Arkansas farmers urged to plant bur clover and winter legumes
The county agent Oliver L. Adams says 1943 nitrogen crop gains exceed 1942 and advises Arkansas farmers to seed bur clover and winter legumes. Plant late July or early August for clover seed, broadcast 5 to 6 bushels per acre, or 10 bushels if drilled. Mix burs with well-rotted manure 1 to 10 and place in pasture beds. Additional guidance from Agricultural Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Oliver L. Adams
Hempstead
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
Waste Fats Are Needed Waste Fats Are Needed
Marguerite Young explains the U S war fats salvage program urging Americans to save pan drippings, fry fats and used oils for rendering. By selling waste fats to butchers, the national larder strengthens while supporting munitions and home needs. The article urges careful saving of drippings from roasts and frying fats for tomorrow’s cooking and war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Young
NEA
New York
Uncle Sam
Erbcan
Philippine Islands
United Nations
Sam
Uncle Sara
Outlook for Smaller Wartime Industries Not Very Bright
Washington: On the last of a series on wartime business problems, James Marlow and William Pinkerton assess the grim outlook for smaller plants outside the war effort. WPB says one in eight manufacturing firms may close, with mortality possibly higher. The Smaller War Plants Corporation and subsidies are debated, as raw materials limits and a pound for pound war return guide policy. Donald M. Nelson warns funds are for boosting essential wartime output, not charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
William Pinkerton
Washington
WPB
War Plants Corporation
SWPC
America
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Philip D. “Reed
General Electric
Waste fats fuel war industry boosted by small firms
The piece details wartime fat and glycerine use, urging households to save and sell kitchen fats to support U.S. and United Nations forces. It outlines Nelson’s four war production fields: concentration of production, sub contracting, pools, and conversion, plus suggested government aid to small plants facing shutdown or material shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United Nations
SWPC
Nelson
War Production Association
WPB
Army
Navy
Now Is Time to Make Demands by Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett urges married teachers in a southern state to return to work after a strike of ten matrimony bound women teachers. The appeal targets the largest city’s female faculty and warns that marriage leads to dismissal or permanent career setback.
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Ruth Millett
Capital Is a Real Madhouse by Jack Stinnett
Washington official recounts a brutal shift from Wall Street power to wartime government duty. He describes bewildering Bureaucracy, misdirected aides, and the fog of official life in the capital. He notes how former contacts and names of his secretaries became useless in this new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Geacly
Wall Street
Potomac
New York
WER
OEM
Lowell Mellett
Information Bureau
White House
The
Treasury
Mearning
Tin
Timbuctoo
Nate
Fury
Seeretarlés
Hin
Married teachers urged to return only where rights respected
The piece argues married women teachers must demand full rights before resuming work. It condemns communities that fired or would fire them for marrying, urging a firm stand to secure democratic equality and job security across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Tank
Oil and Gas Filings and Royalty Deeds Across Multiple Sites
A compiled notice lists numerous oil and gas filings including mineral deeds and royalty deeds dated July 1942. Transactions involve multiple owners and properties in sections and townships near Reeves and surrounding counties, with consignments to Lion Oil Refining Co and Charles G. Johnson among others. The report closes with a RAF communique noting Axis losses on Aegean theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Eunice Triplett
Eilie B. Wood
Wood
J. Warreco Murphy
George Noland
Henry Zarrow
Simon Lebow
Sec
Rue
West
Jt. Brown Cutbirth
Denman Moody
St of
Rye
J. C. Thompson
Sallount Oil Company
Nis
Johnnie Stephens
Fred Downey
Sing
Ree
Thomas M. Green
NEW
Lillian B. Marsh
A. J. Wheelington
Lizzie Wheelington
Gracie Armstrong Phillips
Lo J. C. Thompson
W. N. Hooper
P. R. Rutherford
Ney
F. R. Rutherford
Chorus girls scarce amid war casting crisis
London producer Jack Hyston says wartime has caused a shortage of chorus girls. He notes difficulties in casting for two of his plays and states only about 25 percent of applicants are suitable for chorus roles.
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London
Jack Hyston
Society Notes From Prescott Weekend Guests
Society items note Miss Jennie Mildred McRae’s Monday departure for Dallas to stay with Miss Del Clardy. Wallace Warmack of McAllen arrived to visit Mr. and Mrs. Owen Waters. Mrs. Ton Duke hosted her son Fred Dale and Mrs. Duke of Mena for the weekend. Alvin Hardin of Camden visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Daniel. Margaret Lindall Bobby Kirkpatrick Elizabeth Harrison Hannah Sue Duffey of Mulgery traveled to Prescott to stay with Miss Lenora Lee. H. B. Belamar and family visited friends in Texarkana on Sunday. Field Weaver of Nashville and Mrs. Weaver are guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Weaver. J. H. Bomis spent the weekend in Lite Reck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Mildred McRae
Dilas
del Clardy
Wallace Warmack
McAllen
Texas
Owen Waters
Ton Duke
Fred Dale
Duke
Mena
Alvin Hardin
Camden
J. E. Daniel
Margaret Lindall
Bobby Kirkpatrick
Elizabeth Harrison
Hannah Sue Duffey
Mulge
I Became a Clown Under the Big Top for One Night
Writer Ray Peacock recounts a single transformative night inside Ringling Brothers circus. He portrays Felix Adler and a team of performers, describing the surreal shift of identity, the daunting challenge of painting a new face, and the attempt to assimilate into the show’s chaotic energy. The piece blends memoir with circus lore and ends with a note on a dental oddity and a separate statistic about lumber purchases by railroads.
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Ray Peacock
Melix Adler
MD Beong
Pennsylvania
Ringling Brothers
Darhun & Bailey
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Army Air Force
Wright Field
Dayton
Jie
Aeronca
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Koun
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
L. L. Mitchell
J. B. Slivey
F. F. Meadows
Hunt Oil Co
Lulu Martin
Lulu Martin Et al
Lion Oil Refining Co
O. H. Adams
T. C. Brantley
Charles G. Johnson
W. M. Crain
C. R. Hamilton
R. C. Casey
NW SE
C. R. Iamilton
Louie Pelt
J. B. Silvey
J. W. May
R. L. Wesson Et Ux
SW SW
T. J. Buybaree Dux
SESW
Valletta
Malta
RAF
Mediterranean
Ford
Carver
Henry Ford
George Washington Carver
Ford Laboratories
Prescott
Camp Rosinsot
John Hendrix Sewell
Webb Butcher
Joh Theron Honea
Frank Clifton Stuart
Lenn Dewitt Otwell
William Henry Almand
Raymond Doyle Jordin
Willis Herge McAteer
Harvey Hicks Hurst
Tillman Parks Armond
Norman Whitaker Jr
Lester P. Martin
Wille Talley
Blanc Thebault
Clarence Petty
Arthur Salan Cross
Howard Samuel Virden
Walter Lee
Cural Newton Wicker
Tiam Clifton Blackmon
Don William Cummings
Teddy Olen May
Clarence Monroe Pipkin
Gilbert Franklin Morris
Berlin Manning Smith
Ervity Madlock
Clin Thompson
Hubert Hays Willis
Charles Edward Walters
Mazatlan
Mexico
D.t.’S
Simpalicu
Bes
Roy Peax Vous
Wide World Pecitures
Eircus Ife
Felix Adier
Clown the Pony
Pelix
Frankie Saluto
Paul Harumpo
Atchison
Kas
United States
Trailroads
Talbot
Family
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