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Congressional group asks $80,000,000 for flood control. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. President Roosevelt today canvassed proposals for flood control measures with a house delegation placing emphasis on need for a program in the Ohio River Valley. The House Delegates asked the president to support and $80,000,000 program for flood control in the Ohio Valley. They are shown as they left the White House, left to right, front: Joseph A. Dixon, Ohio; James G. Folk, Ohio; Eugene P. Crowe, Ind.; G.W. Johnson, West Virginia; Lawrence E. Imhoff, Ohio. In the rear: Peter J. De Muth, PA.; Kent Keller, Ill.; Brent Spencer, KY, 3/7/38

Congressional group asks $80,000,000 for flood control. Washington, D....

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LEADING FIGURES AT TONIGHT'S JAMBOREE FOR PROMINENT WOMEN BY NEWSPAPERWOMEN. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 9. THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB HAD ITS ANNUAL STUNT PARTY AND DINNER FOR THE WIVES OF PROMINENT NATIONAL FIGURES AND FOR WOMEN PROMINENT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. THE AFFAIR IS FEATURED BY A SKIT WHICH POKES FUN AT THE DOINGS OF WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT HERE, AND THIS TIME LAYS PARTICULAR EMPHASIS UPON THE FUTURE FIRST LADY. L TO R: ROSA PONSELLE, WHO SANG FOR THE GROUP; MRS. THOMAS E. DEWEY; MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; RUBY BLACK, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB; AND GRACIE ALLEN WHO IS, SHE SAYS OVER THE AIR, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

LEADING FIGURES AT TONIGHT'S JAMBOREE FOR PROMINENT WOMEN BY NEWSPAPER...

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Raymond Freeman, senior, from Omaha, Nebraska and Jack Gibson, junior, from Perry, Iowa working on plans for the layout of a farmstead. The emphasis in the Landscape Architecture School is on community planning rather than the beautification of estates of private individuals. Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

Raymond Freeman, senior, from Omaha, Nebraska and Jack Gibson, junior,...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Scarlet fingernails give emphasis to the important work that feminine fingers are doing on this inspection line. Performing a delicate and repetitive job, women at this Midwest aircraft motor plant use dial indicator gauges in the process of inspection of ball sockets used in airplane motors

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Scarlet fingernails give em...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Harriet Haberman left an office job to take her place on the assembly line of a giant Midwest supercharger plant. Reflecting wartime emphasis on feminine employment, this plant points with pride to the fact that 80 percent of its workers are women. Miss Haberman's deft fingers have proven most suited to the intricate work of gauging small pieces for supercharger engines. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Harriet Haberman left an off...

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May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

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Cattle belonging to farmer on Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. As the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project grows older, the dairy and beef herds are both assuming greater emphasis in farm economy

Cattle belonging to farmer on Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. A...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

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Nurse training. A torpedoed sailor receives burn treatment from a doctor, with student nurse Susan Petty in attendance. Care of burns gets special emphasis in the education of every nurse today, for war casualties almost invariably include victims of burns

Nurse training. A torpedoed sailor receives burn treatment from a doct...

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High school Victory Corps. Women as well as men must be in top physical condition to give their best to the war effort. At Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland, the girls' physical education department is placing more emphasis on calisthenics and similar methods of body development than on the usual athletic games

High school Victory Corps. Women as well as men must be in top physica...

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May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

May 15, 1784, Warwick, For religious emphasis.

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.