Y M C A Workers With 36th Division
Official army reports credit the Y M C A with extensive welfare work in the 246th Division. The Y M C A supplied 38 stations, ran 56 canteens, distributed 750000 papers and 20000 magazines, and organized 650 motion pictures. Women secretaries aided education and morale, with notable effects on discipline and conduct.
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San Antonio
Maurice K. Gordon
First Army Corps
Army Y. M. C. A
War Department
Jefferson Reynolds
Sherman
Texas
American Library Association
Sith
142Nd Infantry
Martha Kin
Tractors Transform Farm Work in Jefferson Davis Parish
In Jefferson Davis Parish, tractors have become essential after a wet hard winter. Farm demonstration agent H C Fendren notes lands were heavy and slow to break, but tractors surpassed mule teams in speed and efficiency. Over 200 tractors are now in operation, with about 158 small units used for seeding after plowing and disking.
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Taton Rouge
H. ¢. Fendren
How Dos Your Garden Grow Baton Rouge June 10
Garden expert Miss Norma Overley of Louisiana State University urges clearing spent crops like lettuce radish mustard and beans to make room for heat loving vegetables. She notes onion and garlic ready for storage and forecasts hot weather staples such as eggplant squash peppers melons and late corn and beans.
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Baton Royee
Norma Overley
Louisiana State University
Charles Kingsley Centenary Observed Across the Realm
Centenary celebrations honor Charles Kingsley with a three day pageant in Eversley Hampshire marking the author and rector’s memory. Pilgrimages to Westward Ho in Devon and a statue in Bideford accompany reflections on his life, works, and Christian socialist views. The note recalls Kingsley’s birth in 1819, his England influence, and his late life trip to America.
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Charles Kingsley
London
United States Kingdom
Eversley
Hampshire
Dr. Kingsley
Hypatis
Alton Locke
Yeasts
Kingsley
Arthur Eliot
Lairns
America
England
Lucas Malet
Westward Ho
Widdeford Bar
Biddsford
Senate Repeal of Federal Wire Control Clears Senate
On the eve of a national telegraphers strike both houses moved to end federal control. The Senate unanimously approved a repeal bill for telegraph and other wire lines and the House committee favored reporting legislation to end government wire control by June 30. Officials doubt major disruption from the strike, while electric workers' walkout poses greater potential impact.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House Interstate Committees
Post Office Department
Senate approves repeal bill amid telegraph wire dispute
Democratic and Republican senators supported the repeal measure while criticizing government takeover of the wires. The brief Senate debate saw the bill pass without a record vote and move to the House Interstate Commerce committee for prompt action. An amendment preserves toll rates for ninety days and another bars government control as a defense in private damage suits.
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Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Sheppard
Texas
Growth of Industrial Training in U S Manufacturing
Washington reports a steady rise in plant training departments from about two hundred last November to three hundred fifty today. Manufacturers view training as a permanent economic need, hiring practical instructors to reduce waste and speed up worker proficiency, with 90 percent of departments self supporting.
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Washington
U.S. Training Service
Department of Labor
U. S. Training Service
First Triple Alliance Formed by Britain Sweden and Holland
About 250 years ago Great Britain Sweden and Holland formed the first triple alliance to defend the Spanish Netherlands from French encroachment.
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Great Britain
Sweden
Holland
Spanish Netherlands
France
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Suiova
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