Great Tank Depot Keeps Armored Weapons Moving
Chester Tank Depot handles customization and rapid packing of 4000 armored vehicles for the U S Army. Technicians tailor tanks for Africa Russia and Britain adding anti freeze cooking gear radio sets and extra turrets while maintaining an endless flow of spare parts and timely delivery to fronts. The depot is the largest of four and operates around the clock to meet Allied demands.
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Custer Tank Depot
U. S
Africa
Russia
Desert
Rommel
Tunisia
Chester
Army
England
Hitler
Eisenhower
Watermelons Yield to Essential Crops in War Effort
The Agriculture Department reports March 24 a 40 percent drop in watermelon acreage in 10 Southern early-producing states from last year. Growers shift to essential crops due to labor and transportation shortages. The saying “get-up-and-go” underscores wartime resolve.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Poise and War Time Reflections As March 1943 Arrives
A column blends philosophical quotes on self mastery with wartime thoughts. It notes that thinking shapes happiness and courage, urges women to enter the workforce, and recalls upcoming rationing while praising resilience and shared sacrifice. It mentions a $10,000 fiction prize for Turning Leaves by Ellen Proctor and comments on the novel's reception.
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Heaven
Hell
Erica
Dodd-Mead
Ellen Proctor
Red Book
Minnesota
Fragmented OCR Text Rescue Sparks Reassembly Effort
Fragmentary lines and garbled phrases prompt researchers to reconstruct a historical newspaper snippet. The unreadable segment challenges readers to infer context, identify potential names, dates, and locations, and piece together the original event or notice from limited clues.
Dig In for a Dry Spell in 46 47
A scientist from Ohio State University tells the Michigan Academy that tree rings forecast a severe 1946 47 drought and drier summers. He predicts cycles of wet and dry spells about every 90 years based on historical rainfall data.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Edwin L. Moseley
Bowling Green
Ohio
State University
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters
Moseley
Columbus
America
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Chester, Ps
Kasserine Pass
Detroit
R. P. Childress
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
WAACS
WAAC
Joe Smith Dyer
Paul V. McNutt
Ries
Qeihim
the Sun
Tucker & Co
North Side Square
Sherman First Stairway West Picture Show
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Joe
Hirohito & Co
Ing
Community Public Service Company
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