Health Pinworm Requires Doctor
The pinworm is a parasite of humans with 15 to 40 percent infection seen in large surveys. It spreads in households, with eggs laid at night and infective within six hours. Symptoms range from none to severe itching, irritability, and diarrhea, and transmission occurs via contaminated skin and dust. Treatment with gentian violet is effective but must be prolonged and applied to all family members under medical supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Masters
NEA
Injunction Issued Against OPA Defier
New York business Norman C. Norman has been barred by a temporary injunction from using his gas line ration book in defiance of an OPA order. Judge William Bondy set a Tuesday hearing to decide whether the injunction will become permanent after Norman refused surrender of the book and challenged the rationing board’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morman
Disease Cuts Milk Supply in War Time
The American Veterinary Medical Association says eradicating mastitis and Bangs disease would quickly end milk shortages. Mastitis cuts yield 20 to 25 percent. Bangs disease lowers output about 20 percent. Vigilant reporting and calfhood vaccination are key to control, with area cleaning needed for permanent cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bang
American Veterinary Medical Association
M. G. Fincher
Dairy Cattle Disease Committee
Association
Fincher
Transport Muddle and Postwar Policy Debate
In a September return to Washington Congress faces shaping a national transportation policy covering rail, air, water and road links. Lea bill for aviation control and Wheeler Clark oppose rail ownership of buses and airlines. Integrated plans from the American Transportation Association propose 12 to 17 regional networks, while some fear moves favor socialism or subsidy campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Congress
Washington
U. S
Lea
Clarence F. Lea
Santa Rosa
Calif
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Burton K. Wheeler
Butte, Mont
Senate
Commerce Committee
Wheeler
Bennett Clark
University City
Commerce
Land of the Maritime Commission
U. S. Swac
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeler and Clark
American Transportation Association
Donald D. Conn
Amerian Transportation Association
Postwar Plans: Senators Urge Private Job Drive
Washington Senators Burton and Radcliffe called for major private sector leadership in postwar job creation for returning servicemen. They urged President Roosevelt to convene business and labor leaders to map reconversion of war plants to civilian production, while acknowledging need for some government help and a broad study of suitable future outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington PI
Burton
R.O
Radcliffe
D.md
Roosevelt
Navy seeks WAVES overseas duty as Congress considers bill
Secretary Knox urged Congress to permit WAVES to serve overseas on non combat war duty. The House approved bill is stalled in the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. Senator Tydings said he is open to the Navy’s case and will revisit the issue after the summer recess. The WAVES head Mildred H. McAfee urged approval, seeking foreign service and higher ranks up to captain and commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Congress
A&a
House
Women's Auxiliary
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Oval Committee
Senator Tydings
Tydings
Mildred H. McAfee
The
WAVES
Foreign Service
Yost's Mother Dead In West Virginia Funeral Held
Fielding Hurry Up Yost attended his mother Elzena Yost's funeral in Fairview West Virginia at age 90. Services were held and burial planned in a family plot near his birthplace where the 73 year old retired college coach was born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yost
Fairview
W. Va
Farmers Pledged More Machinery Next Year
War Production Board and War Food Administration plan three to four times as much farm machinery for the 1944 season in New York as in 1943. WPB targets 80 percent of 1940 levels with steel and materials to match. 40 percent authorized this year but late start limited delivery. Needler notes tractor production shifts. New York received a major share of 1943 tractors and milking machines as steel restrictions ease. Farmers also got 737 wagons and 1,740 cultivators this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
War Food Administration
New York
WFA
WPB
WPA
L. Needler
WPE
Needier
State Urges Canning of Vegetables
State Emergency Food Commission and the Rensselaer County Home Bureau urge homemakers to can garden surpluses despite shortages. Extension specialists note canned foods must be prepared safely with a boiling water bath and strict quality checks to prevent spoilage and toxins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Emergency Food Commission
Rensselaer County Home Bureau
Victory Gardens
New York State College of Home Economics
New York State
State Health Department
The
Food Commission
Home Bureau
Troy Post Office
Service Sisters Here and There in World War II Bonds
Bainbridge Georgia bulletin notes Ruth Harvey of Pasadena serving with the Women’s Army Corps in the United States and Bernice Harvey Shackle with the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force near London. Ruth trained at Fort Des Moines and Denton Texas and works as a stenographer at Bainbridge Army Air Field. Bernice performs radio locator work akin to American radar stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge, Ga
INS
Afc Ruth Harvey
Pasadena
Cal
Women’s Army Corps
United States
Bernice Harvey Shackle
British Women's Auxiliary Air Force
