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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
7
More than eleven thousand of Americas Indians have left reservations to join the armed forces and a larger number participate in war work. Indian affairs estimates war bond sales near two million dollars and notes 36 200 victory gardens planted in 1942.
In Enid Oklahoma Garth Underkoffler sought to meet army height limits by growing an inch in half an hour. Private Jack Wheeler, the recruiter, mistook him for younger than twenty and initially weighed him as underweight. After a joke about growing taller, Underkoffler returned with the extra height and was accepted into the army.
The Sando bridge over the Angerman River in Sweden opens, featuring a concrete main span of about 866 feet, the world’s longest of the material. It links Stockholm with Haparanda eliminating the final ferry crossing between the points at the Swedish Finnish border.
The census bureau reports U S lumber production last year reached its peak since 1929. Oregon remained the top producer, together with Washington, supplying 34.6 percent of the total output.
At CAMP ROBINSON Arkansas Fred Rich of the West Texas New Mexico league earned a long awaited recognition. He passed the eye test with perfect vision while a fan accompanying him failed on the big letter E. The scene turned the season’s taunts into a personal victory for Rich and the unnamed spectator.
Technology Review notes that magnetism stems from electrons around the nucleus and that electron arrangements vary across the periodic table. When atoms form solids or compounds, outer electron patterns shift, altering magnetic properties and influencing other traits like conductivity color and thermal expansion.
Wartime guidance urges housewives to “make do” with washable paints and renew old surfaces. Begin by dusting walls moldings and casings with a long-handled brush, then wash with soap and water to restore brightness.
In 1891 Captain M E Dunlap bought the McLean house where Lee and Grant met to discuss surrender. He planned a Chicago World’s Fair war museum but razed the building in 1893. Plans from 1893 were acquired by the interior department and the National Park Service plans to reconstruct the site after archeological work reveals details.
East bound trains cross the Medjerda at Djedeida and roll toward Tunis. The route passes the Carthage arches restored by Moors, then along the Tunis plain to Le Bardo with its historic bey and harem palaces. Building materials from ruined structures aid harbor improvements in Tunis.
Private M. D. James C. Green, 32, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, practiced for five years at North Mississippi Community Hospital in Tupelo, performing about 300 operations before joining the army. He is now at Camp Berkeley Texas Medical Replacement Training Center learning splints and tourniquet use after being turned down at the Fourth Service Command in Atlanta for asthma.
The lesson examines how Peter and John became followers of Jesus through testimony and personal encounter, highlighting Andrew’s role, the necessity of a personal decision, and the call to become fishers of men for today’s believers. The author urges decisive action to bring others to Christ and train them for witness.
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