Newspaper Man Stuff and City Editors Tales
A nostalgic sketch of reporters and city editors in vivid storytelling form. It recalls a time when journalists faced strange visitors, dramatic office moments, and colorful street scenes while delivering the scoop. The piece mixes humor with homage to press crews and newsroom culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
The
Mirror
Jim
Bishop
Rommel
Hitler
Gold Braid
Washington
Turkey
Farmer Takes Charge of Acreage Under New AAA Plan
Under the 1943 agricultural adjustment program farmers will measure and report their own acreages, with AAA committees providing guidance. The shift aims to cut travel and fuel use while boosting production about five percent over 1942, as regions set local goals and adjust practices to local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Uncle Sam
War Board
AAA State
Food Distribution Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
East Central
Armed Services
America
Kentucky Hemp Revival Promises Half Million Ton Annual Plan
Kentucky government efforts aim to grow nearly 500000 tons of hemp annually to revive the state's historic hemp industry. The bluegrass region once led hemp production, with seeds arriving from Europe and Virginia helping early Kentucky planters. In time Kentucky seed supplied much of U S hemp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goverment
Kentucky
Europe
Virginia
United States
Hemp Industry in Kentucky’s Early 19th Century
Hemp production in Kentucky grew to nearly 250000 pounds annually as fiber for home weaving and later for bagging rope and sailcloth. Mills in Lexington fed the market while foreign competition and alternative fibers like abaca and jute reduced domestic output. tobacco emerged as a more profitable crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
U. S. Navy
Lexington
Manila
Grandmothers Learn Aircraft Blueprinting in San Diego
In San Diego, grandmothers join aircraft draftsman courses in surplus wartime spaces. Two seniors, one white haired and one pink cheeked, work with compasses and rulers to master mechanical drafting for shipbuilding. Consolidated Vultee notes women with art or design talent can learn engineering, fueling a wartime workforce shift.
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San Diego
bat‘Ueship
Consolidated Vultee
California
Consolidated
White House debate over pay as you go taxes and farm aid
At a White House conference farm leaders push pay as you go taxes as an anti inflation measure to drain surplus income and ease income tax payments. President hints support if windfalls to the wealthy are removed while debates on price ceilings and farm distribution continue. Ambassador Winant provides London lodging for six wounded American soldiers from Harvard and Dartmouth in the famed British Eighth Army unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
Fooderar
Chester Davis
Ed O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
Ezra T. Benson
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
O'Neal
G.O0
Benson
Chester
Davis
Dutchess County
New York
Georgia
Albert Goss
National Grange
Washington
Goss
Albert
Agriculture Department
Farm Bureau
The
Grange
Justice Byrnes
Jim Patton
Farmers Union
John G. Winant
London
Eighth Army
Egypt
Harvard
Dartmouth
America
Cinderella Chair Gaily Steps Out Craft Idea
Readers learn how to transform a kitchen chair into a cushioned, tufted display piece by padding the chair back with multiple cotton battings, adding a wooden seat, and sewing a fabric cover with a hidden stitch. The note also mentions a new craft book offered by mail for 15 cents.
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Nereman Levy
Abo Dess
Tim
Bowery
Drive
Mr. Farmer
Will Aid
U.S
Wyetm Spears
Bedford
St. Joseph
Aren
Oration, Incorporated
Hore
Anu —W
Doan
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