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[Clipping: People Who Read and Write] (open access)

[Clipping: People Who Read and Write]

Newspaper clipping of an article about how Reader's Digest versions of books are affecting sales of the full versions, as well as book reviews for several titles such as The Far Shore by Max Miller, Robinson Crusoe by Blake Clark, and Faces in a Dusty Picture by Gerard Kersh.
Date: April 22, 1945
Creator: unknown
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: How to Get Along with People You Love] (open access)

[Clipping: How to Get Along with People You Love]

Clipping of an article "Condensed from The Kiwanis Magazine" providing anecdotes and suggestions from minister Ziegler about how to respect others and get along. The final page is the start of another article, which has been marked out with red pencil.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Ziegler, Edward W.
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: British Cracked Down On King Farouk in 1942] (open access)

[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
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
[Clipping: Advertisement for the Book "The Making of Modern China"] (open access)

[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
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: A Partial Group of Vitallium Surgical Prostheses] (open access)

[Clipping: A Partial Group of Vitallium Surgical Prostheses]

Pamphlet showing twenty-seven (27) separate surgical prostheses. The first page of this pamphlet identifies this item as “Bibliography and Excerpts from Dental and Surgical Literature on the Uses of Vitallium Prostheses”. The second page shows images of these implements and a key that identifies these twenty-seven items.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Arrow Shows You How to Tie a Tie] (open access)

[Clipping: Arrow Shows You How to Tie a Tie]

Clipping from a magazine featuring an advertisement from Arrow about their new line of ties with step-by-step grayscale images and instructions for tying a four-in-hand knot. Below the instructions, there is a color image of the necktie designs that are available with text explaining that Arrow shirts are guaranteed to coordinate with their tie designs. A portion of a car advertisement is visible on the back, including an image of a yellow car stopped near a curb where a number of people are waiting in fancy dress clothing.
Date: 1937~
Creator: unknown
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
[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
[Clipping: Vatican Press Says Nazi Use of Mt. Cassino Abbey Has Never Been Established] (open access)

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

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catholic Campaign] (open access)

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hispanidad v. Pan America] (open access)

[Clipping: Hispanidad v. Pan America]

Newspaper clipping describing the recent Hispanidad or pro-Fascist doctrine in South America. Key political actors are mentioned including, the Argentinian Foreign Minister, the Argentinian Dictator, and a Spanish press attaché. On the back page of the article, is a brief passage about the creation of the amber bomb indicator light created by the General Electric company.
Date: April 26, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Equipment Torpedoed, Service Men Carry On] (open access)

[Clipping: Equipment Torpedoed, Service Men Carry On]

Newspaper clipping describing the attack of Nazi submarines and the resulting sinking of Hamilton Standard propeller equipment to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in early 1942. This news was provided by four (4) allied servicemen that reported their working conditions were primitive in March of 1942. Working conditions include having to work with constant leopards, hyenas, wild camels and angry baboons.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Remember the Votes of the Men Who Vote Against You] (open access)

[Clipping: Remember the Votes of the Men Who Vote Against You]

Newspaper clipping of assorted articles by various authors covering information on seven (7) elected congressmen and their personal politics. A chart is provided on the second page that details these congressmen’s voting patterns regarding American interests. In addition to covering these seven (7) congressmen who voted against American interests and covers five (5) congressmen that have supported American interests.
Date: April 2, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Journalistic Credo of Marshall Field] (open access)

[Clipping: The Journalistic Credo of Marshall Field]

Newspaper clipping of a book review written by Charles McD. Puckette covering Marshall Field’s book, Freedom Is More Than A Word.
Date: April 29, 1945
Creator: Puckette, Charles McD.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Chemists at Work] (open access)

[Clipping: Chemists at Work]

Newspaper clipping touching upon the recent achievements created by United States chemists. These achievements including metallurgy, blood plasma, incendiary bombs, colored smoke, and insecticide against the Japanese beetle. The back of this newspaper clipping features a United States anti-aircraft gun being operated by a group of four (4) soldiers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History