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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1945
Page
3
Dear Dorothy Dix explains that women complain their husbands and fiances overseas do not write daily. She notes men fight under censorship and extreme hardship writing letters with makeshift desks in foxholes, often under shellfire and fatigue, making daily mail impossible.
A Charleston Gazette plea urges wives to write more letters to husbands overseas. It endorses a needlecraft pattern for children with the Twenty third Psalm, then blasts complaints about infrequent mail, urging readers to imagine enemy air raids and wartime hardships to justify sending letters promptly.
Charleston property owners were reminded by David C. Graham that incinerator fees for periods through July 1 1945 must be paid by June 25. He warned liens will be filed against property with unpaid fees regardless of ownership changes. Fees for 1943-44 totaled 104000 dollars, with 35000 dollars more collected than the prior year. Registrant William Reid Hixembotham Jr of Hand has been inducted for armed forces service.
Learn about growing muskmelons in a Victory garden with warm soil and protection from frost. Notes cover plant spacing six feet between rows, ripe harvest timing, pests like melonworm and pickleworm, and mentions of rare varieties such as Famina musk melon and a banana shaped fruit with lemon colored flesh.
State Entomologist F. Waldo Craig urged West Virginians to plant now for a robust home garden. He cited beans corn and summer greens as viable crops and advised setting out tomato plants for canning. He warned upcoming shelves will likely lack sufficient canned fruits and vegetables next winter.
A local official warns that canned goods and beans are running low with warehouse stocks near minimum and military demands rising. He urges residents to plant victory gardens, start fall crops in August, and prepare now to avoid deeper shortages next winter.
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