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[Clipping: Ace Sleuths] (open access)

[Clipping: Ace Sleuths]

Newspaper clipping featuring an illustrated comic “Ace Sleuths” featuring J. Frank Norfleet of the Hale Center, Texas tracking down five confidence men who swindled $80,000 of his money. On the back of the illustrated comic there is an article describing a 1937 murder case and an advertisement.
Date: 1937
Creator: Allen, Stookie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Dewar Portable Searchlight Advertisement] (open access)

[Clipping: Dewar Portable Searchlight Advertisement]

Newspaper clipping featuring three (3) different models of Dewar Portable Searchlights. Each of these models has a brief description of the potential uses and the specifications of each unit. On the bottom of the second page, is a brief description of the Dewar Searchlight Battery used to power the searchlight units found above.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dewar Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Dewey's April Choice] (open access)

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire] (open access)

[Clipping: Patton Returns From Scene of Oklahoma Fire]

Newspaper clipping describing Hugh L. Patton’s extinguishing fire in Oklahoma City. The article touches upon the express concerns of Lieutenant Colonel Cicero Murray and the State conservation committee on using nitroglycerin to extinguish these fires. The well fire was extinguished by an explosion of nitroglycerin resulting in a wild and uncontrollable fire destroying 6,000 barrels of oil. The newspaper clipping is attached to a letter from R. C. Showalter to Alex Bradford informing him that Showalter would love to have a meeting.
Date: October 2, 1936
Creator: Showalter, R. C.
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: Dale Carnegie: Author of "How To Win Friends and Influence People"] (open access)

[Clipping: Dale Carnegie: Author of "How To Win Friends and Influence People"]

In this newspaper clipping, Dale Carnegie explains to readers the advice of Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman on how to improve the quality of sleep.
Date: 1939
Creator: Carnegie, Dale
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: Catholic Papers Oppose Post-War Training Plan] (open access)

[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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: He puts his friends to sleep] (open access)

[Clipping: He puts his friends to sleep]

In this newspaper clipping, the author describes how the psychologist, Max Mann, is putting chronic insomniacs to sleep with his soothing voice. The clipping also mentions that Dr. Mann recorded his voice and wrote a soothing book to help patients he cannot reach.
Date: unknown
Creator: The American Magazine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Socialites Swell Belmont Throng] (open access)

[Clipping: Socialites Swell Belmont Throng]

Newspaper clipping describing various socialites attending a party at the horse racetrack, Belmont Stakes. On the back of the newspaper clipping is an unknown advertisement for diamonds featuring an illustration of diamond rings.
Date: 194X-06-23
Creator: Beekman, Barclay
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Suitcase Diplomat] (open access)

[Clipping: Suitcase Diplomat]

Newspaper clipping discusses the career of Blatta Ephrem Tewelde Medhen, an Ethiopian diplomat to the United States.
Date: January 3, 1944
Creator: Newsweek
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: He Knows India's People] (open access)

[Clipping: He Knows India's People]

Newspaper Clipping touching upon the life of Kumar Goshal and his book, “The People of India”.
Date: August 1, 1944
Creator: Braggiotti, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Tomorrow] (open access)

[Clipping: Tomorrow]

Newspaper clipping giving a complete overview of American efforts in WWII up until 1944.
Date: 1944?
Creator: The United States News
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catalog Page for Multi-Vane Drills] (open access)

[Clipping: Catalog Page for Multi-Vane Drills]

Catalog clipping featuring nine separate multi-vane drills of various sizes and specifications. The person that clipped this catalog page has circled the top right drill on the first page that is identified as "Size 55J, 55K, 55L Reversible Multi-Vane Drill". To the right of this drill is handwriting that reads, "$230 Hydrauger 5 hp".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: If you CAN'T go to SLEEP] (open access)

[Clipping: If you CAN'T go to SLEEP]

In this newspaper clipping, Max Mann provides four instructions to be followed by his readers who suffer from insomnia. With Dr. Mann's four instructions, he aims to help people sleep.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Head Hunters Capture Lost Fort GI in Jungle] (open access)

[Clipping: Head Hunters Capture Lost Fort GI in Jungle]

Newspaper clipping about how the explorer, Don W. W. Gilpin, survived six months living with indigenous South Americans.
Date: unknown
Creator: Greenburg, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Ingersoll-Rand Air-Operated Sump Pump] (open access)

[Clipping: Ingersoll-Rand Air-Operated Sump Pump]

Newspaper clipping describes the three different Sump Pumps by Ingersoll-Rand Pneumatic Tools. The Size 25 Sump Pump is good for general pumping work of all kinds. The Size 35 High Head Sump Pump is fitted with a more powerful motor and its designed to pump against higher heads. The Size 25T Sump Pump is two general pumps coupled together which creates a two-stage unit that can handle higher heads and be decoupled.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ingersoll-Rand Pneumatic Tools
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: Letter of Liberty] (open access)

[Clipping: Letter of Liberty]

Newspaper clipping noting that the request for American newspapers by a Greek newspaper agency is a sign of freedom in postwar Europe. The clipping acknowledges that there are several European countries occupied by communist Russia.
Date: unknown
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: Native Enthusiasm] (open access)

[Clipping: Native Enthusiasm]

Newspaper clipping shows a European being addressed by a native Witch Doctor. The native Witch Doctor is asking to join the Royal Army Medical Corps. Within the camp, three other men can be seen reacting to the Witch Doctor's request.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Oceania - What to Do About It?] (open access)

[Clipping: Oceania - What to Do About It?]

Newspaper clipping describing the emergence of the continent of Oceania during World War 2 and contextualizing British influence in Oceania's establishment. The second page features a poem called "Morning on Sinai" by Katherine Kennedy.
Date: December 1943
Creator: Cant, Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Rawlings-Webb Boxing Equipment] (open access)

[Clipping: Rawlings-Webb Boxing Equipment]

Advertisement from newspaper clipping selling boxing gloves, boxing trunks, striking bags, boxing masks, and boxing equipment for juniors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rawlings-Webb Boxing Equipment
System: The Portal to Texas History