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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
7
USO will continue through 1946 and until December 31 1947 to complete wartime demobilization and reconversion services. President Kimball announced a fall fundraising drive to cover minimum service needs through 1947. Ike and Nimitz sent messages urging continued support for postwar USO services and programs for veterans and troop families.
The Future Homemakers of America surpass 200 000 members across 45 states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The movement coordinates high school home economics clubs under national and regional leadership with a creed, colors, emblem, and motto Toward New Horizons.
The piece argues that success in sports hinges mainly on material quality rather than coaching. It cites Connie Mack and Frank Chance to show leaders rarely lift teams from bottom to top, noting college response from Oklahoma A&M praising a strong all around program across football, basketball, and wrestling.
Crochet patterns offer a Midriff Play Suit for ages 3 4 5 with a buttoned top and square neck. Also advertised are Lacy Pineapple Dolly and Minnie Dolly doilies with pineapple motifs and pattern numbers 5131 5132 and 5530, cost 20 cents each.
USO marked five years of service from February 4, 1941 to February 4, 1945 with vast reach. At peak one million served daily, total 1.1 billion served, 178 overseas units, 30,035 operations, and 5.8 million monthly expenditures. Overseas club attendance surpassed 104.8 million. 50 million mobile services and 19.5 million individual services by 131 Travelers Aid units. 700 shows daily by 4,900 entertainers. 739,000 volunteers in June 1943, totaling 165 million volunteer hours. Public contributions reached 200 million dollars supporting 14 million service members and veterans.
Jake Jones from Monroe Louisiana rose to the White Sox after leaving college for the Texas league. In 1941 he was called to the big club but war interrupted his playing career as he enlisted in naval aviation. A fellow aviator praised him as a great guy and one of the best fliers seen aboard the Fighting Lady, one of the carrier air groups in the war.
The article notes the vast volume of law in the United States with roughly 40,000 federal, 420,000 state, and 2,700,000 municipal statutes enacted since 1900, along with about 1,200,000 judicial decisions published.
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