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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
8
Friday April 23 assembly by class. Friday April 30 junior senior events. Sunday May 2 baccalaureate. Tuesday May 4 May Day program by grade school. Tuesday May 4 May Day prep. Senior class members have received announcements.
Last Wednesday the seniors and sponsor Mrs. Garrison traveled to Rocky Ford for a weiner roast. They spent the evening playing games before roasting weiners over a big campfire with guests Mary Smith Jeanne Woolf Barbara Jones Betty McCormick John Bill Grice Billy Quigley and Marvin Abbott.
The sophomore class presents a comedy radio program at the regular high school assembly on April 23. Everyone is invited to meet Dr Stewfoot and his Jolly Gang and hear about his Super-Duper Vitamin pills and latest discovery. The wheel of fate turns at 2 20 to choose the first contestant in the battle of wits.
Students question the meaning of catastrophe citing Webter’s Dictionary. They ponder if romance sudden calamity and misfortune can both be correct. The discussion highlights how language evolves with interpretation.
This week Freshman and Sophomore English covered key skills. Freshmen will learn to write business letters while Sophomores study verb usage and forms.
Joel and Lyle always turn to the sport page for the latest on baseball leagues. They are ardent followers of the big teams.
We were pleased to have Mrs Joe Nevins visit our room one afternoon last week.
Last week’s English Achievements tests show student scores across classes. Results highlight overall progress with several high marks and a few improving areas in reading and writing.
Our third grade pupils are working hard on our multiplication tables and we have learned to multiply by three numbers. We are working hard on our last grade program of the year which we plan to give the last week of school. We hope you'll be here.
The report notes wool needs for military outfits and replacements, urging care of the spring clip. Garden Club members led by Mrs. Francis Tillman meet. thirteen join victory gardens. New members include Mary Christine Shouse and Bobby Clawson. First Aid class enrollment reaches 144. 4-H Club Sunday set for May 23 with countywide program planning via extension office.
Brookfield boys and girls clubs rally 80 members for a Saturday meeting to organize a food production drive to aid Linn County’s armed services effort.
Mrs Harry Noland and Mrs Harold Brown were elected leaders of the 3 4 H Club at Woodview School last week. The report notes community efforts to improve canning safety with new pressure cooker lids to check gauges and reduce risk in food storage.
A 4 H club message encourages members to complete at least one Feed A Fighter unit this year. The call emphasizes patriotism and personal contribution to the program.
The guideline notes each hen needs 2 feet by 2 feet of space, equaling 4 square feet. For a flock, allocate at least 40 square feet of floor space per 100 chicks in the overall house.
A chick needs two pounds of water per pound of feed. Water weighs eight pounds per gallon. Begin roost training as chicks reach three weeks old to encourage early perching behavior.
Tests show contour planting increases corn yield by about 10 percent. The practice, described as planting around the hill, captures rainfall and reduces soil erosion.
An error appeared in last week’s notice regarding Wool Pool dates. The correct dates state that wool will be accepted beginning April 20, not May 20 as previously listed.
Prices for beef veal lamb and mutton retail ceilings to rise May 17 due to OPA changes. Selective service shifts remove most dependent deferments. only homes with children extreme hardship to a spouse child or parent or agriculturally necessary dependents remain. Class III-B ends. III-D created for those whose induction would cause hardship to dependents.
March war expenditures soared above 7 billion dollars with daily average spending at 263 million. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged broader participation in financing the war, citing that ten percent is insufficient while detailing a 13 billion dollar Second War Loan within a 70 billion dollar goal for 1943. Farmers selling to retailers must record ration points and turn in stamps on OPA Form R-1609, with reports due in May covering sales from March 29 to April end.
A U S Crop Corps program plans to recruit roughly 60 000 city and town women into a Women's Land Army to aid farms facing labor shortages. About ten thousand of these women are expected to join initially.
