Pepper Warns of Dole Era If Reconversion Bill Fails
Sen. Claude Pepper warns Congress must pass the Murray Kilgore reconversion and demobilization bill to avoid another dole and WPA after the war. He argues state rights alone cannot ensure full employment and post war prosperity for veterans and the American people.
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Pepper
Nation
Dole
Washington
Claude Pepper
Florida
WPA
Congress
Senate
Walter F. George
Georgia
George
James F. Murray
Montana
Murray
House
House Committee
Carter Manasco
Alabama
House Ways and Means Committee
Canada Co-Operates In Duck Comeback
Washington reports Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson credits Canada and its provinces for a major rebound in North American waterfowl. He notes Canada's sanctuaries and 20 000 water projects helped halt a mid 1930s duck depression and boost continental populations, calling Canada a good neighbor.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Ira N. Gabrielson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Canada
Gabrielson
North America
Medico Recounts Salvaging Japanese Medical Supplies
Squadron Leader R. Alder, an RAF medical officer who escaped Singapore in February 1942, led salvage in Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. He described finding extensive discarded hospital stocks including anesthetics, syringes, textiles, and drugs, plus Japanese medical texts on malaria and scrub typhus.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
R. Alder
Singapore
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Alder
Mexico Flower Markets Generate 5 Million Yearly
Mexico flower merchants estimate annual sales around 25 million pesos about 5 million dollars. The Federal District buys 2 million dollars in flowers, Veracruz follows with 1 million. Fortin de las Flores is the national flower center with markets near Mexico City in Coyoacan and Xochimilco. The San Juan market in Mexico City sells over 2 thousand dollars of flowers daily. V India is noted for the world’s longest irrigation system.
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Mexico City
U.P
Mexico
Federal District
Veracruz
Fortin de Las Flores
Coyoacan
Xochimilco
San Juan
India
Allied air blitz drives German armor back near Caen
Wave after wave of Allied planes pounded a German tank concentration south of Caen while Canadians made gains. Typhoon tankbusters led the attack as Marauders and Havocs hit fuel dumps and bridges, severing front-line supply, with strikes on Seine and Oise rivers to cut German reinforcements. Also notes on DDT history and visiting Dallas relatives.
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London
Caen
Germany
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Laison
St. Quentin de la Roche
Falaise
Mortain
Ninth Air Force
Seine River
Oise
Paris
DDT Tested at Toledo Lab for Insect Control
Swiss Company revealed DDT to U S Attache in Toledo Ohio where tests on the European corn borer began in 1942. Entomologist G T Bottger reported promising results and the War Production Board later imposed secrecy on DDT news. DDT shown to deter flies in barns for months and kill many pests including bedbugs and mosquitoes.
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Toledo, Ohio
U.S
Army
G. T. Bottger
Washington
War Production Board
Wood divorce case and marriage licenses listed
Courthouse records show Ruby G Wood versus William L Wood seeking a divorce. Marriage licenses issued to Samuel E Courtney and Evelyn Hawkins. A P F Holloway and Bland henea Donaldson. Robert R Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Wamble. J Moore and Karma Jean Colton.
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Ruby G. Wood
William L. Wood
Samuel E. Courtney
Evelyn Hawkins
A. P F. Holloway
Blandhenea Donaldson
Robert R. Bailey
Mary Elizabeth Wamble
J. Moore
Karma Jean
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Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
State's Rights Coalition
Sayman
Shoe Department
Polk
Raaf Medico Gels
Revenge
Breccia
Parfum
The
Toledo Laboratory
Othmar Zeidler
Strasbourg
J. R. Geigy and Co
Basle
Switzerland
Geneva
J. F. Barryman
Dallas
Louis Broom
Lincoln Street
Barryman
Mildred Broom
U. S
Courthouse Records
Vv _ Globe-News
W. O. Allison Chiropractor
Monroe
Barbara Gould
Lassie
Teen Larkin
Royal
Royal S.A.S
Schilling
CERTO
Kerr
Prunes
Salt Morton
Schilling's
Jor
Oxydol
Chuck Roast
Bologna
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