VETERANS ADVISED ON POTTER COUNTY FORESTRY CAMPS
Potter County plans to send up to 10 veterans to forest conservation camps under a percentage quota. Applicants must be wartime veterans, U.S. citizens, unemployed, physically able, and of good character with dependents given preference. Applications require four endorsements, then regional office processing in Dallas before reporting to a recruiting station for conditioning and final acceptance.
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Potter County
American Legion
Fred Young
Read Johnson
Veterans’ Administration
Dallas
United States
Johnson
Red Cross
Community Chest
Panhandle Plains
Lubbock
Amarillo
Texas
Mr. Young
Camp Work Rules and Veteran Hiring Policy
The camp provides eight hours daily or 40 hours weekly with no discrimination by race color creed or politics. Applicants with criminal convictions or on parole will not be accepted. Base pay is 30 per month starting from the oath date. Regional managers will begin selection on June 12 with Dallas as the filing deadline. Hanson Post serves veterans of Amarillo and nearby areas.
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Dallas
Guiding Your Child Timely Warnings
Agnes Lyne advises avoiding sudden interruptions to a child’s activity. Provide a few minutes of grace before requiring a change, spoken as a clear factual statement. This helps reduce anger and rebellion and fosters voluntary compliance.
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Agnes Lyne
Texas flier Jimmy Mattern aimsworld solo circumnavigation
The text notes Texas aviator Jimmy Mattern, a former army filler, planning a solo world flight in seven days, stirring questions about whether the team could surpass Texas’s bold aviation feats.
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Texas
Jimmy" Mattern
Mattern
the World
Century of Progress monoplane lands safely in Moscow
A midshipman reports a red white and blue monoplane named Century of Progress landed safely in Moscow rather than being lost at sea. The writer cites German aviation advances and argues Americans must master lighter than air flight and safe operation of heavy craft.
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Century of Progress
Moscow
Mr. Mattern
Need for Dirigibles in National Defense Advocated
The piece argues the United States should build lighter than air ships to defend long coastlines. It cites the Macon and Graf Zeppelin, claims 12 West coast and 8 East dirigibles could patrol oceans, and says twenty such ships with 100 fast planes could deter fleets while remaining safe at height.
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England
Canada
Dutch East Indies
Saghalien
Germany
Macon
Europe
Pacific
Hawaii
Atlantic
Hawker
United States
Japan
Patriota
Enem
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Commander Young
Legion Post
Potter
Hanson Post
Marionn Tehares
Akron
United States Naval Academy
Roosevelt
Elmer Green
Arizona
Mary Alice Hammond
Washington
Marion Miller
Annapolis
Maurice Brown
Fargo
N. D
Associated Press
Mussolini
France
Mediterranean
Uncle Sam
Amarillo Greenhouse
Jefferson
Andal
Randal Drug Stores
SAVE
Randal
Prince Albert
Kolyh Noss
UTNAM
Jergen’s
Woodbury’s
Fitch
Post
General Foods
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