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[Clipping: This Pump Brings Down] (open access)

[Clipping: This Pump Brings Down]

Newspaper clipping advertising a steam heating system to industrial and commercial businesses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Reynolds Aluminum Manufacturing] (open access)

[Clipping: Reynolds Aluminum Manufacturing]

Light blue pamphlet advertising the forty manufacturing locations of Reynolds Aluminum throughout the United States. The second page of this pamphlet features six (6) photographs of the aluminum plant.
Date: unknown
Creator: Reynolds Aluminum Manufacturing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Case for Military Training] (open access)

[Clipping: The Case for Military Training]

Newspaper clipping arguing that the United States government should prioritize maintaining a strong postwar army because of the consequences it faced after failing to maintain such an army after WWI.
Date: 1945-05/1945-06
Creator: Wadsworth, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Britain at the Halfway House] (open access)

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Germ-Killing Soap Developed] (open access)

[Clipping: New Germ-Killing Soap Developed]

Newspaper clipping describing a new postwar soap that is better at killing germs through the use of the G-11 chemical.
Date: December 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: On the Other Hand] (open access)

[Clipping: On the Other Hand]

Newspaper clipping states that Virginian representative Harry Byrd has been nominated to join a commission that will oversee the Polish election to select their own democratic government.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mellet, Lowell
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Smoke Protects Fighters] (open access)

[Clipping: Smoke Protects Fighters]

Bulletin article discussing the advantage of smoke screens to cover the positions of troops, cities, harbors, ships, and camps during WWII. Partial articles on the reverse of the pages discuss military technology and medical research.
Date: July 1, 1944
Creator: Monahan, A. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: They Called It Reconstruction] (open access)

[Clipping: They Called It Reconstruction]

Clipping from the Reader's Digest discussing the period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War and its impact on race relations. The author describes the discrimination against black citizens by state governments that prompted Reconstruction. The author takes the position that Reconstruction was an unnecessary and harmful process that empowered black citizens at the cost of disempowering white citizens. The author develops this idea through a combination of historical facts and anecdotal evidence, interpolating real-life events with racial stereotypes.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Muller, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Our Slackening Growth Demands Attention] (open access)

[Clipping: Our Slackening Growth Demands Attention]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the degree to which certain industries -- particularly technological and manufacturing industries -- can continually grow once the market is saturated. Several sentences are underlined in blue and red pen, regarding a shift to "replacement" needs for people who already own the manufactured goods. The back of the clipping includes partial ads for mattresses, a hair salon, and other items.
Date: 193X
Creator: Tracy, M. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Today and Tomorrow: "On Our Way" - A Book Review] (open access)

[Clipping: Today and Tomorrow: "On Our Way" - A Book Review]

Newspaper clipping reviewing the book "On Our Way" which is a collection of speeches and messages by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lippmann, Walter
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: Bug Blitz] (open access)

[Clipping: Bug Blitz]

Magazine clipping discusses a new chemical called DDT that controls malaria and typhus outbreaks. The pages also contain portions of other articles, and there are handwritten notes highlighting parts of the main article, including the names of the various chemical companies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, Beverly
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Franco's Friendship] (open access)

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Letters From the People] (open access)

[Clipping: Letters From the People]

Newspaper clipping states that the end of the war can't be dated, prosperity has returned to farms, the United States is a united nation, and stamping out fascism is not simple. The article "Washington Calling" addresses doubts about the ability of Americans to come together for a common goal. Initially, Americans thought that, when faced with war, the country would stand divided, but during WWII the country united and became a powerhouse of production. The article "Letters From the People" sympathizes with the people of Spain because it acknowledges that the Spanish had to choose between communism and fascism. The caller is of the opinion that the Spanish should not be criticized for choosing fascism when both of their only options were oppressive regimes.
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: Mattfeld, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: U.S. Has Enough Resources but Needs a System] (open access)

[Clipping: U.S. Has Enough Resources but Needs a System]

Newspaper clipping states that if the US mobilized its entire workforce then the GDP and average family income would both increase.
Date: March 19, 1935
Creator: Stern, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: CIO Political Action Committee Regional Directors] (open access)

[Clipping: CIO Political Action Committee Regional Directors]

Newspaper clipping featuring a list of fourteen (14) regional directors of the CIO Political Action Committee throughout the United States. The nineth (9th) number of the regional directors is the Texas Regional Director, Carl A. McPeak, physical address in Dallas, Texas. The back of the regional director list are short articles covering some of the core concepts behind the CIO.
Date: unknown
Creator: CIO Political Action Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: This is What's Behind Every Trailmobile on the Road] (open access)

[Clipping: This is What's Behind Every Trailmobile on the Road]

Newspaper clipping containing information on the infrastructure of Trailmobile, commentary on WWII, and a medical article on avoiding rabbit fever.
Date: February 12, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: “You’d Never Guess He Had a Cancer Five Years Ago”] (open access)

[Clipping: “You’d Never Guess He Had a Cancer Five Years Ago”]

Open letter stating that with the advances in medical technology such as radium, x-ray, and surgery it is possible to control 70% to 80% of early cancers. In the bottom right corner of this open letter are five potential symptoms of cancer that patients should immediately reach out to their medical practitioners. These signs are circled in red and blue colored pencil. On the back of the open letter is an advertisement for Kleenex tissues
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson, Karl
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Political Cartoon and Fishing Article] (open access)

[Clipping: Political Cartoon and Fishing Article]

Political cartoon created by Looey Graff depicting a plump and wealthy war plant striker with an arm wrapped around the shoulder of an injured World War II veteran yelling, “Well! We Won the War! Didn’t We Kid?”. The back of the political cartoon features an article touching upon fishing and the three different types of fishing activities: hobby, sportsman, and deep-sea. Two additional cartoons are at the bottom of the article.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Watkins, Nina E. & Graff, Looey
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: For Greater Order] (open access)

[Clipping: For Greater Order]

Newspaper clipping regarding the efficiency of the Colorado Legislature which planned its legislative program in advance. A short commentary is typed above the clipping.
Date: November 14, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Worship of Incompetence] (open access)

[Clipping: The Worship of Incompetence]

Newspaper clipping urging the movement of American politics away from pitying people with bad judgement and laziness because it comes with an indeterminate cost to tax-payers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Alexander, Ruth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: March of Magic] (open access)

[Clipping: March of Magic]

Clipping detailing the various venues in which magic tricks have been beneficial. The clipping explains the value magicians bring to soldiers in the US Army, to Unitarian congregations, to teachers in the classroom, and to lawyers in the courtroom, amongst others.
Date: unknown
Creator: Perez, Margo
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Radio-Baiter] (open access)

[Clipping: Radio-Baiter]

Newspaper clipping about radio critic William Moyes' career.
Date: January 17, 1944
Creator: Newsweek
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