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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1946
Page
8
A simple set of shelves with a cut-out frame adds distinction to a room. Pattern 264 provides complete directions and an actual size cutting guide for the frame, shown here, with curves that can be cut by hand or power saw. Send 15 cents with name and address to obtain the pattern.
In World War I only the collier Cyclops vanished without trace due to no radio. In the recent conflict four U S naval vessels with radios disappeared mysteriously the destroyers Jarvis Pillsbury and Edsall and the gunboat Asheville.
The Red Feather marks a nationwide drive by Community Chests to support orphans, the aged, the blind, and the sick. Cleveland leads with a October campaign targeting 4.88 million dollars for 100 agencies, while Chicago and Philadelphia boost youth services and child care.
Veterans form Farragut College and Technical Institute Inc to use surplus naval station facilities for education and housing. They raise an initial 250000 dollar fund with contributions from veterans groups, private clubs, and citizens, hiring Dr. Joseph H. Kusner to lead a faculty and obtain Idaho state charter. The campus sits beside Lake Pend Oreille in Farragut offering liberal arts and technical courses for up to 15000 students.
Chicago report from the Middle West Soil Improvement committee says erosion costs the United States about 3.844 billion dollars annually. Wind and water remove 21 times as much plant food as crops sold, with nearly one billion acres needing soil conservation to protect productivity and avoid fertility exhaustion.
Fall rains eased a Texas drought with unusual effects. In Aspermont water sold for a dollar per barrel while the Salt fork of the Brazos swung from dry to 25 000 cubic feet per second. Lower Colorado reservoirs evaporated more than inflow as Wichita Falls prepared a 100 000 acre foot extra reservoir but the Little Wichita river branch failed to fill it.
Tooele Utah depot destroys thousands of unserviceable explosives from American German and Japanese stocks. Depot officers place about 50 tons of explosives in a crater and detonate them in a controlled blast.
WNU Washington Bureau reports Henry Wallace promoted a business county agent system to push small business aid. 33 of 50 offices already open, linking with chambers of commerce to provide management, marketing, and data services. Harriman, Wallace’s successor, is seen as favorable to big business, but the program's future remains unclear. The article also notes speculation over a government anti trust suit against western railroads, with Harriman as Union Pacific director and former railroad committee chair.
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