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[Biographical Information about Alex Bradford and Family] (open access)

[Biographical Information about Alex Bradford and Family]

Page providing background information about Alex Bradford including army and work experience, a list of relatives (wife, parents, two brothers, and two sons), and a brief statement about finances, as well as references from within and outside the Washington area. It appears to be a draft, with text on the back page that should line up with form questions that are not included.
Date: 1944~
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children's League Baseball Team]

Photograph of a group of players from the children's league softball playoff for the city championship.
Date: August 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bishop Haas Urges Printers to Aid in Industry's Prosperity] (open access)

[Clipping: Bishop Haas Urges Printers to Aid in Industry's Prosperity]

Newspaper clipping stating that the purpose of a union is to cooperatively work with an employer and to bargain on the behalf of the employees. The clipping advises the union workers of printing trade to turn the new inventions into the advantage of themselves and others.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Capital Hill Observer] (open access)

[Clipping: Capital Hill Observer]

Newspaper clipping detailing the biographical information of the newspaper man Marquis W. Childs. Information covered within the article includes Child's early life, education, career, and other biographical tidbits.
Date: February 21, 1944
Creator: Teed, Dexter
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: DDT May Control Malaria] (open access)

[Clipping: DDT May Control Malaria]

Bulletin article says that DDT has been proven to successfully control mosquitoes in rural areas of the U.S. South as a means to control malaria.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Ethiopia's Plea for Liberation] (open access)

[Clipping: Ethiopia's Plea for Liberation]

Newspaper clipping discusses British occupation of Ethiopia three years after the end of WWII. Originally the British agreed to restore the Ethiopian monarch in exchange for an occupation of two years which was ultimately extended.
Date: November 23, 1944
Creator: Pearson, Drew
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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.
Object Type: Clipping
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.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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.
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The March of Events] (open access)

[Clipping: The March of Events]

Newspaper clipping briefly touching upon Peter Muir’s book “This Is India” and it’s attempts to dissolve the illusions and misconceptions surrounding foreigner views of India. Two of the core concepts touched upon within the book include the Indian Caste System and the Indian National Movements.
Date: February 21, 1944
Creator: De Casseres, Benjamin, 1873-1945
Object Type: Clipping
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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History