Nation faces defense drive as Roosevelt outlines aid and production
This Week in Defense reports on LaGuardia plans for a nationwide Fourth of July celebration with a Roosevelt radio address and national anthem. It covers aid to Russia, Italy recall orders, production progress, Army expansion, Navy and Air unification, and civilian defense aluminum drives, nurse shortages, price controls, and fair employment efforts.
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LaGuardia
Roosevelt
America
U. S
Russia
Germany
Treasury Department
State Welles
Welles
State Department
Italy
Washington
Army
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
Marshall
Congress
Navy Navy
Knox
Marine Corps Reserve
Air
Army Air Forces
Arnold
War Stimson
Department
Civil Aeronautics Authority
The
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Women's Clubs
OPM
U. S. Housing Authority
Straus
USHA
OPM Atlantic
Wagon Post Office Yields to Progress
The Ranger post office in Ranger North Dakota will be discontinued this summer after serving six families since 1912 in a sheep wagon. The unique office near the Little Missouri River in the badlands has been a local curiosity as progress prompts its ending.
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Fargo
N. D
United States
Bowman
North Dakota
Ranger
Uncle Sam
Little Missouri River
Slow Roasts Prove Better Value for Meat Quality
A mid century food study shows cooking meat at medium to low temperatures maximizes value, with pork needing about 350 degrees while other meats roast well at 300. Two four pound pork roasts started the test. one at low heat, the other high, revealing a clear quality difference. A Bowman County Pioneer note recalls the end of the Ranger post office, marking a shift to Bowman as a new modern address 40 miles away as fast travel and the machine age reshape postal service.
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Bowman County
Ranger
West
Bowman
Missing Tall Lad and Wee Lass Solicit Help
Poem recounts a mother’s plea for two barefoot children, a slim tall lad and a four year old lass, who wandered after begging for play. She offers to journey the world to find them and asks to be alerted if anyone hears their call. Minnie Case Hopkins.
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Minnie Case Hopkins
Peck Reads Prize Then Returns It at School
In a child’s tale, Peck proudly reports winning first prize at school. His father presses for details, only to learn the prize was returned after the teacher saw him take it.
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Peck
Summer Care of Plants and Trees
Sadie Hatfield of the A and M College Extension Service urges careful moisture management in hot dry summers. New plantings need ample irrigation for two years to establish roots, while mulches and shallow cultivation help conserve moisture and prevent root damage.
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College Station
Sadie Hatfield
A. and M. College Extension Service
Miss Hatfield
R. E. Dickson
Spur Experiment Station
Texas
Kill the Bagworms
Cedar bagworms threaten arborvitae cedar and cypress in College Station. Early spray with lead arsenate is advised, but removing bags and burning or boxing them in screened boxes can stop larvae and allow a parasite to attack unhatched pests.
Silk bag of leaves houses worm eggs in yearly cycle
A description explains a worm that makes a waterproof silk bag covered with leaves and twigs. It lives inside the bag until death, leaving many eggs to hatch the following year. The note adds that hospital blood banks began in 1935 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago.
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Cook County Hospital
Chicago
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