British farm leaders gauge war’s impact on food drive
Robert Rae new agricultural attache discusses Britain's wartime farming. He notes dry winter, early spring, and rise from 34 to about 70 percent of food produced domestically. James Scott Watson links American machinery help and TVA phosphate aid to Britain’s harvest aims through 1947.
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Britain
Robert Rae
Washington
University of Reading
England
James A. Scott Watson
Rae
Scott Watson
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ministry of Agriculture
Geof
Evans Scholars Help Cadets Amid War Effort At Northwestern
Chick Evans, famed amateur golfer, funds Evans scholarships at Northwestern for caddies who served or are in the military. Since 1930, 62 caddies have received aid, with 23 in college at wartime start and 3 remaining in school. The program, boosted by Western Golf Association gifts, honors Evans’s wartime ideals and his lasting amateur legacy.
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Chick Evans
Chick
Evans Scholars
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Chicago
Evans
Northwestern
Western Golf Association
Pearl Harbor
James McGinnis
Air Service Command
India
Harold Fink
Navy
Cover Girl Dance Craze Returns With Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly
Hollywood observes a new dance wave led by Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl as the studio era revisits the swing era of Irene and Vernon Castle. The piece recalls past dance icons Mae Murray Rudolph Valentino and Ginger Rogers while noting Toymanova Zorina and Ann Miller as later stars. The article also references Mark Twain and Walt Disney as cultural figures connected to the era's showmanship.
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America
Vernon Castles
Rita Hayworth
Gene Kelly
Deb
Irene
Vernon Castle
Vernon
Hollywood
Mae
Murray
Nell Brinkley
Bob Leonard
George Fitzmaurice
Rudolph ‘Valentino
Rex Ingram
Joan Crawford
Coconut Grove
Dolores del Rio
Genie Raymond
Rio
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Jerome Kern
Roberta
Terpsichore
Toumanova
Russian Ballet
Zorina
Baronova
Ann Miller
Ginder
Columbia
Kay Kyser
Joey
Rita
Gene
Mark Twain
Julia Marlowe
E. H. Sothern
Walt Disney’s
Saludos Amigos
Disney
Man Quoted Over Cinder Injury At Rail Office
A traveler confronts a railroad official after a cinder injures his eye and costs $5 for medical care. The official dismisses the complaint, saying the cinder was not the traveler’s property and no action will be taken.
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Barrow Lyons
Western Newspaper Union
The
Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinal
Walker Cooper
Billy Southworth
Mort Cooper
Lanier
Brecheen
Emil Verban
Lou Klein
Cubs
Charlie Grimm
Andy Phillips
Ilinois
John L. Sullivan
San Francisco
Larry Snyder
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Ching’’ Johnson
New York Rangers
Los Angeles
Holland
Germany
Ike
Kepford
USNR
Muskegon
Mich
U. S
United Kingdom
King of the Banjo
Navy Coucir
Eddie Peabody
South Pacific
Tarawa
James V. Forrestal
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Forrestal
Knox
London
Hoovers
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Herbert Hoover
New York
Boys’ Clubs of America
Clice
Charlie .Grimm
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
I Hollywood
Waltz King and
Queen
Boko
Jonestown
Creek Precision
Mechanic St
Silver Creek, Nee
United States
Leon Garrett
Independence
WILLIAM _H. JACKSON, A. B
Howard Street
Port Huron
Michigan
Dr. Hitchcock
Atlanta
Fred Palmer
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carboil
Ite Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
WNU
Doans
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