Convicts On Home Front War Production Lines Across Nation
Nearly 30,000 prisoners in 47 states are under WPB contracts producing uniforms shoes rope bagging and more for the armed forces. Prison canneries plan to supply 8 million in produce. some inmates volunteer in fields and efforts to recover metals. As populations dwindle, programs train inmates in war skills for postwar work.
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Washington
Maury Maverick
Texas
War Production Board
WPB
Prison Industries Branch
Utah
Navy
Maj
W. H. Burke
Prison Industries
Arizona
State Health Officer Details Polio Control Measures
Austin reports Dr. Geo W. Cox outlines polio control emphasizing sanitation clean-up and waste removal. He urges mosquito and fly elimination, safe water, sealed septics, supervised pools, strict food handling, milk safety, pest control, hygiene, and quarantine for 14 days with cautious reduction of contacts during outbreaks. He notes schools churches and theatres need not close. Early polio signs include headache fever vomiting drowsiness and neck stiffness. call a physician if suspected.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Texas State Department of Health
Texas to Get 5 000 Mexican Farm Hands
The War Food Administration said it is arranging the import of 5,000 agricultural workers from Mexico to aid crop harvesting in Texas. Certifications for 850 rice harvest workers in Colorado and Brazoria Counties are prepared, with more to follow for rice in other counties and cotton in Texas. Three-fourths of the Longhorn Band at the University of Texas are Naval V-12 trainees assigned to the university for college training.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Brazoria
University of Texas
Naval V
Axis Prisoner Escape Attempts Highlight U S Camps
A report from the Eighth Service Command details 16 of 30,000 Axis POWs in the Southwest attempting to escape with all attempts failing. Escapes occurred at Camp Hood in Texas, Camp Chafee in Arkansas, Madill in Oklahoma, and other camps, with ruses including buried stones and hiding under a water tank wagon.
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Dallas
Southwest
Mexico
Eighth Service Command
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arkansas
Texas
Associated Press
Camp Hood
Roswell
Camp Chafee
Ark
Madill
Okla
Texas travel down a third as highways see fewer vehicles
Texas motor traffic drops sharply with 33.3 percent fewer vehicles than 1941 and 14.5 percent below 1942 through July. Counts near military camps show smaller declines, while 71 percent of passenger cars run under 45 mph. Farmers and others producing food now operate about 30 percent of cars.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
Coke Stevenson
DeWitt C. Greer
OPA
Dallas
Highway Department
Rayon Hosiery to Be Lighter and Longer This Fall
Washington announces more full fashioned moderately fine rayon hose for fall using lighter yarns in 39 gauge. Acetate rayon stockings may extend to 30.5 inches versus 29 inches. Socks limited to seven colors with lengths tied to foot size. size 8 yields seven inch leg. Farm women and girls urged to note changes.
Bluebonnets Grow in Aleutians Not Texas
Soldiers from the Lone Star State report real bluebonnets in the Aleutian Islands. A flower expert for the State Highway Department confirms a Navy Seabee who said I wallowed my face in them. The Handbook of Texas encyclopedia, catalogued for 1945, will be published by the Texas State Historical Association with UT historians compiling it.
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Texas
Lone Star State
Aleutian Islands
State Highway Department
Leonard Graphic
Handbook of Texas
Texas State Historical Association
University of Texas
Warsaw Remains City of Horse Transportation
Warsaw continues to rely on horse drawn transportation as a defining feature of city life with carriages seen throughout streets and suburbs. The article notes the enduring role of horses in urban mobility and local commerce.
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Warsaw
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