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[Acceptable Specifications for the Hood Fire Protection - December 6, 1943]
Information detailing the war department's acceptable specifications for the Fire Protection Hood. Specifications include fabrics, thread, design, and materials.
Date:
December 6, 1943
Creator:
United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Astro-Dome, Ellington Field Yearbook, Class 43-18
Book documenting the 43-18 class of advanced navigators at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
[1943..]
Creator:
Ellington Field (Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Information about Alex Bradford and Family]
Page providing background information about Alex Bradford including army and work experience, a list of relatives (wife, parents, two brothers, and two sons), and a brief statement about finances, as well as references from within and outside the Washington area. It appears to be a draft, with text on the back page that should line up with form questions that are not included.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
Bradford, Alex
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackland Army Air Field Yearbook, Class 44-B
Book documenting the 44-B class of pilots at Blackland Army Air Field in Waco, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
[1942..1945]
Creator:
Blackland Army Air Field (Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Draft Resolution Regarding President Roosevelt]
Draft Resolution of Regarding the approval and endorsement of the accomplishments and achievements under the guidance of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his democratic administration. In addition, it is the opinion of this political body that John Nance Garner be endorsed and approved. Finally, this resolution proclaims that for his long-distinguished career and honorable service as vice-president, John Nance Garner should be elected as the next president of the United States of America.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Veteran's Views]
Newspaper clipping with an article titled "A Veteran's Views" underlined in red. The article gives the opinion of veterans on the actions of the British during WWII. The name "R. M. Bayliss," associated with another article, is underlined in blue. Other articles are unmarked. The back of the page has advertisements.
Date:
May 10, 1940
Creator:
Nichols, Fred E.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Advertisement for the Book "The Making of Modern China"]
Newspaper clipping advertising the publication of a new book about "modern China" written by a political advisor and his wife. There are ads on the back of the page for two other books for sale with images of covers, quotations, and prices.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bishop Haas Urges Printers to Aid in Industry's Prosperity]
Newspaper clipping stating that the purpose of a union is to cooperatively work with an employer and to bargain on the behalf of the employees. The clipping advises the union workers of printing trade to turn the new inventions into the advantage of themselves and others.
Date:
August 1944
Creator:
Associated Press
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Britain at the Halfway House]
Clipping of an article by Freda Utley that explains the downfall of British colonialism in India and British dependence of Indian economy.
Date:
February 1943
Creator:
Utley, Freda
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Britain's GOM]
Newspaper clipping detailing the early career of David Lloyd George and his rise to the seat of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The article compares Lloyd George's career to Winston Churchill's.
Date:
January 9, 1945
Creator:
Washington Post Company
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: British Cracked Down On King Farouk in 1942]
Newspaper clipping describing British-Egyptian relations in 1942. The British demand that the king of Egypt name a premier that favors the Allies politically, while the British tanks sit at the palace gates. The back of the page shows part of an advertisement.
Date:
June 3, 1945
Creator:
Tucker, George
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: British Said to Have Used Tanks to Force Farouk to Name Pro-Allied Premier in '42]
Newspaper clipping describes how the British forced King Farouk of Egypt to name a Pro-Allied Premier in 1942 using military force. The back of the page has clips from several different articles.
Date:
June 3, 1945
Creator:
Tucker, George
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Capital Hill Observer]
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
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catholic Campaign]
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
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catholic Papers Oppose Post-War Training Plan]
Newspaper clipping discusses the disapproval of Gen. Marshall's plan for a citizen army by Catholic churches across the United States.
Date:
January 15, 1945
Creator:
Kidney, Daniel M.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: DDT May Control Malaria]
Bulletin article says that DDT has been proven to successfully control mosquitoes in rural areas of the U.S. South as a means to control malaria.
Date:
December 30, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Dewey's April Choice]
Newspaper clipping discusses Governor Dewey's inability to confront the U.S.S.R's communist regime in his speech. The back page features part of an article on modern technology.
Date:
August 12, 1944
Creator:
The Saturday Evening Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Eight Hopeful Congressmen]
Newspaper clipping featuring several articles including an article titled, “Eight Hopeful Congressmen”, “Hitler’s Subtlest Poison”, and “The Red Star Rises”. The highlighted article features brief biographical information on four (4) recently elected liberal congressmen and one (1) established liberal congressman. A portion of the text has been highlighted by red and blue colored pencils on page [3] and [4]. On the fourth page of this clipping is an illustration of Will Rogers Jr.
Date:
February 27, 1943
Creator:
Rovere, Richard H.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Ethiopia's Plea for Liberation]
Newspaper clipping discusses British occupation of Ethiopia three years after the end of WWII. Originally the British agreed to restore the Ethiopian monarch in exchange for an occupation of two years which was ultimately extended.
Date:
November 23, 1944
Creator:
Pearson, Drew
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Franco's Friendship]
Newspaper clipping criticizing General Franco's expression of friendship with the Allied Powers and aid to the German and Italian war efforts as "the most brazen attempt at double-dealing in the whole history of international politics."
Date:
November 12, 1944
Creator:
Washington Post Company
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History