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Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Losses Caused by Storm May Exceed $1,500,000

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.311.02 Author/Creator: Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Place Written: San Antonio, Texas Type: Newspaper clipping Date: April 3, 1944 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping entitled Losses Caused by Storm May Exceed $1,500,000 dated April 3, 1944. Included in a letter from Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated April 4, 1944. Includes six images of the storm and captions. The rear of the article features several editorials either complete or in part. These articles are entitled:
Food-Processing and Nutrition: A. and M. College's Service
An Electron Microscope for Texas University
Texas School Laws
A political cartoon; On a Hot Stove
Wartime Comment From Nation's Capitol By Peter Edson; Good Neighbor Policy has Paid Dividends in All but Two South American Nations
Washington Merry Go Round by Drew Pearson

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975
Pearson, Drew, fl. 1944
Edson, Peter, fl. 1944

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