Potato Plastics Factory House That Waste Built
In Columbus on October 13 the National Farm Chemurgic Council promotes turning culled potatoes into cheap plastic goods. Ernest L. Little says Idaho’s potato waste has generated substantial wealth, as three planned plants produce white potato starch and yield usable byproducts.
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National Farm
Chemurgic Council
Ernest L. Little
Council
Little
Idaho
Ralph B. Gale
Farm Chemurgic Council
Dutch East Indies
National Council
Blackfoot
Twin Falls
St. Anthony
Gale
College of Idaho
Boise
Dates Set for 1944 Sandlot and Semi-Pro Season
CHICAGO March 1944. The National Baseball Congress announced opening dates for the 1944 sandlot and semi pro season in western hemisphere countries. Cuba Puerto Rico Hawaii and Mexico begin April 1 United States May 1 Canada and Newfoundland May 3 with national baseball day to be designated. Ray Dumont NBC president said leagues will form and national tournaments will be held.
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Act
Loerie
National Baseball Congress of
America Today
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Mexico
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Ray Dumont
Congress
Yankees Stars Return to War Work After Season
Pitcher Hank Borowy and shortstop Frank Crosetti of the world champion New York Yankees are returning to war work immediately after the baseball season. Crosetti will rejoin the San Francisco shipyard where he worked last winter and Borowy goes back to an electrical plant at Bloomfield.
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Hank Borowy
Frank, Crosetti
New York Yankees
Crosetti
San Francisco
Borony
Bloomfield
Driest September In Eight Years Recorded In South Dakota
Driest September since 1935 with rainfall averaging .68 inch or 83 percent below normal was reported by meteorologist B R Laskowski in the monthly weather and crop summary. Eastern division received 1.01 inches, central 0.66, and western 0.38. month featured a brief wet spell Sept 1-8 and Sept 11-12, sunshine above normal, and favorable conditions for maturing crops with harvests advancing and canning at high levels. Pastures dried rapidly late month while moisture is noted as needed for fall grain development. Steck remained good to excellent.
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South Dakota
B. R. Laskowski
Steck
Baseballs and music lift prisoners of war in camps
NEA service reports Dr. Tracy Strong organizes sports and cultural activities for Axis prisoners, with six million POWs and sixty million civilians aided by Mercy, Inc. The War Prisoners Aid department coordinates with neutral consulates as aides travel to camps, assessing needs and providing rehabilitation, Braille, and supplies through the National War Fund.
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New York
Tracy Strong
Far Eastern
Strong
Igbor
Mercy, Inc
National War Fund
Axis
North Africa
America
Switzerland
Sweden
Education for soldiers shapes camp life and needs
A famous linguistics professor joins a camp to teach several classes, while a German center provides musicians for a symphony. Neutral representatives ship textbooks, pencils, and scientific gear, but the greatest demand is for musical instruments and sporting equipment alongside relief supplies and personal contact to meet education, recreation, and religious needs.
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Red Cross
Naples harbor placed in commission by Allied engineers
London dispatch reports Naples harbor once again in commission per a Cairo radio broadcast cited by the Associated Press. Allied reinforcements are pouring into Salerno, south of Naples, as the war continues.
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Naples
Cairo
Associated Press
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Counties Cities May Share Road Funds
PIERRE Oct 13 Counties and municipalities may join in the federal allocation to South Dakota for postwar highway planning. SL Taylor of St Paul federal public Roads Administration told the state highway commission on Tuesday that local units may participate on the regular funds matching basis. PRA review will apply. South Dakota was allotted 804186 from a 50000000 congressional appropriation. The state program is drafted by Engineer E W Meeker.
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E. W. Meeker
Care Urged For Federal Checks By Treasury
Washington indicates government checks are written at a million daily and urges care to avoid mutilation. Card type checks enable mechanical processing, cutting handling costs from about 1% cents to a quarter of a cent per check, saving roughly $15,000 daily on a million checks. Perforations must be aligned to keep the processing machines operating to register payments accurately.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
The
Treasury
Angsted by Hand Means More Manpower and Time
The note ties angst to manual work, arguing that more labor and longer time translates into higher costs and slower progress, stressing efficiency and resource strain on production or project timelines.
Wildcats and Bluejackets Set For Tough Northwestern Clash
Chicago October 13. Northwestern and Great Lakes meet in what sports writers call the Midwest’s toughest Saturday pairing. Northwestern, bruised by Michigan, faces 4-1 Bluejackets as Purdue and Notre Dame loom. Last year Northwestern was routed 48 to 0 by Chicago’s Tony Hinkle crew.
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Bucky O'Connor
Chicago
Michigan
Bluejackets
Foue
Notre
Churchill laments postwar political fighting in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that after the war ends soldiers will stop fighting and politicians will begin. He added that perhaps that is a pity as he spoke on Great Britain’s future.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Notable Quote on Soldiers and Politicians Abroad and at Home
The speaker contrasts soldiers abroad with politicians at home, stating the latter fight with equal vigor and ferocity. This remark reflects wartime rhetoric about unity and internal political struggle compared with military conflict overseas.
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Pame
Ask Hunters To Save Waterfowl Feathers For Military Use
Pierre Act. Game Director Peterson urged hunters to save waterfowl feathers for lining flying suits of American fighters. Feathers may be shipped to Ducks Unlimited Seattle or taken to local collecting stations for field wardens. Authorities have relied on other feathers since war cut imports of commercial cider dawn used for warmth and buoyancy. Efforts will again market deer and elk hides for Arctic footwear and gloves for troops.
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Act
Peterson
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America
Ducks Unlimited
Columbia Street
Seattle
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