Browning School Boys Secure Home Victory
In a close game Browning school kept up the drive to win and pulled ahead late to finish 21 to 19. The second string featured Hoselton Moore Gray Beckett Capt Bennett Vincent Head and Maggart while the first team listed Stephenson Brookshier Capt Grice Kelly Moore and Christy.
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Browning
Hoselton
Moore
Gray
Beckett
Capt
Bennett
Vincent
Head
Maggart
Stephenson
Brookshier
Grice
Kelly
Christy
Christmas Pageant at Public Auditorium
Tuesday evening December 21 at 8 00 p m the Elementary School presents a Christmas Pageant in the High School Auditorium No admission Public cordially invited
Browning Boys travel to Milan for two more lifts
On Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 the Browning boys will journey to Milan for two more lifts with the Milan teams.
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Browning Boys
Milan
Fourth Grade Wins Sunday School Banner Again
Two weeks before Christmas the room gains Helen Atkins as a new fifth grade pupil. Thirty one pupils remain, with Joan Carter leaving. Fourth Grade leads the banner standings. percentages list Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, and S1th Grade at 54 1/11, 18 1/9, and others. Christmas program starts this week for December 21 in the auditorium, admission free.
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Joan Carter
Helen Atkins
Imaginings Prompt a Quiet Schoolroom Scene
A whimsical prompt imagines various teachers and a student in a classroom setting. The scenarios include Herbert Beckett ignoring a girl, Miss Gooch failing to warn about paper wad shooting, Mrs. Brantner missing a typing error, and Ms. Thurlo outdoors without headwear.
Quirky local notes on town residents and habits
A cheeky column mentions Mr Page wearing mismatched socks at games and other oddball tales. Leon Stephenson mulls checking a knee area for beer while Lyle Jacobs quits craps due to his girlfriend's cooking. John William Grice performs a store-room illusion and Mary Smith knits three socks for her army boyfriend after hearing he grew a foot.
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Mary Smith
High school talent parade features student performers
A list of student acts includes Pistol Packen Mamas Jose phine Bailey and Alphadean Leaper with I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart Waverly Ware Paper Doll Mary Lou DeVore Beautiful Dreamer Phyllis Harris Born to Lose Ila Hollon Wild Wild Women Betty Powell and Shirley Lowe Mr Five By Five Lehman Fuller Dark Eyes Jeanne Woolf Oh Johnny Mary Smith Ive Got a Pocket Full of Dreams Leroy Beckett highlighting a school show lineup.
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Josephine Bailey
Alphadean
Leaper
Waverly Ware
Mary Lou DeVore
Phyllis Harris
Ila Hollon
Betty Powell
Shirley Lowe
Lehman Fuller
Dark
Jeanne Woolf
Mary Smith
Leroy Beckett
Geography class debate sparks flight speed quiz
In a B H S geography class Leroy Beckett and Myron DeVore discuss ocean crossing times. Charles Vincent cites the Thunder bolt speed of 835 miles per hour while teasing a power dive toward London.
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Myron DeVore
New York
London
Charles Vincent
Leroy
Charles
Wait till spring and save it all summer
Dialogue among students about waiting for warmer weather and enjoying seasons. Edwin Tucker urges action from a study hall window while Quentin DeVore resists rushing into change, contrasting being a chicken with not becoming a goose today.
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Killie
Rosalie
Edwin Tucker
Quentin DeVore
War Production Hints by County Extension Agents
The 1943 annual report shows 513 farm and home visits to 390 farms or homes, 1793 office visits, 1356 phone calls, and 2800 bulletins distributed. Extension services were available to everyone in the county to aid wartime food production.
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County Extension Office
Mo. Agricultural Experiment Station
Wartime pressure cookers more available for families
Wartime pressure cookers are more available now. Families needing a pressure cooker for the coming canning season might well afford to apply soon.
Missouri County Agents Conference Held in Columbia
Ralph Rogers County Agricultural Extension Agent and Mrs Harold Costigan Home Demonstration Agent attended the annual Missouri County Agents Conference in Columbia on December 13 14 and 15.
