See It From Above The Land We Live On
Aerial observers describe soil erosion across Kansas and Colorado, noting how pilots study terraces ponds and soil color from the air. The piece urges public interest in soil conservation and the value of shelter belts, terracing, and aerial surveys for planning and awareness.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Art
Arthur V. Burrowes
News-Press
St. Joseph
Air Transport Command
Abilene
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Burrowes
Missouri
Art Burrowes
Missouri River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
America
Everglades
Florida
New England
Virginia
Oklahoma
Alabama
Georgia
Ohio
Halsey National Forest
Halsey
Neb
United States
UNRRA Support Seen as Global Test of Cooperation
Washington column argues UNRRA funding hinges on trust in collective security. It warns against reservations that could derail aid to postwar Europe, noting US share and Allied responsibilities, while stressing the need to overcome isolationist sentiment to prevent chaos and totalitarian pull.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
London
Russia
Far East Advisory Commission
Argentina
Europe
UNRRA
Congress
Unrra&a
U.S
Sven
GNRRA
United States
Food Board
Eisenhower’s early party ties emerge in Abilene tale
The article recalls Dwight Eisenhower's youth in Abilene Kansas where he spoke at a Democratic banquet in 1909 while still a teenager. It notes his early Democratic leanings and the cross party endorsements he received to pursue West Point, highlighting a complex party affiliation before his later national role.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Dewey
Dwight Eisenhower
GOP
West Point
Kansas
Joseph P. Bristow
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Abilene
Kan
J. W. Howe
Emporia
Howe
Abilene News
Dwight
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Phil W. Heath
Abilene Chronicle
Charles M .Harger
Abilene Reflector
Heath
Harger
Abilene High School
George H. Bodges
Europe
Ike Eisenhower
Ike
Iké
Allen
Randolph Field and the BT-14 in RAF training memory
Thousands of men trained with the RAF at Randolph Field and first surveyed Texas from the BT-14. Randolph Field, claimed as Uncle Sam's West Point of the Air, expanded training early in 1940 and continues to train RAF personnel even after the war.
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RAF
Randolph Field
Texas
Uncle Sam
West Point
Air
Randolph
Barbs and ripples of a changing world in brief
Three wheeled teardrop cars powered by airplane engines head toward a price around one thousand dollars. DDT advocates push for more use. About 800 laborers in 26 shoe factories join strikers as the day’s mood turns unsettled. The department of justice holds 97 million fingerprint cards, including mine. Rubber makers promise a revolution in sports wear, curtains and wall coverings with coatings resisting water oil and grease.
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Laster
Lamps to Make Us Christmas Gifts
To create a memorable gift a lamp with shade is ideal. Use Pattern 287 for bases and shades and Pattern 288 for decorating the child’s shade. Patterns cost 15c postpaid. Send orders to:
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Edward Emerine Win
Scottsbluff
North Platte Valley
Mitchell
Hall
Abandon Ranch
R. T. Cline
Brandon
Colo
Rupp
Dick Cline
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Rupps
Ira
Carraville
Calhan
Robert G. Simmons
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Nebraska
Bob Simmons
Rilo Grande
Hampton
Livingston County
Kentucky
Louis Bromfield
Sahara
Gobi
Chicagos
New Yorks
Ford
General Motors
Allied Relief Agency
Baukhage
World Organization
Bankhage
Department of Justice
Shaw
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Hanny
Caldwell
B. F. Goodrich
All-Synthesis
Silvertown
Pavenger
Creomullion
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