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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
4
A wartime pledge shows a parent and sons working at home to support victory. The speaker commits all extra income to War Bonds to fund equipment for American troops and to build financial reserves for peace. The pledge expresses resolve to remain invested until victory and to rebuild America thereafter.
The Office of War Information along with the War Production Board and Department of Agriculture predicts ample Christmas tree supply in 1944 to meet holiday demand. Caution is urged to avoid overzealous buying to prevent artificial shortages and postseason waste. Last year’s anxiety caused high prices and a late glut with many surplus trees destroyed.
The FHA will speed processing as private lenders file insurance applications for principal loans with the Veterans Administration guaranteeing equity loans above $2,000, insured by FHA, under GI Bill terms. OPA classifies pigskin leather for nonrationed shoes to boost wartime supply, with limited availability.
Army seeks 10 000 nurses immediately to care for wounded at home and overseas. Veterans Administration needs 10 000 more nurses. Navy requires 500 nurses monthly for several months. Paul V. McNutt urges state committees to provide more nurse names to the Red Cross. Nurses commissioned receive all GI Bill rights.
The board explains the shift to synthetic rubber will reduce quantity and quality, creating an unrelenting reliance on civilian tire users to curb consumption. The policy aims to conserve natural rubber at the cost of some performance in heavy truck and airplane tires.
Social notes list Mr and Mrs Gail Bailey and son near New Boston visiting Saturday. Several couples and individuals travel to Brookfield, Kirksville, and other areas for visits and Thanksgiving. Missouri fur harvest season opens December 1 with various species regulations including raccoon bag limits and gray fox rules.
State Wildlife and Forestry Commission notes fur buying season begins December 5 under the code. Field men report generally good prospects for the season with wildlife technicians seeing more raccoon muskrat and red and gray fox populations. Opossum remains abundant while skunk civet are below normal and weasel and mink are scarce in Missouri.
Linn County’s high entry in the 1944 Poultry Flock Improvement Contest is highlighted by St. Catherine’s George Coulson. His flock produced 60,523 eggs from 346 hens with 171 hens culled, averaging 175 eggs per hen for the year. The piece notes a 16 percent potential drop in 1945 production to curb surpluses and urges careful culling. It also mentions a December 8 4 H Recognition Party at Brookfield High School with pins and awards, inviting all 4 H members leaders and parents.
The women of Linn County will inaugurate a public rest room in Brookfield on Saturday December 2 at 11 00 A M The Women Extension Clubs funded furnished and supervised the space with donations from Pleasant Grove Mothers' Club Be Friendly Fairview and others The rest room hours are 11 00 to 5 00 on weekdays and 11 00 to 9 00 on Saturdays Also tips on red clover seed testing and a note that scrap leather is no longer available for purses and jackets from the Home Demonstration Agent.
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