London
England
Ruth
Army Administration School
WAC
Denton
Tex
Fort Des Moines
Bainbridge Army Air Field
Overseas Air Mail for Servicemen to Speed Up Letters
The Air Transport Command plans full air mail service for all first class mail to and from every theater by end of 1943. Maj. Gen. Harold George says weekly round trips between the United States and distant points like Australia will be possible, boosting morale as soldiers receive more letters. Currently about half of mail moves by air, the rest by boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harold George
Air Transport Command
ATC
George
Transport Command
United States
Australia
Canning Classes Planned at Schools 16 and 18
George H. Bragg announces a food preservation program at Schools 16 and 18 from today to August 16. Dorothy Donnelly Long directs with Miss Margaret Saunders supervision. demonstrations cover canning chicken and wax beans, fruits, jellies jams and butters, and green beans. Housewives urged to attend. prior sessions at Schools 32 and 1 drew strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Brag
Tio. Board of Education
Dorothy Donnelly Long
Trey High School
Margaret Saunders
Presssure Cooker
Stock clerk held on charges of 1800 stolen stockings
New York INS Barney Goldstein a stock clerk at Mays Department Store in Brooklyn was detained without bail after police charged him with stealing 1800 pairs of stockings including nylons Detectives stopped him as he left the store and found 78 pairs on his person Goldstein has a prior arrest record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Barney Goldstein
Mays Department Storc
Brooklyn
Goldstein
Await Report On Lifting Pleasure Driving Ban Postponed
Washington reports that a decision on lifting the eastern states pleasure driving ban has been postponed a week or ten days pending James F. Byrnes War Mobilization report on gasoline. A plan to equalize A card ration between East and Midwest is expected, with East to gain and Midwest to lose. Bowles warns lifting would squeeze B and C coupons. few areas enforce the ban, and permits may ease for summer travel.
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Washington
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
East
Midwest
Myrnes
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester H. Bowles
Bowles
Threats by Nazis Reported Barring Italian Action
A neutral source says Italy did not accept Eisenhower surrender terms after Germany threatened revenge. The threat, carried in talks between Italian ambassador Guariglia and German ambassador Von Papen, preceded plans for a Badoglio cabinet move. Von Papen pledged to consider Italy’s battered position if capitulation continued to be resisted.
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Ankara
Turkey
Italans
Dwight D Eisenhower
Germany
Sqares
Raffaelo Guariglia
Fritz von Papen
Badoglio
von Papen
Italy
Europe
Nelson Orders Output Boost For War Plants
Washington March report shows War Production Chief Donald M Nelson orders a 30 percent output increase for the remainder of the year amid ongoing obstacles. June production rose only modestly above May but still lagged behind rising monthly targets as officials push higher production levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M Nelson
Nelson
America
Fisherman's Lure Gives $25 Prize in Buffalo Parks
Buffalo park lakes attract anglers with a numbered catch scheme. A dozen calico bass are tagged with numbers to entitle each fisherman to a $25 award. The parks department approved the plan to spur fishing activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Park Lakes
Parks Department
Farmers Tell Off Government at Idaho conference
Boise farmers voiced frustration with Washington policies at a Friday conference attended by Gov. Bettensen and three of Idaho's four congressional delegates. Speakers from farming groups urged lower ceiling prices on feed and hay, protested rationing and bureaucratic rules, and called for listening to farmers.
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Boise
Idaho
G. A. Bettensen
P. G. Batt
F. M. Voss
Payette
Canner
Washington
Farrell Hansen
Idaho Falls
Secretar
Potato Growers’ Association
W. L. Hendrix
Idaho Dairymen's Association
Carl Olinson
Meridian
United States
Hitler
Norway
Bortolfsen
Idiaho
Rationing Reminder for Food and Fuel Stamps
The Associated Press notes that various ration stamps remain valid through specified dates. Meat, Cheese, Book 2 red stamps T and U until August 31. blue stamps N P Q and R S T through August 31 and September 20. Sugar Book 1 13 for 5 pounds through August 15. stamps 25 and 16 for canning. Shoes Book 1 through October 31. Coffee rationing ended. Gasoline No 6 A coupons three gallons. B and C coupons 2 1/2 gallons. Fuel oil Period 5 through September 30. Period 1 valid through January 3, worth 10 gallons per unit.
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Associated Press
Absenteeism Less Now Than In Last War
Portland shipyard executive Larry Rodgers of Commercial Iron Works says absenteeism now runs 6 to 21 percent, below the wartime Portland average of 13 percent with 23 percent at one point, while Seattle’s rate ranges from 1 to 30 percent during the fiercest fighting in France as a broader note of wartime disruption. A British night raid on the Rhineland involving 41,000 bombers cost about 14 million dollars, driven mainly by aircraft losses.
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Portland, Ore
ANS
Portland
Larry Rodgers
Commercial Iron Works
Seattle
Rodgers
France
Rhineland
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