38 ways to cut costs in the manufacture and sale of consumers' durable goods. (open access)

38 ways to cut costs in the manufacture and sale of consumers' durable goods.

Suggests cost savings strategies for manufacturers operating under war-time price regulations, with the goal of reducing their need for relief from the Office of Price Administration.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cucumber growing. (open access)

Cucumber growing.

A guide to growing table cucumbers or slicing cucumbers in cold frames and as a field crop.
Date: 1942
Creator: Beattie, W. R. (William Renwick), b. 1870
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democracy Means All of Us: How Communities Can Organize to Study and Meet Community Needs With Special Suggestions for Developing Nutrition Programs in Wartime. (open access)

Democracy Means All of Us: How Communities Can Organize to Study and Meet Community Needs With Special Suggestions for Developing Nutrition Programs in Wartime.

Booklet describing how to organize local committees for nutrition education programs during wartime, withexamples and suggestions for small and large communities, and for ways to involve youth in the effort. It also provides guidelines for evaluating the success of a local program.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services. Nutrition Division.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ladino white clover for the northeastern states. (open access)

Ladino white clover for the northeastern states.

Describes the importance of Ladino white clover on the farm, and how to successfully grow it in the northeastern United States.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hollowell, E. A. (Eugene Amos)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring water in irrigation channels. (open access)

Measuring water in irrigation channels.

Describes various water-measurement devices for use in open irrigation channels, with emphasis on weirs and the Parshall measuring flume.
Date: 1942
Creator: Parshall, R. L. (Ralph Leroy), 1881-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
New landmarks of soil conservation. (open access)

New landmarks of soil conservation.

Discusses various methods for protecting and conserving soil.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relative effectiveness of acid lead arsenate and other materials as stomach poisons for the larvae of the Japanese beetle. (open access)

Relative effectiveness of acid lead arsenate and other materials as stomach poisons for the larvae of the Japanese beetle.

Provides the results of experiments conducted from 1929 to 1936 to test the efficacy of acid lead arsenate and other insecticides for control of Japanese beetles.
Date: January 1942
Creator: Fleming, Walter E. (Walter Ernest), 1899-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of white pines infected with blister rust. (open access)

Treatment of white pines infected with blister rust.

Describes the symptoms and treatment of blister rust disease on white pine trees.
Date: 1942
Creator: Martin, J. F. & Gravatt, G. F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insecticidal efficiency of some oils of plant origin (open access)

Insecticidal efficiency of some oils of plant origin

Describes the results of scientific research examining the effect of plant oils as insecticides.
Date: February 1942
Creator: Cressman, A. W. & Dawsey, Lynn H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pastures to hold and enrich the soil. (open access)

Pastures to hold and enrich the soil.

Discusses methods for maintaining grazing pastures, enriching the soil, and preventing the erosion of soil.
Date: March 1942
Creator: Semple, Arthur T. (Arthur Truman), 1895- & Hein, M. A. (Mason August), b. 1894
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
School lunches in country and city. (open access)

School lunches in country and city.

Discusses the importance of the development and implementation of school lunch programs in both rural and urban schools.
Date: March 1942
Creator: Sherman, Caroline B. (Caroline Baldwin); Southworth, Herman M. (Herman McDowell), 1909- & Klayman, Maxwell Irving, 1917-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conduct of field artillery fire using air observation. (open access)

Conduct of field artillery fire using air observation.

"This manual covers the methods and procedure for the control of field artillery fire using air observation."
Date: March 21, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
20-MM aircraft gun matériel M1 and M2. (open access)

20-MM aircraft gun matériel M1 and M2.

"In addition to a description of the 20-mm aircraft gun matériel M1 and M2, this manual contains technical information required for the identification, use, and care of the matériel."
Date: April 2, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible. (open access)

Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible.

"In addition to a description of the Browning machine gun, caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible, this manual contains technical information required for the identification, use, and care of the materiel."
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft radio shop practice. (open access)

Aircraft radio shop practice.

Discusses maintenance and repair of the component parts of aircraft radio equipment, and the correct use of tools.
Date: May 1, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Care of damaged shade trees. (open access)

Care of damaged shade trees.

Discusses the important role shade trees play in camouflaging property. Explains the ways in which shade trees can become damaged and provides advice for repairing them in the event of damage.
Date: May 1942
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strains of field corn resistant to the survival of the European corn borer. (open access)

Strains of field corn resistant to the survival of the European corn borer.

Describes a series of scientific tests conducted over ten years to identify the strains of corn that were resistant to the threat of European corn borers, and provides the results of these tests.
Date: May 1942
Creator: Patch, L. H.; Holbert, J. R. & Everly, R. T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sugar-beet culture in the intermountain area with curly top resistant varieties. (open access)

Sugar-beet culture in the intermountain area with curly top resistant varieties.

Describes types of sugar beets, procedures for growing them, and possible threats to them.
Date: May 1942
Creator: Tolman, Bion. & Murphy, Albert.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Winter legumes for green manure in the Cotton Belt. (open access)

Winter legumes for green manure in the Cotton Belt.

Describes varieties of the winter legumes used for "green manure" in the southern United States; provides suggestions for considerations to make when using winter legumes on farmland.
Date: May 1942
Creator: McKee, Roland. & McNair, A. D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ordnance maintenance : plotting boards for field artillery (open access)

Ordnance maintenance : plotting boards for field artillery

Contains instructions for inspection, assembly, disassembly, maintenance, and repair of plotting boards for field artillery.
Date: May 21, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Work clothes for women. (open access)

Work clothes for women.

Discusses design, fabric, and function of work clothes for women during wartime. Features designs by the Bureau of Home Economics which were released to the public through retail outlets as commercial patterns or as ready-to-wear garments. Includes line drawings and photographs, and features convertible clothing designs.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Scott, Clarice L. (Clarice Louisba), b. 1899
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maintenance policies, publications, and forms. (open access)

Maintenance policies, publications, and forms.

Designed to familiarize Army Air Forces personnel with publications, forms, and policies, in order to ensure efficient aircraft maintenance and standardized practices.
Date: June 8, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft hardware and materials. (open access)

Aircraft hardware and materials.

Describes the types of "materials and hardware used in aircraft construction and repair."
Date: June 11, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ordnance maintenance : azimuth instrument M1918 and M1918A2 (open access)

Ordnance maintenance : azimuth instrument M1918 and M1918A2

Discusses the azimuth instruments M1918 and M1918A2 in terms of their purposes, operations, maintenance, assembly, disassembly, and repair.
Date: June 11, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library