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Ralph Rogers
Harold Costigan
Missouri
Columbia
Substituting Sour Milk in Baking
A practical tip for using sour milk in recipes. Use equal quantities of sour milk and sweet milk. Add enough soda to neutralize the acid, about half a level teaspoon per cup of very sour milk, or a quarter teaspoon if it is just turning. Excess soda harms flavor and causes dark flecks in baked goods.
Corn Supply Guidance for 1944 Crop Year
The advisory notes corn will be scarcer and costlier in 1944 than 1943. Farmers should ration current corn to last till next year’s harvest, buy extra if needed, avoid drying lot feeding, and feed only what is necessary to sustain sheep and cattle through winter. Maximize pasture use and provide minerals to all livestock.
Waste not during wartime meals prompt thrift
During wartime any waste of food is unforgivable. The text urges saving and canning remaining meats like turkey and chicken during the holiday season to use later and avoid spoilage. It emphasizes thrift and efficient use of food.
Shortage of feed prompts questions for farmers
Yes the feed shortage is evident as 1944 reserve wheat has fallen from 550 million to 75 million bushels with 50.9 million set for relief. Remaining 25 million bushels have orders. no feed wheat remains in reserve. The corn to animal unit ratio mirrors December 1936 levels. Do you have enough feed to care for your livestock?
Meat Canning Time Affects Flavor and Rules
Meat canning is easier than vegetables as it does not require haste. Most meats benefit from a 24 hour or longer ripening period, except pork. Bulletins about meat canning are available at the Extension Office.
November Weather Summary Reports Dry Cold Month
The past month stayed dry and cool through November with 0.42 inch of precipitation, 17 percent of normal. Mean temperature was 37.0 F, extreme highs 68 F on the 18th and lows 14 F on the 16th, with 174.7 hours of sunshine and a three day period from the 6th to the 8th accounting for most rain and snow. Cloudiness stood at 39 percent and winds were west dominating, with several shifts during the month.
Town and Farm in War Time Acts on Livestock Feed
Government measures to conserve livestock feed include ending the Commodity Credit Corporation subsidy on corn moving from surplus to deficit areas, raising feed wheat price by 20 cents per bushel after December 6, and a buy offer for corn at the old ceiling in about 150 fringe counties. OPA boosted Chicago corn to correct inequities while oats barley and sorghum prices were frozen at the peak of a recent five day period.
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WFA
Commodity Credit Corporation
OPA
Chicago
Farm Help For Lumber Supply During War Shortage
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urges farmers to boost winter woodland production and provide labor for forest industries. He notes farms use three and a half billion board feet of lumber annually for building and maintenance, highlighting the broad impact of the lumber shortage on agricultural operations.
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Marvin Jones
War Food
Jones
Seed Prices Controlled Under 1944 Winter Programs
The 1944 plan supports prices for winter cover crop seeds including hairy vetch common vetch crimson clover and ryegrass seeds at 5 to 40 percent above last season via the Commodity Credit Corporation. Fourteen seed types including about 200 domestic and imported varieties are under OPA ceiling prices for beans peas corn beets cabbage carrots cauliflower Swiss chard cucumber lettuce mangel onion ruta baga and turnip. All alfalfa seeds including certified improved varieties are subject to price control.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
OPA
Plan Victory Gardens Now For 1944 Expansion
Plan calls for using vacant land and winter prep to boost gardens beyond 18 million in 1943. The scheme urges sifting coal ashes, building compost piles, accumulating manure, and storing them for early spring use.
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Victory Gardens
Victory Gardeners
Apple Price Increases Lift Costs for Apple Butter and Chops
OPA reports higher apple prices than 1942 raise retail costs for a 28 ounce jar of apple butter by 3 to 4 cents. Prices rise about 80 cents to 1.65 per hundredweight for apples and 70 cents to 15 cents per pound for apple chops. The price setting method for home use sales was changed, tying terminal and rural market prices, which reduced rural supply and allowed a 3/8 cent premium per pound in rural markets.
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OPA
OPA Raises Parity Prices on Cane Syrup
Prices for cane syrup rise after OPA refigures the parity formula boosting returns to sugar cane growers. No 10 cans up about 10 cents for country Louisiana syrup and 4 to 5 cents for commercial Georgia syrup. Accumulators receive a 1 to 2 cent per gallon handling charge increase.
