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[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle] (open access)

[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle]

Magazine clipping recounting the story of how an American tugboat, the "Intent," traveled from Port Arthur to Massawa during WWII to open a bottleneck for the 8th Army and save North Africa for the Allies. Some parts of the article have handwritten notes and underlining. The back of the second page has text from portions of other articles and advertisements.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Dorcy, Biddle & Kiesling, Barrett C.
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: The Invisible Colonel] (open access)

[Clipping: The Invisible Colonel]

Magazine clipping describing the influence of Colonel McCormick and the extent of his control through the use of the Chicago Tribune. The pages include parts of other articles, advertisements, and cartoons. The last page has the lower right portion cut out.
Date: March 25, 1944
Creator: Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
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: What Russia Wants] (open access)

[Clipping: What Russia Wants]

Reader's Digest version of an editorial by the former Under Secretary of State, discussing how the United States could establish friendship with Soviet Russia in the post-war era. There are handwritten notes around a quotation at the bottom of the last page.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Cros's Nest, Letters to the Lookout - May 10 1940] (open access)

[Clipping: The Cros's Nest, Letters to the Lookout - May 10 1940]

Newspaper clipping taken from the Letters to the Lookout section of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Four (4) letters have been written to the editor of the newspaper covering anti-allied comments made in previous issues of the Corpus Christi Caller. On the back of the newspaper clipping is an advertisement for men's suits, bathing accessories, and bedding.
Date: May 10, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Spain Uncensored] (open access)

[Clipping: Spain Uncensored]

Newspaper clipping describing the Nazi occupation of Spanish territory. On the back of this newspaper article is an article that has been cut in half that reads, "Rusco Helps to Stock the Nation's Larder"
Date: February 22, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: U. S. to Aid Ethiopia] (open access)

[Clipping: U. S. to Aid Ethiopia]

Newspaper clipping covering a brief article touching upon a technical mission to help Ethiopian farms produce additional agricultural commodities. The attached letter is from R. O. Marsh to Alex Bradford discussing the agricultural mission to assist Ethiopian farming efforts. Mr. Marsh provides additional information about the mission including the total number of people and the estimated dates of traveling to the African continent. Finally, there is a brief discussion about the delay surrounding the Alaskan oil deal and a geological survey.
Date: December 6, 1943
Creator: Marsh, R. O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: How Good Are Out Officers & The Unfit] (open access)

[Clipping: How Good Are Out Officers & The Unfit]

Newspaper clipping of two (2) separate articles suggesting that poor leadership is the major cause for the army’s weakness as written by commentator Hanson Baldwin within the New York Times. Mr. Baldwin comments that there are too many young officers that are yes-men that lack any initiative. The cause behind this is suggested to be the aggressive expansion of the army. The second article analyzes Hanson Baldwin’s thesis.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: New York Daily News
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Eight Hopeful Congressmen] (open access)

[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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention] (open access)

[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention]

Card with printed text "Bawl hell out of Dan Moody and Clint Small" attached to two newspaper clippings related to Texas delegates opposing support for the New Deal and F. D. Roosevelt being elected for a fourth presidential term. Names are underlined in red pencil on the card and in the clippings, and "Write Clint Small" is typewritten at the top of the text in the first clipping. Partial articles on the backs of the clipping describe news about World War II, in Guam and Hungary.
Date: 1944-07~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries] (open access)

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Spanish Republicans in Dire Need - UNRRA Says Its Hands Are Tied] (open access)

[Clipping: Spanish Republicans in Dire Need - UNRRA Says Its Hands Are Tied]

Newspaper clipping describing the plight of the Spanish soldiers after the fall of the Spanish republic to the Nazi party in 1939. The article briefly touches upon the horrors that fell upon these captured Spanish soldiers and the possibility of escaping. Finally, the author of this clipping touches upon the Spanish resistance and the need for allied assistance.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: Van Devander, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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: 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: 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: 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
[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: 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: 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: 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: 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