Vacancies Open in Army Service Recruiters Announce Open Posts
Sergeants McNemar and Gaillard list three year enlistment openings in regular army at 64th Engineers topographical unit and 1st Ordnance Company Fort Benning Georgia High school graduates only. Also 52nd Ordnance Battalion and Air Corps MacDill Field Tampa Florida with equivalent education or journeyman artillery rating. A total of 43 seamen enlisted in November. Numerous names listed from Fort McPherson Fort Moultrie Panama Canal Zone and MacDill Field among others.
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McNemar and Gaillard
64Th Engineers
1St Ordnance Company
Fort Benning
52Nd Ordnance Battalion
Air Corps
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Joe Leavins
Ollila
Ernest C. Perkins
West Monroe
13Th Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Moultrie
5S. C
Talmade E. Allen
Desert blooms on Rikers Island tree nursery plan
New York City officials convert 50 acre Riker's Island site from former refuse dump into a tree nursery. The park department projects 25,000 trees a year grown by short term inmates of the prison.
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New York
Riker's Island
United States
92 Year Old Monroe Man Seeks WWI Service
Richard Windsor known as Uncle Dick, age 92, arrives at the Monroe recruiting office to offer his service to Uncle Sam. He notes 12 of his 20 children served in World War I, but age disqualifies him by 57 years. His family includes twins, triplets, and two sets of twins, with one son eligible next year.
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Uncle Dick
Uncle Sam
Richard
Uncle Lack) Windsor
Monroe
France
Willie
William
James
Jimmie
Ameal
Archie
Lafayette
George
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Minerals Board Seeks Bids On State Oil and Gas Lands
Baton Rouge November 30 The state minerals board advertised for bids to be opened December 19 on oil and gas rights to more than 18 000 acres of state lands. Tracts include Lafourche St Landry St Martin Iberia La Salle Terrebonne parishes with extensive bayou and lake bottoms listed.
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Baton Rouge
State Minerals Board
Lafourche Parish
West Fork
St. Landry
St. Martin
Iberia Parish
Earth and Venus Near Identical in Size
A historical note states the earth and Venus are nearly the same size with Venus having a diameter about 327 miles smaller than Earth's. This comparison emphasizes their comparable scales in early astronomy discussions.
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Earth
Venus
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Odis N. Lenard
Lent W. Carrero
Fred M . Columbia
Seycester B. McKnight
Rarl A. Marrel
Delhi
William QO. Jackson
Rayville
Minerals Board
Grand Lake
Grant
LaSalle Parishes
Little River
LaSalle Parish
Catahoula Lake
Old River
Big Bay
Cowpen Bayou
Duck Lake
French Park
Mason’s Branch
Hemphill Creek
Catahoula
Grant, Rapides and
LaSalle Sristy
Big Saline Bayou
Clear Bayou
Terrebonne Parish
Bisck Bayou
Titus Taries
HOLC
Ion
Lillian Davis
Texhide
Rape Hei 'Na
Specia Wards
Montgomery Ward
AR Monroe
North Third ST
Holc Brecker
Asn
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