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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1950
Page
9
The Navy called for naval reserve enlisted women to apply for voluntary recall to active duty for twelve months in emergency and general service rates. Desired ratings include teleman, radio man, communications technician, yeoman, personnelman, and others across telecommunication and storekeeping fields.
Sightseers at TVA dams totaled over 1.793 million in June, up about 171 thousand from May. Fontana led with 140 thousand visitors, followed by Kentucky Dam at 138.5 thousand and Norris at 91.26 thousand. Tennessee drew 44.5 thousand amid a list of 48 states and foreign visitors including Canada and Germany.
Applicants must have one year of obligated service left or extend enlistment by four years. Volunteers will be ordered to a naval activity by district commandants for outfitting and for fur assignment by the bureau of naval personnel.
Hal Boyle departs for Korea to report on the American GIs battle readiness and morale. He recalls mothballed gear and notebooks as he prepares, noting family reactions and a return to the front with the same journalist’s zeal.
A veteran recalls wartime fashions and travel notes from 1942 to 1945. He compares old clothing memories to a new departure, shares a goodbye with Frances in New York, and faces a uncertain ride to Tokyo and Korea amid mothball scented nostalgia.
The article fragment suggests plans to send civil war veterans. It also mentions Venezuela's Orinoco river systems being navigable and notes Helmstedt in central Germany is believed to have been founded around 900 by sources including the National Geographic Society.
An extraordinary safety record is in the making at TVA's Peel plants in Muscle Shoals and Columbia. On June 30, the chemical engineering division had 102 consecutive days with no work absences due to accidents, totaling about 1,020,000 man hours. The prior mark was 80 days in early 1950, with only 9 injuries in 1950 compared with 19 the year before. The division employs about 1,950 workers, facing numerous hazards in chemical and mining operations.
The article states the ideal storage temperature for Irish potatoes is 40 degrees. It notes that ticks are among the most difficult livestock pests to control.
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