Powerful Allies Aid Farmer in Battle Against Pests and Erosion
A Capper's Farmer feature by M. N. Beeler highlights the land grant college system and agricultural experiment stations as an armed force aiding farmers. It cites practical fixes from scarifiers for hard seed to inoculations for poultry, spray rings for potatoes, and borer resistant corn, showing ongoing research against rust, insects, diseases, and weather effects.
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Sam
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Air Force
M. N. Beeler
Capper
Bang
America
Cortez
Mr. Beeler
Red River Valley
Illinois
Iowa
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Fort Hays
Kan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
State College Extension Service
Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas College
Land Grant College
Beeler
Indiana
Arkansas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Marco Polo
China
Fort Randall
Neb
South Dakota
Delaware
West Virginia
Tennessee
Montana
Nebraska
Alabama
Purdue
New York
Ohio
Ceres
North Dakota
Minnesota
Thatcher
United States
Canada
Newhatch
Hollywood Party Snacks Fuel On-Set Weight Gains
On set details reveal cast munching during breaks as Leigh Jason enforces a no-eating rule between meals for the Nine Girls production. Actors like Jeff Donnell Jinx Falkenburg Leslie Brooks Evelyn Keyes Nina Foch Anita Louise Lynn Merrick Shirley Mills and Marcia Mae Jones share treats between scenes.
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Virginia Vale
Union
FTER
Leigh Jason
Jeff Donnell
Jinx Falkenburg
Leslie Brooks
Evelyn Keyes
Nina Foch
Anita Louise
Lynn Merrick
Shirley Mills
Marcia Mae Jones
Floods and Drouth Hit 13.5 Million Acres in 1943 Harvest
U S department of agriculture reports show 13.5 million acres lost to floods and droughts in 1943, 2 million more than 1942. Despite seasonal dries in Arkansas and the South, showers in the corn and cotton belts aided maturation. Total 1943 harvest reached about 347.5 million acres, up nearly 3 percent from 1942.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mississippi Basin
Arkansas
New Jersey
Virginia
Mississippi
Invitation to Music attracts top soloists for CBS programs
CBS lists a strong lineup for three months of Invitation to Music with soloists including Clay Womack once dubbed Mr Five by Five. Warner's signs him for a comedy role in Make Your Own. Clifford Odets directs None But the Lonely Heart with Cary Grant as star. C Aubrey Smith marks 52 years in show business with Sensations of 1944. Dorothy Comingore returns to film in Hairy Ape after a two year break.
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CBS
Clay Womack
Warners
Clifford Odets
Soens
Cary Grant
C. Aubrey Smith
Dorothy Comingore
National Service Act seen as wartime wage and labor fix
Washington Digest argues the President ordered railroad seizure to stabilize war efforts and wage disputes. It cites Byrnes Vinson views, labor leaders threats, and proposes a National Service Act to assign roles and pay, ending bureaucratic logjams and profit-seeking.
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William Green
A. F
L. Chieftain
Marshall
Washington
White House
Messrs
Byrnes
Vinson
Toward an Abiding Peace by R. M. MacIver
A review praises R. M. MacIver's Toward an Abiding Peace for clear language and practical steps toward a temporary postwar peace evolving into real international control. It notes his plan to retain wartime alliances and press for international order without vague pretension.
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R. M. MacIver
Columbia University
Mr. Maciver
Maciver
Bond-Selling Plan Promoted by Gale and Guffey
Rep Richard P Gale of Minnesota and Senator Guffey propose increasing bond sales by individual draws. Treasury drawings every three months would award a prize to the bondholder, ranging from one hundred to twenty five thousand dollars, with the bond itself serving as the ticket.
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Richard P. Gale
Minnesota
Guffey
Treasury
War demands drive balsa crop expansion in Central America
Nicaragua and Costa Rica expand balsa wood crops to meet wartime needs and support postwar aviation. Tin used to preserve food in metal containers was first explored by Napoleon's engineers before his invasion. McNutt pledges full job assistance for all honorably discharged servicemen and servicewomen through the War Manpower Commission.
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Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Bus
Armed Forces
Paul V. McNutt
The
War Manpower Commission
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Land Grant Colleges
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Colorado
Louisiana
Missouri
Kansas
Connie Haines
Roxy Theater
Marie Ja Mais
Willard Parker
Universal
Candy Jones
Harry Conover
Guy Kibbee
Warner Bros
Alexis Smith
Jack Benny
Small Planet Management
Thomas Mitchell
Claire Trevor
John Wayne
Mitchell
Andy Devine
Archibald MacLeish
Americas
NBC Inter- American University of the Air
NBC University
Voice of America
Hour of Charm
Spitalny
Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Bankhage
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