Beef Bowl pictures reflect Texas cattle life and markets
cattle on Oasis Ranch in the Texas Panhandle feed and fatten as grass dries. Amarillo yards show few stock and price muddle with ranchers, feeders, packers and Washington officials. Big Bull Ranch foreman and riders manage 7000 acres with limited help. Nora Brady featured among hands.
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Oasis
A. V. McWhitty
Texas Panhandle
Frank Bradney
Big Bull Ranch
Ruth Robertson
Nea-Acme
Amarillo
Washington
Nora Bradney
Frank
Working Model To Rebuild Europe Studied
Washington reports a blueprint for postwar recovery illustrated by El Oro province in Ecuador. Affected by 1941 Peru Ecuador fighting the region reopens farms and ports as cocoa rice and tobacco rebound. The Good Neighbor Policy and Inter-American aid drive renewal across war torn lands.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
el Oro
Ecuador
South America
Peru
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
United States
Galapagos Inslands
Pacific
Panama Canal
Puerto Bolivar
Allied successes shift Spain away from Axis influence
The piece outlines Allies pressuring Franco as US and Allied forces advance in Africa and Europe. It notes Spain's shift in tone, Falange limitations, diplomacy from Washington and London, and potential move toward a liberal monarchy under Don Juan if the Axis loses the war. An American destroyer consumes 250 gallons of gasoline every five minutes at sea.
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Casablanca
Tunis
Bizerte
Tunisia
France
United Nations
Italy
Franco
Spain
Axis
Hitler
Mussolini
Don Juan
Alfonso XIII
Victoria
England
Duke of Alba
No New Polio Cases Reported As Precautions urged
Week ended with no new infantile paralysis cases. Dr. R. H. Mayes, director of the county health unit, notes a scarlet fever case north of Ada and three quarantined recently. Precautions include limiting crowded places, early medical check, outdoor activity, fly control, safe drinking water, adequate rest, and avoiding chilling baths or showers.
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R. H. Mayes
County Health Unit
Ada
Mayes
Pilots Report Easy Rome Targets From Air
Cairo dispatch says pilots bombing Rome found many landmarks in clear morning light. They identified the Tiber River to locate the city and followed it to targets. Crews had briefings and large scale photos and were cautioned to avoid religious shrines.
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Stephen Barber
Cairo
Uup
Rome
Tiber
Hard Flying Trips Result In Awards
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports 31 officers and enlisted men awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement after more than 100 hours of operational flight missions. General Kenney praised long-range bombing against enemy airfields harbors shipping and naval forces. Among honored was Staff Sergeant Clinton H. Murphee of Durant Oklahoma for missions from September 15 to March 28.
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Australia
Air Medal
George C. Kenney
Southwest
Pacific
Clinton H. Murphee
Durant
Okla
Rome Protects Historic Monuments With Concrete Casings
Reports indicate Italian authorities have encased key Rome landmarks including the Trajan arch and Titus monument and the Cascades by Bernini in thick concrete to shield them from potential damage.
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Rome
Trajan
Bernini
Army Engineers Seek Men for Construction Branch
R. E. Lemon of the U.S. Engineers will be in Ada at 9 am Thursday in the post office building to answer questions about joining the construction branch. All types of construction workers are needed. engineers serve as the construction and supply arm of the army and train in fighting methods plus trade skills.
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R. E. Lemon
U. S. Engineers
Ada
Army
Army Engineers
Engineers
Fox intruder killed by 8 year old horse in stall
In Chattanooga Tennessee an eight year old thoroughbred named Faculous trampled a fox to death after the fox intruded into his stall. The horse is described as fox hunter by training and the incident is noted with a resigned tone.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fabulous
Reunion of Gibson brothers in North Africa air service
Sgt Norman Pete Gibson and Cpl Troy Gibson, sons of Mr and Mrs C L Gibson of Stonewall, met on leave while serving in the North Africa air corps. Though at separate airfields, fliers carried messages between them and the brothers planned a brief reunion during wartime deployments. A second fragment notes a Leflore county local board move and a Detroit industrial applicant reporting danger and police orders driving delays.
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Air Corps
Sgt
Norman
Pete) Gibson
Cpl
Troy Gibson
C. L. Gibson
Stonewall
North Africa
Gibsons
Troy
Salyer’s burial saga in Norton Kentucky graveyard
Franklin P Salyer was slain in Knott county Kentucky and buried three times. Taft Hall linked to the killing was hanged at Wise. Sam Salyer moved the body 75 miles to a new site on a hill after graves were condemned for railroad rights.
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Big Laurel
Norton
Franklin P. Salyer
Frank Salyer
Salyer
Knott County
Kentucky
Taft Hall
Wise
Sam Salyer
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Gene Howe
Europe
Thomas M. Johnson
NEA
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Eisenhower
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Cardenas
Falange
Britain
London
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Serrano Suner
Francisco Franco
Tiber River
Adam
China
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Pacific Ocean
Southwest Pacific
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New York
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Tamerica
Afric
Gul
Clude Most
U. S
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Munda Field
Bairoko
Rendove
Rendova
Munde
Danekeli
Kula Gulf
Vila
Boioko
New Georgia Island
Penguin. PT
Bg Ag
Elie Ne Er
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Munda
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Wickham
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Miles
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Alermo
Gela
Porto
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Mazzarino
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Enno
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Pozzallo
Paching
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Flanders
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Orel-Kursk- Kharkov
Reunion
Greenwood
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