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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1941
Page
4
The article calls for Fire Prevention Week from October 5 to 11 urging every community to participate. It stresses prevention at home via safe furnaces wiring and storage, enforcement of strong building codes, and the value of knowledge to save lives and defense resources.
The piece argues that widespread adoption of tractors over horses signals real progress in farming efficiency. It notes horses cost land and feed, wear out, and require maintenance, while tractors deliver more work at lower time and effort. It also previews Kate Smith’s radio return and various 1941 broadcasts and network notes.
Congressional leaders push a 6 billion dollar lend-lease package with a 100 million defense deficiency bill to keep aid flowing to nations fighting the Axis. Hearings start as support swells, opposition centers on attaching conditions while broader war costs climb past 66 billion with Army and Navy shares outlined. Also college draft deferment rules explain if a student can delay induction while finishing a term.
A Notre Dame student installs a short-wave radio in his dorm room and chats with family in Fort Dodge Iowa at set hours, avoiding letter writing.
Names carved on the tombstone of a Staunton physician create the impression of multiple interments. The doctor, born 1862 and died 1906, is identified as George Kemper Young John T. Shields Genius Gray Matthew Wilson Pilson Henderson Jefferson Davis Ambrose Heffner.
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