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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
8
The notice lists validity and limits for meat cheese butter fats red stamps A8 TS and U8 V8 WS, blue stamps A8 Q8 R8 88 T8 U8 V8, sugar stamps 30 31 32 Book IV and 40 for home canning through 1945, Spare Stamp 37, and airplane shoe stamps No. 1 and No. 2 with merchant restrictions. Indefinite validity for many stamps and specific end dates for others are noted.
Gasoline coupons listed with quantities and expiration. Coupon No 11 in A sheets allows 3 gallons through June 21 with license number and state of registration. B3, B4, and C3, C4 coupons permit 5 gallons each.
Period four coupon valid February 8 through September 30 for 10 gallons per unit. Period five coupon valid February 8 through September 30 for 10 gallons per unit.
A tire inspection record must be retained to secure tires and support the renewal of gasoline ration. The notice emphasizes keeping documented checks to ensure continued access to fuel and vehicle safety compliance.
Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and their family were visitors to Brooning during the period covered by this item.
Community members visit, host and travel between Kirksville and Browning with many Friday and Saturday gatherings. Families including the Cokerham, Longwell, Lambert, Hale, Dickinson, Woodside, and Belzer clans share visits and home stays. Pvt. Calvin Lambert was reported at Fort Leavenworth and later reached camp on Sunday.
War production hints discuss dessert ideas during sugar shortages. Agricultural notes advise best timing to cut red clover and alfalfa for hay, stressing bloom stage and crown shoots. Local 4-H Council officers are named with Mrs Francis Tilman as chair, Mrs Ray Coulson secretary, and George Coulson treasurer.
Problems discussed at the Leader Training Meeting for Extension Clubs held Friday at 2 00 p m in the Brookfield Christian Church basement. Nutritionist Mrs Letha Jop ling of the Agricultural Extension Service will assist with the meeting.
Beginning June 19 all Buck lambs will be discounted one dollar per cwt. The price cut applies to spring lambs and old crop offerings.
The article explains that keeping ice crystals small is key to smoothness in frozen desserts. Water forms crystals, so dispersing it into tiny particles and incorporating air bubbles helps. Fat from cream and thickeners like gelatin eggs marshmallows and starches aid texture.
Lambs from Linn County enter the Seventh Annual St Joseph Interstate 4 H Club lamb show. Owners include Marilee and Saralou Schrock Jimmy and Louise Long Clarice and Donald from West Linn 4 H Club.
The Linn County 4-H Council schedules July 16 4 H Camp day July 29 Brookfield food market day August 10 4 H Achievement Day Linneus August 24 4 H District Achievement Day Carrollton.
Nineteen persons attended the county council meeting for all 4-H Cubs on Tuesday evening June 13.
In Northwest Linn County, Cecil Reed notes a farmer can rotate crops by plowing under oats and sowing soybeans while still green to yield an excellent following year garden. Reed champions home canning guidance and practical farming practices.
Good soybean varieties for hay include Wilson Virginia Wilson Five and Laredo. Drilled or double row seeding at 60 to 70 lbs per acre yields excellent protein rich hay when cut with the pods filled. Seeding now for hay allows early harvest and fall Balboa rye or wheat seeding. A good discing creates a suitable seed bed after soybeans.
Rural areas rally for the Fifth War Loan Drive with farm quotas, beat-by-beat progress reported from Carroll County Georgia where the county overpaid its share by eighty thousand dollars. Alabama beats exceed targets while Gregory County South Dakota hits its goal early. Over twenty thousand farm machinery dealers nationwide enlisted as workers.
More than 12000 clerks stenographers and clerk typists are needed immediately to fill vacancies in Washington D C for the War and Navy Departments and the Civil Service Commission. Also within the year between 8000 and 10000 positions expected.
Additional vacancies must be filed. Positions will pay from $1 752 to $1 971 a year for a 48 hour work week. Local Post Offices and United States Employment Service offices can provide information about these openings.
The Office of Price Administration directs that all used passenger cars fall under price controls starting July 10. Sellers including individuals and dealers are covered. Ceilings vary by model and region, with 6,000 model-year ranges. An as is and warranty price apply, with 4 percent annual drops. Transfer certificates must be filed with the local War Price and Rationing Board after sale. Four million vehicles were not replaced after 1942–43.
The OPA announces ceiling prices per pound for certain fresh fruits with national averages. Italian prunes about 14 cents, plums about 19 cents, sweet cherries about 40 cents except in California Washington and Oregon where about 36 cents, apricots about 21 cents with California Washington and Oregon at about 16 cents.
The Department of Agriculture advises using inexpensive white mineral oil to protect sweet corn against corn earworm. Apply after the silk first emerges and no later than seven days. Wait at least three days after silk appearance before oiling.
A medicine dropper filled with mineral oil to half for small ears and three fourths for large ears is inserted about a quarter inch into the silk mass just inside the tip of the rusk. Treated ears may be marked with a crayon or cloth strip as silks mature at different times. The oil kills worms in the silk and prevents new ones from entering.
The War Production Board cautions buyers to procure arsenical insecticides early to avoid delays from transport and manpower shortages that could harm crops. Officials warn last minute orders risk crop damage amid limited containers and logistics.
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