42 Yule to See Shortage of Toys 1942
Chicago, July 193- A survey of toy manufacturers reveals 1942 shortages. Toy trains, wagons, scooters and roller skates face material scarcities as steel aluminum brass nickel plating become unavailable. Executives warn production cuts of 20 to 30 percent possible.
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Chicago
National Defense
W. Hafner
Com Pany Manufacturing
Wart Hamilton Sr
of & Company
P. W. Grimielewski
Sal Del Rey Lake Becomes Resort
Raymndville July 14 Way County irrigation officials report Sal Del Rey Lake in Willacy County has expanded from a salt lake to a resort area. The once saline water now deepens to 14 feet, covers 700 acres, and provides fresh water suitable for cattle and recreation. Indios and Willacy county settlers long used the lake for picnics and fishing, with a tract on its edge now serving as a site for Lasara Boy Scouts.
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Raymondville
Juy
Aacy County
Bal del Rey
Jake
Willacy County
Willacy
Lasara Hoy
Plasma Process Inventor Lauded for Medical Drying Apparatus
Dallas tonight honored Dr. Joseph M. Hill of Baylor Hospital for perfecting a plasma drying method cited as a major medical advance. The device desiccates bone marrow cells and enables indefinite plasma storage after removing red cells, simplifying blood transfusion across blood types.
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Dallas
INS
Joseph M. Hill
Baylor Hospital
Caleain
Joye Baliered
B.C
Byqniffer
Levis Waters
Hill
Army air corps training to expand under Marshall plan
Chief General George C. Marshall reports a major expansion of Army air corps training. About one hundred thousand technicians and mechanics will be prepared in civilian and military schools to meet wartime needs. Twenty thousand will train at the Fork Booth radio operators and mediation school, with air corpsmen studying photography meteorology welding and engine maintenance at other schools. Only men enlisted for three years will qualify.
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Army Air Corps
George C. Marshall
Air Copa
Fork Booth
Air
Remlat Army
Culvert Work Nearing Completion at Municipal Airport
Construction progresses on a 650 foot reinforced concrete and steel drainage culvert at the new municipal airport. It will run northeast from the field opposite the administration building, with the canal top two feet below ground. About 300 drainage inlets will feed into the culvert with more to come later, and an 48 inch sewer line will also drain into the system feeding Salado Creek.
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Salado Creek
Minstrel Show Set for Somerset High Auditorium
Somerset High School will host a minstrel show in the evening at the Somerset High School auditorium Briday time at 8 p.m. Director Mrs. G. A. Durham announced Bowdie Edwards quartet Mya Jule and Ray Watere will perform with a larger list of local vocalists. An out of town act will present Spanish tap and acrobatic numbers. R. A. P. IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE July 19 Large contingents of pilots and personnel have arrived to reinforce Royal Air Force units in Singapore.
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Somerset High
Bowdie Edwards
Mya
Jule
Ray Watere
Somerset
Briday
At & P.m
G. A. Durham
Frank Zeinert
Yates Dickinson
L. Richey
Earl
Ivan Wentworth
Theo Clayton
John Scharver
Gi Durham
Hl, Jennings
A. Carlisle
Fount Minson
Singapore
Royal Air Force
Page to Visit Abilene Camp
Abilene Camp inspection planned with Adjutant General J Watt Page aboard a plane. Page joins Gavamor W Lee O'Daniel and Maj Gen William Key in the Camp Barkeley visit. Transportation provided by Texas defense guard aviation branch.
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Austin
ING
J. Watt Page
Abilene
Gavamor W. Lee O'Daniel
William 8. Key
Camp Barkeley
Texas Defense Guard
Second Air Show Opens at Denver
Denver observers anticipate over 200000 attendees as Deters second annual two day free air show opens at Municipal airport. Wing Commander W Hilton official rep of the British government and Postmaster General Frank Walker attend the opening.
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Denver
W. Hilton
Drittedkovernnicht
Frank ©. Walker
New Texas Teen Driver Law Cuts 14 to 16 Year Old Licenses
In Austin on July 19 the new drivers license law for teens aged 14 to 16 is reported to have reduced autonomous licenses in that age group. Homer Garrison, state police director, cites census figures showing licenses issued to underage drivers declining since enactment, with totals for May and April compared to the prior year.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison
Washington
Strike closes Precision Party plant in Ann Arbor amid UAW walkout
Ann Arbor, July Ba. A strike by about 150 members of the A. F. L. United Automobile Workers caused the closing of the Precision Shop plant today, management officials said half the firm’s production was defense related and shuttering followed the walkout.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Cnai
A. F. of L. United Automobile Workers’ Union
Precision Party Company
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Ralph Bellamy
Colimbia'a
Elery Queen
Abi
Helinamy
Ellery
Hn Knee
Page
Abilene Camp
Precision Shop
Tob
Wolff & Marx Magenent
Rayon
Carly Slappers
Wells & Marx
Montay
Wellt & Prey
Thea
Bemberg Bresses
Wolk & Hare
Marzann Waseninnt
Watt & Marx
Summer Sohor
Wolff & Mex
Haseqont
San Antonio
Helen Lorraine Mann
Wolff & Marx Beauty Salon
Miss Marm
Miss Mann
Wolff & Marx
Julien Beauty Salons
Fannin
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