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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1942
Page
8
Jake recounts a chaotic early training period with jokes about gambling, underwear inspections, digging ditches, and pranks. He recalls moving from camp to Australia, shipboard seasickness, trench duty, and a wary view of combat as war escalates.
The War Department will start a voluntary pre induction training program this fall utilizing school facilities to train future armed forces personnel. About 63 of every 100 inducted men are sent to specialized training. Port battalions mainly of former stevedores are being organized for overseas duty to ensure rapid handling of equipment. Dependents allowances payments will begin after September 1. The Navy will recruit enlisted personnel for the Women’s Naval Reserve starting September 11 with training starting October 9 at the University of Wisconsin Indiana University and Oklahoma A&M College.
Secretary Wickard said he would approve a plan establishing livestock ceiling prices to prevent abnormal profits at the expense of producers and consumers. He also indicated support for repealing a provision of the Price Control Act.
Civilian student and junior instructor jobs opened for Army Air Forces Technical schools and Navy Aviation Service schools. Pay ranges from 1620 to 2000 dollars yearly with on the job training in radio and aircraft mechanics. Applicants must be 20 or older with no upper age limit and apply at Chanute Field Illinois or via the U.S. Civil Service Commission.
Public urged to limit house calls and avoid gossip to ease the burden on physicians as war efforts demand longer and harder work. Doctors pledge to extend hours while preserving civilian health standards.
Walter W. Sensintaffar urges rural households to collect old scrap metal to boost wartime production. Missouri target set at 442 thousand tons with national gains needed to avert steel mill curtailment. Linn County FSA aids small farmers with cooperative projects and housing plans to increase eggs and meat output for War Goals.
Local notes report Johnson family departures to Tucson and Colorado, plus visits by Edna Knight. Mrs Edna Knight is ill and confined in Milan with Dr E W Simpson attending. Also listed are visits by Orlen Harris, Mildred Stone and Donnie, and trips of Ray Pipes to Kansas City to see daughters Jaunice and Coral.
White Oak items summarize Sunday visits including Billie Fields family and Brinkley relatives from Linneus and Milan. News notes recount Rex Turner’s return from Kansas work and Jackie Parker starting school at Browning. Local families from Browning, Reger, and nearby areas are listed with continued roadwork by Lyle Wickham and Vernon Stephenson.
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