Problems Of Navajos Nation's Worst By Pitman
FRANK W. PITMAN reports on Navajos as America's apparent "nation's No. 1 Indian problem" amid kidnapings and gov ernment grazing cuts. He outlines overgrazing, land erosion, postwar veterans, and the shift from nomadic to farming life, with sparse incomes and poor health across a vast but marginal reserve.
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Window Rock
Ariz
America
U. Indian Service
John R. Murdock
D-Ariz
West Virginia
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Murdock
Indian Service
Frances Gillmor
University of Arizona
Nore
Emil W. Haury
The
of Arizona
United States
Weird Land Now Park Yellowstone National Park
The area once named Colter’s Hell for early exploration tales is recognized as Yellowstone National Park in a display of its famed landscape and historic lore.
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Weird” Land
Park
Yellowstone National Park
National Park
Colter
Hell
Okinawa Bloodiest Pacific Battle Analyzed
U P wartime correspondent reviews the Okinawa campaign noting 90 000 Japanese dead and 30 000 American casualties. Report covers Allied breakthrough from Yontan to Shuri and the high cost of victory as Japanese defenses collapse and surrendering troops increase.
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U. S
Okinawa
Pacific
United Press War
William F. Tyree
Guam
U.P
Long Island
U.S. 10Th Army
America
Simon Boliver Buckner
10Th Army
Yontan
Kadena
Mt Lemmon Resort Shocks Desert Comparisons
Mt Lemmon offers pine forests and panoramic views near Tucson with Mt Lemmon Lodge as the large resort hotel. The area attracts outdoor enthusiasts and health seekers and provides a ten percent rate reduction for service members and their families.
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Mt. Lemmon Resort
Mt. Lemmon
Mt. Lemmon Lodge
Washing Machine Sought by Greasy Davis-Monthan Mechanics
Airbase personnel of Davis Monthan field squadron D appeal for washing machines to ease laundry for B 29 mechanics and training crews. Maj Joe B Odoneal orders the purchase from squadron funds after publicity. Enlisted men, famed for grease and hard work, request any seller to call D at the base.
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Davis-Monthanfield
Joe B. Odoneal
Davis-Monthan
Death by suicide and combat reported at cliffs
The report notes some individuals died by their own action by jumping from the cliffs while others fought to the end.
Bong Receives British Distinguished Air Medal
Maj. Richard Ira Bong of Poplar Wisconsin America's top World War 2 ace was awarded the Distinguished Air Medal by King George VI as announced via a Melbourne broadcast monitored in San Francisco. The honor was presented by the duke of Gloucester on behalf of the monarch. Bong has a record of 40 shot down Japanese planes over British New Guinea.
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San Francisco
Richard Ira Bong
Poplar
Wis
America
George VI
Melbourne
Australia
American Broadcasting Co
Duke of Gloucester
Bong
British New Guinea
Dollars Found in Tree Pocket
Harold Mankin eleven spotted a leather pouch on a tree in Gillette Wyoming. He took it home opened it and found several hundred dollars inside.
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Harold Mankin
Two Senators Seek To Save Women's Jobs
Two senators Pepper and Morse introduced legislation to ban sex discrimination in pay and job retention across interstate commerce. The bill, under the Labor Department women’s bureau, would declare unfair any wage gap for the same work and any firing of a woman for a male replacement.
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Washington
Sens
Pepper
D-Fla
Morse
R-Ore
Bureau of the Labor Department
Men Fussier About Passport Photos Than Women
Detroit report notes Elmer Barnwell with 28 years in the business says men are more vain about passport pictures. He cites men redoing hair parts, neckties, and coat fit while women adjust a hair touch and generally accept the result. He adds passport photos capture likeness more than subjects expect.
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Elmer Barnwell
Barnwell
Twins' Birthday Split As 90th Anniversary Passes
In Providence Rhode Island Mrs Mira Bates and Mrs Rachel Goff twin sisters marked their 90th anniversary separately for the first time, ending a lifelong habit of celebrating together as they were briefly separated.
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Providence
Mira Bates
Rachel Goff
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