Who's News This Week Consolidated Features
Army air corps Maj. Gen. Harold L. George leads the Air Transport Command since formation last July and draws praise as a top impromptu speaker. His career spans WWI flying, ferrying planes, and overseas logistics, with postings from Kelly Field to Maxwell Field and a record of leadership in rapid transport and hospital aircraft delivery. General Penaranda leads Bolivia after democratic election in 1940, transforming from coups to orderly government. Born in La Paz, he rose from West Point to commander in chief during the Chaco War, guiding Bolivia’s military and political course.
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Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
Army Air Corps
Australia
Jules Verne
Nome
Alaska
Sonerville
Mass
National University
Cavalry
Fall
France
Clermont
163Rd
Bolivia
Hitler & Co
Enrique Penaranda
Chaco
Paraguay
Penaranda
la Paz
West Point
Mysterious Four Families Grip Martinique Power
Reports claim four white families control 247000 natives and the island’s economy under Vice Admiral Robert. They say he is pro-Robert but loyal to Vichy, with full authority in the French Antilles. Robert, 68, known for a hornet like temper, may be anti American in speeches last year at Fort de France.
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United States
Martinique
Aei Cnt
George
Pete Robert
Vichy
French Antilles
George Achilla
Marie-Joseph
Robert
Fort-de-France
Hollywood Stars and Plans Signal Postwar Screen Buzz
Hollywood gossip notes that Pola Negri returns to film in Hi Diddle Diddle with Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott stars, and Leon Schlesinger animates. John Donat debuts in This Land Is Mine while David Niven reappears in Spitfire. Ann Richards, from Australia, is cast in America, and Margaret O'Brien gains Benny’s endorsement for autograph lines.
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Pola Negri
United Artists
Adolphe
John Donat
Robert Donat
Charles .Laughton
Maureen O’hara
John
Jean Renoir
David Niven
Goldwyn
RKO Radio
Leslie Howard
Hollywood
Vidor
Brian Donlevy
Metro
America
Ann Richards
Australia
Pearl Harbor
Margaret O’brien
Margaret
Screen Guild Players
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Flying Fortress Dishes It Out
Captain Clyde B. Walker recalls a perilous mission in a Flying Fortress targeting Lorient France. Heavy flak and German FW 190s disable engines and wound crew but the bomber returns to English airspace after a brutal dogfight. Bombardier Bentinck is killed mid mission. nine crew survive and plan to fly again. The return flight passes Brest and narrowly avoids two anchored German destroyers.
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Jerry
England
Lorient
France
Bentinck
Smith
Bill Reed
Krucher
Frishholz
Flying Fortress
Bill Stroud
Stroud
Berring
Fw’s
Brest
Bugaboo of Soil Acidity Debunked by Missouri Expert
Dr. W. A. Albrecht of the University of Missouri soils department says acidity is not inherently harmful and can benefit crops with proper fertility. He notes acidity can aid calcium and phosphorus uptake, improve forage value, and that acid tolerant legumes exist only with balanced use of lime, calcium, phosphorus, and potash. The key nutrients are nitrogen phosphorus and potash, which drive growth, maturity, and disease resistance.
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W. A. Albrecht
Soils Department
University of Missouri
Dr. Albrecht
Albrecht
Prunes and Industry Growth in Pacific Coast States
The piece notes that prunes are plums with California producing French prune and Pacific states Italy varieties. California dries plums 6–10 days, Oregon and Washington 12–48 hours in evaporators, then sweating and grading. Production rises since 1870, with California leading and drying sizes from 20 to 80 per pound up to 100–120.
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Washington
Oregon
California
University of California
Pacific Coast
Agricultural Notes Emphasizes Safety For Production And War Efforts
Safety first in farms links to better production and participation in war activities. Recommend placing a first aid kit in every kitchen. Emphasize maintaining building supports to prevent sagging and distortion. Keep wood sills off ground with masonry supports.
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