Army doctor shortages spark home front strains
The Army will need three to nine times more doctors per thousand soldiers than civilian rates. The piece notes 6.5 doctors per thousand in the Army versus 3 in New York City and 0.66 in some rural areas, with about 15,000 doctors in service today and 16,000 more entering. It discusses red tape cuts, induction boards, and a proposed 5% doctor per thousand soldiers rate, plus challenges for civilian medical care and potential future doctor pools nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
America
New York City
Navy
Washington
American Medical Assn
Army
United States
Last Egg Delayed Delivery Defies Farm Lore
A Scotch farmer promised 20 hens to the local market but delivered 19 by dusk. The twentieth bird arrived only after noon, prompting the butcher to remark on the delay as the farmer explains the hen laid her egg just this afternoon.
Joe Pedestrian May Soon Doff Dance Cap
A 1941 traffic safety report notes pedestrians suffered fewer injuries and deaths than in 1940, with a 13.4 percent drop in pedestrian injuries and overall pedestrian deaths at 10,820 and 218,350 injuries. The Travelers Insurance booklet cites crossings between intersections and lack of signals as common risk points. If trends continue in 1942, the national traffic accident bogey may have a vulnerable spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Travelers Insurance Company
Texas fishing gains as war boosts outdoors activity
Texas fishing license sales rose about 5 percent in the first ten days of June compared with last year. Officials credit wartime stress relief and more fishing water, including Possum Kingdom Lake and stocked ponds, plus prime Lower Colorado lakes. A Lubbock angler set a 16 hour record fighting a large fish though he had no catch.
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Austin
Game Department
Texas
Johnny Bass
Red
Young
Stephens
Colorado River
Buchanan
Inks
Marshall Ford
Tom Miller
Fishsplash record claim by A F Pierce from Texas coast
A F Pierce from the South Plains Texas is described as a landlubber who may hold a record for catching a larger salt water fish than any prior diver in the Gulf of Mexico. The clipping hints at extraordinary fishing feats with vivid coastal imagery.
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A. F. Pierce
South Plains
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Blue snake defeats rattler in Cotulla encounter
Veteran game warden John Hearn witnessed a rare clash as a blue snake wrapped around a rattler and broke its neck. The blue snake was swallowing the rattler when disturbed and fled to cover.
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John Hearn
Cotulla
Hearn
Her Prerogative
A brief dialogue sketch titled Her Prerogative contrasts skepticism with rumor as a character warns against believing all hearsay and another urges caution in repeating it. The exchange hints at media literacy and rumor mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Joan
Ensign Rescues Aussies From Jap-Occupied Timor Island
Ensign George Carlton Cook swam ashore on a Japanese held Timor island to find a group of stranded Australian airmen and coordinate their transfer to his submarine. He and Lt. Hiram Cassedy earned Navy Crosses for the rescue under enemy patrols in the Southwest Pacific. The mission evacuated the aviators to safety aboard the submarine.
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Washington
United States
Southwest Pacific
Navy
George Carlton Cook
Hygate
Marbethead Rock
Mass
Hiram Cassedy
Brookhaven
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Thao Island
H. E. Leary
USN
Cassedy
Cook
Youthful Atlanta junk dealer jailed for finding lost cash
A young Atlanta dealer received a year in jail after keeping 1500 dollars found in worn shoes. The article explains lost property remains the owner's and only a failed search grants a finder a claim. No reward rights attach to return.
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Atlanta
Man Offers Partial Return After Theft of Shoes
A man who took money and shoes from a house faces potential arrest for unlawful possession of property after offering to return all but 50 of 1500 dollars.
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Lanta
Arkansas Gazette
To the Point Mother
A teacher scolds Willie for lateness as Willie explains the bell rang before he arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Beauty and Brains Lead Campaign for Soldier Candidate
Mrs. Vernon Lemens of Waxahachie supports her husband running for lieutenant governor of Texas. A former Cactus Beauty and Phi Beta Kappa, she also earned a top scholarship and has campaigned in three prior legislative races. Her husband, now on active duty at Camp Hood, may take leave for the Texas legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Lemens
Waxahachie
Texas
University of Texas
Camp Hood
Austin
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George M. Field
Associate Justice Court of Civil Appeals
Pullman
KATY
Joe’ Pedestrian
Pedestrian
Cording
Harlingen Valley
Lubbock
Olce Draught
South
Rattler
Beauty and Brains
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