A. & M. introduces two year eight month college plan
President Walton urges Texas high school graduates to enroll at Texas A and M College as the new year round program begins January 26. The plan compresses a four year course into two years eight months, with three 16 week terms and a ROTC emphasis to graduate as second lieutenants.
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College Station
Texas
T. O. Walton
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas A. & M. College
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Colgate Adds Military German Course in 1942 Trimester
Colgate University in Hamilton New York will add a military German course to its curriculum for the first 1942 trimester starting January 28. Dr C Elwood Gates head of the German department says few American officers speak German and the army may be handicapped in interrogating German prisoners or translating intercepted messages.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Colgate University
Adolf Hitler
Armed Forces
AEF
Germany
Colgate
C. Elwood Gates
A Hiss Across Cultures From Japan to Africa
A playful survey of how the hiss varies by culture. In Japan it signals delight while in West Africa it marks astonishment. The New Hebrides use it before beauty and the Basutos use it for cordial agreement. The Kabyles of Northern Africa also use the hiss to denote satisfaction.
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Japan
West Africa
New
Hebrides
Basutos
Kabyles
Northern
Africa
President Names War Production Czar in One-Man Control
President Roosevelt created a single wartime procurement authority placing Donald M. Nelson in charge as chairman of a new War Production Board. Nelson will decide all procurement and production with SPAB members serving on the board, reporting only to the President, signaling unified control of U.S. war industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Donald M. Nelson
White House
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Will
Nelson
SPAB
Big Bluff
Defense
Lord Beaverbrook
Congress
Ducks Income Tax to Be jailed to Escape Draft
GREAT FALLS Mont A 30 year old rancher Riley Sisson of Geyer told county attorney John D Stafford he did not pay his 1940 federal income tax to be jailed and avoid the draft He said he was reluctant to be called into the Army partly because he is Quaker and fears death Stafford said Sisson was jailed for examination by federal officers after admitting the plan to escape military service.
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Great Falls
Mont
John D. Stafford
Stafford
Riley Sisson
Geyer
Sisson
Recruits Learn Laundry Gains at Marine Training Camp
After a recruit leaves Marine Corps training, he is described as an accomplished launderer since every Marine is taught to wash his own clothes.
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Marine Corps
Army and Navy Move to Draft Third and Fourth Year Medical Students
The army and navy will draft virtually every third and fourth year medical student and those finishing hospital internships to serve as reserve officers. Brig. Gen. Hershey ordered local boards to reclassify medical students, with noncompliance risking immediate Class 1-A induction or other deferral. A shortage of 1,300 medical reserve officers is cited.
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Washington
Army and Navy
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Army Medical Department
Armed Forces
Lewis B. Hershey
National Draft Engineer
Selective Service Boards
Texan offers tires to county rationing board
Travis County tire rationing board faced an unusual offer from M. F. Thurman, rural youth supervisor for the State Department of Education, who bought two new tires before rationing and offered them for national defense. Officials urged him to keep the tires for now in case he becomes eligible later.
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Austin
Travis County
M. F. Thurman
State Department of Education
National Defense
Thurman
Texas Farmers Embrace New AAA Terracing Plan
Conserva tion-conscious Texas farmers are joining the AAA terracing program. County committees set county prices, contractors bid on farms, and farmers pay later through conservation payments. No cash outlay is required, boosting the program’s popularity in Texas.
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College Station
Texas
AAA
B. F. Vance
Vance
Rock Crusher Bids Opened by County
Sherman county commissioners opened bids for a rock crusher and air hammer estimated at 25 000. Bidders included W R Nohols Company Collin County R B George Company Dallas and Shaw Equipment Company Dallas. A detailed study will determine the lowest bid based on equipment types and accessories.
WPA Trains Dallas Workers for War Plant Jobs
The WPA reports 433 local workers are in vocational training projects in Dallas for war production roles. Most are at the National Defense School on Ross Avenue with others at in plant sites and Love Field while 70 December placements went to private employment. The program aims to supply skilled labor to defense plants and assure steady material output for the war effort.
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Secretary of War
WPA
Dallas
Gus W. Thomasson
Division of
Mr. Thomasson
National Defense School
Ross Avenue
Love Field
Thomason
Thomasson
Stephen Girard Quote on Labor and Happiness
A terse reflection by Stephen Girard declares that wealth holds little value to him and that steady toil serves as his true anchor. He says he works to forget and, in forgetting, finds happiness.
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Stephen Girard
Government Bans New Gasoline Filling Stations
The Office of Production Management prohibited construction of new gasoline filling stations and bulk oil plants for which no defense need exists. Existing service stations will still receive essential equipment for war activities, with the public to be unaffected due to widespread existing facilities. Secretary Ickes, the petroleum coordinator, requested the order.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
OPM
Ickes
Civil Service Exam Announced for Denison Area
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for a classified laborer with the War Department Air Corps in the Denison Sherman area. Applications must be filed by Jan 22, with details at the Denison post office. Water power on Java fuels hydro electric plants lighting remote mountain villages.
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Denison
U. S. Civil Service Commission
War Department
Air Corps
Denison-Sherman
Island
Java
Democratic Primary Contenders for County Clerk
The Sun lists H. Grady Thompson as a candidate in the Democratic primary for County Clerk in July 1942 seeking re-election to a second term.
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The
Sun
H. Grady Thompson
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