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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
8
Patrons are refused bus rides as the Office of Defense Transportation enforces limits on school bus use during the emergency. Buses may transport students teachers and other school employees between homes and daily instruction. Personal transportation by owners operators or others is prohibited.
Students at Browning High School come from a list of rural feeder schools including Enterprise Brookshier Prairie Mound Knifong Grove Mundell Scottsville Russell Prairie Seminary White Oak South Hooker Fairview Dickinson Jenkins Smith Bundridge Warren Jackson Center Light North Salem North Hooker Enterprise has the largest high school enrollment, followed by White Oak then Brookshier and Mundell.
Grade children in town are asked not to come to school before the first bell. The bell rings at 20 minutes till nine and 20 minutes till one, giving adequate time for pupils to reach school on time.
A new ping pong club forms and plans a tournament to determine the high school champion. In boys physical education the group is split into teams with Bob Dixon and Devon Gray's teams currently top ranked.
Five new maps arrived this week for social science classes. The maps feature many islands cities and areas not shown on older editions reflecting rising global interest.
The study links mathematics and general science to analyze levels. It notes mathematic classes solving problems about core fundamentals involved.
A partial OCR style list names students and actions they did not do such as not chewing gum not riding a gray bus not gazing at instrument sections not combing hair not whispering or walking in study hall not wearing coats during class not hitting anyone not answering questions and not attending lessons.
Peggy Head favors almond as a favorite nut while a reader notes a two tone blue car seen by Mary Smith. Tia Mae Cordray is mentioned stopping at a location each morning.
A dated note suggests creative exchanges to save on staples like coffee sugar butter and meat. It imagines neighbors trading coupons for coffee tea sugar and even gasoline while easing household shortages. The piece uses a humorous tone to encourage barter among community members.
Missouri registrants ages 18 to 38 are urged to carry Classification Card Form 57 and Registration Certificate Form 2 at all times with Feb 1 deadline. Colonel Claude Earp notes penalties for noncompliance and explains steps for those unsure of status, including contacting local boards and obtaining duplicates. Also included is guidance on Federal income tax personal exemptions for 1040 forms based on filing status and timing.
The War Manpower Commission regional office in Kansas City launches a county by county survey in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma to assess 1943 farm labor shortages. Investigators count workers in the fields to gauge how many have gone to the armed services and how many remain in or shift to war production plants. The study aims to secure federal aid for farmers facing labor shortages.
The Power Commission and the United States Employment Service say farm labor and transport policies require efficient use of manpower. Temporary gasoline permits for truck operations end January 31, making Certificates of War Necessity mandatory for farm trucks and commercial vehicles. February 28 is the tire inspection deadline, after a January 15 extension. Farmers without Certificates of War Necessity should contact county farm transportation committees immediately.
A national battery shortage caused by war demands pushes farm households to ration battery use for radio sets. The War Production Board warns that only one replacement battery set per year is anticipated. Production of farm radio batteries has fallen due to zinc and related restrictions.
The Department of Agriculture reports a sufficient supply of sodium chlorate for major weed control in agricultural areas with no rigid state quotas. Although allocation by the War Production Board remains possible as demand outstrips supply, the outlook is easier than last year and a comfortable quantity is expected barring unforeseen contingencies.
Beekeepers selling under 1000 pounds annually are exempt from detained reports to the OPA while still keeping sales records. The QPA order fixes a weighted average estimate for bulk honey purchases during the 1941 base period. The OPA announces corn prices frozen at the highest level reached during January 8 to 12, with a forthcoming permanent regulation based on No 2 yellow corn at $1 a bushel in Chicago. Additional ceiling rules for mixed feeds set margins by processor level. wholesalers gain $2.50 per ton, retailers $5.50 per ton. The Public Works Administration reports 46 billion ton miles of rural freight in 1942, similar to 1940, amid war-driven road use. Merchants must accept emergency sales tax tokens in small purchases, with calls to replace zinc mills with plastic or fiber tokens.
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