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[Clipping: Letter of Liberty] (open access)

[Clipping: Letter of Liberty]

Newspaper clipping noting that the request for American newspapers by a Greek newspaper agency is a sign of freedom in postwar Europe. The clipping acknowledges that there are several European countries occupied by communist Russia.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Rawlings-Webb Boxing Equipment] (open access)

[Clipping: Rawlings-Webb Boxing Equipment]

Advertisement from newspaper clipping selling boxing gloves, boxing trunks, striking bags, boxing masks, and boxing equipment for juniors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rawlings-Webb Boxing Equipment
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Native Enthusiasm] (open access)

[Clipping: Native Enthusiasm]

Newspaper clipping shows a European being addressed by a native Witch Doctor. The native Witch Doctor is asking to join the Royal Army Medical Corps. Within the camp, three other men can be seen reacting to the Witch Doctor's request.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Ingersoll-Rand Air-Operated Sump Pump] (open access)

[Clipping: Ingersoll-Rand Air-Operated Sump Pump]

Newspaper clipping describes the three different Sump Pumps by Ingersoll-Rand Pneumatic Tools. The Size 25 Sump Pump is good for general pumping work of all kinds. The Size 35 High Head Sump Pump is fitted with a more powerful motor and its designed to pump against higher heads. The Size 25T Sump Pump is two general pumps coupled together which creates a two-stage unit that can handle higher heads and be decoupled.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ingersoll-Rand Pneumatic Tools
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: If you CAN'T go to SLEEP] (open access)

[Clipping: If you CAN'T go to SLEEP]

In this newspaper clipping, Max Mann provides four instructions to be followed by his readers who suffer from insomnia. With Dr. Mann's four instructions, he aims to help people sleep.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: He puts his friends to sleep] (open access)

[Clipping: He puts his friends to sleep]

In this newspaper clipping, the author describes how the psychologist, Max Mann, is putting chronic insomniacs to sleep with his soothing voice. The clipping also mentions that Dr. Mann recorded his voice and wrote a soothing book to help patients he cannot reach.
Date: unknown
Creator: The American Magazine
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: Dale Carnegie: Author of "How To Win Friends and Influence People"] (open access)

[Clipping: Dale Carnegie: Author of "How To Win Friends and Influence People"]

In this newspaper clipping, Dale Carnegie explains to readers the advice of Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman on how to improve the quality of sleep.
Date: 1939
Creator: Carnegie, Dale
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: A Veteran's Views] (open access)

[Clipping: A Veteran's Views]

Newspaper clipping with an article titled "A Veteran's Views" underlined in red. The article gives the opinion of veterans on the actions of the British during WWII. The name "R. M. Bayliss," associated with another article, is underlined in blue. Other articles are unmarked. The back of the page has advertisements.
Date: May 10, 1940
Creator: Nichols, Fred E.
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: 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
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: 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: British Said to Have Used Tanks to Force Farouk to Name Pro-Allied Premier in '42] (open access)

[Clipping: British Said to Have Used Tanks to Force Farouk to Name Pro-Allied Premier in '42]

Newspaper clipping describes how the British forced King Farouk of Egypt to name a Pro-Allied Premier in 1942 using military force. The back of the page has clips from several different articles.
Date: June 3, 1945
Creator: Tucker, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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: 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
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: 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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Arrow Shows You How to Tie a Tie] (open access)

[Clipping: Arrow Shows You How to Tie a Tie]

Clipping from a magazine featuring an advertisement from Arrow about their new line of ties with step-by-step grayscale images and instructions for tying a four-in-hand knot. Below the instructions, there is a color image of the necktie designs that are available with text explaining that Arrow shirts are guaranteed to coordinate with their tie designs. A portion of a car advertisement is visible on the back, including an image of a yellow car stopped near a curb where a number of people are waiting in fancy dress clothing.
Date: 1937~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Odds on Starting a Business] (open access)

[Clipping: The Odds on Starting a Business]

Digest magazine clipping discussing various anecdotes about people who tried to start businesses and failed, or various other factors that people should consider when thinking about starting a new business. At the end of the article, there is a brief joke about a bishop in New York, followed by a one-page article discussing an interview with Pope Pius XII.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Kahm, H. S. (Harold S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History