Louisiana 4-H Clubs Trap, Fish in Wildlife Project
Baton Rouge Louisiana 4 H clubs engage in a wildlife project taught by the Louisiana State College. Boys trap fur bearing animals catch fish crabs shrimp and oysters and study blue herons white herons and Louisiana egrets. They also market musk oil from the marsh muskrat and sell meat and fur while learning bird preservation to sustain hunting.
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United States
Louisiana State College
W. E. Simmons
St. Charles Parish
Louisiana
9 000 000 Trees Are Ready to Be Planted
Stevenson Washington reports over 9 million Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees from the Hemlock nursery distributed for replanting across the Northwest. More than 58 thousand firs sent to Olympic National Forest. about 3 million trees replanted yearly. Seed collection continues annually. wartime planting paused.
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Stevenson, Wash
Northwest
Olympic National Forest
Puget Sound
Bemidji Expands With New Fair Ground Airport And Lake Shore
Bemidji plans move of the fairgrounds to open space for residential growth near the high school. A revolving fund will recover facility costs, and county officials will finance the new site from property sales. A proposed 1.35 thousand acre million dollar airport aims to link to Twin Cities Alaska routes, plus Jaycees lake shore development with a 300 foot breakwater, water play facilities, and seaplane rides. The town promotes bigger and better projects alongside its Paul Bunyan Babe statue.
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Bemidji
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Alaska
Jaycees
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lake Shore
Paul Bunyan
Babe
Price Dispute Sparks Contempt Row in Vancouver
In Vancouver Washington Justice of the Peace Paul Elwell fines attorney Booth McAbee for contempt after a heated exchange. The judge boosts the penalty from ten dollars to fifty, while McAbee remains silent.
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Vancouver
Wash
Justice of the Peace
Paul Elwell
Booth McAbee
McAbee
Norris Home Sold in Palo Alto Landmark Estate
Kathleen Norris and her late husband Charles Norris built the 16 room La Casa Abierta in Palo Alto. It sold to C. L. Cummings of Columbus Ohio. The Woollcott battles on its croquet court were publicized by the author, and the house served as a gathering place for the Norris and Thompson clans.
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Palo Alto
Calif
la Casa Abierta
Kathleen Norris
Charles Norris
Columbus
Ohio
C. L. Cummings
Alexander Woollcott
Norrises
Norris
Thompson
Hot pursuit after barn fire near Santa Fe trail
Authorities chase an arsonist who set a barn blaze near Santa Fe. The culprit sprinkled red pepper to mislead bloodhounds as state police track through the blaze’s aftermath.
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Sante FE
N. M
Belgian War Bride Sees First Frame House in Greensburg
Mrs Ray Pickett formerly Georgette Horts of Belgium visits Greensburg Kentucky to join her husband and notes Americans live in frame houses while bricks are common back home. She is surprised by corn as human food, grows to like corn bread and biscuits, and praises American women's clothing and shoes though still adjusting to them.
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Greensburg
Ray Pickett
Georgette Horts
Belgium
G.I
Georgette
Kentucky
America
Getting Awake With No Alarm Clocks in 1946
In 1946 few alarm clocks are available so the writer laments the difficulty of replacing his aging prewar clock. Stores, jewelers, and druggists have none and even an electric clock is praised by a neighbor. The author concludes he cannot set his head or buy a clock and continues to oversleep.
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Philip Broughton
Washington
Congress
Congressional
Broughton
Enoug
Outline Steps to Secure Federal Funds for Ports
Federal airport aid bill authorizes 500 million dollars for 3,000 airports over seven years with 50 percent federal participation. States and communities match, plan, and apply through state aeronautics agencies, using master plans and basic site criteria.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Washington, D. C
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Congress
State Aeronautics Agency
Federal Works Agency
FWA
Bureau of Community Facilities
New Political Groups Shape Party Policies in Washington
A Washington column surveys new and existing political collectives the ROF CIO PAC NC PAC and others forming open forums and action groups. It notes Harold Stassen leads ROF with Republican backing while Democrats rely on CIO PAC NC PAC and allied committees to influence policy and mobilize voting.
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Washington
SPCPA
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
ROF
Cio-Pac
National Citizens
Harold Stassen
Wayne Morse
Walter Judd
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Stassen
RDF
Mr. Stassen
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Mark Sullivan
Spain
Argentina
CIO- Pac
OPA
Nc-Pac
Congress
FEPC
Young Republicans
Ickes
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
James Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
PAC
Barbs in Wartime Crisis and Industrial Skepticism
The piece mocks wartime strain and inflation fears. It notes six million pianos out of tune and estimates ten thousand piano tuners needed for years. It contrasts American concerns with Russia, mentioning Gestapo and Siberia as unappealing controls.
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Piano Manufacturers’ Association
Russia
Siberia
Crocheted Medallion Pattern 753 Instructions
Crocheted medallion is easy to memorize and usable for scarfs, cloths, or spreads. Pattern 753 provides directions for squares and notes prize winners and stylish handiwork to be proud of. Send your order to the listed address.
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Wild Life
Baton Rouge
Project Louisiana
Buffalo Bill
William F. Cody
Cody
Wyo
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Price
Norris Home
We Po
State ‘Aero Office
Ceh Lai
CAA Myesa Eai Office
Wazey
Olen
Ramon CT
Baukhage
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Frank Kingdon
Sydney Hillman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Henry Wallace
Hugo Black
The
National Citizen
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bankhage
Mars
Jack Spratt
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
O'Sullivan
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