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Stable Flies: How to Control Them

Description: Booklet identifies stable flies, their life span, the damage they cause, and the how to control them.
Date: May 1953
Creator: United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Division of Insects Affecting Man and Animals.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drying Shelled Corn and Small Grain with Unheated Air

Description: This USDA leaflet provide guidance to farmers on the techniques for drying corn and small grains. Instructions are provided for mechanical means for drying, costs, ideal moisture content for the grain, and formulas for determining dried grain weights.
Date: September 1952
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Watermanship

Description: "The purpose of this manual is three-fold: a. To give you those basic principles of watermanship that will enable you to meet with confidence any emergency that may arise. b. To teach you certain fundamental practices used during small landing-craft operations. c. To show you how to swim small lakes or rivers under combat conditions."
Date: April 25, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military police in towns and cities

Description: "This manual is designed to furnish a guide for officers and enlisted men assigned the mission of patrolling civil communities, and is limited to those principles and techniques which they must know and apply.
Date: January 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Domestic disturbances

Description: "This manual presents the principles for the employment of troops during domestic disturbances and the essential substances of the more important laws relating to the employment of military forces in the aid of civil authorities with the applicable War Department policies"
Date: July 30, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Elementary map and aerial photograph reading

Description: This manual covers elementary map reading, conventional signs and military symbols, distances and scales, directions adn azimuths, coordinates, relief, slopes, profiles and visibility, map reading in the field, and aerial photograph reading to an extent sufficient to permit soldiers adn platoon leaders to read aerial photographs and aerial mosaics.
Date: August 15, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Field fortifications

Description: "This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and shelters. It also outlines the principles of terrain appreciation which apply to field fortifications, and explains how to combine individual field fortifications into a unified system by means of organization of the ground."
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lathes

Description: A guide to the operation and maintenance of lathes for general shop work.
Date: November 29, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grinding machines

Description: This report provides the definition of grinding and discusses different processes, types, and operations of grinding.
Date: November 26, 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat treating and inspection of metals

Description: This report discusses these topics: I. Principles of heat treating -- II. Heat-treating equipment -- III. General heat treatment of steel -- IV. Specific heat treatments for aircraft steels -- V. General heat treatment of aluminum alloys -- VII. Hardness testing -- VIII. Magnaflux inspection.
Date: September 10, 1941
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiotelephone procedure

Description: "The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pneumatic ponton bridge M3

Description: Discusses the purpose and usage of the pneumatic pontoon bridge M3 by infantry in the field. Covers construction, deployment, and maintenance.
Date: April 19, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Railway shop battalion.

Description: "This manual explains the organization and operation of railway shop battalion for employment on a standard military railway. Its purpose is to assist railway shop battalion officers in the training and operation of their units, and to guide command and staff officers charged with the employment of railway shop battalions."
Date: November 29, 1940
Creator: United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Concrete and masonry : repairs and utilities.

Description: "This Technical Manual describes materials, equipment, and methods used in new concrete and masonry work at Army posts. It also covers repair and maintenance of existing concrete and masonry."
Date: October 1946
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Roofing : repairs and utilities

Description: "This technical manual discusses the principal causes of failures of roofs on Army Buildings, outlines methods of repairing and renovating roofs and flashings, and describes reroofing."
Date: June 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Materials for protective concealment

Description: Discusses protective concealment (camouflage) as it matters to the soldier. Covers materials and uses as well as other equipment to be employed.
Date: October 7, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inspections and preventive maintenance services for buildings and structures, grounds, roads and pavements, railroads

Description: "This Technical Manual provides information to help the post engineer formulate and carry out a preventative maintenance program for buildings, structures, roads, runways, railroads, grounds, pest control, and related phases of real property maintenance."
Date: September 1946
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Packing and crating: repairs and utilities.

Description: Instructions for packing military supplies, as well as household goods and personal effects. Topics covered include corrosion prevention and materials used for packaging and shipping.
Date: August 1947
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plumbing : repairs and utilities

Description: "This manual prescribes materials and methods used to operate, maintain, and repair plumbing systems in Army buildings. Installation details covering alterations and additions to existing facilities are also discussed."
Date: December 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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