Wickard Warns of 1943 Food Rationing Ahead
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard urged a dawn to dark effort by farmers to raise 1943 production to feed the United Nations. The plan calls for higher meat and dairy output, more poultry eggs vegetables corn and other staples while rationing becomes likely for civilians and labor shortages loom.
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Washington
U.P
Claude R. Wickard
United Nations
Wickard
Department
Secre
USO Appeals for Typewriters Amid Worried Family Letter
A Dallas style report notes the Downtown USO seeks more typewriters after Bill from Princeton, now at Amarillo Field, writes his worried New Jersey mother a letter about weather and nerves. The letter ends with a loving sign off 1LOVE.
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Bill
New Jersey
Amarillo Field
Texas
Princeton
Letters From War Strain Downtown U. S. O. Typewriters
Soldiers at Amarillo camps visit the Downtown U. S. O. to write home using a typewriter but many keys jam. Families and officials seek more typewriters or donations, citing morale and wartime communication needs. Corporal Albert C. Warner gains attention for his regular letter correspondence with California teacher Miss Evelyn Cassidy and her 11 pupils.
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Bill
Amarillo
Camp
Adair
Ore
Corp
Albert C. Warner
Warner
Evelyn Cassidy
California
Borger Man Dies In Bomber Crash
Officials at Greenville Army Air Base investigated a medium bomber crash that killed four airmen near Greer South Carolina. The dead were Lieut Herbert W Barton Jr pilot from Mentone Texas Lieut William T Wright from South Bend Texas Staff Sgt James W Britton from Borger Texas and Bertam Howard from Carthage Indiana. All four were stationed at the Greenville base.
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Greenville
S. C
U.P
Greenville Army Air Base
Greer
Herbert W. Barton, Jr
Mentone
Tex
William T. Wright
South Bend
James W. Britton
Borger
Bertram Howard
Carthage
Ind
Greenville Air Base
Waste fats drive in Amarillo to aid war industries
The War Production Board urges Amarillo households to save waste fats, containing about 10 percent glycerine for explosives. Volunteers like Joseph B. McAdams and Roy Greenhill outline six collection steps: save all fats and pan drippings, pour into clean wide mouthed cans, refrigerate until at least one pound, and deliver to meat dealers or frozen food lockers for weighing and payment.
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Amarillo
Uncle Sam
WPB
America
Joseph B. McAdams
Texas Salvage Committee
Texas
Mr. McAdams
Roy Greenhill
The Messiah at Hereford Sunday
Handel's Messiah will be performed Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the First Methodist Church Hereford announced by Miss Mattie Mae Swisher. Am arillo Chorus members will travel to Hereford to assist while Hereford Chorus members join here. Soloists include Mrs L G Ackerman Mrs Ray Coneway Erva Fluitt Bonnie Miller Nancy Millard Mrs Carl Mountz Charles Cooper Donald McCullough M M Finch and R C McGilvary.
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First Methodist Church
Hereford
Mattie Mae Swisher
Amarillo
Hereford Chorus
L. G. Ackerman
Ray Coneway
Erva Fluitt
Bonnie Miller
Nancy Millard
Carl Mountz
Charles Cooper
Donald McCullough
M. M. Finch
R. C. McGilvary
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Grand Canyon Limited
Grand Canyon
R. F. Gill
Amarillo Canyon
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Lubbock
H. C. Vincent
Teseat Ambulance
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Republic
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Lockheed
Imex
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