Farm Boy's Yen For Money Makes Defense Problem
The Associated Press examines how South America's farm labor shortage driven by higher wages in oil and mining threatens hemisphere defense and economic stability. It cites Venezuela's oil boom, Contreras's social program, and the broader issue across Bolivia Chile Brazil Colombia and Argentina, urging diversified employment and investment in farms and infrastructure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Rio de Janeiro
New World
Globe
South America
Panama Canal
Llanos
Andean Hills
United States
North America
Venezuela
Caracas
Eleazar Lopez Contreras
Witchhdoctor
Juan Vicente Gomez
Roosevelt
Contreras
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
Penaranda
Chile
Peru
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Argentina
Pampas
Henry Wallace
Central Americas
Haiti
South American
Uruguary
West Virginia WPA Promises Jobs for Unemployed Labor
WPA administrator Carl Riggs said West Virginia can provide work for the average unskilled worker displaced by defense production. He noted the absence of shipyards and plane plants prompts migration, but the state offers road and airport construction opportunities. The WPA is supervising at least seven certified defense projects in the state, including four airports.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Carl Riggs
W.P.A
West Virginia
Buckley’s Canadiol Mixture Advertises Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Buckley’s CANADIOL Mixture as a triple acting cough remedy for bronchial irritations. It claims quick action loosening phlegm and easing breathing, notes American manufacture, and lists Watkins Drug Store and Buckley Drug Co. as outlets with over 10 million bottles sold.
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Buckley
Canada
Lake
America
Watkins Drug Store
Buckley Drug Co
White Cross Pharmacy
Negro Hospital May Be Taken for TNT Plant
Charleston reports the Lakin State Hospital for Negro insane could be appropriated by the War Department for use in constructing a TNT munition plant near Point Pleasant. Officials noted about 375 patients may need placement if seized, with no definite plan for release or a replacement hospital.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Lakin State Hospital
S.n.'s
Point Pleasant
State Board of Control
G. C. Robertson
War Department
Robertson
State Industrial School For
Lakin
West Virginia University Agricultural Experimental School
C. E. Kimbrough, Jr
Kimbrough
Thankful London Girl Letters Nogales Coat Aid
Kathleen Collins a 14 year old London girl whose home was bombed by Nazis sent a letter of gratitude from Nogales Ariz to Martha Matiella a Nogales high school girl who placed her name in a donated coat sleeve for Bundles for Britain The note says Londoners cannot thank the Americans enough for what they have done and are doing.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Kathleen Collins
London
Martha Matiella
Britain
Martha
Senate Committee Calls Langer Unfit for Senate Seat
The Senate elections committee condemned Senator Langer of North Dakota for moral turpitude and called for his ouster. The report cites acts of impropriety, lawlessness, and bribery connections, detailing trials, payments to the judge's son, and a 56 800 land sale. The committee recommends denying membership by a simple majority vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Langer
R-N. D
Senate
Chamber
North Dakota
Sanger
A. Lee Wyman
South Dakota
Gale Wyman
Chet Leedom
Gregory Brunk
Des Moines
Thomas Sullivan
Chicago
Great Northern Railroad Company
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