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[Marjorie N. Forester's Ration Book Identification Stub and Application Card] (open access)

[Marjorie N. Forester's Ration Book Identification Stub and Application Card]

Ration book application and identification stub belongingto Marjorie N. Forester in Roscoe, Texas. The identification stub has instructions that read: "After completing this application, tear off this stub and be sure to keep it until you get your war ration book no. 3." The application says it must be mailed between June 1 and June 10, 1943.
Date: June 9, 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Four Belonging to Majarie N. Forester] (open access)

[War Ration Book Four Belonging to Majarie N. Forester]

Ration book belonging to Marjorie N. Forester of Roscoe, Texas; her signature reads: "Mrs. Wade E. Forester." There are two sheets of food stamps attached to the inside of the book, the rest have been torn out.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
War Ration Book No. 3 (open access)

War Ration Book No. 3

Ration book issued to Marjorie N. Forester, a house wife of a soldier overseas; the front cover contains information about Forester's address, sex, weight, height, age, and occupation. This book has four sheets of stamps inserted into the middle.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McReynolds, September 12, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McReynolds, September 12, 1943]

Western Union telegram from Ida Mae and Thurman to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. [McReynolds] with a note saying: "DAD DUNCAN DIED SATURDAY PM FUNERAL SUNDAY 5 PM= IDA MAE AND THURMAN."
Date: September 12, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History