Postwar Plan to Make Gas and Coal From Farm Wastes
A plan to produce world gasoline and later coal from farm crop wastes forest weeds and seaweeds was presented to the American Chemical Society. Dr B Berl of Carnegie Tech outlined an underground process with hydrogen addition yielding hydrocarbons and a diesel-like fuel. Other talks proposed fermenting grain and using solvents to obtain butadiene for synthetic rubber, highlighting diverse postwar energy ideas.
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Ilkoward W. Blakeslee
Sulenen Katlor
Cleveland
American Chemical Society
B. Berl
Carnenle Inpele of Technology
Pittsburgh
Ling
Hurl
Ee Ie
England
Africa
Berl
Tefmer
United States
Donald F. Othmer
The
Polytechnic Institute
Brooklyn
Wool in German uniforms reduced on Italian front
ARMED SHADQUARTERS Na Pies April 3 The wool content in German uniforms issued on the Italian front has been reduced from 400 to 35 percent the Allied command announced after examining clothing of captured Nazi soldiers. A similar reduction in quality of other materials was noted. Jackboats once general issue are now for special units, webbing replaces leather, and plastics increasingly replace metal.
Sailor Speer Surfaces From War Hulls Lucky Seven Times
PEARSALL April 3 A J Speer 22 seman class of Fearsall born lucky after a long sea career. He served in five major battles including Guadalcanal and the Solomons campaigns. Returned to duty after 19 months at home with parents Mr and Mrs Ben Speer. He has two brothers in service one a bombardier in the South Pacific and another a marine in the South Pacific.
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Pearsall
A. J. Speer
Seman
Fearsall
Thureg
Pearl Harbor
Astoria
Solomons
Marshall
Ben Speer
Ben C. Speer
South Pacific
England
Jis Uhe South Pacifle
Iroquois War Declaration Against Axis in 1942
A declaration of war announced by the Iroquois Confederacy representing six nations and about six thousand members, announcing their intent to oppose the Axis powers in 1942.
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Will
Shots Fired in Pueblo Youth Clash Rally
In Pueblo on April 3 police reported first shots in a recurring street skirmish between high school students and Mexican youths. Two shotgun rounds were fired from a car that sped off after midnight as an attempted curbside confrontation drew police to the scene. Authorities noted ongoing beatings of local students by gangs described as Mexican youths and linked the latest violence to a weekslong feud.
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Pueblo
Cole
Fred
Everette Horne
Late auto tag sales in Bexar County end. penalties apply
Tax Collector P. E. Dickison announced the late purchase period for auto tags ends at midnight Saturday. Late buyers face a 2.20 percent penalty or must sign an affidavit stating they have not driven their cars since Saturday. About 2,000 more vehicles were counted than in 1943 with 69,541 tags sold. Passenger car tags issued 62,810, commercial tags 8,128, and lease tags 680.
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Auuy An
P. E. Dickison
Around the Plaza Editorial on School Board Election
The editorial criticizes the school board election as a poor example of democracy with low voter turnout. It argues unions for teachers are fought on dishonest grounds, urges sincere examination of grievances, praises higher teacher pay, and notes taxpayers support for better schools despite calls to lower taxes.
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San Antonio
Hug Social Bond Idea From Abilene Clipping
In an 1878 Abilene newspaper clipping, Pete Reilly imagines selling war bonds via hug socials. The piece jokes that hugs cost 10 cents for general hugs, 15 to 20 cents for closer embraces, and up to $1 for hugging another man’s wife, with bachelor girls two for a nickel and women lecturers free with a “croma” offer.
