Senators Target Radio Crooners in Juvenile Delinquency Probe
Senator Andrews of Florida criticizes radio crooners as corrupting youth claiming they foment fits and mischief. He cites pistol packing films showing blood as a bad example, while Judge Chris Barnette notes women and juveniles respond to crooner culture as a social norm in a Senate subcommittee hearing.
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Washington
Andrews
Florida
Senate
Chris Barnette
Shreveport
Fruit Spraying Time Near Peaches and Plums
County Agent W. O. Teddlie outlines a spraying formula to control curculio in peaches and plums. Mix four pounds hydrated lime with water to a creamy paste, combine with 50 gallons of water, then add one pound lead arsenate. Spray when most petals have fallen from blossoms. An unrelated note mentions an elephant cannot lift all four feet simultaneously.
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Seld
W. O. Teddlie
Teddlie
Women in the War Effort Invite Enlistment in WAC
The ad promotes Women’s Army Corps training and civilian-to-military job paths with better pay after the war. It urges applying at Army Recruiting Stations or writing The Adjutant General in Washington to join, noting essential workers must have employer or U S Employment Service releases.
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Adjutant General
Washington
D. C
U. S. Employment Service
Denison Lake Park plan eyed for big postwar recreation
National Park Service outlines a 146000 acre lake recreation zone at Denison Dam linking Texas and Oklahoma. Two main resorts and numerous projects including a Negroes-only area, camps lodges cabins and boat facilities are proposed with access via four federal highways and a 100 mile regional draw.
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Denison
Denison Dam
National Park Service
Congress
Texas
Oklahoma
Rease
L. C. Fuller
Natonal Park Service
Acre
Fuller
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Texas Gulf Coast
Washite River
Red River
Leg Cast Upon Waters Returns After Many Days
A shipwreck off Newfoundland leads to Captain William Clendanial losing a wooden leg. Rescued, he cannot get a replacement at Fort Pepperwell hospital until a beach found leg is reported, the sea returning it. The tale is recounted alongside a domestic parent child moment about a napkin and a dog.
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Waters
Ottawa
William Clendanial
Clendanial
Newfoundland
Fort Pepperwell
Review of war pension claims and July 13 1943 law change
The piece outlines the shift to a more liberal standard for service connected disabilities effective July 13, 1943. It notes stricter government rebuttal requirements, and summarizes pre and post law denial reasons, including failure to prove service connection, low disability percent, misconduct, and non line of duty injuries. It provides wartime claim statistics through June 30 1943 and Dec 31 1943, with counts of filed, allowed, denied, and pending claims.
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Pearl Harbor
Veterans Administration
Patrick Henry on liberty and four freedoms critique
The passage argues against overanalyzing liberty as it references Patrick Henry and a quoted line. It suggests liberty should be alive and intact, warns against dissecting it into four so called freedoms, and critiques "freedom from want" as a decoy.
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Patrick Henry
Henry
Speed of voice across the globe by telephone
A note explains that spoken language travels around the world via telephone in under one third of a second, highlighting the rapid reach of modern communication technology.
Rickenbacker Calls for Gas, Bombing Jap War Tactics
Edward Rickenbacker, famed American ace, advocates gas and fire to defeat Japan and end guerrilla warfare, arguing victory requires destroying Japanese forces before they reach Japan. He predicts Germany will not collapse quickly and warns of a prolonged Pacific and European war. An unrelated museum scene with a Scots grandmother and her grandson ends with a joke about biting nails.
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Edward Rickenbacker
America
Japan
Germany
Italy
Pacific
Russia
Venus de Milo
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Texo
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