Our Volunteer Firefighters and Postwar Projections
A Carthage volunteer fire brigade fought a fast-moving blaze amid wind and heat, with nearby Knights Town and Beher firms aiding. The piece reflects on postwar projects, Potemkin diplomacy, rural electrification, and the soy bean boom in Rush County with market notes from OPA enforcement and local social updates.
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Carthage Fire Department
Beher
Dieckbrader Trucking Company
al McDaniel and Son
Rue
Knightstown Fire Department
Carthage
Corn Belt
Rush County
Rushville
Indiana 4-H clubs gain strong editorial support
The Hoosier Farmer promotes Indiana 4-H clubs for youth ages 10 to 20 as key to rural community strength. It cites 50,000 to 60,000 Indiana farm youth annually in 4-H and announces a pocket-size booklet of resolutions from the state Farm Bureau convention, plus continued farm safety surveys and reports coordinated by Purdue staff and the Farm Safety committee.
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Hoosier Farmer
The
Indiana’ Farm Bureau
Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
Farm Bureau
Indiana Rural Youth
Purdue
Indiana Farm Safety Committee
Larry Brandon
Local Social Notes Mention Illness and Visits
Mrs. Will C. Nelson is improving from a recent illness. Mrs. Grace Drake of Franklin spent a few days the first of the week with her sister, Mrs. Charles D. Moore, and other relatives.
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Will C. Nelson
Grace Drake
Franklin
Charles D. Moore
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Kenneth Rhodes
Alonzo L. Tuttle
K. L. Rhodes
Postoffice
Catherine
Gregory Potemkin
Crimea
Catherine the Great
Potemkin
Paradise
Russia
Pearl Harbor
William Varel
Clinton County
Illinois
Varel
OPA
Addison M. Dowling
Indiana Opa
District Enforcement Division
Mr. Dowling
Louie Oldham
Mary Wales
Charlottesville
Maurice Lukens
Justice
Brewers of
Advocate
True
Indiana Brewers Association
Chamber of Commerce
Home Outfitters
Rushville, Ind
the Public Service Company of Indiana
Service
Company OF Indiana, Inc
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