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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
11
E. F. Brogdon, Milam county War Production Board salvage chair, releases figures: 703 dead, 460 missing, 1175 wounded, 428 prisoners of war. He urges waste paper salvage and war effort support, urging housewives to save paper, rags, and fats to aid troops. He warns of higher casualties if supplies lag and calls for home front action.
Small flea beetles invade gardens, injuring tomato potato pepper and brassicas. They cause leaf holes yellowing and stunting of transplants. Effective controls include rotenone cryolite and combination dusts with fixed copper or arsenate sprays used as repellents.
Dr. P. W. Zimmerman at Boyce Thompson Institute reports a vapor treatment using betanaphthoxyacetic acid on tomato plants just before bloom produced fruit without seeds and high quality in tests. The compound is crystalline and evaporated by heating, and the method also worked on helly plants, with investigation underway for broad use.
Miss Geraldine Chambers of Baylor in Waco spent Thanksgiving holidays at home, enjoying time with family and friends.
Rankin a 23 year old Long Beach sailor recounts the 31 day Corregidor escape with 18 companions aboard a 36 foot launch. After surviving battles, desertion, storms, and Japanese pursuit they reached Australia and Darwin before his ship was sunk at Guadalcanal. Now confined to a naval hospital with weight loss and nerves.
MINNEAPOLIS The war has erased almost completely another familiar figure from the American scene hobos who ride the rods. Since Pearl Harbor most men who rode freights for free have gone to work in war plants, says Joseph Gillis president of the National Council of Railway Patrolmen's Union. Combating railroad thieves will be a main postwar problem, Gillis told the union's annual convention.
A German POW at Scottsbluff Nebraska camp was beaten by fellow inmates after insisting on writing to his father in the United States. The group, captured near Cherbourg, called the father "not a good Nazi." He was hospitalized. his condition is not serious.
Miss Laura White daughter of Cameron residents married Fred B. Ragsdale Jr. merchant seaman son of San Antonio residents at the Methodist Church with Rev. William Perrish officiating on Monday night December 4 1944.
A four motor bomber uses over 1,000 steel springs in its fuse, engines and armament. Pvt and Mrs August Barta and sister Mrs Melton Janek of Taylor visited Mr and Mrs Ervin Hrozek of Cameron.
A playful note compares factory soap to daily care suggesting never waste soap yet use just enough to keep suds lively. It argues cleansing benefits without heavy scrubbing, linking elbow grease to overuse of effort while promoting efficient washing habits.
Gardeners with limited plots should stake and prune tomato plants to save space and raise yields. Proper staking supports growth, reduces disease risk, and keeps fruit reachable for harvest. Regular pruning concentrates energy on strong stems and ripening fruit.
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