Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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ifet property Few , have been William Gro«h started out on
able to obtain anything A large the 500-rotl* trip in his car
number made distant trips in the smashed it up, charted a private
1 at tern nt to purchase things said plane, crashed into a lonely moun
to be for sale. Few, if any. have tain with it
returned with anything. Nanus After miles of walking in soft
if have been left in various offices dress shoes accompanied by a pil-
I'' 1 stating what the veteran need-, ot with a had leg from Pacific
I" and nothing, or little,, has ever fighting. Grosh found a farmhouse
tome of it. and reached "civilization"' through
| This is the picture painted here a deputy sheriff's car.
by local veterans. In Bakersfield. they tried to get
Elsewhere it has been said that a plane reservation all flights
hundred* of veterans arc com- were grounded by fog. They stood
1 plaining to their Congressmen and on a tram, reached San Francisco
newspapers that they can't buy found all busses and telephones
surplus property, tied up by a strike and all planes
They claim thev frequently hnd
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that have been stripped of vital "hoard a crowded troop train
rts with no food for civilians except
' ''They assert that few veterans potato chips and peanuts. It took
are able to get automotive equip- -t^l-2'ho^^ to
ntent at the fixed price sales con-' :J!5n mll<;s a"a-V| due to e .
ducted by the War Assets Cor- out ,tracks.
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game, the next home game being School. St. Simmons Island, Ga. The Big Bend National Park erintendent of schools at Indii
pcxt Friday With Graham present. The Navy did not estimate the (Texas, more than 7*00.00 acres apolis ind Charles Scribm
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Hall, C. H. Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1946, newspaper, January 31, 1946; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth131116/m1/1/?q=%22Hall%2C%20C.%20H.%22: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.