access)

[Clipping: Natural Beauty Spots, What Other Cities Do, Bottlenecks]

Clippings describing how to improve the esplanades instead of paving over them. Jeane B. Kempner commends the "Drastic Expedient" editorial and desires to build up the esplanades. P. W. Holt advocates the prohibition of parking on 25th and Broadway to preserve the esplanades and protect pedestrians.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Patrick, T. W.; Kempner, Jeane Bertig & Holt, P. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sensible Mean] (open access)

[Clipping: Sensible Mean]

Clipping describing I. H. Kempner's recent address at the annual meeting of the Galveston Merchant's Association.
Date: January 14, 1945
Creator: unknown
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
[Clipping: This Is On Me] (open access)

[Clipping: This Is On Me]

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
County Libraries for Texas (open access)

County Libraries for Texas

Clipping of a newsletter discussing county libraries in Texas.
Date: January 20, 1942
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Archives and Information Services Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Astonishing Headline] (open access)

[Clipping: Astonishing Headline]

Clipping by Ella Newell describing a proposal to remove esplanades from the roadways in Galveston.
Date: January 22, 1948
Creator: Newell, Ella Sealy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Get the Speeders, Esplanade Question, Narrower Esplanades] (open access)

[Clipping: Get the Speeders, Esplanade Question, Narrower Esplanades]

Clipping from Pens of the People describing two issues on Galveston roads. Martha Creel petitions the police to catch the speeders on these roads. Fannie Wilson petitions for the esplanades to be left as is. O. J. Arvidsson proposes narrowing the size of the esplanades by half.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Creel, Martha; Arvidsson, O. J. & Wilson, Fannie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hurrell Photograph: Constance Dowling] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Constance Dowling]

A front and back spread from the January edition of Esquire Magazine 1944. This spread features a color reproduction of a Hurrell photograph of 1930s actress Constance Dowling [1920-1969] followed on the reverse by a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Year of Our Lord, 1943 by John Falter.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Hurrell, George & Falter, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Destroy Not] (open access)

[Clipping: Destroy Not]

Clipping from Pens of the People discussing his opposition to removing the oleanders and the esplanades on Galveston roadways.
Date: January 23, 1948
Creator: Lippman, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History