Veterans to Own Farms Plan Gains Ground in Senate
Washington Sen Bankhead and co author back amendments to broaden the farm tenancy act to veterans. The proposal would allow service men to buy farms with loans up to 50 million dollars and without down payment, backed by county committees and the veterans administration. About 4 000 veterans could become farm owners under the plan with loan caps and flexible repayment terms.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Sen
Bankhead
Ala
Alabama
Congress
S.are
Bank
Farm Security Administration
Veterans Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Government
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rhode Island
Connecticut
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Nevada
Farly
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
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Humor and Humanity by George F Ivey
A Duke alum and North Carolina author George Franks Ivey promotes Humor and Humanity a varied memoir of life in the Carolinas. The book covers Ivey family roots Morganton Clinton Lenoir Trinity College and his work with the Southern Desk company along with a tribute to his father Rev G W Ivey and anecdotes from mill life and early industry.
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Geo. F. Ivyer
George Franks Ivey
Ivey
United States
J. B
Ben
George F. Ivey
Duke University
Leve
N. C
Blanche Sherrill
Hickory
Rotary Club
Mr. Ivey
Morganton
George Washington Ivey
North Carolina
Clinton
Sampson
Lenoir
G. W. Ivey
Jerusalem
Trinity
Trinity College
Randolph County
Uwharrie
Brown
Massachusetts
Granite Falls
Southern Desk Company
Carolinas
Jester Reenlists at Whidbey Island Navy Base
Donald A. Jester ACM 3c returns from a 30 day leave with his parents on East Commerce Street to Whidbey Island. He has served two years in the navy air corps and reenlists for two more years as a patrol squadron member. Pfc Richard Byrd of High Point North Carolina sails home aboard the U S S Bunker Hill part of the Magic Carpet fleet returning 212 veterans.
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Jester
Donald A. Jester
ACM 3c
Whidbey Island
Washington
A. A. Jester
East Commerce Street
Navy Air Corps
Pfc
Byrd
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Richard Byrd
Lindsay Byrd
Hornet
High Point
N. Carolina
Navy
U. S. S. Bunker Hill
Saipan
San Pedro
Military discharge for Private First Class Blair in Greensboro
Private First-Class Joseph B. Blair, husband of Mrs. Lona B. Blair of Rt 1, received honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces at ORD Greensboro. The ceremony was part of an AAF personnel distribution network aimed at speeding his return to civilian life.
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Joseph B. Blair
Lona B. Blair
Rt. 1
Army Air Forces
Ord
Greensboro
A.A.F
Burgin Reenlists in Army Air Forces at Tyndall Field
Pfc. Theodore W. Burgin reenlists in the Army Air Forces per Tyndall Field Florida announcement. His enlistment grants a 30 day furlough and a post furlough assignment to a field of his choosing after eight months of service in the United States.
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Burgin
Pfc
Theodore W. Burgin
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Florida
Pfe
United States
Early Speed atlas sold for 780 dollars here
One of the earliest British atlases, The Theatre of Great Britaine by John Speed, was sold here for 780 dollars. The volume contains 68 uncolored, paged, engraved maps.
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London
Theatre of
State hunts under review changes for next season
North Carolina officials propose tighter hunting rules after a weak waterfowl season. Commissioner John Findlay advised reducing seasons and bag limits across species, awaiting federal input, with public comment invited before July. Specific ranges apply county by county for ducks, quail, turkey, rabbit, squirrel, grouse, bear, opossum and raccoon.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
John D. Findlay
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
State Board of Conservation and Development
United States
Fish and Wildlife Service
Findlay
Game
Northampton
Halifax
Martin
Pitt
Lenoir
Duplin
Sampson
Harnett
Lee
Moore
Hoke
Robeson
Turkey
Alleghany
Wilkes
Columbus
Rutherford
Otober
Caldwell
Burke
East
Last Ozette Member Owns Olympic Peninsula Reservation
Elliott Anderson, 69, the sole Ozette tribe survivor, is disclosed as owner of a one square mile timbered Indian reservation at Neah Bay on Washingtons Olympic peninsula. He inherited it in 1936 after the death of the last other Ozette, Charles Weberhard, and now lives with the Makah near Neah Bay.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Elliott Anderson
Washington
Olympic Peninsula
Anderson
Neah Bay
Charles Weberhard
Admiral Nomura Writing Book On Pacific War Negotiations
Tokyo reports Admiral Kichisa Nomura former Japan ambassador in Washington is authoring a book about the negotiations that led to war in the Pacific. A cookery tip suggests burning orange peel to reduce kitchen odors before guests arrive.
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Tokyo
Kichisaburo Nomura
Japan
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Tricycles aid crippled children to walk in Illinois
Elmer Overman, once a toolmaker for warfare, adapts tricycles to help crippled children regain strength. Working with University of Illinois therapists, he widens rear axles, welds seats, adds back rests and leg guards, and now creates relaxation chairs, walkers, and limb therapy devices for spastic children.
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International News Service
Springfield
Ill
Elmer Overman
Overman
University of Illinois
Johnnie
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