Louisiana 4-H Trapping and Fishing Project Beats the Bayou
In Baton Rouge Louisiana 4 H clubs embrace a wild life project teaching trapping fur curing fishing and bird study. Initiated four years ago by county agent W S Simmons it helps marsh boys sell musk oil from muskrat meat and furs while promoting wildlife preservation and ready hunting through practical, coastal region education.
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Baton Rouge
Project Louisiana
United States
Louisiana States College
W. &. Simmons
St. Charles
Parish
Louisiana
9 600 000 Trees Are Ready to Be Planted
In St Evenson Washington over 9 million Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees from Hemlock nursery have been distributed for replanting across the Northwest with about 3 million trees replanted annually. Some wartime gaps paused plantings. seed is gathered yearly for nursery growth.
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Ste £ Venson
Wash
Hemlock
Olympic National Forest
Puget Sound
Bemidji Expands By Making Room For More Houses
Bemidji in northern Minnesota plans broad development after moving fairgrounds to open space. New residential tracts, single fronted lots, rear alleys, and 10 foot sidewalks are financed by a revolving fund. County officials back the move with property sale receipts to fund a new fair site. A proposed million dollar airport on 1 350 acres would bolster a northern Minnesota travel route and serve resort areas. Jaycees lake shore project adds a summer carnival, water sports, boat races, a seaplane ride program, a 300 foot breakwater, bath facilities and parking. Bemidji touts bigger and better prospects alongside the Faul Bunyan and Babe statues, famous photo subjects.
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Bemidji
E. L. Kirkpatrick
WNU
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Alaska
Jaycees
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lake Shore
Faul Bunyan
Blue Ox
Babe
Price Going Up on Contempt of Court
Vancouver scene as Justice Paul Elwell fines attorney Booth McAbee for arguing in court. The exchange escalates from ten dollars to fifty, with McAbee silent after the judge repeats the amount. The odd tense dialogue captures a sharp courtroom moment.
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Price
Vancouver
Wash
Justice
Paul Elwell
Booth McAbee
McAbee
Norris Home Sold in Palo Alto Estate Ties to Woollcott
The 16 room show place La Casa Abierta in Palo Alto built by Kathleen Norris and her late husband Charles Norris has been sold to Columbus Ohio man C L Cummings. The house hosted publicized croquet battles with Woollcott and served as a gathering place for the Norris and Thompson clans.
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Palo Alto
Calif
la Casa Abierta
Kathleen Norris
Charles Norris
Columbus
Ohio
C. L. Cummings
Alexander Woollcott
Norrises
Norris
Thompson
Fire set in barn near Sante Fe drives police hunt
A forest fire near Sante Fe led state police to pursue with bloodhounds but the arsonist sprinkled red pepper to hinder tracking, leaving investigators frustrated as they followed faint clues.
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Sante FE
N. M
Belgian War Bride Sees First Frame House in Kentucky
Georgette Horta Pickett, a Belgian war bride, arrives in Gheensburg Kentucky to join her husband. She notes Americans live in frame houses for the first time, finds corn unusual for people, but grows fond of corn bread biscuits and American women's fashion. She enjoys American clothing and shoes, though still adjusting.
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Gheensburg
Ray Pickett
Georgette Horta
Belgium
G.I
Georgette
Kentucky
America
Washington D.C. Unrest and California Gubernatorial Hint in 1948 Drama
In Washington the railroad strike talks reveal tense pride and politics with President Truman urging cooperation as "Brother" Whitney resists. California may see Earl Warren win the Democratic and Republican nominations due to a dual-ballot law, potentially elevating him to presidential contender. Other notes cover a civil service writing pamphlet urging concise language, Ed McGrady’s unpaid work for government settlement efforts, and friction within Truman’s team over jurisdiction.
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Washington
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood Teaders
United States
Whitney
Truman
Cleveland
Whie House
East
Middle West
Stassen
Bricker
Dewey
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Bob Kenny
Kenny
AFL
Outline steps to secure federal funds for ports
Washington correspondent outlines the federal airport aid bill enabling about 3,000 new airports over seven years with 500 million dollars in federal aid. Shared 75 percent state and local matching, 25 percent discretionary funds, funds available July 1, 1946. Focus on small airparks and planning, plus steps for communities to leverage state aeronautics agencies and the Federal Works Administration for planning loans.
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Walter A
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Congress
State Aeronautics Agency
Federal Works Agency
FWA
Bureau of Community Facilities
Waking Up With Few Alarm Clocks Available
Edward Emerine reflects on wartime shortages as he laments the lack of alarm clocks in 1944. He recalls an aging prewar clock, failed purchases at jewelers and hardware stores, and a neighbor with a gentle electric clock. He admits he cannot set his head to wake on time.
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McGrady
Radio Corporation of America
War Department
Treasury Department
Edward Emerine Win
Household hacks from a vintage guide
Prolong children shoestring life by stitching up and down with a sewing machine. Apply a thin wax coat to high contact woodwork to keep paint clean. Surface water rings may wipe away with polish but deeper damage needs alcohol and varnish. Use waxed paper under centerpieces to prevent stains. Create an improvised sprinkler head from a bow tied in hose.
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State College
St. Charles Parish
Wild Life
Buffalo Bill
William F. Cody
Cody, Wye
Cody
Norris Home
Truman and
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Merry
Bob Hannegan
John Snyder
Cabinet Protective Society
State Aero Office
Caa Thington
D.C
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Peru
Collier
O'Sullivan
Sioux City
Hop
Bishop's
The
National Safety Council
Eveready
National Carbon Company, Inc
East 42Nd Street
New York
N.Y
Ondow Carbide and Carlen Corporation
Dea
Wate Af National Cartan Co
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