Lumber Supply In Tucson Dwindles Amid Wartime Rationing
S A Douglas of Mulcahy Lumber reports WPB controls curb Tucson building in wartime. Mills must surrender up to 80 percent of output to the central procurement agency with a 65 percent minimum. Local yards hold about one third normal stock as demand rises for barracks and docks in the South Pacific.
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S. A. Douglas
Mulcahy Lumber Company
Pacific Northwest
U. S
Production Board
Douglas
South Pacific
Portland Cpa
Eugene
Ore
CPA
England
France
Holland
South Africa
Former Flagstaff minister to speak at ASU baccalaureate
Rev. William S. Dande, now pastor in Carlsbad New Mexico, named commencement speaker for Arizona State College baccalaureate service. Dr L B McMullen, former college president, will address commencement and inauguration events at Ashurst Auditorium. Dr Tom C Bellwood will assume the presidency as greetings arrive from colleges and universities.
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Flagstaff
William S. Dande
First Presbyterian Church
Carlsbad
N. M
Arizona State College
Flagstaff Community Church
L. B. McMullen
Ashurst Auditorium
Tom C. Bellwood
War pups from Lena bolster bond drive in wartime dog line
Lena the champion American-Welsh fox hound provides 23 puppies in one litter and 10 in another as part of the war effort. Six pups have already been sold to boost bond sales. others head to the Marine corps and cities like Seattle Los Angeles Chicago St Louis and Cleveland. Lena’s lineage includes Gypsy and a Penn-Marydel type sire born June 19, 1944.
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J. Herbert Altschull
Ambler
Lena
Cmdr. W. Newbold Ely
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Seattle
Los Angeles
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Gypsy
David Davies
Llandinam
Wales
Ely
Seattle butcher mounts lamb skeleton display
In Seattle on June 14 Tony Travelli, a local butcher, ran out of meat and set up a lamb skeleton in his showcase. Customers laughed and walked away as the display drew attention.
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Seattle
Tony Travelli
Tony
Red Hens Top Bonanza in Missouri Egg Production
Farmer Will Gray's Rhode Island Red flock set top Missouri production marks in late 1944, averaging 24 eggs per hen in October and November and 23 in December, placing among the nation's highest averages for the quarter.
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R. I
Bonanza
Will Gray
Rhode Island
Missouri
Premature Foal Born After Accidental Lena Breeding
The second foal of Lena arrived prematurely in 1945. The sire, Geoff rey, a grandson of Gypsy, is named by the owner as the lineage source. The breeder notes the mating was accidental despite a known sire.
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Geoffrey
Lena
Fifth Army Uses Film to Orient Troops in Italy
An eight week post V E day orientation program in the Fifth Army Italy area employs the war department film Two Down and One to Go. The campaign covers deployment, North African and Pacific campaigns, the home front, and future readjustment, with extended weekly sessions and rapid distribution reaching over 72,000 troops in 60 hours.
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Fifth Army
Italy
War Department
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Ryukyu
China- Burma
United States Pacific
Unit Schools Planned for Army Education Program
After V E Day soldiers in the Mediterranean and fifth army face redeployment with new tasks or discharge. Fifty officers weekly train to teach in unit schools, chosen for merit. The 27 course curriculum covers personnel management, business, agriculture and general academics. About 1 500 000 textbooks are available through the United States Armed Forces Institute.
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Mediterranean
Fifth Army
United States Armed Forces Institute
Madame Curie First Woman To Win Two Nobel Prizes
Marie Curie remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields. She received the physics award in 1903 and the chemistry prize in 1911 for her groundbreaking work on radioactivity and its applications.
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Madame Curie
Garter Snakes Prompt Ride to Rear of Bus
Milwaukee passengers formed a beer line to the back after a boy released garter snakes from a shoe box in the bus. The driver calmly directed all riders to step to the rear and exit from the back door.
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Milwaukee
New Gliding Tow Record Set in 1320-Mile Pull Flight
A new gliding tow record is announced for a 1320 mile pull flight from Karachi India to a field near Calcutta. The feat highlights extended distance towing in a single flight across the region.
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Karachi
India
Calcutta
Highway Patrol Reports 415 Arrests in May
PHOENIX Ariz June 14 The state highway patrol made 415 arrests in May and obtained 363 convictions with fines totaling 12837.50. Fifty cases remain pending.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Highway Patrol
Key crisis hits London hotels over missing room keys
London hotels report a growing key crisis as guests take keys. Managed deposits of one or two dollars are being asked to curb loss. Britain enforces strict rules on making new keys amid the issue.
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Britain
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