War Gardens For Coming Year To Be Different
Dr Frank Thone reports on the National Defense Garden Conference. Secretary Wickard outlines a shift from 1917 18 practice to targeted home and community vegetable cultivation and expanded farm gardens to meet wartime needs. He calls for 1.3 million more farm gardens in 1942 and stresses school lunch continuity and tin conservation.
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Washington
Wickard
National Defense Garden
Federal Security Administration McNutt
M. L. Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Parent-Teachers Associations
Skilled workers sought for Pearl Harbor repair work
The government via Civil Service Commissioner Arthur Flemming urged skilled electricians, electric and gas cutters and shipfitters to report for Pearl Harbor repair duties. He said 250 shipfitters are needed and would relocate to Hawaii. Flemming spoke on NBC. Also, 400 scientists, including one in the Belgian Congo, assist a University of Oklahoma botanist studying colchicine effects on plant growth.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Civil Service
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
NBC
Belgian Congo
University of Oklahoma
Bank Holiday Closings and Post Holiday Payments
Several banks announce Christmas Day closure on Thursday December 25 1941 a legal holiday. Banks note maturing funds can be paid Friday December 26 1941 and include officers John I Sloat J H Yost Harold G Brown Geo B Bushnell and others.
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Bofane
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Conservation of Timber in South Gets Attention
At the Society of American Foresters meeting in Jacksonville Florida measures to conserve and renew Southern forests gain focus. J E McCaffrey of International Paper discusses industrial forest lands comprising about 40 percent of the region's 200 million acres.
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Jacksonville
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South
Society of American Foresters
J. E. McCaffrey
International Paper Company
Gifford Pinchot
Virginia
D. E. Lauderburn
United States Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Extension Service
Science Groups Plan Meetings In Spite of War
Washington December 23. About a hundred scientific societies will hold meetings across the nation during Christmas and New Year’s, despite the war. War and peace service will dominate talks with sessions on aiding the war effort. Location highlights include Dallas for the American Association. Cleveland Ann Arbor and Columbus for chemists. Boston for geologists. Baltimore for bacteriology. New York for economic sociology and statistics. Princeton for physics. Chicago for historians and librarians. Andover and Hartford for archaeology and anthropology. Bethlehem for ae societies. San Francisco for economic entomologists.
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Science Sevice
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Texas
Socia
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Mich
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Ohio
Boston
Baltimore
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American Economic Association
American Sociological Society
American Statistical Association
Princeton
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Chicago
Andover
Mass
Hartford
Fire crew halts car as brakes ignite on alarm run
In San Diego a fire engine chased two miles to stop Roscoe Wood after his car’s brakes caught fire. Firemen doused the blaze with an extinguisher. Wood fainted. A diner now operates on some New York and Philadelphia area express trains.
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San Diego
Calif
New York
Philadelphia
Typhus Fever Could Aid Nazi Defeat In Russia
Reports from Stockholm describe a Baltic zone outbreak of typhus among soldiers and civilians that may have slowed or helped defeat German forces in Russia. The piece notes delousing efforts, potential vaccine trials, and cites Hans Zinsser on typhus shaping World War I outcomes.
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Jane Stafford
Science Service
Washington
Baltic States
Russia
Stockholm
South America
Hungary
Hans Zinsser
Serbia
Zinsser
Censor Chief Picked Byron Price by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt appoints Byron Price executive news editor of the Associated Press as director of censorship for the United States. Price receives a leave of absence from AP to take the post.
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Roosevelt
Byron Price
Associated Press
United States
Price
Corporations And Incomes Likely To Be Taxed Heavy
Washington dispatch reports two Ways and Means members say the next tax bill may burden corporations and individual incomes more than excise taxes. Duncan and Reed note diminishing returns on excise levies and material diversions to defense may raise costs. Hearings likely start Jan. 15 as Treasury and tax experts draft proposals for new billions.
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Washington
Duncan
D-Mo
Reed
R-Ny
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Congressional
Morgenthau
President Roosevelt Proclaims New Year Day of Prayer
President Roosevelt declares January 1 1942 a day of prayer to seek forgiveness for past shortcomings and divine aid for the future. He emphasizes devotion to country freedom and courage as the nation faces the new year.
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Roosevelt
Boy Scouts of America
Washington
Deputy’s Grandson Cuffed By Mistaken Use Of Handcuffs
Petersburg Indiana December 28 Deputy Sheriff Morman Dickson drove ten miles to his office and back after his three year old grandson Eldon De Wayne Dickson locked his legs with the officer’s handcuffs.
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Petersburg
Ind
Morman Dickson
Dickson
Eldon de Wayne Dickson
Cornell Experts Extend Vegetable Shelf Life With Quiet Sleep
Cornell researchers report progress in storing vegetables by placing crops in modified atmosphere to slow respiration. Early trials show storage extending to a year or more, improving preservation of freshness and quality.
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Cornell
Local Teens Visit Family and Shop in Winchester
Isaac Creek residents Dee and Iris Poland visited Rio with Paul Poland's family. Eva Whitacre stayed with Stanley Riley. M C Baker of Washington chatted with J N Whitacre. Alice Marple, working in Winchester, spent the weekend with her aunt and uncle. Many locals joined the Winchester shopping trip Saturday.
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Dee
Iris Poland
Paul Poland
Rio
W. Va
Eva Whitacre
Stanley Riley
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