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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
8
The government urges 189th week of wartime civilian effort with 30,000 inactive nurses urged to return to duty. Citizens should buy only needed items at ceiling prices to curb inflation and support rationing controls. Navy needs 20,000 recruits for Waves with increased allowances. visit local recruiting offices.
Officials warn that military and civilian fuel oil needs will peak this winter and transportation will be strained. OFA Administrator Chester Bowles and Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies urge homeowners to fill storage tanks this summer to ensure supply and allow refinery trucks and trains to operate efficiently.
The OPA says fifteen pounds of sugar is the maximum per person for home canning and only those planning to can enough food to use that amount are eligible. Local ration boards must verify actual canning plans before allotting up to 15 pounds.
The Army Quartermaster Corps WPB announced a three month holiday in procuring herringbone twill for men s work clothing. The move raises fabric availability but six weeks may pass before warp cloth quantities rise.
The farm woman who uses dress prints to create bags for animal and poultry feed will receive a wartime aid continuance. A ceiling near the 1944 peak for using dress prints in new commercial feed bags has been set by wartime controls.
Jerald Ben Rhodes of Petaluma, California, came Tuesday evening to spend his furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rhodes and other relatives and friends. Miss Virginia Burwell, recently in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived Tuesday to visit her father J. D. Burwell. Norris Knifong and his nephew of Glendale, California, spent the past week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Knifong and other relatives and friends.
The 1945 Missouri State Fair will award cash prizes totaling $400 for the Horse and Mule Pulling Contest. The event occurs at Sedalia during the fair period in August 1926.
Summer eggs can be stored for winter using waterglass sodium silicate or mineral oil preservation. Details cover separating whites and yolks, salting or sweetening yolks, packing in cartons or jars, and maintaining cool storage with liquid coverage. Also notes ration period dates and local social notices.
A compact notice lists rationing periods from K2 to P2 valid through January 31 and Q2 to Us through August 31 with V2 through Z2 through October 31 and A1 through B1 through July 1. The document outlines applicable dates for restricted goods and how long each period remains in effect.
Sgt. Guy Ford finishes a 30 day furlough with home folks after fourteen months overseas. Numerous families host or visit relatives, including Bardon and Glidewell households, with several residents traveling between Kirksville Cameron Humphreys Carlsbad Chicago and Humphreys. Buck Arnold undergoes surgery at Laughlin Hospital Kirksville.
Miss Lottie Sandfort returned home from Grim Smith Hospital Thursday. Floyd Swisegood announced plans to set his North Salem store in running order while in Shelby Saturday. Elva Monroe spent the weekend with relatives. Fritz Edens, Betty Jo Finney and A J Stufflebean traveled to Kirksville Saturday. Mrs Luther Simpson and sons Charles and Foster visit the neighborhood. Charles was in a German prison several months. Mrs Vina McDonnald is north of Shelby home again. Ben Cattey visited Brookfield as his daughter was poisoned. 4-H members attended Camp Pershing Park Tuesday. Alex Finney remains at Jefferson City but improving. Bear Branch church missed preaching due to a sick pastor. Crede and Robert Boyles went to Kansas harvest fields. Mike Pearler visited Shelby Saturday afternoon. a pioneer from North Salem.
A week of ideal but cool July weather with light, well distributed rainfall totaled 0.44 inch for the week and 24.37 inches year to date. Missouri's June precipitation ran 8.83 inches, 4.07 above normal, ranking as the third wettest June in 58 years. first six months averaged 34.65 inches, over 13 inches above normal and a record for the period.
Pfc Robert Wood stationed at Kessler Field Mississippi returns home on an 18 day furlough to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Wood and relatives. Mrs Dick Johnson and daughter Kathryn of Vanita Oklahoma visit Urb Johnson and family. The Remick family leaves for Paterson New Jersey after visiting relatives. Loren Owens and son return from Liberal Kansas. Rolla Gooch and son shop in Chillicothe. Red Gooch helps Lee Wood with clover. Delmar Oertwig visits Ora Smith. Ollie Palmer and daughter Merle visit Red Gooch. Donald Wood returns home from Kansas harvest work. Emmett Palmer travels to St Louis with cattle and plans to visit brother Floyd in hospital. Babe Kimbrough and children visit Grover Garrett in Purdin and call on Lee Wood.
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