South Plains Asked To Provide Combines for Ripening Wheat
June 1 report from Texas A and M College Extension Service notes a shortage of combines in several South Central West Texas counties including Concho Taylor Runnels Coryell Schleicher Coleman Tom Green and McCulloch. effort to recruit from Lubbock area and from Colorado Nebraska and other northern states to aid harvests. oats yields high around 40 bushels per acre. wheat yields 20 to 25 per acre. harvesting in Low Rolling Plains Denton Collin Grayson counties to begin mid June. High Plains harvests planned for July 1 with large acreages across Hansford Deaf Smith Randall Hale counties.
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Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Texas
Concho
Taylor
Runnels
Coryell
Schleicher
Coleman
Tom Green
McCullough
D. A. Adams
Plainview
Lubbock County
Extension Service
Adam
West Texas
South Plains
Foard
Knox
Young
Wichita
Denton
Collin
Grayson County
Hale Center
Den
Deaf Smith
Randall
Hale
Gas Spill In Brooklyn Sicks 400 People At Intersection
A chlorine gas leak from a truck carrying 20 tanks sickened about 400 people at Flatbush and Myrtle, with 127 in serious condition. Four subway lines halted 46 minutes as civilians and responders evacuated. No deaths reported and truck cited for lacking required safety equipment.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bureau of Operations
Cartagena
Colombia
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Frank Epstein
Flatbush Avenue
John G. Golliver
Golliver
Flatbush
Myrtle Avenues
Gulliver
Max Seide
Cumberland Street Hospital
Israel Matelander
King’s County Hospital
Brooklyn Hospital
Manhattan
Red Cross
American Women's Volunteer Service
Joseph Barbuto
Fire Department Bureau of Combustion
Lester J. Denner
Barbato
Pasadena officer resigns over overtime parking tag quote
Albert D. Waldron a 31 year old Pasadena traffic officer with seven years service resigned citing he just couldn't pass out another overtime parking tag. About 17 million women in the United States are employed.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert D. Waldron
United States
Pimples Vanish Overnight With Kleerex Liquid
Advertiser promotes Kleerex as a safe medicated liquid that dries pimples overnight. Claims include red sore pimples clearing by morning and a money back guarantee after first application.
Draft Objector in Army To Get Hearing
Dallas reports that George M. Mayborn a 22 year old Camp Barkeley service member seeks habeas corpus relief alleging illegal induction. A June 28 hearing before Federal Judge T Whitfield Davidson will review his oath of allegiance status and draft classification with Brig Gen Roy C Heffedower ordered to show cause.
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Dallas
U. S
Clyde Hood
Camp Barkeley
Abilene
George M. Mayborn
Oregon
T. Whitfield Davidson
Roy C. Heffedower
Army Service Forces Training Center
Barkeley
Army
Spanish-American War Vets Meet in Houston Encampments
The 30th annual Department of Texas United Spanish War Veterans encampment and the 19th annual encampment of the Woman's Auxiliary will be held in Houston Tuesday through Thursday. National Commander Guy A. Boyle of Indiana will address a joint veterans and auxiliaries meeting Wednesday. State officer George W. Barcus, Sr. of Austin will attend as vice commander.
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Houston
Department of Texas
United Spanish War Veterans
Woman's Auxiliary
Guy A. Boyle
Indiana
George W. Barcus, Sr
Austin
All Eyes Salute Navy Nurses in London
British WRENS ATS and WAAFS join Polish ATS in admiring a pioneer unit of 100 U S Navy nurses wearing black topcoats gold braid white scarves and round hats with gold trim. The Army and Navy have bought over ten million books for leisure reading.
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London
U. S. Navy
ATS
WAAFS
Army
Navy
Soldiers Replacing WACS In U S Army Teletype Rooms
At U S Army 8th Airforce headquarters several WACs were replaced by men to staff private secret telephone lines in the teletype room due to a shortage of trained WAC personnel. An experimental coed setup was tried before returning men to operate the lines until adequate WAC availability resumes for an all-women system.
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Britain
U. S. Army
8Th Airforce
Draft plan proposes drafting unemployed women into armed forces
Washington June 1 A proposal would draft single unemployed women aged 20 to 35 into the armed forces. The measure, while presenting a policy shift, faces questions about feasibility and ethics as lawmakers debate its implications.
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Washington
Armed Forces
Legisla
Celler Proposes Recruiting Reforms for Unemployed Women
Rep. Cel ler of New York narrates a plan addressing 590000 single women aged 20 to 35 not in the labor force, arguing there is no reason for women’s armed services branches to lack recruits. The statement accompanies the bill introduction.
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Rep
Celler
New York
Armed Services
Epilepsy Causes Questioned by Doctors
A free booklet from the Educational Division in New York invites readers to write for a concise opinionated guide on whether epilepsy is inherited. The dispatch promises expert insights from famous doctors and is limited while supplies last.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Dept
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