Point Rationing Brings Equitable Sharing Announced
Food Administration officials announce a nationwide point rationing plan with ration books, stamps and a two to three program system. Farmers and rural residents will fare better, while half of next year’s canned and dried fruits and vegetables will support military needs and a universal ration will spread fairness.
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Food Administration
America
Mall Sica Dulen mederanntabPan
Claude R. Wickard
U. S
OPA
Leon Henderson
Palnh
Office of Price Administration
Administrator Wickard First U S Food Chief From Indiana
Claude Raymond Wickard born February 28 1893 on a Carroll County farm Indiana. Purdue graduate at 22 with agriculture degree. Married Louise Eckert at 25. two children. Early 1933 AAA assistant chief of corn and hogs section. secretary of agriculture since 1940. recently named food administrator alongside Paul McNutt. Member United Brethren church Mason Rotarian. Rural home in Camden Indiana.
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Claude Raymond Wickard
Carroll County
Indiana
Purdue University
Louise Eckert
Betty Jane
Ann Louise
AAA
The
National
Paul McNutt
Farmers Face Grueling 1943 Job Despite Shortages
Wartime losses of land and labor, plus scarce equipment, press 1943 farm output. L. Gilliott of La Salle Extension University warns the world food situation demands aggressive action. America must boost production to meet global needs and avoid shortages in food and munitions.
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L. Gilliott
la Salle Extension University
Chicago
Europe
Russia
Germany
America
Bone Port Third Among Algerian Ports On Coastline
Bone or Bona on the eastern Algerian coast ranks third among Algeria's ports after Algiers and Oran. It hosts a French naval station like the other ports and serves as a modern port city of about 85 000 people located in a small bay west of Algiers.
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Bone
Bona
Algeria
Algiers
Oran
Tunis
Mediterranean
Monaco
Constantine
Farmers plan 1943 production and price rise
The article urges farmers to boost output in pork lard beef eggs and poultry by over 1 percent above last year. It notes higher demand from consumers with higher incomes the government for armed forces and allies, and predicts 10 percent higher prices with total farmer income rising by about 2 billion dollars. It stresses pre planting repairs improvements and planning to prevent breakdowns and maximize production this year.
West Point Cadets Train for War and Peace Ahead of 3 Year Course
The piece extols West Point training, detailing year round tight schedules from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with academics and tactical arms instruction. It notes summer field maneuvers, a broad weapons syllabus, and ongoing curricular reforms under a proposed 3 year program guided by figures from MIT and Dartmouth.
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West Point
Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor Hopkins
Dartmouth
Bull
Huebner
The
Services of Supply
Edwards
War Department General Staff
Schlatter
Flying Training Command
Army Air Forces
Military Academy
America
Robert E. Lee
U. S. Grant
John J. Pershing
Kaiser
New York State
Dinner chatter and Truman committee tug of war in Washington
British ambassador Lord Halifax hosts a dinner at the British embassy where guests, led by Mrs. Thurman Arnold, struggle to gain attention as she quips Come and get it. In Washington, a power struggle over the Truman committee unfolds as supporters seek more funds and a possible end to the probe. Congress debates gasoline rationing and Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s influence grows as she aims to press for planes and aid. Milton Eisenhower and John Steelman rumored as McNutt aides amid manpower planning shifts.
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Washington, D. C
Lord Halifax
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Truman Committee
Senate
Jesse Jones
WPB
Donald Nelson
Truman
Congress
Scott Lucas
Ilinois
Senate Audit and Control Committee
Harry G. Trueman
Missouri
Madame Chiang Baishiek
Generalissi Mistress of
China
Washington
White House
FDR
Madame Chiang
Wei
Japan
Solomons
East Indies
Pacific
Indo-China
Burma
United Nations High Command
Hitler
Hirohito
Singapore
San Francisco
New York
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Sup covers work magic in a home give it a fresh new look
Pattern 7397 provides step by step directions for making slip covers to revitalize chairs and sofas. The instructions describe fabric choices and tailoring tips to create custom covers at home. This preview encourages sending an order for the pattern.
Pensions Delay Draws Workforce as Old-Age Claims Rise
More than 70 percent of the 25 000 men over 65 eligible for old-age pensions have deferred claims and stayed on the job. Fourteen thousand who retired before Pearl Harbor have dropped from pension rolls and returned to work.
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Pearl Harbor
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