Crop Shortage Tightens Food Supplies Amid Weather Woes
Washington reports a further tightening of civilian food supplies due to poor crop prospects. May drought and floods slow planting of corn soybeans and vegetables, with total 1943 output likely below last year except eggs up 13 percent in May. Ches ter C. Davis urges conserving all food and wasting nothing as war needs rise.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Davis
Chester C. Davis
Great Plains
Oklahoma
New York
Illinois
Casa Grande rehab costs exceed thirty thousand per family
A House subcommittee report shows the Farm Security Administration spent about 32 000 for each of 39 Casa Grande Arizona rehabilitation families, totaling roughly 1 250 000 plus an operating loan. Critics labeled the program wasteful while officials defend the project as a model operation.
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Washington
Casa Grande
Ariz
Farm Security Administration
House
Lawrence I. Hewes
Rep
Flannagan
D-Va
C. B. Baldwin
FSA
Cooley
D-Nc
Baldwin
Hewes
North Carolina
Arizona
Rep. Zimmerman
D-Mo
Ants Harvest Bermuda Seed From Family Lawn
A household letting Bermuda grass seed mature in a yard finds ants have gathered and stored the seed. After the family burns a hole to the ant hill the ants flee with their booty, scattering seed around the opening. The family wonders who will secure the seed once it dries.
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Bermuda
Prominent Resident of Douglas Is Dead
Albert Stacy 75 longtime Bassett Lumber manager who helped establish the firm after arriving in 1902 died after two major operations. He served 24 years as a school trustee and was an inaugural city council member, a former Chamber of Commerce director and Kiwanis participant. Survived by widow two daughters Betty Lou and Mary Ann and brother L C Stacy.
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Douglas
Albert Stacy
Bassett Lumber Company
First
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Hennepin ‘County
Minn
Arizona
Flagstaff
Phoenix
Betty Lou
University of Arizona
Mary Ann
el Paso
Tex
Homer Derr
L. C. Stacy
Oklahoma City
148 US soldiers listed as missing in action
Washington reports 148 United States soldiers missing in action on various fronts. Included are two Arizona officers: First Lt. Alfred G. Damron of Phoenix and Second Lt. John J. Ward, son of James J. Ward of 2732 North Martin Ave., Tucson, both missing in Europe.
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Washington
United States
Arizona
Europe
Alfred G. Damron
Phoenix
John J. Ward
James J. Ward
North
Martin Ave
Tucson
Dallas Struck by $2,000,000 Hail Aerial Bombing
On May 8, 1926, Dallas Texas experienced an aerial bombing event attributed to hail, with financial losses reported around two million dollars. Authorities investigated meteorological damage and city officials assessed the impact on structures and property.
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Dallas
Tex
Two Arizona Soldiers Wounded In North Africa
War department reports two Arizona soldiers wounded in action in North Africa. Pfc. Ralph Nelson is son of Mrs. Muriel Nelson of Glendale. Capt. William T. White, son of Mrs. Ellen Damron White of Clifton, is also listed among the wounded.
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Washington
Arizona
North Africa
War Department
Ralph Nelson
Muriel Nelson
Box
Glendale
William T. White
Ellen Damron White
Box Clifton
Navy Flyer's Fur-Lined Flight Jacket Funded by War Bond
One war bond valued at 18.75 dollars will supply a Navy flier with a fur lined flying jacket. The purchase supports wartime fundraising efforts and adds necessary cold weather gear for aircrew.
Northern Ireland fears war duties could wipe out racing pigeons
Reports from Northern Ireland warn that wartime duties and restrictions threaten the racing pigeon stock. Authorities fear many birds may be lost or unable to fly due to conscription and trade limits, jeopardizing local clubs and breeding programs.
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Northern Ireland
Tempe Man Weds Annapolis Girl
Miss Virginia Louise Jones of Annapolis married Ensign Glenn I. Dumas of Tempe Arizona in a ceremony in Annapolis Maryland on June 11.
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Tempe
Annapolis
Virginia Louise Jones
Glenn I. Dumas
Ariz
Wedding Ceremony at Naval Academy Church Event
A ceremony held yesterday at St Anne's Episcopal Church near the U S Naval Academy featured a wedding noted as one of many this week. The event included social provisions such as bowls of pure ice supplied by local ice companies for party use.
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Fises
U. S. Naval Academy
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
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