Mrs M L Haning Mrs C W Gooch Mrs Ralph Page and Mrs Nellie Seaman attended the O E S School of Instruction for the Third year Milan Wednesday night. Mr Joe Christy and Don Wilhite of Kansas City spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Christy farm. Pfc Edward F Williams sang on the Henry County Tennessee Bond Rally program last Saturday. He says he is glad to receive the Leader Record each week. Subscriptions from J L Clevenger Route 1 and his daughter Mrs Pleasie Kuhn Farmington Ind are acknowledged. Mr and Mrs C B Fleming and Mr and Mrs Raymond McCrary and son James Lee of near Chula and Mrs Jas R Williams were Friday dinner guests of Mrs America Fleming.
The text describes year round and seasonal farm work with about 50 000 for season al work for one month or more. It notes three hundred thousand women will be placed by county agricultural agents for short time emergency jobs on farms. It calls for women who can spare weekends a few days or weeks to await local call.
War Food Administration sets fertilizer rules for Corn Belt states Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin. Deliveries under Group A priority now limited to those with 50 percent of needs fulfilled. remaining supplies distributed proportionally. equal access for Group B crops.
Sugar for home canning of 1943 fruit crops will be available to housewives on roughly the same basis as last season. No deduction of blue paint stamps from War Ration Book Two will be made for canning sugar. Details of the program will be issued in a few days.
The U S Department of Agriculture announced March 1 1943 farm real estate values rose nine percent over last year marking the largest gain since 1920. Increases were widespread with some advance reported for every state across the 48 states.
Formerly banned radio hobbyists may now serve in the War Emergency Radio Service. For more information contact the Editorial Section, Office of Civilian Defense, Washington, D. C.
The U S Department of Agriculture endorses steam pressure canners as the sole method for preserving certain vegetables. The note highlights reliability and safety in canning procedures.
Tables as beans peas corn spinach and meats require steam pressure canning to kill spoilage organisms. Fruits tomatoes rhubarb and pickled beets can be safely canned by boiling water bath method. boil at least ten minutes before eating even if jar appears sealed.
WPB released frozen leather types for footwear manufacture. Expected output includes over one million pairs of women and girls shoes from genuine and imitation reptile leather. Natural colored retan leather was also released. Manufacture of leather bows for shoes was prohibited.
OPA imposes new ceiling prices on cabbage and other vegetables starting April 22. For most vegetables the ceiling equals net cost times 1.39, while cabbage uses tiered markups from 1.50 to 1.65 based on retailer annual volume. Ceilings are recalculated each Thursday using the previous week’s largest purchase.
A farmer selling not more than 75 dollars monthly to country shippers or consumers is exempt from the seven vegetable price controls. If the seller acts as a country shipper, the farmer falls under the price regulations.
Higher support prices are set for dry beans dry peas peanuts soybeans and flaxseed with payments announced for Irish potatoes and truck crops at 90 to 110 percent of farm goals, reflecting a policy update from the War Food Administration.
OPA tightened tire rules to curb bootlegging and inspection violations. Inspectors must keep a vehicle in operation record and report serial irregularities to the local rationing board.
The text outlines allowances for tire inspection records for applicants and 60 days pre filing inspection acceptance. Dealers may forego 30 day tire turnover if an OPA official reviews and authorizes disposal. Farmers, certified by county war boards, may buy up to 75 pounds of wire with AA-3 preference ratings under order U-1-C.
The OPA announces a five cent per bushel ceiling increase above the April maxi mum effective April 14 to September 30 1943. There will be no further corn price increases in the 1943 market season as directed by Stabilization Director Byrnes and Food Administrator Davis. Onions and white potatoes from the late 1942 crop will be priced ten cents higher than April for May and June 1943 to spread supplies evenly.
Farmers can now install farmstead wiring for operation of essential systems on rural properties. The guide outlines safety steps, required permits, and best practices for wiring to support irrigation, barns, and equipment.
Farm veterinarians can now get replacements even if their car castings are recappable. They are eligible for two mud and snow tires in addition to ordinary tires to improve travel in bad weather.
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