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OPA
Louisiana
Georgia
Gift Packages Sold Free Through January 8
OPA said free sale of jam jelly fruit butter preserves and non citrus marmalade gift packages assembled before October 23 may continue through January 8. Since these perishable items were made before rationing and bundled with cakes and cookies, they must be sold quickly to prevent waste.
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OPA
Lift Restrictions on Binder Twine Use in Agriculture
Farmers may now use binder twine where needed in growing harvesting or shipping agricultural products. Previously binder twine use was restricted to mechanical self tying binders.
Canned Catsup Released From Government Reserves
Nearly a million cases of catsup will be released to civilians from government held reserves. The product is being released from canners’ reserves set aside for government use under wartime or emergency measures.
Suspender Button Return Ordered for Work Pants
An amendment to WPB Order 1-181 requires suspender buttons be restored on men's work pants, signaling a regulatory change for garment construction and workers’ attire standards.
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WPB
Hearing Aid Batteries Sold Only by Dealers
Batteries designed for hearing aids are sold only by hearing aid dealers and not in drug or general retail stores. WPB has taken this precaution to prevent their use for flashlights or other purposes.
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WPB
Rationing Expands to Creamed Cottage Cheese
CPA notes that nearly all creamed cottage cheese is now rationed as brown stamps are required for cheese with 4 percent or more butterfat. Previously only cheese above 5 percent butterfat faced rationing under the meats fats cheese program.
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CPA
Newspaper War Bond Drive Faces Paper Shortage
The article notes newspapers have sponsored war bond drives and welfare projects but now suffer a severe paper shortage. Despite prior reductions in newsprint, there appears to be a further cut, hindering the public appeals.
Newspaper Publishers Urgently Need Waste Paper Aid
The text reports publishers cutting staff and seeking help as waste paper collection drops to 35 percent with salvage machinery at 51 percent capacity. Only two million tons are collected and sold for paper board, versus the usual six million, amid shortages linked to army shipping cardboard demand.
Letters From War Fighters Celebrate Sightseeing Abroad
Soldiers abroad describe free travel and unusual sights as part of their wartime experience. Some feel the hazards are worth the view while others long for home and small town comforts. Home and family are framed as the true victory and peace after the war.
Do We Care What They Learn In School
The article argues that in Browning parents often do not know what their children learn or who teaches them. It contrasts city and small town involvement, urging parental interest and home cooperation to support democracy, classroom behavior, and the education process.
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Browning
Progress and Participation in a Shared Learning Moment
The note invites engagement in ongoing progress and mutual learning. It emphasizes collective involvement, collaboration, and personal growth through shared efforts and experiences.
Fourth War Loan Drive Plans Outlined at Missouri Conference
Plans for the Fourth War Loan Drive in Missouri will be outlined at the Missouri Bankers University War Conference January 5 to 7 at the Tiger Hotel in Columbia. Kearney Wornall, president of the Missouri Bankers Association, says the three day event covers post war planning war financing and taxes with several nationally prominent speakers. Group and county chairmen for the drive will attend sessions January 6 and all War Finance Committee workers are invited to a banquet that evening.
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Missouri
Missouri Bankers University
Missouri Bankers Association
University of Missouri
State Department of Finance
Missouri War Finance Committee
Tiger Hotel
Columbia
Kearney Wornall
Kansas City
War Finance Committee
Food waste in Linn County could feed 1474 soldiers a year
Harvey A. Baum of A and P Tea Company cites government statistics showing Linn County homes waste 2,826,516 pounds of food annually, enough to feed 1474 soldiers for a year. He urges home kitchen efficiency and planned conservation to cut losses in half, feeding about 737 soldiers with the savings.
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Linn County
Harvey A. Baum
A & P Tea Company
Baum
Pearl Harbor
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Leon Stephenson
Lyle Jacobs
John William Grice
Billie Meviin- Rosato
Rosalie Gilespie
Herman F. Kille
Justidays
Bill
Colognes
Paris
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