Tree diversity and distribution in the United States
The article notes that sixty percent of the ciee consumed in the United States is eaten in states including Santa Florida Texas California. It states that twenty percent of Americans live in tree-rich regions, with trees growing across America. It lists 802 species 228 varieties and 8Y hybrids totaling 1 171 distinct forms, mentioning naturalized foreign species and 24 north and 10 hardwoods as commercially important.
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United States
Santa Florida
Texas
California
America
TB Increases Among Germans in U.S. Zone Germany
A War Department report by Gen Lucky indicates tuberculosis among Germans in the U S zone of Germany rose sharply in the third year of occupation, with 187000 active cases and 8000 open infectious cases since July 1940, while facilities lag and hospital space is scarce for sufferers.
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U.S
Germany
Berlin
Lucky
Clay
First Corn Brooms and Benjamin Franklin Credit
In early U S history Levi Pickinnon of Wethersfield Connecticut produced the first corn brooms. In 2007 the note credits Benjamin Franklin with developing broom sort and mentions records of broom making in Italy about six hundred years ago.
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Levi Pickinnon
Wethersfield
Conn
Benjamin Franklin
Italy
Landlord Halsey Gives Homes To Jamaica Families
Virden Halsey, a 21 year old precision grinder, rebuilt an old hotel in Dubuque into seven apartments renting only to Jamaica families with children. He moved here nine months ago from Alton Illinois after being refused housing due to his two children aged six and seven. He then bought a hotel across the river in East Dubuque Iowa and converted it, housing his family and many others. The occupancy includes more than nine dozen children, counting those older youth.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Virden Halsey
Jamica
Halsey
Alton
Ill
Bec
Alx
East Dubuque
Pice
Aden
Veteran Leader Heads Marines
Clif ton B. Cates sworn in as commandant of the U S Marines with seven rows of ribbon bows on his blouse He recalls enlisting in 1917 at the University of Tennessee and earning two Purple Hearts a Navy Cross and a Distinguished Service Cross in World War I Cates rose through ranks serving at Guadalcanal Iwo Jima and in the Pacific He later led the Fourth Marine Division and held key posts at Quantico before becoming commandant near Lynchburg Va
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Washington
U. S. Marines
Clifton B. Cates
University of Tennessee
Cates
United States
Cater
6Th Marine Corps
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Lynchburg
Caten
Vandegrift Seld
Guadalcanal
Catea
Quantico
Marine Corps
Pacfe
Fourth Marine Division
Tinian
Balpan
bin Divising
Iwo Jima
Sconery
Marine Corps Equipment Board
San
Marine Barracks
Quanteo
Marine Corps Schools
Central Utah town promotes industry and scenic drives
In Utah a central towns push highlights Saling as a developing industrial hub with rail, road, and air access, strong banking and growing business base. Brigham City Lions urge Willard Peaks tourism with Willard Heights views, while photographers and artists leverage Utah scenery for lectures, murals, and art.
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Utah
Brigham City Lions Club
Willard Peaks
HC Call
Brigham City
Lions Club
Willard
Witford Peak
Salt Lake Valley
Great Salt Lake
Lucia Cutoff
Pineview Lake
Idaho
Nevada
Call
Northern
Utah Department of Publicity
J_C Penny Company
Sait Lake City
Utah Publicity Department
Echo Park dam bill action delayed in Senate
A senator said the Echo Park dam bill will be delayed and not heard soon but would be aimed at concentrating Congress and the Bureau of Reclamation on the issue. He hoped the delay would stimulate Colorado River Upper Basin negotiators toward a water division agreement and speed progress after slow talks.
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Congress
Bureau of Reclamation
Colorado
Purge of Japanese Teachers Includes Avowed Communist
In Tokyo the education ministry commission screened 225 teachers and purged 10, including Communist Shinichi Mitsumoto and Yayoi Yoshida, director of Tokyo Women's College. The purge marks a shift from prewar ultra rationalists and war criminals to political purges.
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Tokyo
Japanese Education Ministry
Yayoi Yoshida
Tokyo Women's College
Shinichi Mitsumoto
Central Labor School
Matsumoto
Utah film boom grows as John Ford endorses state
John Ford, famed producer of My Darling Clementine and War Party, told Utah's Rulon Howells that his company has spent about 950000 dollars in Utah. Conservatively, the motion picture industry has spent ten million dollars in the state since filming began here. With major producers eyeing Utah again this season, Southern Utah areas are expected to see a new release of film money this summer.
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John Ford
Clementine
Utah
Rulon S Howells
Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Hollywood
Robin Refriands Chicagoan For Beaf and Sip of Baer
A quirky item notes a robin named Niggar niia in Chicago cared for by the Chantelle family after falling from a tree in August. The bird develops a taste for ground beef and beer, avoiding other birds and refusing to leave its home despite the man who came to dinner.
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Robin
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