Kerr forecasts Texas boom and postwar aid push
Oklahoma Governor Robert Kerr predicts Texas will lead the nation in population industry and wealth in the postwar period after a breakfast with a Fort Worth friend. He notes Oklahoma’s similar potential but fewer square miles and comments on national politics and postwar policy. Meanwhile in Washington lawmakers kill nearly all plans to fund travel for migratory war workers and unemployment compensation for federal workers, approving a surplus property bill to speed disposal of surplus war materials.
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Kerr
Bill
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Fort Worth
Robert S. Kerrn
W. L. Stewart
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Truman
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Southwest
Washington
House
Mathematics Weakness in Southwest High Schools
Dr. W. R. Woolrich of the University of Texas College of Engineering says mathematics is the main deficiency in Southwest high school systems. He notes the university sends postal cards to all high schools outlining math requirements for engineering track students and cites specific course recommendations: two years algebra, one year geometry, one year physics, and three years English.
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Austin
W. R. Woolrich
University of Texas College of Engineering
University Engineering College
Dean Woolrich
Texan's Device Salvages Radios for Allied Planes
London report credits Tech Sergeant James T. Johnson of Weatherford Texas with a device built in 30 days that salvaged 50 000 damaged radio crystals since August 21 restoring communications to thousands of Allied planes. The 22 year old saved 1 750 000 dollars in equipment and returned fighters and bombers to operation.
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London
James T. Johnson
Weatherford
Texas
Air Service Command
Radio Research Department
Man hunting ad attracts teachers in Missouri and New Mexico
Springfield, Missouri. Vaughn, New Mexico principal Gene E. Clark placed a classified ad seeking two teachers with math commerce science or Spanish. He added good deer antelope and manhunting, calling it a psychological approach. He notes five of ten teachers married during the first term last year and started from scratch.
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Springfield
Gene E. Clark
Vaughn, N. Mex
Clark
Nazis Seal Soldier Memo Claiming Hitler Fights Rage
A Nazi education officer's front line order on the Italian front suggests countering rumors that Hitler is irrational claiming he rages and tears carpets though witnesses insist the Fuehrer remains in control. The document notes public despair but asserts Hitler's steadiness.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Texas Lacks Beds for Tubercular Patients
Dr. Howard E. Smith of the Texas Tuberculosis Association says Texas faces a bed shortage statewide. He notes that in 1943 there were about 8,000 tuberculosis cases but only 2,000 beds available to treat them.
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Texas
Austin
Howard E. Smith
Division of Tuberculosis Control
State Department of Health
Texas Tuberculosis Association
Smith
Soldiers Meet Test on Packaged Rations at Camp Topside
At Camp Topside Colorado 900 soldiers and officers completed an eight week ration test. They lived on packaged rations at 8850 feet, isolated from the world, undergoing combat like training with no enemies. Average weight loss was five pounds, yet health and condition improved overall.
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Camp Carson
Colo
Topside
Tarryall Mountains
Aleutians
Tiny tools drive war effort with pocket lab innovations
New micrurgy uses micro tools under a microscope to build engines for Flying Fortresses. Dr. George F. Hand of Fairchild describes a pocket-size thimble laboratory that speeds work, saves materials, and reduces hazards while studying rust and dust particles with tools down to 10 by 30 microns.
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New York
American Chemical Society
George F. Hand
Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp
Hand
Greenville pilot Lt Billy Marshall Killed In Plane Crash
Lt James W Marshall of Greenville Texas Aloe Field Instructor and Aviation Cadet William G Moliter of New York City were killed Monday when their trainer plane crashed near Fannin in Goliad County. He was an all district football player at Greenville High School and had trained at Bonham and Greenville before earning a commission at Aloe Field in April 1944.
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Bonham
Greenville
Aloe Field
200 Passenger Planes Not For Early Use
Washington report from Dr. D H Davenport of Curtiss Wright Corp notes giant 150 to 200 passenger planes will not be common in the immediate postwar years. He says such planes will be unavailable for several years and would struggle to maintain economical load factors and service frequency. Medium 30 to 40 passenger planes will suit most postwar requirements.
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Washington
D. H. Davenport
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Postwar surplus planes face required modifications
Dr. Davenport notes two compensating features in the surplus plane picture. Surplus military transports will need considerable modification or alteration.
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Davenport
GI Joe Learns a Salute Lesson in Army Idle Honor
A newly commissioned lieutenant orders a private to salute him a hundred times. The private declines with a casual breeze, prompting the officer to insist on a public display of deference and self-importance.
Misplaced drill leads to orderly revival of courtesy
A distressed soldier botches a drill as a senior officer arrives. The officer lectures the lieutenant on proper salutes and orders a restart. A romantic interlude unfolds with a kiss interrupted by the crowd.
First Gal recounts 16 imagined kisses
A light exchange features two women joking about a man who allegedly wanted to kiss the first speaker sixteen times. The first recounts counting, prompting questions from the second about how she knows the number. The humorous vignette highlights playful flirtation.
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