War era truck coordination for farm crops shows shortages
Robert A. Hicks leads a nationwide effort aligning farmers and truckers to move record U.S. crops. With 1.2 million farm trucks, 55 percent over seven years old, the program set area schedules, diverted vehicles, and used 142 district offices and 20 931 transportation advisory committees to maximize efficiency and reduce idle mileage.
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United States
Robert A. Hicks
DDT Division
Motor Transport
America
Pattern 831 Transfer Pattern for Seven Bibs and Sizes
Pattern 831 contains transfer pattern of seven bibs and necessary pieces for suits in sizes 1 2 3 or 4 all in one pattern. Due to high demand and wartime conditions slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few popular numbers. Send your order to:
Immense Sponges Challenging to Harvest Off Bahamas
In natural sponge beds near the Bahamas, creatures can reach ten feet in girth and about 100 pounds when dried. Capturing these giants requires detaching the root with a long harpoon and calling in many helpers to assist. Once surfaced, a diver removes trimmings from the gelatinous mass.
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Bahamas
Elaborate Window Treatments Vogue with Wooden Curtain Rods
Shortage of metal curtain rods drives renewal of elaborate window fashions. Describes separate cut pieces for center and side swags, bias ends, and pleated jabots with measurement diagrams and step by step mounting notes. Declares this as part of a series on modern period curtain fashions and offers books for order.
Alaska and Texas sizes and related questions
Answers cover Alaska versus Texas area comparisons, Arlington National Shrine origins, Don Quixote tilting at windmills, round table seating by Arthur's knights, historical status of absentee voting for soldiers, location of Grand Banks, the meaning of "dol drums," and distinctions between a patriot and a patriarch.
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Alaska
Texas
Arlington National Shrine
King Arthur’s Knights
United States
Grand Banks
Answers from the Quiz on Geography History and Language
The list presents concise statements: Alaska is twice as large as another region. Gen Robert E Lee is named. Don Quixote is cited. a clause notes to avoid rank distinctions. union soldiers in the Civil War could vote. Newfoundland appears. tropical ocean zones with calms are described. definitions describe a patriot and patri arch with family head meaning.
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Alaska
Robert E. Lee
Don Quixote
Newfoundland
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