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Description: Copies of three articles on thunderstorms as they relate to aviation by Robert N. Buck, taken from the magazine, Air Facts, and compiled by the contract pilot school at Avenger Field for the use of its students.
Date: February 11, 1944
Creator: Buck, Robert N.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Editorial from the Wharton Spectator by Mary Lee Shannon]

Description: Editorial article titled "Frankly speaking" written by the editor, Mary Lee Shannon, expressing her opinion on the "Mexican problem" in Wharton County.
Date: October 14, 1949
Creator: Shannon, Mary Lee
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Safety— Hot Potato!

Description: Editorial article reprinted from Aero Digest discussing the responsibility for safety in the aviation industry.
Date: January 1949
Creator: Lederer, Jerome
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Hall of Honor Article]

Description: Article entitled "Hall of Honor" about Col. Valin Woodward, USAF, who is being inducted into the Military Science Hall of Honor by the University of Texas at Arlington, which he attended when it was the North Texas Agricultural College.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

["Mother Bids Farewell to Fifth Son Going Into Armed Services"]

Description: Photocopy of an article written on the occasion of Emma Vaughan's youngest son, Howard, joining the Navy. It details Mrs. Vaughan signing Howard's papers, as well as how her other children are serving in the war.
Date: 1945
Partner: Arlington Public Library

Pyle Wrote Life Story in Blood With GI's He Loved, Says Closest Friend Who Encouraged His Career

Description: Newspaper article about the death and legacy of Ernie Pyle, a war correspondent who was recently killed in the war. Included is a cartoon depicting a typewriter next to a helmet with initials "E.P." and a caption that reads "'Brave Man:' Bill Mauldin, the soldiers' favorite artist, has drawn a cartoon in memory of Ernie Pyle, the soldier's favorite correspondent."
Date: April 23, 1945
Creator: Miller, Lee
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

The University of Texas Health Program ...A Statement by the Vice-President In Charge of Medical Education

Description: A statement by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake on the University of Texas Health Program, reprinted as a booklet from the Spring 1943 edition of Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine. Leake discusses civil responsibility for public health, efforts to treat cancer and mental illnesses, hygiene, the U. of Texas Medical Branch's research and services, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
Date: January 1, 1943
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

Peace Despite the Filibusters

Description: Copy of an editorial article, as printed in the official Congressional Record, discussing opinions about ensuring peace at the end of World War II.
Date: 1944
Creator: Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Advance Proof of Harper's Magazine Article: The Easy Chair]

Description: Article by Bernard DeVoto detailing the situation that led Dr. Homer P. Rainey to be fired from his position as President of the University of Texas, including his supposed sympathy for "communists and homosexuals" and his attempts to increase opportunities for African American students. DeVoto goes on to describe the impact this will have on higher education and freedom of speech as a whole.
Date: July 31, 1945
Creator: De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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