Enlistments Open for European Command Personnel
The European Command reopens to service members on August 1 with limited enlistments and reenlistments. Former Army Navy Marine and Coast Guard personnel may qualify, including those with prior service and those nearing discharge, for three four or five year terms. Quotas apply from August through December. details at the Elks Building United States Army Recruiting Station in Concord.
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European Command
War Department
First Army
Army
Navy
Marine and
Coast Guard
Army Air Force
AAF
United States Army
Elks Building
Concord
Burglars Try Fail to Hack 800-Pound Safe at Peoria Meat Store
Burglars moved the heavy safe to the rear of a Peoria meat store to work unseen. They attempted a new method with a net and a cleaver but failed as police found a smashed meat cleaver near the scene.
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Peoria
Civil Service Exam Openings In VA Positions Boston Region
Concord William A Foley announces a provisional civil service exam for federal vacancies in clinical laboratory electrocardiograph and electroencephalograph technician and X ray technician roles. Most posts are in VA hospitals with salaries from 1954 to 3397 dollars yearly. Applications rely on education and experience. qualified federal staff may apply for permanent status.
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Concord
William A. Foley
U. S. Civil Service Region
Veterans Administration
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
First U. S. Civil Service Region
Post Office
Boston 9
Mass
Closing date for applications announced
The closing date for receipt of applications is August 26, 1947.
Williams car fire in Wayne prompts eight neighbors
Richard Williams reported his car in Wayne Pa caught fire due to a shorted wiring which set off the horn and alerted eight neighbors. They summoned firefighters who arrived and fixed the issue.
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Wayne
Richard Williams
Concord Veterans May Form AVC Charter Applied
On Tuesday evening August 5 a group of Concord veterans met at Robin Wheeler home to discuss forming a Concord chapter of the American Veterans Committee. Dick Axt state AVC field secretary explained aims and answered questions as an application for a charter is filed. Temporary officers named: Sidney R. Ballou chairman Samuel M. Hosmer vice chairman John Schorger secretary Philip A Davis Jr treasurer.
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Concord
Nome
Robin Wheeler
The
American Veterans Committee
Dick Axt
AVC
Sidney R. Ballou
Samuel M. Hosmer
John Schorger
Philip A Davis, Jr
Miss Davey Engaged to Lincoln Resident Mann
West Concord announces the engagement of Evelyn L. Davey daughter of Reformatory Officer and Mrs James G Davey of 206 Elm Street to Robert C Mann son of Mr and Mrs David W Mann of Lincoln. Davey attended Boston University and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School Boston. Mann is a student at the University of Maine Orono.
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West Concord
Evelyn L. Davey
James G. Davey
Elm Street
Robert C. Mann
David W. Mann
Lincoln
Miss Davey
Boston University
Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School
Boston
Mr. Mann
University of Maine
Orono
Maine
Salt Speeds Hog Gains in Purdue Feeding Tests
Purdue University tests show hogs given salt in daily rations gain 1.71 pounds per day versus 0.67 pounds for hogs with no salt. Each pound of salt boosted gain by 45 pounds and saved $5.60 in feed costs per pound of gain.
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Purdue University
Alarm on Freezer Signals Farmhouse Food Safety
The USDA tests led Brown Instrument to add an audible warning to home freezers that cease operating. Electronic potentiometers monitor temperatures at 16 points inside each unit, with improved construction aimed at better food protection.
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USDA
Brown Instrument Company
Reenforce 2 4 D Mixture Aids Small Grains And Grass
The ammonium salt of 2 4 D is applied at 15 percent with 2.8 units of urea and fermate at 2 pounds per 100 gallons. This mixture is proving effective for small grains and grass in trials.
Plow Dewa Gever Crop To Semtersa tautdlere
To save soil moisture cover crops should be plowed down early. Rye and vetch grow fast and use moisture during wet months. Iowa State agronomists note that late growth reduces moisture for germination of new crops. Nitrogen will also be added to soil.
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Iowa
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