WFA Endorses Federal Food Stamp Plan Endorsed by War Food Administration
The War Food Administration backed a bill to create a basic food allotment with distribution of stamps for low income families. It would cover about 18 million people at a maximum annual cost of 3,000,000 dollars. The plan envisions a basic diet funded by stamps to supplement existing food purchases.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Senate Agriculture
WEA
Hill
Bureau of the Budget
Aiken
Air Blast Trap Catches Insects
PLAINVIEW Texas 4 eighty three year old A R Nisbet built a farm insect catcher using an air blast system. It covers two rows, weighs 250 pounds, attaches to any tractor, and runs while cultivating. A motor powered fan creates blasts that drive insects onto curved pipes to funnel bags where pests are burned. Farm agent F E Posey says 80 percent effective. An odd final note mentions etiquette about spectacles in China and other Oriental countries.
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Plainview
Texas
A. R. Nisbet
F. E. Posey
Pecos County
Local Drug Stores Named in Regional Listing
A regional classified listing highlights several pharmacy chains and druggists including Anderson West End Drug, Cecil's Drug Stores Inc, Koonts and McGhee Drug Co, A Ring and Sons Druggists, and Walgreen Drug Store. The notice catalogs participating outlets and emphasizes availability of pharmaceutical goods.
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Cecil’s Drug Stores, Inc
Koonts & McGhee Drug CO
A. Ring & Sons
Walgreen Drug Store
Rickenbacker Foresees Prolonged Conflict After War
World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker predicts Germany will not collapse until next winter and calls for a large postwar army to keep supply lines open. He notes a shift to state capitalism in Russia and urges American youth to work with hands and head toward rebuilding industry after the war.
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Harriet Robnett
INS
W. Rickenbacker
Pacific
Germany
Tokyo
Japan
Rickenbacker
Russia
Sicily
North Africa
England
Iceland
America
South Pacific
Ion Gaionan
Romie Towa
Ubee
Co ed Interest Grows in Technical Studies at Utah
In Salt Lake City the University of Utah reports rising female interest in technical fields. Dean Myrtle Austin notes 43 co-eds favor medical technological studies, up from 21 two years ago, with gains also in engineering medicine social work and business.
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Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Myrtle Austin
Ration Roundup for January Food Stamp Validities
Ration notices list Book three brown stamps R and 8 through January 29, Book four green stamps D E F through January 20 and G H J through February 20, sugar stamp 29 for five pounds through January 15, shoes Book one 18 and Book three airplane stamp No 1 indefinite. Gasoline 8 A three gallons through February 8 in parts. 9 A three gallons through January 21 elsewhere. B coupons two gallons except Rocky Mountains Far West two or three. Fuel oil period one expires January 3. period two valid through February 7 across most areas. period three through March 18 Midwest and February 21 South. Jan 4 East Far West for period three through March 13. All coupons equal 10 gallons per unit.
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Rocky Mountains
Midwestern
Middle West
South
East
Far West
Jap Isles Tough Nut For Yanks To Crack
A Pearl Harbor report outlines the Marshalls as a tougher target than the Gilberts. The 32 former German islands lie 2,200 miles southwest of Hawaii with low-lying atolls, 900 reefs, and limited intelligence on Japanese defenses. Jaluit is the main administrative center with a safe harbor, while natives are called Kanakas and numbers were about 10,000 a decade ago.
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Pearl Harbor
Jan
INS
Gilberts
Marshalls
Hawaii
Tokyo
League of Nations
Germany
Solomons
Jaluit
Ralak
Jabur
Impregnable Outpost Questioned After Gilberts Run
The article notes Japan closed islands to outsiders after leaving the League of Nations and claims no fortifications, while contrasting with Allied success in the Gilberts showing an outpost in the Marshalls could be captured despite expected difficulty.
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Tokyo
League of Nations
Gilberts
Marshalls
America
The Louisiana Purchase Doubles U S Territory
A concise note explains that the Louisiana Purchase doubled the area of the United States, expanding its lands significantly. It also notes a scientific estimate that air at 20 miles altitude could reach about 120 degrees, likened to extreme heat observed in Death Valley.
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The
United States
Death Valley
Briton Proposes Satellite Towns Across the Empire
E L Leaming surveyor for the Lancashire urban district council urged satellite towns for postwar reconstruction. He argued Britain should build towns in Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa to aid imperial population needs, claiming costs would be similar to building at home.
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Urmston
England
Britain
Empire
E. L. Leaming
Lancashire Urban District Council
Dominions
Greater London
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Grandmothers Join War Factory as Production Unit
In London a British war plant adds a unit called the grandeur measuring voluntary hours by 52 grandmothers and one great grandmother. These grey haired workers, many of whom served in prior wars, perform essential tasks such as soldering painting spraying drilling and assembling and the plant manager calls them among the most efficient and dependable workers.
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London
Gulf Stream Route Limited to Cape Hatteras
The Gulf stream warms the eastern coast and moves north only to Cape Hatteras North Carolina before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cape Hatteras, N. C
Atlantic Ocean
Brooks couple tours South American science centers
Berkley Calif. two University of California scientists Dr Sumner C Brooks zoology professor and his wife Dr Matilda M Brooks biology research associate undertake a 20000 mile trip to visit leading university centers in South America to promote exchange of scientific ideas.
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Berkley
Calif
University of California
Sumner C. Brooks
Matilda M. Brooks
Resea
South America
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Willard
Bound For Home
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Lagone
Italy
U.S. Signal Corps
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Beacon Bath
Clarllee
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Jlarilee
Lwas
Harllee
Jlarllee’s
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