War Production Chief Sees Industrial Roll Ahead In War Drive
Nelson in New York says America’s industrial plant is starting to roll with airplane and tank output meeting or exceeding schedules. Garand rifle available to combat soldiers. WPB imposes conservation measures, freezes bikes, disputes on crude rubber use, and tightens war goods production. Senate passes smaller war plants bill and various defense measures with broad agency cooperation.
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Nelson
New York City
America
Senate
House
War Production Board
WPB
Red Cross
The House That Cotton Built Anglers Face Fatter Creels Next Year
Dallas News reports the inland fisheries division will increase fingerling stockings of bass bream catfish crappie and goggleeye. Waters are evaluated for suitability and stocking scaled to food supply, with some streams revegetated to boost fish growth.
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Division of Inland Fisheries
Dallas News
Texas Fish Restocking Hits Ten Million Mark
Texas Game Department reports 7,388,631 game fish distributed from ten hatcheries in the fiscal year ending August 31. Fall and early winter additions are expected to push the calendar year total to ten or eleven million, more than triple the pre 1939 average. Defense duties may slow further releases.
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Texas
Game Department
Smart Insects Use Silk Lines and Fans for Survival
The article describes how orb weavers use a tight vibrating telephone line to awaken and raid their prey. It explains honey bees regulate brood temperature by steady airflow, wing vibrations, and body heat. It notes the mantis nests eggs in frothy bubbles acting like thermos bottles to shield them from cold or heat.
Surprising Food Preservation in Spiders and Wasps
The article explains how spiders and many wasps preserve meat without refrigeration by injecting a paralyzing fluid into live prey. This allows them to store live insects for weeks to feed their hatchlings, ensuring a ready supply of fresh meat.
The Normandie Sparks a Call for National Efficiency
A reader argues the Normandie disaster shows national weakness and urges immediate household discipline to boost production. She links shipwreck to carelessness, urging women to improve domestic management and men at work to perform with greater care.
Duty to work and support the war effort
The speaker urges citizens to reclaim responsibility and hard work during the war. He says people rely on others or government too much and emphasizes unity at home, in factories, offices, and among service members. He argues everyone’s duty is to back the troops with effort.
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Advice to Chain Letter Writers from an Old Followup
A quirky set of ritual steps to start a chain letter, including salt on a sparrow feather, sunrise timing, a thirteen rung ladder, a four leaf clover on the head, a left foot step north south, six letters to six people, and a mirror self-confrontation line. The note ends with a stray line about Cuban tobacco under cheese cloth.
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By Susan Thayer
New York
All America
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Gomer May
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