Sugar Ration System Tightens As 1945 Supplies Fall Short
War Food Administration reports civilian sugar use in 1944 reached about 6.1 million tons while 1945 allocations are estimated at 5.4 million tons. To ensure fair distribution amid shortages, measures include canceling old coupons shortening canning sugar and further restricting home canning allotments to 600 thousand tons.
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U. S
War Food Administration
OPA
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Europe
Patriotic Women of America
Town and Farm in Wartime Civilians At War
Government asks citizens in the 183rd week of the war against Japan to plan home vacations to free railways for furlough travel and troop redeployment. Volunteers are urged to serve as Price Panel Assistants to hold prices down and curb inflation. Ensure a large harvest from victory gardens and store produce as civilian canned vegetables will be scarcer next winter.
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Japan
Pacific
Ceiling Price Increases For Early Apples In 1945
OPA raises country shipping point ceilings for the 1945 early apple crop by 68 cents per bushel from 2.85 to 3.53, with retail ceilings up about a cent and a half per pound for May 19 through June 20. Storage apples from 1944 are not included.
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OPA
More Canning Gear for Housewives in War Year
War Production Board says homes will have more pressure canners and tin cans this year. Cold pack metal cookers will be available in quantity as fruit crops remain uncertain. Sugar limits set by OPA cap home canning at 15 pounds per person with eight-person families maximum.
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Victory
War Production Board
Department of Agriculture
OPA
Nursing A Career With a Future
Young women eyeing a wartime to peacetime nursing career are urged to enroll in the U S Nurse Corps. Nursing offers financial security and wide opportunities across many specialties for a graduated nurse.
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U. S
Japan Can Wage a Long War Despite Setbacks
Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic Administrator, states Japan retains productive capacity to wage a prolonged conflict. He notes much of Pearl Harbor war industry remains intact and production could continue in the inner zone and interzone, despite Allied advances and loss of access to East Indies raw materials.
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Japan
Leo T. Crowley
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Manchuria
China
Fast Indies
Burra
East Indies
Malaya
Philippines
Chick Chats Says Quality Eggs Boost Returns
Practical farm notes advise poultry keepers that producing quality eggs leads to better market prices. Emphasizes time invested in care, feeding, and handling to maximize yields and profits.
Keeping Poultry Eggs Clean And Safe Handling Tips
Practical guidance for poultry farmers on nest hygiene nesting materials and droppings boards to produce clean eggs. Tips include light darkening of nests, gathering eggs, avoiding mud, using a buffer to clean dirty eggs, and not washing eggs unless home use is imminent. Also notes a 5 percent loss rate from preventable causes per U S Department of Agriculture and mentions labor saving machinery in Linn County.
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U. S. Department of Agriculure
Linn County
Moths In Clothes And War Time Food Notes In One Record
Household tips warn on clothes moths with deterring steps and storage advice. Iowa/Missouri extension notes urge cleaning, sealing cracks, and leaflets. A Missouri farmer reports haying with a New Holland baler achieving 240 bales per hour. Wartime canning guidance covers sugar limits and sugar substitutes, sugar-to-fruit ratios, and safe preservation without spoilage. County-by-county pod harvest totals show Linn, Macon, Adair, Sullivan, Grundy, Livingston, Chariton contributing to Navy fiber needs.
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Bill” Singleton
Laclede
Missouri
Navy
Linn County
Linn
Macon
Adair
Sullivan
Grundy
Livingston
Chariton
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U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
U.S
Cadet Nurse Corps
Clem
By Ralph Kemp
BOM
E. F. Peterson
June Carroll
Home Dem
Ralph Rogers County
Corregidor
Tokyo
America
Gooch’s Store
Browning Lumber CO
H. L. Schrock
Citizens Savings Bank
M.F.A. Cent
Browning Drug CO
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