Fall Garden Plan Aids Food Preservation Time
Miss Mary Claude Fletcher notes defense food effort continues through home demonstration clubs. Proving Ground area residents plan a fall garden to support canned foods and reduce family expenses, with Kart J Allen listing vegetables suited to Mason county for storage and early winter use.
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Mary Claude Fletcher
Food For Defense
Proving Ground
Kart J. Allen
Extension
Hortluttavist
Mompstein
Mr. Allen Pines
Detroit
Vanning
Jersey Wakefield
Chantenay
Social Calendar Lights Up August Events
Social calendar notes a Friday gathering with Mrs Mary Haynea at home for 6:30 pm, plus Thursday bridge games hosted by Mrs Ralph Rowton on North Pine Street where Mrs Dick White earned high guest score. Betty Losey leaving for San Francisco prompted Miss Marilyn McRie to host a companion bridge party with several local ladies attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Haynea
Thoms M. Purvis
Ralph Rowton
Contract Bridge Club
North Pine Street
Helen McRae
Dick White
Meltners
Vesey
Betty Losey
San Franeigeo
Marilyn McRie
Pitt
Fiorence Davis
Nancy Hill
Marjory Dildy
Frances Thomas
Marth White
Nancy Sue Robins
Polly Tolleson
Virginia Cassidy
Mary Wilson
Claudia Agee
Wanda Tlingsten
Little Rock
Presbyterian Organ Recital and Church Services Highlight Weekend
A Presbyterian organ recital is set for Sunday night at eight o’clock at the church, featuring Billy Wood, formerly with Shep Fields and a member of the Associated Musicians of Greater New York, with a varied program. Chaplain Lt Col. David FR. Wylie of the 105th Field Artillery will preach at ten fifty five Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian Church. All are invited. Also notes describe the Smoky Mountains’ highest peak, Clingmans Dome at 8311 feet, with nearby peak 6042 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Billy Wood
Shep Field
Associated Musicians of
Greater New York
Co. D
105Th Infantry
Koiskow
Ann Lieberstraum
Yradier
David FR. Wylie
105Th Field Artillery
First Presbyterian Church
Wylie
Behan Presbyterian Church
New York City
Roosevelt says Byrd figures wrong on defense output
President Roosevelt at a press conference rebutted Sen. Bird’s claim that defense production lagged. He noted War Department checks show Bird wrong in all categories except planes, and he criticized the source of the senator’s figures. He also cited the Netherlands East Indies land and water area as roughly equal to the continental United States.
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Hyde Park
Sehater Bird
Roosevelt
Sen. Bird
Washington
War Department
Bird
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Another Ship Burns in N. Y.
A fire of mysterious origin aboard the stranded Finnish ship Aurora raged for five hours at Hudson river anchorage. The crew of 18 was largely rescued by police and private boats as the vessel listed and was beached on the New Jersey shore. No sabotage evidence was found by FBI and local police. six more deaths were reported from last Monday’s Brooklyn waterfront blaze, bringing the toll to 25 with eight missing.
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New York
Aurora
Pricay
Hudson River
Brooklyn
Panuco
New Jersey
Inglewood Cliffs
FBI
Government to Buy Lespedeza Seed for Farmers
The Agriculture Department said it will purchase up to 3 million pounds of lespedeza seed for distribution among farmers cooperating with the AAA soil conservation program in Southern and Eastern Central sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
AAA
Pea Ridge Hosts War Veterans Reunion
Rogers American Legion East plans a two day war veterans reunion near the Pea Ridge battlefield on September 11 and 12. Winton Springs off Highway 62 north of Rogers will serve as the central point for festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pea Ridge Battlefield
Rogers American Legion
Winton Springs
Highway 62
Rogers
Edson on U S Aircraft Criticism and P-40 Origins
An amateur aviation essay reviews why American bombers earned praise while fighters drew fire. It traces the P-40’s troubled reception by Britain, France, Norway, and Sweden, noting misapplied equipment, French radios, and wrong pilots. The piece explains early P-40 flaws, then outlines successive U model enhancements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Army
Britain
U. S
Norway
Sweden
France
Martinique
Mediterranean
Amy
Direct 1941 Cotton Loans Issued Through CCC
Cotton loans for 1941 will be made directly by the Commodity Credit Corporation via approved agencies. County clerks designated by the county Triple-A committees will execute notes and loan forms. Fees scale per bale apply, average loan rate set at 14.02 cents per pound for 7-8 inch middling cotton with parity 16.49 cents for August 1. Loans run to July 31, 1942, available until May 1, 1942, secured by warehouse receipts from CCC-approved warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Oliver L. Adams
Russians Claim Unbroken Strength Reported on War Front
Russians assert continued unbroken strength in their forces while omitting Germany's losses. The Moscow communique notes large Soviet withdrawals under Luftwaffe pressure as Budyonny's southwest armies retreat eastward across the Dnieper rivers.
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Germany
Ukraine
Moscow
Marshall Budyonny
Dnieper
Promotion at Jefferson Barracks for Horace D. Curtis
Horace D. Curtis Private First Class was promoted by Lt Col Raymond R. Brown at Jefferson Barracks Missouri upon recommendation of his squadron commander. Authorities cited soldierly qualities and duty. The rest is unrelated geography note about Chicago’s coral foundation.
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Raymond R. Brown
Officas
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Horace D. Curtis
H. G. Curtis
McCaskill, Ark
Curtis
P-40s Show Major Advances in Fighter Design
The text compares P-40 variants with earlier models and notes seven basic improvements over the P-40. It lists Lockheed P-38 and Bell P-39 as faster than 400 mph and mentions P-40s in action in Syria against Germany, arguing U.S. factories can produce strong pursuit planes and calling critics fifth columnists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Haynes and Guest Here for Week End Visit
Charles A. Haynes of West Second Street returns from Dallas Aviation School with guest Jack E. Moore for a week end visit before resuming studies in civil aviation at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Haynes
Charles A. Haynes
West Second Street
Dallas Aviation School
Jack E. Moore
Tex
Ocean bottom yields rainbow mud from ancient times
New pigments found in mud cores from ocean bottoms by Denis L. Fox and Lloyd J. Anderson of Scripps Institute show green chlorophyll chemicals and carotenoids in pink pigments. Samples from depths up to thousands of feet reveal ancient layers, with one deep Mexican mud estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
National Academy of Sciences
Denis L. Fox
Lloyd J. Anderson
Scripps Institution of Oceano+graphy
Jolla
Calif
Mexico
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