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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1943
Page
8
Assembly program by Science Class on April 2 recaps. Senior class composite photo arrived Monday and will be presented to the school. Senior leaders include Marjorie Stephenson first, Wilma second, Sue third. juniors led by Charles with Waverly next and Myron third.
The fragment summarizes classroom activity in Room II focusing on social studies. It notes student engagement and teacher guidance with emphasis on discussion and assignments. No additional context or events are provided in the readable text.
Seventh graders work with circles measuring circumferences and areas using real world projects like gardens. Eighth graders explore stocks and bonds with Defense Bonds and Stamps and price comparisons. Civics ties to arithmetic. Language Arts emphasize Outside Reading by April 15 and Speed tests. Reading goals vary by grade and certificate level.
Three grades collaborate on English activities focusing on letter waiting and responding to advertisements. Business letters and bulletins are prepared for garden work and for the Flower and Bird Clubs.
Red ration stamps issued for meats cheeses edible fats and oils and canned fish show validity through the weeks starting March 29 and April 4. Stamp validity and expiration details are listed with point values Sterne B and Expires.
The list outlines Red Stamps C D and E with 16 points each and expiry weeks starting April 11 18 and 25 respectively. It notes the items conclude after the specified week and identifies the stamps as a noun in the record.
Regional OPA administrators may report acute meat shortages endangering public health morale or the war effort. OPA will authorize slaughterers to boost civilian deliveries of controlled meats in these areas.
The War Production Board lifts quotas on metal lids for home canning as American housewives plan more jams and preserves. Zinc usage remains restricted, while other metal closures and rubber gaskets will be plentiful to support increased canning this year.
Turkey growers aim to raise about 37 million birds this year based on February 1 returns from over 5,000 farmers nationwide. This would surpass the 1942 crop by about 12 percent though actual output may shift with egg supply and price, poutry prices, feed costs, and growers willingness to accept late hatched poults.
OPA authorizes three changes to ration order 17. An extra safety shoe ration is allowed for anyone who has spent ration stamp 17. Sandals with open back and heel not exceeding 1-1/8 inches are now ration-free. Some shoes with soles mainly of rope or wood may be sold ration-free.
Employers who hire workers for under 30 days can obtain rationed foods by applying to the local War Price and Ration Board. This aid is crucial for farmers during planting and harvest, construction crews on short jobs, lumber camps, and other seasonal employers.
The OPA fixes ceiling prices for corn from field to retailer with No. 2 yellow at 1.02 dollars per 56 pound bushel in Chicago. The USDA and OPA also announce price supports 20 to 50 percent higher for canning crops, including tomatoes corn beans peas beets carrots and cabbage for kraut.
The U S Treasury plans a second war loan drive in April to borrow 13 billion dollars. Funds will come from war savings bonds tax savings notes treasury bills and new treasury issues for all investor classes.
Secretary Morgenthau stresses full production in the war effort and urges every American to buy government securities to the limit of their ability. The article notes butter sales may fall below ceiling prices set by CPA ceilings, with Prentiss M. Brown confirming ceilings are maximum sale prices.
The average cost of foods for the typical family rose 9.5 percent from mid January to mid February due to higher prices for fresh produce and anticipation of rationing effective March 1. Egg prices fell 3.5 percent buffering the increase and other foods rose 1.5 percent per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Red Gooch and family hosted Sunday at Babe Kimbrough’s home. Lewis Wood and Sonny Palmer visited Delmar Oertwig Sunday afternoon. Donald Cooper called on Fred Ludwig Sunday. Babe Kimbrough and Barbara Mae dined with Red Gooch Monday. School board members attended a meeting in Brookfield Wednesday. Gale Davis and her Town family spent the weekend with Ola Creason’s family. Bob Smith and family visited Ola Creason Sunday.
The notice presents the official OPA list of foods that will be included or excluded from the rationing program covering meats cheese fats and oils and canned goods. It outlines which items remain governed and which are exempt under wartime controls.
A wartime notice outlines rationing categories for meats including beef veal lamb and pork plus many processed forms. It also covers all fish and shellfish in sealed containers and all fats oils butter and margarine.
The policy lists cheeses allowed and barred under rationing. It excludes many types by name including cheddar American Swiss brick Munster limburger Edam and others as well as processed cheese and cheese foods.
The notice outlines items not subject to rationing including fresh or frozen fish and preserved forms, all poultry and game in any form, olive oil when used alone, and certain cheeses and cheese products with less than 30 percent rationed cheese by weight.
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