Torrington Flooded With Ex Soldiers Seeking Wyoming Farms
More than fifteen hundred ex service men filed for eighty five farm units in the North Platte reclamation project to be opened in Torrington at 9 a m with up to 2 400 filings expected and a lottery to decide successful entrants. Many will seek unirrigated lands elsewhere as racks of disappointment grow.
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Wyoming
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Nebraska
Cheyenne
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Neb
Congress
Wyoming Alumni to Be Welcomed by Graduation
Laramie Wyoming March 3 At a joint faculty and student committee meeting definite plans for University Homecoming Week in June were set four days from Saturday June 5 through Wednesday June 6. Activities include Centennial excursion baccalaureate sermon alumni luncheon class reunions and president's reception senior day and commencement exercises with strong attendance hopes for over a hundred alumni. Commerce Club launches with officers Parks Rawlins McKay Lara mie Kersh snik over forty members and a year plan to aid students in commercial work. Two extra prizes for high school week winners announced by American College Quill Club and Delta Sigma Rho with entertaining duties in Laramie. Ex soldiers enrolled for vocational training reach thirty with federal aid.
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School of Music
Commerce Club
University Commerce Club
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Sidney
Neb
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Lois King
Frank Kershisnik
Rock Springs
Wyoming
American College Quill Club
Delta Sigma Rho
Oil Lands Filing Yields No Claim for Present
The Interior Department states that mere filing on oil lands does not grant any claim. The March 3 communication clarifies that filings alone confer no rights and outlines the procedural requirements for valid claims.
Karo Blue Label Promoted as Pantry Economy
Advertisers urge housewives to use Blue Label Karo for jams, breads, pancakes, puddings, and sweets to cut costs amid high prices. It claims versatile uses from stewing dried fruit to making home made candy, selling the idea to buy by the dozen for savings.
War badges vanish from English streets after war end
London report notes a rapid disappearance of service insignia worn by many civilians after World War I. The piece observes that badges once common among people in the street are fading away as postwar life returns to normal.
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London
England
War-era fashions linger in London streets
A fragment notes that ornate regimental crests and honorary ribbons have faded from common use while wartime styles persist. The officer’s toothbrush moustache remains popular and leather-headed swagger canes, favored by British subalterns before demobilization, still appear on the streets.
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