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Topeka
Kan
Pete Reilly
Ita
Abilene
Croma
Man Quizzed in Williams Death
CHICAGO April 3 Vic stor Clyde Solar 42 of Chicago today faced questioning in connection with the murder of Mrs Adele Born Williams Solar was arrested last night in the Drake hotel near the room where Mrs Williams was fatally wounded January 19 Jack Tierney house officer of the hotel said When caught he was trying to enter some of the rooms
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Chicago
Vicstor Clyde Solar
Adele Born Williams
Solar
Drake Hotel
Youth to Get Million To Be Farmer
HITCHIN England Richard Dewar 17 takes four years to choose farming or forfeit about 1 million dollars from his mother Mrs Dorothy Dewar who left real estate should he choose farming He has enrolled as an agricultural student at Cambridge University COUNCILMAN DIES Fort Worth funeral services for L P Card a member of the free city council under the city manager form of government died Sunday from injuries in a traffic accident Friday
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Hitchin
England
Richard Dewar
Hertfordshire
Dorothy Dewar
Hies
Cambridge University
Fort Worth
L. P. Card
Free City Council
Vet Honored Posthumously for Heroic WWII Charge
Det. Adil 3- I N Minne, widow Mrs Mary Minne of Fort Dupont, accepts posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor for her son Nicholas Minne a regular army infantryman who charged German positions in Tunisia and Medjeb el Bap. Maj Gen Alvan C Gillem Jr represents Roosevelt at the ceremony.
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Fort Dupont
Det
Adil
Mary Minne
Czecho
Slovatian Hart
Nicholas
Tunisia
Terry
Hic
Alvan C. Gillem Jr
Roosevelt
Port
Dupont. E Minne
Medjeb el Bap
Cadogan Seen as Eden’s Successor Sparks Clash in Press
London reports Churchill may appoint Alexander Cadogan foreign secretary to replace Anthony Eden. Daly Herald and others attack British foreign policy amid speculation. Critics warn Cadogan’s civil service background could worsen public disquiet over policy direction.
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London
Churchill
Alexander
Cadogan
Anthony Eden
Daly Herald
Britwin
Ostogan
Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Cranborne
Dominion
Eden
Gadogan
The
Daily Herald
Equal Pay Fight Expands As More Women Enter War Jobs
As women enter more unionized roles, men join the equal pay push to ensure wages reflect skill not sex. Mary Anderson notes factory wage gaps, with one in three women working nationwide and unions expanding female membership from 500,000 in 1937 to 3.5 million. The war labor board endorsed equal pay, though exemptions and industry limits remain.
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Sigrid Arne Washington
Mary Anderson
Women's Bureau
MilMons
Wormers Winlon
4FL
Army Nn Navy
War Labor Board
Ulinois
Michigan
Montana
Washington
Otter
Woman's Bureau
Aligg Ametronamos
WLB
A Cadets at Maxwell list ten San Antonions in preflight training
Ten aviation cadets are in preflight training at Maxwell Field Alabama. The group includes Samuel K. Allen Robert Ballard John Bebinger William Carter Ernest Denham Robert Hugman Olly Johnson Eugene Layer Leland Pendleton and Roger Walker. Names and addresses appear with familial ties to sponsors and guardians.
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San
Magnolia, Avenue
Leland D. Pendleton
Fred Okiom
Peckavenue
Roger ©. Walker
R. G. Walker
Legion Convention Goes to Galveston Texas Choice for 1944 Meet
The Texas American Legion executive committee selected Galveston for the 1944 abate convention and will meet in Dallas soon to set the exact date. A date between April 14 and 28 was suggested by members.
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Austin
Texas Department
American Legion
Galveston
Dallas
Monarchy Prospects Rise Amid London Return Delays
London rumors tie Spain restoration to delays in British ambassador Horro and Spanish envoy Alba returning. Don Juan’s possible Swiss return lingers with conditions including political prisoner releases as Franco era options loom.
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London
Britain
Madrid
England
Spain
Bamwel Hoare
Duke of Alba
Eden
Horro
Count Nedser Jordana
London Daily Express
Jordana
Generalisalmo Franco
Don Juan
Switzerland
Self-Styled Medium Sentenced In Britain
London April 3 Mrs Hilfe Duncan 46 a self styled spiritualistic medium was sentenced to nine months imprisonment today under Britain's fraud act She and three other defendants were convicted Friday A man and woman received two years and another woman four months She claimed I never harmed anyone as sentence was read defendants pleaded innocent to charges of conjuration and taking money under false pretenses
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London
Hilfe Duncan
Britain
Duncan
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