Grass Seed Turns Waste Land Into Green Pastures
The article highlights native grasses as vital for feed and soil restoration in the western states. It notes the U S Soil Conservation Service works to harvest process and plant native grass seeds, expanding a new farm industry and supplying about 65 percent of forage. It lists buffalo grass blue grama side oats grama blue stem switchgrass sand dropseed tobosa western wheatgrass galleta Indian grass and wild rye as principal native species.
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U. S. Soil Conservation Service
America
SCS
Great Plains
Lordsburg
N. M
Soil Conservation Service
Filipino Division Formed to Fight Japan
President Osmena designates Maj. Gen. Basilio J. Valdes to organize and command a Filipino division to join Allied forces against Japan. Valdes serves as chief of staff of the Philippine army and is secretary of welfare and former secretary of national defense.
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Japan
Manila
P. I
Osmena
The
Philippines
Commonwealth
Basilio J. Valdes
Valdes
Philippine Army
4 and Welfare
Ary
National Defense
Improvements in native grass seed harvesting methods
Quality seed collection has improved with new machinery and methods. Unit costs have fallen and harvesting of previously uneconomical native grass species is now feasible. Direct seed purchases from farmers rise as processing advances rapidly and mills set schedules to suit different species.
Gay Gadgets and Roddy Rumors in a 1950s Teenette Page
A playful feature lists fashion ideas like cameo pins and bar pins for teens, with tips on wearing jewelry and accessories. The Roddy McDowell segment reveals his sister Virginia, TV links, hobbies, and social habits, plus dating guidance urging brief goodnights and more frequent, shorter dates.
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Roddy
Roddy McDowell
van Johnson
Virginia
G.I. Joes
Beverly Hills
Tallulah Bankhead
Hollywood
Sam Marx
Steamy Borneo A Story Land In Allied Wartime Readings
The article describes Borneo as a lush tropical land between Japan and the Netherlands Indies with jungle life full of vines orchids and dangerous wildlife. It notes a varied population including Dyaks Javanese Chinese Arabs and Malays and highlights long houses and headhunting practices amid wartime reporting.
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Borneo
Greenland
New Guinea
Netherlands Indies
National Geographic Society
Equator
Forty US Army Hospitals in UK Close After Germany Surrender
In London England the army reports that forty United States army hospitals in the United Kingdom have been officially closed since Germany's surrender. Most were 1000 bed facilities. wounded and ill soldiers have recovered and been returned to units or flown to the United States for hospitalization.
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London
England
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Britain
Radar that Spots and Fights Back in War and Peace
Washington Digest explains radar basics from electron beams to blips on a scope, how echoes locate ships and planes, and how elevation and distance are calculated. It notes German and Japanese radar work, Hood and Bismarck in naval battles, and hints at future peaceful uses and ongoing tech advances.
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Bankhage
Intelligence Branch
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Japan
Hood
Iceland
Greenland
Bismarck
Curly-Headed Dolly In a Cute Pinafore Pattern 7077
A 15 inch rag doll with embroidered features and yarn curls. Pattern 7077 provides directions for doll and clothes. Due to high demand and wartime conditions, some orders may take longer to fill. Send your order to:
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curly-Headed
Dolly
BRIEFS. War notes and quips from the home front
Short wartime items report on improvised weapons from captured cases, jokes about Hitler, prisoner treatment claims from a pilot, optimism about punitive missteps, and a note on DDT as a sole effective insecticide.
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Cinderella
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Home Gardens
Washington Digest
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
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France
Harry Truman
James Byrnes
Hitler
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
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Chicago
Pearl Harbor
B. F. Goodrich
Ordnance Tire Repair Company
Italy
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