Linn County Ribbons Highlight 4-H Achievement Day
Fifty three Linn County youths attended District 4H Achievement Day in Carrollton setting a record for attendance. They earned ten blue ribbons six red ribbons and four white ribbons with Gerald Guyer and Betty Sue Reed among top performers in Health and blue ribbon groups.
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Linn County
Carrollton
Gerald Guyer
Betty Sue Reed
Elizabeth Stark
Hazel Clawson
Robert Jaquiss
Billy Wade
Lloyd Grafton
Rosemary Anderson
Ruth Gupton
Faith Peacher
Clarice Marie Seward
Joan Sloneker
Anna Merle Wade
Madeline Farrenkopf
Kathleen Martin
Mary C. Shouse
Jimmie D. Coulson
Kathleen Guyer
Jimmie Long
Neva Clawson
Virginia Ruth Finney
Sara Lou Schrock
Chester Long
West Linn
Alma Browning
Peggy
Ted Hanman
Busy Bee Club
Enterprise
Kathryn Snyder
Deloris Shanks
Prairie Seminary
Wallace Shouse
Lee Clawson
Earl] Farrar
John Lewis Stark
Burch
Morton Anderson
Jolly St. Katers
Harry Peacher
Martha Jean Peacher
Leo Ritchey
Harry Jaquiss
Elaine Jaquiss
Bruner Community
Harry Boyles
Donnie Kehr
Eugene Kling
Ivan Buckman
James Alexander
Robert Sallee
Centerview
Ruby Hayes
Marceline Kory Korner
Elizabeth Tomlin
Sunny Point
Balboa Rye growth in county cornfields observed
Glenn Tomlin of Linneus reports a good Balboa Rye stand in his cornfield after broadcast planting. Albert Reams of Brookfield shows Balboa Rye three inches high six days after sowing using both broadcast and drilled methods. Tomlin plans hogging down corn for pasture. Reams will pasture rye for lambs before corn harvest. Feed supplies look good though national corn prospects are uncertain.
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Glenn Tomlin
Linneus
Albert Reams
Brookfield
Tomlin
Reams
Homemade Bugs circular 389 available at Extension Office
Madonna Fitzgerald and Louise Woodruff of the Missouri Extension Service announce circular 389 Homemade Bugs, now at the County Extension Office. Lloyd and Mrs. Spencer of Linneus plan a storage cellar and obtained plans from the Extension Office. For storage cellars or remodeling, inquire at or write for circular 490 Storing the Family Food Supply.
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Madonna Fitzgerald
Louise Woodruff
The
Missouri Extension Service
Your County
Lloyd Spencer East
Linneus
County Extension Office
County Seeks Federal Wolf Trapper for Linn County
Reports to the County Agent cite wolf losses in Linn County and nearby areas. A federal trapper may be hired if Linn County shows greater need, with salary guaranteed for one year at 525 dollars, paid jointly by the U S government and the state. Notify County Agent at Lineus about losses.
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Linn County
U. S
Purdin
Brookfield
Bucklin
Linneus
Woman's Achievement Day at Linneus High School
The Linneus High School hosts a Woman's Achievement Day with a basket dinner in the park exhibits of feed sacks and a dress revue for roll call in the auditorium Displays of flowers and other work round out the program planned for the day
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Linneus High School
Auditorum
Shoe Polishing Advice for Oil Types and Timing
The guide states that shoe uppers oiled with any oil other than caster oil cannot be polished satisfactorily. If caster oil is supplied lightly, polishing is possible after 12 to 24 hours. Sometimes only the soles are greased, which makes shoes fairly water resistant while still allowing a good shine.
Labor Day and the meaning of labor in war and peace
An editorial reflecting on Labor Day its historical aim to shield workers from unemployment and its evolving significance during war. It argues that without labor there is wealth and stresses that all people must labor in some form to achieve useful ends.
Blood Plasma Reserves Placed for Emergencies Nationwide
The Director of the National Office of Civilian Defense announces nationwide blood plasma reserves for civilian emergencies. Built via the Office of Civilian Defense and Public Health Service with local hospitals and EMS chiefs. major support from the American Red Cross. Missouri lists 889 units frozen plasma and 288 dried plasma.
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National
Office of Civilian Defense
United States Public Health Service
Chiefs of Emergency Medical Service
American Red Cross
Missouri
School zones require extra caution for drivers
The highway patrol warns that opening schools adds responsibility for motorists and calls for heightened attention to the safety of schoolchildren in zones near campuses.
