Defense priority orders for 1941 WPA relief released
Work Projects Administration chief F. C. Harrington announced 73 projects deemed essential for national defense receive fast tracking. The plan, part of the 1941 relief appropriation, includes Navy yards, large military reservations, civil airports in strategic areas, housing for garrisons, camp construction, and improvements at navy yards. The program could employ about a half million relief workers next year at an estimated cost of 250 million dollars. Notable sites include Barksdale field, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis municipal airport, Albuquerque airport, and Fort Bliss with Midland airport projects.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Army
Navy
Harrington
Senate
Army Engineering Corps
Louisiana
Barksdale Field
Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Texas
San Antonio
Fort Bliss
Midland Municipal Airport
Dead Man Hill Diary Reveals German Defense on Aisne
Excerpts from a German soldier’s diary found on a body after a forest battle in South Belgium detail three days of May 21 to May 24 fighting with French forces. He describes heavy losses, artillery and tank assaults, and the aim to seize Dead Man Hill as the forest is shelled and cleared.
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Belgium
Alan
Aagrn
Bladder Irritation Warns of Kidney Attention
Warning on bladder irritation from stimulants urging quick medical help for nighttime urination. Advises obtaining Warner's Compound from a druggist with satisfaction guaranteed and money back.
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Warner
Best of Students Writes With Toes
Pueblo Colorado report on Edward Higgins born without arms set to graduate in June as vale dictorian and best penman using feet and toes. He has become an expert penman and won a national writing contest showing remarkable achievement and determination.
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Pueblo
Colo
Edward Higgins
Rural Verdi School
Vale‘dictorian
Edward
Death toll in Reedsport avoids normal pace over year
In Reedsport Oregon a 79 year old pioneer died in March 1940 ending a 15 month stretch with only one death. Doctors credit luck caution and salubrious surroundings for the unusually low death rate while noting workers in logging face hazards.
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Reedsport
Ore
Oregon Coast
Pacific Coast States
If You Wreck Car Blame It on War
Mrs. Elizabeth Bales, Colorado safety council assistant director, says crises lift emotions and distract drivers, causing more auto deaths. Records show spikes during the 1933 bank crisis and after Hitler’s first war speech, with similar rises after Norway and Denmark were invaded.
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Denver
Elizabeth Bales
Colorado Safety Counsels
Belcome
National Safety Council
National Bank
Bales
Hitler
Norway
Denmark
Colorado
Roll Out the Beefsteak Hot Bath at Zero
In Scottsbluff Nebraska a tavern incident ended with a woman placing nickels in a jukebox and repeatedly playing Beer Barrel Polka. A second woman delivered a haymaker stunning the music lover who then ended the scene as the music stopped.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Womman
Key Industries Get Labor Aces
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins names seven conciliators to avert labor troubles in aviation manufacturing steel shipbuilding marine tools building trades rubber chemicals oil and more. The appointees will monitor labor relations and coordinate with employers employees CIO and Hillman for national defense mobilization.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Cio-Afl
AFL International Association of Machinists
CIO Board
United Automobile Workers Union
Miss Perkins
CIO
Sidney Hillman
Thomas M. Finn
James F. Dewey
Philip W. Shappell
Maruine Tools
J. E. Addicks
Howard Colvin
William C. Liller
Joseph Meyers
Hoss Trader Who Tells All At Old Tex Location
Kirbyville note tells of “Thorny” Hicks a long time trader of horses mules and cows. He claims a fair deal with customers and reveals a blunt approach to mule ages saying he always states four years old and withholds older details.
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Kirbyville
Tex
Hicks
Street Scene Near Berlin War Ministry Gate
War era photograph shows seven Polish prisoners in khaki uniforms shuffling along a street by Berlin's war ministry near the Landwehr Canal. A Prussian guard stands with a rifle as workers repair the road. a passing girl distracts the guard, the rifle clatters to the ground, and a prisoner retrieves it before resuming work.
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Berlin
War Ministry
Landwehr Canal
Beaver Pests Endanger Forest Nursery in Oregon
In Astoria Oregon hundreds of mountain beaver threaten a 1000 acre model nursery. Pests ignore poison baits and Clatsop County officials fear bounty programs could attract pelts from other areas. Timber cruiser Charles Henrys estimates beavers have damaged eighty percent of four hundred thousand young trees in the nursery.
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Astoria
Ore
Oregon Forestry
Clatsop
Charles Henrys
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Aisne
U.P
Harold Matson
Edward Cliff
Nebraska
Levine’s
Clair Tiffany
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Levine
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New Shipment Men's
Elaine
California
Hyden's
Arrow
Hollywood Rogue
Palm Beach
Tropitex
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Hoss
Spicer
Polk
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