Russians Execute Greatest Mass Migration of All Time
Reports from the Italian press describe an immense evacuation as nearly 25 million Russians flee Ukraine and northwest, central Russia toward the Volga Don and Ural regions. Civilians depart while saboteurs and war workers stay. roads and trains are avoided and feed shortages feared amid improvised planning.
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Rome
Ankara
Istanbul
Turkey
Russia
Ukraine
Moscow
Poland
Baltic States
Volga
Don
Ural
Opposition to Grayson County road bond proposal in 1941
Dear Editor from Denison voices strong opposition to the proposed 300000 county road bond issue set for August 23 1941. The writer argues local land purchase along highway 75 is a misused public fund and warns the bond would finance a favored four lane project beyond necessity while the county lacks funds.
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Whitewright Sun
the Sun
Grayson County
Sherman
Denison
Sherman and
Denison Chambers of Commerce
Cotton House A Reality and Highway Plans Face County
R. P. Little argues for concrete road widening on highway 75 to avoid costly boulevard parks and disruption. He cites state and local plans, praising concrete for first class roads and urging defeat of a $40,000 rider within a $300,000 rural road bond issue slated for August 23.
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Winnipeg
Galveston
State Highway Commission
Sherman
Collin County
Austin
Grayson County
R. P. Little
Radio Stations Use To Warn of Air Raids
Defense Board outlines plans to use 880 standard broadcast stations for air raid warnings and other messages in a military emergency. Private stations would cooperate with local defense centers to relay local and regional warnings and a nationwide supernetwork could deliver messages of national scope.
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Defense Board
Washington
Defense Communications Board
James Lawrence Fly
DCB
Federal Communications Commission
Fly
Plan for government guaranteed 24 cent cotton and wheat aid
Memphis report notes Southern Association of State Agriculture Commissioners endorses a price-guarantee scheme based on 1920-29 averages. It would set sliding scales for cotton at 24c and wheat at $1.64, with other guarantees for corn hogs oats lambs and more adjusted as purchase costs rise or fall. Georgia's Tom Linder proposed the plan.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Association of State Agriculture Commissioners
Georgia
Tom Linder
Linder
Simple Rules Cut Refrigerator Costs For Households
College Station report outlines practical ways to save on refrigeration costs regardless of cooling method. Bernice Claytor advises limiting door openings, avoiding hot foods, pre cooling leftovers, placing the unit in a cool shaded spot with air flow, keeping it clean, and free circulation inside. She emphasizes cleaning coils regularly and not overpacking to maintain efficiency.
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College Station
Bernice Claytor
Refrigerator Door Hinges and Catch Must Function Properly
Instructions emphasize ensuring the outside door hinges and catch work correctly when placing rats in the refrigerator.
Naval flying cadets receive prison sentences
Two ensigns Joseph C. Thompson and Paul C. Brown were court-martialed at the naval air station in Pensacola Florida after a low flying plane decapitated a woman in Alabama. Brown received 24 months and Thompson one year for involuntary manslaughter and both were dismissed from the service and sent to Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Here
Alabama
Joseph C. Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Paul C. Brown
Chicago
Brown
Robert Phillips
Robertsdale
Ala
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Tex
Cotton
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude A. Wickard
Betty
National Cotton Council
Department of Agriculture
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Whitewright Lumber Co
Stephens & Bryant Insurance
Nat'l Bank
U.S
Aim
NAVAL
Joe Joe
Joe
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
G.C. Stateville
Ashburn
L. LaRoe & Co
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