State Deer Trapping Area in Howard County
Arkansas news notes a deer restoration program in Howard County and Sylamore district. The Howard tract, 720 acres fenced eight feet high, began as federal aid in 1941 and has moved 104 deer to other areas. Since 1944, Sylamore has trapped 555 deer, totaling 659 from both areas, with deer numbers rising to about 2,500 in the county by mid-1945.
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Paul Rosenfield eLitle
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas
Howard County
Sylamore
Olark National Forest
Stone County
Commission
Virginia
Game and Fish Commission
Enoura Prison Ship Photos Surface in Formosa
The battered hulk at Takao Harbor in Formosa is the former Japanese prison ship Enoura. In December 1944 it was heavily damaged by American bombers while carrying U.S. prisoners from Manila, leaving 483 dead and fewer than 500 survivors. The image, by Harlow Church, is the first Formosa shot by a U.S. photographer since 1936.
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Takao
Formosa
U.S
Manila
Japan
Harlow Church
NEA Acme Far Eastern
U. S
Occidentals
Severed Hands and Foot Found Near Lebanon Creek
On April 1 in Lebanon Indiana two human hands and a foot were found on a creek bank. Police sought two men who fled in a black sedan after a brush fire near Advance. Sheriff McCormick and Investigator Richardson said the hands appeared human and belonged to a woman. the foot was badly burned. The discovery prompted theories of a recent killing.
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Lebanon
Ind
Culy
Frank McCormick
Howard Troth
McCormick
Advance
Troth
Ernest Richardson
Equal Job Rights Mixed Blessing
Memphians report heavy lifting and long hours as women workers, including Rosie the riveter figure, cope with tougher chores at the Memphis Ford plant. Despite wartime equality promises, heavier tasks strain workers like Jennie Murphy, earning $1.28 per hour, with unions and management favoring seniority over sex. CIO officials plan talks to seek relief for Rosie and others, while pilots and aircraft work have faded from the scene.
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Tonn
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Automobile Assembly
Ford
Fet
Jennie Lee Murhay
Murphy
Rasié
Rosie
United Auto Workers
Uncle Sam
Survivors of Malmedy massacre testify before Dachau trial
Six survivors of the Malmedy massacre, among nearly 100 American POWs, returned to Germany to witness and testify at the Dachau trial opening in May. They described the field where captives were machine gunned, some escaping by feigning death, and named witnesses including Virgil Lury and Samuel Dobyns.
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Malmery Imassi
Stars and Stripes
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Dachau
Virgil P. Lury
Lexington
Ymar D. Ford
Leeton, Co
Sarmuel Dobyns
Sandusky
Ohio
Carl R. Daub
Colebrook
Kenneth E. Kingstone
Allentown
Kenneth P. Ahrens
Eric
U. S
United States
Hal Boyle
Naples
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Italy
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Africa
Rome
Mussolini
Paris
Extension of Draft Raises Pay to Avert Mass Induction
Washington reports the Senate Military Affairs Committee backed a one year draft extension with a cap on inductions and supported bills to raise service pay to attract volunteers. The House Military Affairs Committee urged a nine month draft extension while a House Subcommittee approved graduated pay raises up to a0 percent for privates, preferring a smaller increase over a 400 raise.
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Furs
Senate Military Affairs
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Armed Services
House
Army and Navy Strength Projections For July 1947
The report states total army strength above the estimated requirements of 1,550,000 men on July 1 this year and 1,070,000 on July 4, 1947. It notes similar provisions would raise the navy to 548,000 and the marine corps to 18,000 by July 1, 1947.
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Marine Corps
Washington
Truman
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House Ways and Means
Senate Aims to Hold Bikini Tests While Limiting Ships
Senate Naval Affairs Committee, aligned with President Truman, backs holding the Bikini Island atom tests but argues over the number of ships to be used. Vice Admiral Blandy suggests 74 ships, including one aircraft carrier and five submarines, with 34 ships outside the bomb’s effective range to measure blast effects. Some senators push to cancel tests, while others demand minimal ship loss for essential data.
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Senate Naval Affairs Committee
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Bikini Island
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W. H. P. Blandy
Navy
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Owas
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Scott Lucas
Huffman
Columbus
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Valeri
Sen
Leverett
Thomas C. Hart
Cann
U. S
Prinz Eugen
Nagato
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