Milk Dominates War Diet as Dairy Industry Sets Records
The U S dairy industry reports record production in early 1943 reaching 37 157 000 000 pounds in four months and surpassing last year by 212 000 000 pounds while labor and equipment shortages strain farms and plants. Government demands for butter and cheese rise sharply to support troops and allies.
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E. M. Harmon
Western Newspaper Union
U. S
San Francisco
Boston
Chicago
New York City
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
National Dairy Council
Dairy Council
Lend Lease
Army
United States
Large herd of reindeer to supply meat for Uncle Sam
Alaska hosts a massive reindeer drive feeding programs from Alaska to Florida with ten thousand animals pasturing on Nunivak island where a 200 head herd after WWI has grown to about ten times larger. A surplus will be butchered at next fall roundup as meat and clothing for military and civilian needs. Sixteen reindeer were imported from Siberia to Teller on Seward Peninsula to support the drive.
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Uncle Sam
Alaska
Nunivak Island
Nuniwak
Siberia
Teller
Seward Peninsula
Blitzkrieg and the new era in war poetry
A satirical poem tracing blitzkrieg from its feared early fame to its reversal in history. It juxtaposes Nazi aggression with wartime outcomes and includes a long aside on Harry Hopkins and a Victory Garden reflecting changing attitudes and political processes. The piece blends grim warfare with domestic wartime planning imagery.
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Harry
Answers to quiz: railway by cable and more
The list includes a cable operated railway noted as question one and mentions 1212 as a date. It states two thirds and eighty five percent as figures. It describes Treasure Island in San Francisco capable of feeding about six thousand men in forty minutes. It also lists Penasse Minnesota as a location.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco
Penasse
Minn
Favorite gift for service men is Camels from home
Surveys of service members show cigarettes are the most welcome home gift with Camel the top choice. They remain shippable to soldiers in the United States and to sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen overseas restrictions limit overseas parceling.
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U. S
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U.S. Department OF Agriculture
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France
Warsaw
Coventry
Adolf
Harry Hopkins
the Victory Garden
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
The
Holy Land
India
U. S. Navy
Bees” Fark
GMM
Pine Street
Leaks
Kellocc
Krellogg
Perea E A S Aciaby
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