Army Air Corps expands pilot training amid growth
Detroit reports the Army Air Corps plans to train 12 000 pilots a year by 1943 rising from 7400 in 1941. Training facilities multiply from two bases in 1939 to over fifty by 1942 with civilian schools handling primary training. Applicants must be unmarried US citizens 20 to 27 with two years of college, yet education tests limit cadet quotas.
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Detroit
Mich
Army Air Corps
Army
Europe
War Department
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Texas
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Richmond
San Francisco
Army Air Bases
Moffett Field
Calif
Maxwell Field
Ala
Bakersfield
Taft
San Angelo
Pan- American Airways
United States
Cotton growers urged to join supplementary program
Cotton farmers statewide are being signed up for participation in the supplementary cotton program as AAA officials report that the stamps received for reducing acreage can be exchanged for finished cotton products in stores.
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AAA
Final April 30 Deadline for Cotton Mattress Program
Texas farm and ranch families must file applications by April 30 for the 1941 cotton mattress demonstration program. B F Vance announces the deadline with Extension Service supervision urged to reach every eligible family. by March 24 over a quarter million mattresses had been produced in community centers statewide.
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College Station
Texas
Department of Agriculture
B. F. Vance
Mildred Horton
G. E. Adams
Air Corps enrolls candidates with remedial college programs
The Army urges colleges to host Air Corps institutes where students lacking required education can cram for the Air Corps examination. It notes salvaging 40 to 50 percent of cadets who wash out by keeping them as flying cadets and retraining them as bombardiers navigators armament officers.
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Army
Air Corps
Smoking and Sinus Trouble Linked by Doctor
Dr J Mackenzie Brown of Los Angeles says there is no universal cause for sinus disease but outlines treatment rules. He notes warming the patient, choosing drugs by pain and germ type, and thorough exams for chronic cases as the disease may relate to glandular issues vitamin deficiencies or excessive smoking and drinking and even an infected tooth.
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J. Mackenzie Brown
Los Angeles
Gypsies Take $7609 From Ellis County Farmer
Dallas police hunted three gypsy fortune tellers after a Waxahachie eldery bachelor lost his 7609 savings to a mind reading scam. The trio rented a building, prompted the man to withdraw funds, and claimed a money belt would double the money in five days. The belt held only paper when opened.
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Dallas
Ellis County
Jess Cariker
Jess White
Waxahachie
White
Fortune Teller Case Spurs Sheriff Probe in Dallas
A farmer reported to the sheriff that his savings vanished after visiting a building where gypsies told fortunes and sold tapestries. The Dallas police and Deputy Sheriff White joined Inspector Will Fritz, known for handling fortune teller cases, to investigate.
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Dallas Police Department
White
Will Fritz
Applications For Cotton Comforter Material Suspended
Army purchases tied to the defense program force suspension of further orders for percale and comfort cotton. C D Walker, acting director for the southern division of the AAA, informs Texas AAA head B F Vance that excess orders on hand halt comfort material applications. The program began in February to supplement cotton mattresses. 2,903,030 yards of percale were ordered for Texas, enough for about 290,303 comforts at ten yards each.
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College Station
C. D. Walker
Southern Division
AAA
B. F. Vance
Texas
Washington
Walker
Army
Surplus Marketing Administration
Medicine Man Promises Overnight Hair Color Change
A quick skit features a medicine man boasting a remedy to change hair color overnight. A man in the crowd jokes about his son in college, adding a note of skeptical humor to the exchange.
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Denison
Weingarten
Milan
TOYOS
FELTS
Pompadours
Weingarten’s — Denison
Alata
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Ellis Farmer
Foster’s Butane Gas Service
N. Houston St
Denison, Texas
Foster’s
Butane
Kelvinator
Iem al
Community Public Service Company
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