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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
8
Practical guide for making a shadow-box cupboard to carry treasured home items like books and china during moves. Steps include framing with plywood, cutting boards, assembling, and finishing, with an offer for a pattern and materials list for 1% cents labeled Pacltern 264.
An article from Washington outlines a government aided swine program driven by industry leaders to conserve feed, reduce waste, and boost efficiency. It highlights four main aims: better breeding, feed conservation, disease control, and improved management, plus practical steps to finish hogs at 200 to 240 pounds and cut grain use. It also notes a national mobilization need for skilled workers in aviation research and urges women’s recruiting efforts for war labor.
BRIEFS describes a trained pigeon dropped in a metal waterproof container with a parachute to reach stranded airmen. They relay needs to Ottawa via a para trooper bird. Also notes U S armed services manpower needs and a call to buy War Bonds.
This BARROW LYONS written overview outlines the Wagner Murray Dingell bill proposing a federal health and old age insurance system for farmers and related workers. It would levy 6 percent payroll contributions up to 3000 dollars, 7 percent for self employed, plus scaled government contributions in 10 to 15 years, with potential state funding scrutiny and broader federal responsibility. It notes farm groups’ tentative support, health disparities between farm and city families, and the need for medical and hospital insurance under old age and survivors coverage.
Ernie Pyle reports from the Fifth Army beachhead at Anzio where British navy and American troops organize port operations amid shellfire. Engineers and quartermasters run charts and supply logs, while a mobile army laundry, bakery, salvage depot, and cemetery keep functioning under fire.
The speaker notes how wartime nicknames evolve from Huns in the previous war to Jerry in the early years of the current conflict, then Kraut in recent months. Observing slang trends, it highlights front line usage surpassing rear areas and reflects changing attitudes toward the enemy.
Readable scraps from an old page show jokes and brief exchanges. Items include a wedding dinner invitation, a bachelor’s reply, a playful exchange about sharing sorrows, a pig gift line, a lending heart note, a patter about pictures, a photographer quip, and a pun on penalties in necking and salt selling.
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