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[Clipping: Liberal Business Leaders In '1000 Club' Back F.D.R.] (open access)

[Clipping: Liberal Business Leaders In '1000 Club' Back F.D.R.]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 1000 Club composed of liberal business owners to financially back F.D.R's re-election campaign.
Date: October 26, 1944
Creator: unknown
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: 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: 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