July Weather Summary Shows Light Rains and Dry Outlook
July 1944 brought mostly light showers after a dry start, with 0.70 inch on the 25th aiding late gardens while pastures remained short. The month averaged 76.9 degrees, 1.6 above normal, and total precipitation was 1.24 inches, 2.41 inches below normal. Thunderstorms occurred on several dates, with winds from the south and 30 percent cloudiness.
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Middle West
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi River
Homeworker Club Meets at Mrs Maude Wolfe Home
The Homeworkers Club gathered at Mrs Maude Wolfe’s home on August 24 for an all day meeting led by Mrs Tressie Tate. Activities included songs, Psalms 116, minutes approval, a sack roll call, and a bird naming contest ending in a tie between Hazel Johns and Kathryne Taylor.
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Homeworers Club
Maude Wolfe
Tressie Tate
Tate
Hazel Johns
Costigan
Kathryne Taylor
Velma Jennings
Marilyn
Ruth Ann
Mattie Gooth
Pearl Mundell
Joyce
Coleen
Duane
Lizzie Zimmerman
Virginia
Town and Farm in War Time
Millions trained for war work during four years. Paul M. McNutt reports that 153,300,000 men and women enrolled in programs run with the War Manpower Commission. Food production training reached 3,035,566 enrollments. engineering, science and management had 1,558,123. industry training enrolled 1,375,767 supervisors.
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Paul M. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
WMC Bureau of Training
Youth Administration Trained 772756 People in 1942 43
The National Youth Administration, now defunct, provided training for 772,756 persons during the 1942 and 1943 fiscal years, highlighting its large scale impact on workforce preparation during World War II.
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National Youth Administration
Cost of Living Stable At July 15
The cost of living rose six tenths of one per cent in retail prices of essentials, per Frances Perkins. The July 15 data show a 1.8 per cent yearly rise in family living costs, with higher fresh produce prices noted for July and notable declines in cabbage lettuce and green beans.
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Labor
Frances Perkins
Perkins
Jilly
Go To School Campaign Gains National Support
More than 40 national organizations backing the effort to return employed high school students to classrooms next month. Campaigns under way in 30 states stress the value of a well educated citizenry and supervised school and work programs in labor tight communities. Katherine Lenroot and John Studebaker emphasize balancing work with education to prepare for the postwar era.
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Katherine F. Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
John W. Studebaker
U. S. Commissioner of Education
The Hump Flight and Hog Bristles in War Supply
The Hump, a dangerous India to China air route over the Himalayas, carried vital war cargo to China. Return trips carried Chinese hog bristles for brushes used by the Navy and U S Maritime Commission, with American pigs often slaughtered young for the bristles.
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India
China
Himalayan
Foreign Economic Administration
Navy
U. S. Maritime Commission
Norwegians Starved in Nazi Slave Labor Camps
Stockholm paper reports Norwegians in Nazi slave labor camps receive scant rations. Workers must rely on food sent from home in Sweden. Attempts to recruit Norwegians for harvest work failed as the term signaled fortification labor, with no signups.
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Stockholms-Tidningen
OWI
Rights and Benefits Booklet For Veterans Deployed
Discharged veterans will receive a booklet titled Your Rights and Benefits A Handy Guide For Veterans of The Armed Forces and Their Dependents. Prepared by the retraining and reemployment administration. About 2,500,000 copies are available through Draft Boards VA USES and Community Veterans Information Centers.
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Armed Forces
Office of War Mobilization
Office of Veterans Administration
Bead on Em If You Have a Few Minutes to Spare
Wildlife damage prompts temporary ammo sale resumption with 240 million rim fire, 8 million center fire, and 130 million shotgun shells available. Hunters warned predators like wolves and coyotes, plus birds, should not be alerted to the regulation.
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WPB
Lend-Lease Food Deliveries by July Report
War Food Administration details July Lend-Lease shipments totaling 522,851,964 pounds vs June and last July. Meat and dairy lead with 187,494,485 pounds of meat products and 100,000,000+ pounds of dairy and poultry. grain 80,084,580. fruits and vegetables 38,537,436. fats and oils 38,260,249. sugar 34,319,947. cotton fiber 10,967,056. tobacco 937,439.
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War Food Administration
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Merle Costigan
Home Dem
Highway Patrol
Herman F. Kille
Browning
Homeworker Club
Ohio
Silver Dawn
Lin
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Purdin, Missouri
Glen Tomlin
Linneus, Missouri
Walter Wood
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