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Newsmap. Monday, June 8, 1942 : week of May 29 to June 5

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Cologne and Essen flattened -- Tiny subs find Sydney ready -- the Japanese "save face" -- Army of 4 1/2 million for '42 -- Mexico welcomed into war -- Rommel's forces turned -- Hitler's hangman dies -- Poison gas used in China -- Armies shift in Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Libyan battle, Dutch Harbor, Axis drives and British attacks at Libyan; Unalaska Is.; Unalaska Bay. Includes photographs: Producing the big seacoast rifles; Red gound defense on the Russian front; Nazis' Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; Yanks saw a motor show put on by Aussies; 4-motored Stirling bombers used over Cologne. Back: Enemy Tanks Are Vulnerable. Includes 10 photographs with descriptive text below each.
Date: June 8, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 243rd week of the war, 125th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Air offensive, Italy, Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, Eastern front. Maps: New Guinea; Pre-invasion air offensive. Includes 7 photographs. Back: Four approaches to Japan [from Alaska, from China-Burma, from Manchuria, from the S. W. Pacific]. Color illustrations showing the 4 approaches from perspective above the globe.
Date: May 8, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Code for the Conquered

Front: Text describes principal points which disestablish the Reich and eliminate its war-making powers Photograph: A group of men in uniform and in street dress stand in the foreground appearing to read the code for the conquered. Back: Illustration of a serviceman in a hand-held test tube is accompanied by text giving points about identifying and preparing to pick a civilian job after discharge from the service.
Date: October 8, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for an alteration to cylindrical reciprocating washing machines that first provides "a washing-machine of the type above described in which the drum or body portion of the machine is supported at a single point at its bottom and gives a partial revolving motion thereon; second, to provide said machine wit-h a suspended horizontally-arranged and vertically-reciprocated stirring device or twirl, and, third, to provide mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the stirring device and at the same time imparting a rotary motion thereto, and also to the drum, but in an opposite direction from that of the stirrer" (lines 16-28)
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Hacke, Karl Wilh.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, April 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, April 8, 1945]

Letter to Cecile from her father about politics, his opinions on totalitarianism in business, and the possibility that it is becoming a trend in modern businesses.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Bonn, Fort Knox, and D. C.] (open access)

[News Script: Bonn, Fort Knox, and D. C.]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 8, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Private S. A. Bank Subject of History Project] (open access)

[Clipping: Private S. A. Bank Subject of History Project]

Clipping from the San Antonio Light describing a Oral History project at the University of Texas on the Oppenheimer Bank of San Antonio, and an article on the use of highway trust funds.
Date: August 8, 1971
Creator: The San Antonio Light
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Georgia Cavett to Mittie Sorrell, October 8, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Georgia Cavett to Mittie Sorrell, October 8, 1918]

Letter from Georgia Cavett to Mittie Sorrell discussing the details of her recent activities with Mr. and Mrs. Ball which has kept her from writing back earlier. She also discusses her finances with Ms. Sorrell and shares some information about the war with Germany.
Date: October 8, 1989
Creator: Cavett, Georgia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hyman S. Block to Daniel W. Kempner, September 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Hyman S. Block to Daniel W. Kempner, September 8, 1955]

Letter from Hyman S. Block to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the USDA's estimated cotton crop and his recent family vacation to the eastern US. Included on the page are some handwritten notes by Mr. Kempner after he received the letter.
Date: September 8, 1955
Creator: Block, Hyman S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kurt Brenner to D. W. Kempner, August 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Kurt Brenner to D. W. Kempner, August 8, 1955]

Letter from Kurt Brenner to D. W. Kempner clarifying proposed accommodations at the Brenners Park Hotel after a previous misunderstanding of which rooms were available according to Kempner's requests. A marked floor plan of the hotel is also included.
Date: August 8, 1955
Creator: Brenner, Kurt
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kurt Brenner to D. W. Kempner, August 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Kurt Brenner to D. W. Kempner, August 8, 1955]

Letter from Kurt Brenner to D. W. Kempner clarifying proposed accommodations at the Brenners Park Hotel after a previous misunderstanding of which rooms were available according to Kempner's requests. A marked floor plan of the hotel is also included.
Date: August 8, 1955
Creator: Brenner, Kurt
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris, May 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris, May 8, 1945]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner discussing why he has not been writing and enclosing a call for a meeting with subjects of interest marked and discussing the application for a canal line.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Raymond Schneider, December 8, 2000

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Raymond Schneider, attorney and Army Air Forces veteran (710th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schneider, Raymond
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefs] (open access)

[News Script: Briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about American officials who are hopeful that a document to strengthen the shaky Vietnam Cease- fire will be signed.
Date: June 8, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: National] (open access)

[News Script: National]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about national airlines which has asked permission from the civil aeronautics board to provide direct service from the metroplex to capitols of Europe.
Date: April 8, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who has returned to the U. S from a weekend in Paris where he attended a memorial service for the late French president Georges Pompidou.
Date: April 8, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library