Ivory billed woodpeckers near extinction in the South
A three year survey by James Taylor Tanner reports the ivory billed woodpecker now numbers about 24 individuals in Louisiana Florida and South Carolina. The birds rely on two year dead trees for grubs in swamp forests, and further deforestation threatens their survival. Plans to preserve timber tracts are under discussion.
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James Taylor Tanner
México
Tanner
Audubon Magazine
South
Audubon Society
Louisiana
Florida
South Carolina
Texas Senator Calls Perkins Communist During Debate
In Austin on June 19 Secretary of Labor Perkins was labeled a Communist by Texas senator L J Sulak during debate over denying a charter to the Texas Legislative Conference. Sulak said Perkins might be convinced Madame Perkins is a Communist, referencing Harry Bridges as rallying point and accusing the party of seeking revolution.
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Austin
Perkins
Texas
Texas Secretary of State
Texas Legislative Conference
Sen
L. J. Sulak
LaGrange
Madame Perkins
Harry Bridges
Sulak
Pacific Coast
Communist Party
Finland Sweden Border Open to Free Crossing
Relations rest on a basis that the land boundary remains open as in the past. People on both sides cross freely without visas or customs checks. The Finnish side is wholly unfortified.
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Finland
Sweden
Helsinki
Henderson town named bird sanctuary
The entire town of Henderson North Carolina has been set aside as a bird sanctuary marking a broad conservation action by local authorities and environmental groups.
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Henderson, N. C
Hopi Use Brooms for Food Straining and Daily Tasks
Describes Hopi practices of using a broom to strain solids from soups and stews, keeping the liquid in a separate pot. The same broom also served to comb hair and sweep floors, illustrating multi use of household tools in daily life.
Officials Keep Mum on Hess Case
London reports intense parliamentary pressure for a statement on Rudolf Hess. Richard Austen Butler said such disclosure is not in the public interest as Laborite Samuel S. Silverman recalled Churchill's June 10 speech noting Britain advised the United States about Hess's May 10 flight to Scotland and questioned what the U.S. is entitled to know.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Richard Austen Butler
Samuel Sydney Silverman
Churchill
Britain
United States
Fuehrer
Scotland
Commodity Prices Are Watched by Government Agencies
Washington dispatch notes the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply will scrutinize commodity prices as they rise. The piece highlights government aims to keep prices near current levels, with emphasis on hides, farm goods, and basic commodities amid ongoing futures speculation and wartime pressures.
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News Washington Bureau
Washington
OPM
Price Administration
Leon Henderson
OPACS
Henderson
Mr. Henderson
War Department
Army
CCC
Impromptu Send-Off for NYC Delegates at Union Station
More than 100 Eastern delegates to the American Federation of Musicians convention in Seattle formed an impromptu band and played for nearly an hour at the railroad station in New York.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
Seattle
Union Brethren
Mistaken Draft Records Corrected in Oakwood
In Oakwood Ohio Mrs Cal Marquand was misidentified as Mr Samuel Marquand 25 in a draft record listing. Friends believe there is no risk she faces possible camp.
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Oakwood
Ohio
Cal Marquand
Samuel Marquand
Friends
Why BC Relieves Headache and Neuralgia Quickly
The article promotes BC with quick acting ingredients for headaches neuralgia and muscular pains. It urges keeping a small package on hand and using as directed while advising medical consultation if pains persist.
Binford Receives Key to City Then Pays Traffic Fine
J R Binford Versailles school superintendent was guest of honor at a Lexington luncheon where Mayor Havely presented him a key to the city. He later found a traffic ticket on his car, paid the fine at police headquarters, and said nothing about the key in his pocket.
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Lexington
J. R. Binford
Versailles
T. Ward Havely
Binford
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W. R. Poage
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Andrew Jackson Houston
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LaPorte
Goose Creek
University of Texas
Houston
Fred Ward
Breckenridge
Nat Patton
Clyde Garrett
Eastland
Sheppard
Patton
East Texas
Charles Henderson
Lyndon Johnson
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Atlantic City
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Texas State Federation of Women’s Clubs
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Plainview
Roosevelt
Ralph Moore
Granger
Texas Grange
Moore
Wickard
Texas Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Earl Heard
Texas Tech
Philadelphia
Guy
E. V. Spence
Big Spring
West Texas
Albert Sydney Johnson
Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Allen McDonald
J. M. Burleson
Gatesville
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Jesse Wright
Corpus Christi
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Nueces
Trinity Rivers
Fred Woodard
Richard Kleberg
Corpus
Pat Holt, Jr
Columbia University
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Holt
Gatesville Messenger
Los Angeles
Australia
Fern Helscher
Corpus Christi Caller- Times
William Elliott
Kleberg
Elliott
Caller-Times
Schenley
Ianannanoamenanannt
Baie
Bledel Whitey
Sarre
Schenley Distillers Corp
N. Y.C
Amarillo
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Borger
Hess
Silverman
Walgreen Coupon
Bull Durham
Walgreen's
Walgreen
Std & Polk
SOAP
Lim
Chamberlain
Berry
Lly
Shetty Spa
Pound
Woodbury
Leon Heath
Cardus Tonic
Raleigh
P. A
Garcia Sublime Perfectos
Cologne
Paris
Carton
Hye
Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics
Revelation
AGFA
Doiatei
Ream
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AETNA
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