Farm Production Seen Strong for 1944 Says A and P President
John A Hartford president of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company says American farmers are expanding acreage and improving machinery fertilizer supplies to sustain 1944 food production near or above 1943 records. He warns success hinges on solving labor shortages and stopping diversion of food to illegitimate channels while urging waste reduction and continued cooperation among producers distributors and consumers.
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York
America
John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Martford
Hartford
Call for Women in Retail Jobs By L. & Stevenson
Washington report from the War Manpower Commission says women will be increasingly needed in retail trades including laundries restaurants groceries and drug stores. It lists transportation services teaching nursing and manufacturing as fields opening to women to replace draftees and maintain war production and public services.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Ouary
United States Employment Service
Ready-made chicken coops spark backyard farming boom
Rural households convert to poultry as red meat shortages push home farming. Prefabricated coops rise in popularity with models from compact 6 by 3 foot units to 8 by 12 foot houses, featuring glass fronts, sun decks, ramps, ventilators, and insulated walls.
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Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Nazis Force Deserting Seamen To Sign Death Oath
New York report quotes J H Olden, general secretary of the International Federation of Transport Workers, stating that Dutch seamen conscripted for Germany ships must sign declarations declaring deserters’ families are liable to be shot.
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New York
J. H. Oldenbroék
International Federation of Transport Workers
Netherlands
Germany
Hore
Two-Pants Suits Return In Canada
Ottawa reports the two pants suit is back as prices board lifts bans on cuffs and extra trousers. MacLeod notes adequate Australian wool supply and easing military demands ease the change, allowing clothiers to lawfully accommodate cuffed trousers and extra pants with new purchases.
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Ottawa
There Is 137 57 Cash For Everyone In U S
Per capita circulation rose to 137.57 dollars by September 30 as the total money in circulation reached 18 842 178 987 dollars an increase of nearly five billion in the last year. The rise over August was 2 14 dollars and 36 22 dollars versus a year ago.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Record Flight Sets Nine Hour Thirty Four Minute Atlantic Crossing
A DC-53 Skytrooper of the United States Army establishes a new record nine hours and 34 minutes for an Atlantic crossing in a transport plane. Earlier bomber records show a six hour twelve minute crossing from Newfoundland to Britain.
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London
United States Army
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Britain
Small Farm Engines Get Preference Rating
Farm rationing committees of county war boards gain authority to assign AA-2 preference ratings for delivery of small engines up to 20 horsepower. About 37,000 air and liquid cooled engines will be produced this year and distributed without state or county quotas, with county level issuance of certificates to farmers or farm machinery operators.
Essentials of a good poultry house
The piece outlines basics for a poultry house including a dry easy to clean floor walls that shield from wind and cold adequate light ventilation and a solid foundation with a tight roof. It notes about three fourths of heat loss occurs through the roof so ceiling insulation should be a priority.
Community Notes Describe Christmas Ahead of Flu Season
Local columns recount holiday gatherings in December and January. Families including the Allen, Newman, Sanders, Coats, and Hodges clans share meals, gifts, and flu illness updates. Several guests from Gladwin and Saginaw visit Chelsea and Coleman areas as Mrs. Poet and others recover at home.
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Ernest Allen
Bernard Allen
Harl Sanders
Wm. Kanarr
Arthur Center
J. GC. Newman
Jesse Newman, Jr
Ted Newman
Heyman Wisner
Angola
Galen Coats
Glen Newman
Santa
Carmen Newman
Albert
Flint
J.C. Newman
Angie’ Sanders
Iona Bolen
Glen Poet
Audley Smith
Saginaw
Ralph Allen
Glenn Bay
Walter
Alfred Bay
Everett Carncross
Ernest Kleiner
Chelsea
Marjorie Jane
Julia Hutchinson
Norman Hutchinson
Ernest Kleiners
Alton David and
Donnie K
Walter Kieiner
Ernest Hodges
Cecil Hodges
Gerald Hodges
Henry Seaton
Coleman
Frank Poet
Ruby Poet
Blanche Allen
California
Frank Barton
Robert Kleiner
Ruth Ann
Henry Kleine
Walter Kleiner
Marjorie Kleiner
Prayer meeting to continue as Rev Honderich recovers
Eagle Church News reports the prayer meeting will run at the parsonage until Rev. M R Honderich recovers from flu. The Christian Endeavor received word from Cpl Herbert McDonald of North Attica and Pfc William Davis in the Pacific. both thanked the Endeavor for Christmas packages.
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M. R. Honderich
Christian Endeavor
Cpl
Herbert McDonald
North Attica
Pfc
William Davis
Pacific
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Brooklyn, Inc
East River
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Wall Street
Times Square
Bronx
Broooklyn Homes
Beit Syndicate
Wnn Features
de Luxe Chicken House
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U.S
Mark
Houghton
Brush College
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