DOS NOTES and Dog Tricks Highlight Pet Intelligence
A Des Moines case shows a collie misused as a paper draftee when a bakery bill led to a misread note. The dog delivered a paper to the bakery and prompted the owner to reconsider his training. Also advice on keeping flies from dogs ears with a 10 percent ointment and a claim dogs see colors as humans do, with a test sample of a red flag matching a rag color.
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Jes Walker
Des Moines
Walker
Ron
Keeping Dogs From Victory Gardens
Readers asked how to prevent dogs from destroying victory gardens. Simple solutions include paprika sprinkled on soil, dog-repellent liquids, or a high nearly invisible chicken wire fence around beds. The guidance notes fences are effective and inexpensive, allowing both dogs and gardens to coexist.
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Victory Gardens
Mosquitoes Prefer Dogs Over Humans in Tests
Tests show mosquitoes bother dogs more than people and will bite dogs over humans when given a choice. During warm nights dogs near people attract many mosquitoes, drawing insects away from their human companions.
Why Dogs Chew Soap and Licensing for Pups
A reader asks why a dog eats soap and whether a female foxhound needs anything for whelping. The answer notes dogs may chew soap despite human distaste and that many do so. licensing for dogs is required after six months in some states.
Eichelberger’s Veteran Staff Backing Tokyo Invasion Plan
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger commands an experienced Eighth Army staff built from the core of his earlier Second and Sixth Army teams. Most officers served together through amphibious campaigns from Australia to the Philippines, with Maj. Gen. Clovis E. Byers as chief of staff and Col. Melton A. Hatch listed among key personnel. The unit’s depth and continuity mark them as top planners should American forces reach Tokyo.
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Richard Bergholz
Manila
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Eichelberger
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Sixth Army
Ben Lear
Second Army
Siberia
U. S
Army
Philippine Department
Far East
War Department
Clovis E. Byers
Columbus
Ohio
Michelberger
Byers
77Th
Col. Melton A. Hatch
Fourth Ave
Hendersonville
N. C
English shipowner’s son travels with caviar on U S trip
In Chicago, William Anthony Furness, heir to an English shipping family, rode a train from Los Angeles toward the east. Photographers aboard learned his box contained caviar, providing a gourmet ace in the hole for dining car adventures.
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Chicago
William Anthony Furness
Los Angeles
Russian Officer Declines Mint Julip In Deep South
In New Orleans a visiting Russian naval officer refused the traditional mint julep, removing the mint before drinking, illustrating clash of customs during his southern tour.
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New Orleans
Service record notes Sgt Hale in World War II
Vision describes Hale's wartime journey through western Germany to Leipzig where the 777th tank battalion halted. It notes his pre service employment at Fairfield Bethlehem Shipyard in Baltimore Maryland.
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Lela Key
Centennial Vaenue
Monthey Avenue
Hale
777Th
69Th Division
Bulge
101St Airborn
Germany
Leipzig
Fairfield-Bethlehem Shipyard
Baltimore
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MGA
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Ofial Communication Red Apprentice Sponse
Callen
Eng
L. F. Ferree
Washington
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Bean's Shoe Shop
South Main Street
Lennox Steel Furnaces
Fairbanks-Morse
ESSO
S. Wrenn St
North Main ST
Sgt
Robert Hale
Pacific
Robert E. Hale
A.O.A
Sears
Babies
Waterfall Front Desk
Bac
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Washington ST
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