United States Navy Vows Global Lead in World War Ship Race
Naval experts say the U S Navy is the world’s best and expanding fast. It will outrun Britain in new ships and nearly match Germany, Japan and Italy in battleships with a stronger aircraft carrier fleet.
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United States
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Germany
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
Navy
Saratoga
Lexington
Britain
The Destroyer Ship Description and Specs
A lean and dangerous destroyer is described as the most romantic yet uncomfortable fighting ship. It measures 300 feet in length with a 30 foot beam and draws about 10 feet of water when fully loaded, making rough seas particularly testing for crews.
Army Facts And Figures From World War II Training Manual
The document outlines anti-aircraft gun specs and procedures including the .50 caliber rate of fire, three inch shell weights and velocities, fuse types, and shell expansion patterns. It also covers officer etiquette salutes ranks addressing, vehicle order of entry, and historical notes on Canadian revolts in 1837 along with culinary guidance on when to add sauces to boiled vegetables.
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204Th Coast Artilery
Court approves ASCAP consent decree in antitrust suit
Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard approved the consent decree in the government antitrust action against the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers. Victor O. Waters said the decree paves the way for a quick settlement with major broadcasting stations after ASCAP music was removed from most stations on January 1. The remaining issue concerns price between ASCAP and broadcasters.
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New York
Henry W. Goddard
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Victor O. Waters
ASCAP
Balanced Diet Plans Free of Extra Cost
Amherst Mass Wise spending guides a balanced family diet at minimum cost says Miss May E Foley extension nutritionist Massachusetts State College. Each child should have one quart of milk daily and each adult one pint plus vegetables and fruits daily. Include potatoes tomatoes citrus and leafy greens. Adults need three to five eggs weekly while children need five to seven. Meat fish or poultry served five times daily with bread and butter at every meal.
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Amherst
Mass
May E. Foley
Massachusetts State College
Miss Foley
Army declines to feed inductee's elephant
Army induction officials refused Wednesday to pay 2840 to feed James J. Hamiter Jr.'s elephant if he is drafted. Hamiter, who runs a small wintering circus, said someone would have to feed the pachyderm, and rejected selling the animal as the market is weak. Greece has a population of about 6,250,000.
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Dallas
James J. Hamiter Jr
Hamiter
Dove limits likely unchanged in Texas for 1941
Texas officials expect the 1941 dove bag limit to stay near twelve while Southeastern states face tighter quotas after a severe freeze. The Texas Game Department backs projects to protect whitewing doves in South Texas with federal help, amid concerns over dwindling numbers. A separate incident reports a live dove with a minor head wound found in a car, later released on a Fort Worth area farm.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Ira N. Gabrielson
Federal Service
Texas Game Department
South
Game Department
Snider
Fort Worth
Maddox
Fort Worth men find quail trapped in hog wire fence
O. L. Snider and Ed Maddox hunted near Stephenville when a dog pointed a quail two feet off the ground caught in hog wire. The uninjured bird later reappeared, prompting a curious count discrepancy and a surprising recovery.
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Fort Worth
Game Department
O. L. Snider
Ed Maddox
Stephenville
Maddox
Snider
Game Wardens Report Vehicle Deer and Turkey Kills
The Gillespie County warden cites 1940 vehicle deaths of 57 deer and 4 wild turkeys versus 1939 counts of 76 deer and 9 wild turkeys, reflecting possible effects of the state campaign urging motorists to drive carefully in game country.
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State Game Department
Gillespie County
Porcupines Killed Reported in Gillespie County
Two porcupines were killed recently in Gillespie County becoming the first such reports to the State game warden in that area. The Game Department also noted a separate incident in Southwest Texas and described a white deer seen by workers on the Aransas Refuge. The department trapped and moved 511 ducks and does to sparsely populated deer areas.
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Gillespie County
Game Department
Texas
Aransas Refuge
South
Missing Farmhouse Tracked Down by Bank Officials
CORNISH COLORADO A farmhouse moved by borrowers from a Federal Land Bank property was located by bank officials after being moved miles away to near Goodrich. Tenants were compelled to return the structure to the farm under the bank’s authority.
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Cornish
Colo
Federal Land Bank
Goodrich
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