Social scraps and showbiz quips from era pages
A collage of anecdotes mentions George MacDonald and the Roney Plaza sale, social contrast between Palm Beach and Miami Beach, a Coast Guardsman at the Newspaper Guild Canteen, Mrs. Albert Einstein at Mt. Wilson, and humorous remarks about General Giraud, Lt. Gen. Clark, and the Sullivan family in wartime. It also recalls Tait in New York and Broadway wit from Katharine Cornell to Clifton Webb, ending with a Broadway gossip note on an autobiographer and a fat assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacDonald
Roney Plaza Hotel
Palm Beach
Miami Beach
Albert Einstein
Astronomical Observatory
Mt.Wilson
Variety
Notors
Pittsburgh
Katharine Cornell
Three Sisters
Miss Cornell
Army Hoapital
Clifton Webb
Powerful Allies Aid Farmer in Battle Against Bugs and Erosion
The article surveys how land grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations back farmers against pests, diseases, and erosion. It notes historic breakthroughs from seed germination to disease inoculations and pest control, highlighting efforts across Iowa, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Ohio, Minnesota, and other states, with extension services aiding farming communities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Air Force
M. N. Beeler
Capyer
Bang
America
Cortez
Mr. Beeler
Red River Valley
Illinois
Land Grant Colleges
Iowa
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Fort Hays
Kan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
State College Extension Service
Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas College
WashingtonDispatch On Air Power and War Plan Notes
Summary of wartime reports on expanding air force personnel with pilots and navigators, updates on training bases closures, changes in transport command policy shifting to combat-trained pilots, and discussion of bombsight usage in 1944. Also covers Farm Security administration politics, measures in the A W L executive committee, and notes on Pentagon entry procedures as war concerns rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Arnold
Army
Air Forces
Transport Command
Army Transport Command
Army Air Forces
U. S
Pacific
Washington
Bismarck Sea
Bob
Floods and Drouth Decrease Crop Loss in 1943
Government reports indicate growing conditions last year were slightly better than average despite widespread floods along the Mississippi in May and June and a severe summer drought in Arkansas and nearby states. Total crop area lost reached about 13.5 million acres, with crops on 133 show destroyed, numbering nearly 2 million more acres than in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mississippi Basin
Arkansas
New Jersey
Virginia
Harvest of 1943 Produces Massive Crop Totals
Warm weather in the year enabled most corn and soybean acreage to mature before frost. The 1943 harvest totaled about 347,500,000 acres, surpassing 1942 by nearly 3 percent or more than 9,000,000 acres despite wet conditions that limited planting, drought losses, and flood-affected land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Grant College
Beeler
Indiana
Arkansas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Quiz Answers Card from Ask Me Another
Crepe suzette is a flaming orange pancake dessert. Adonis was slain by a wild boar. The largest city in George Washington era was Philadelphia. Diamonds were worn in India over 5,000 years ago. The folk song character is Clementine. It took Columbus seventy days to sail to the Gulf of Mexico in 1492. The Powder Dam irrigates seven states: Wyoming Utah Colorado Nevada California Arizona New Mexico. Bluebeard’s seventh and last wife is Fatima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adonis
George Washington
Spain
Gulf of Mexico
Bluebeard
Philadelphia
India
Clementine
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Fatima
Tombstone Tale In New Mexico Cemetery
A tombstone in a Ruidoso cemetery bears a terse inscription about Wild Bill Britt. It notes he ran for sheriff in 1882, ran from the office in 1883, and was buried in 1884. The brief epitaph highlights a dramatic past in a single-pane memory.
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Ruidoso
N. M
Wild Bill Britt
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Yale
Giraud
Clark
Sullivan
Waterloo
Juneau
Chicago
Mom
Tait
London
Martin Beck
Yonkers
N. Y
Will Rogers
Russia
Raymond Paige
Air Corps
Texas
van Boren
Palace
Broadway
North Adams
Mass
Van
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Missouri
Marco Polo
China
Fort Randall
Neb
South Dakota
Delaware
West Virginia
Tennessee
Montana
Nebraska
Alabama
Purdue
New York
Ohio
Minnesota
Newhatch
Thatcher
Kansas
Farm Security Administration
Rex Tugwell
Capitol Hill
Frank Hancock
Harold Cooley
North Carolina
Hancock
Congress
Farm Security
Congressman Cooley
FSA
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Cooley
Tugwell
PSA
Farm Credit Administration
Budget Bureau
Cordell Hull
State Department
John L. Lewis
A. F
Florida
Harold Ickes
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Jesse Jones
War Department
Pentagon
Drouth de
Mississippi
Corn
Illion Acres
Kendon
Kondon
Seychelles Islands
Indian Ocean
O. S. Navy
BF. Goodrich
Aloo
United States
United Nations
Bfgoodrich
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