Mercury Industry Surges in South Arkansas War Demand
South Arkansas blooms with cinnabar mines and mercury plants meeting wartime needs. Mercury powers explosives and control instruments. production expands after imports faltered in 1938 and 1940 exports waned. Olefined by small retort plants, deep shafts, and local labor, the industry projects long-term supply and growing markets.
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Spain
South
Arkansas
Europe
United States
U. S
America
Amity
Murfreesboro
New York
Southwest
Arkansas Hills
Cleaning Plant Named for Head Of Company
The Mc Kamie Gas Cleaning company purification plant at Lerch Ark is named for F. H. Lerch Jr., president of the new company with offices in New York. An echo sounder device is being used by British Columbia Packers Ltd to locate large fish schools off Vancouver Island.
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McKamie Gas Cleaning Company
Carter Oil Company
Lerch
Ark
F. H. Lerch Jr
Mr. Lerch
New York
British Columbia Packers, Letd
Vancouver
B. C
Rural Electrification Lifts South Arkansas Farms
South Arkansas farmers gain electricity via co-ops and power companies, backing a wartime push to aid the Axis fight. Over 50,000 Arkansas farms now enjoy rural electrification through government cooperatives and business firms, a result of Harvey Couch’s initiatives and the Self-Help Plan enabling farmers to build lines and wire homes with company supervision.
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South Arkansas
Arkansas
Harvey Couch
America
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Mr. Couch
Power Company
Rural Development Dept Aims to Help Farmers Maximize Crops
Mr Couch’s company set up a rural development department with experts in all farm operations. The free services teach latest planting and harvesting methods to boost production and cut costs and help farmers adopt better marketing to obtain higher prices. Continued on page seven.
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Howard County
Pike
Clark County
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Harvey C. Couch
Stamps
Pioneer Construction Co
Alvern, Arkansas
McKamie Gas Cleaning Co
Columbia Gas Cleaning Co
E Dorado and Wesson Railway Company
EL Dorado, Arkansas
Stamps, Arkansas
Nehring Electrical Works
DE Kalb, Illinois
Crossett, Arkansas
Crossett Lumber Company
Crossett
Crossett Industries
Perad Pee
Peart
Per Ereven
Peet
Cee and
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