World Wheat Supplies Remain Strong Despite War Demands
A wartime wheat overview notes global stocks rose from 1924 to 1933, dipped to 1937, and hit record highs through 1940. 1941 production is pegged at 3.96 billion bushels, with major exporters holding 1.32 billion. Quotas aim to stabilize prices and prevent waste.
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Soviet
Russia
China
Soviet Russia
United States
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Europe
Manitoba
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare County A.C.A
Farm War Board Surveys Auto Graveyards in County
The Clare County U S D A War Board completed a survey of auto graveyards in the county to stimulate scrap flow to steel mills. The survey was made at the request of local authorities and outlines locations and potential scrap quantities.
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Bureau of Industrial Conservation of
War Production Board
CWRB
Farm War Board
W.P.A
U.S.D.A. War Board
Clare County
U. S. D. A. War Board
Price support announced for 1942 potato crop
U S Department of Agriculture outlines price support methods for the 1942 Irish potato crop. Programs include purchases by the Department, CCC loans and purchases, and diversion of lower grade potatoes to starch and livestock feed. Base prices list Cadillac Michigan at 1.30 per cwt and Waupaca Wisconsin at 1.20 per cwt. Eligibility requires planting 80 to 110 percent of allotments to qualify for full ACP payment.
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A.A.A
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
U. S
A.C.P
Fifty Michigan farmers aid fertilizer tests statewide
Fifty farmers across Michigan participated in soil management and fertilizer studies in 1941. The program, described at a conference with fertilizer company reps and Michigan State College soil scientists, aimed to test plots across diverse soils and weather conditions to improve nutrient placement and rotations.
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Michigan
Indiana State Line
Houghton County
Upper Peninsula
National Fertilizer Association
Soil Science Department
Michigan State College
C. B. Millar
College Soils Department
Fertilizer Recommendations Bulletin for 1941 and 1942
Extension Bulletin No. 159 outlines fertilizer recommendations based on recent soil investigations and field experiments. Copies are available free from the Bulletin Room at Michigan State College in East Lansing or via county agricultural agents.
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Extension
Bulletin Room
Michigan State College
Hast Lansing
Michigan
Income Headaches Expand Market for Farm Account Book
Clare county farmers can now file tax reports with better records after using the farm account book program from Michigan State College. Since January 1 twenty-two new applicants joined, joining those already keeping books to learn production, land use, tools, and labor efficiency. March 1 marks the fiscal year start with May 15 filing deadline.
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Clare County
Farm Management Department
Michigan State College
Uncle Sam
P. D. Gibson
Michigan State Radio Highlights Forestry Broadcast Series
WKAR 870 AM will air a series from Michigan State College forestry staff on preventing forest losses. March 26 features The Detrimental Effect of Forest Fires on the Forest by Terrill Stevens at 6 30 PM.
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WKAR
Forestry Department
Michigan State College
Terrill Stevens
Reading Circle
Victory Gardena
State Grange
Civil Service Exam Opens for Junior Engineman in Milan
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for Junior Assistant Engineman at the Federal Correction Institution Milan Michigan with a salary of $2 000 a year. Applicants must be 25 to 47 years old unless military preference applies. Applications due by April 10 1942.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Federal Correction Institution
Prison Service
Department of Justice
Milan
Michigan
Secretary
Board of U.S. Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service District
Chicago
Illinois
Mlinois
Junior Play Cast Picked for One Mad Night
The Junior Class selects One Mad Night from five plays for April 23 with Wes Samborn Roberta McKnight Janet Duncan Mary Lou LePavour LaVern Wood and Miss Wiggins among organizers. Cast includes Dora Cutter Jim Ryan Priscilla Mona Jean Harvey Lady MacBeth Roberta McKnight John Alden Carl Cappaert Mr Hyde Eugene Maxwell Dr Bunn Harry Koch Lucille Marcy Martha Ann Parent Gertrude Finch Loree Aen Mrs T Ashington Finch Margaret Loomis and more. The minstrel show rel will be April 1 in the High School auditorium at eight. Admission 28 cents adults 18 cents children. Over eighty chorus members with The Preacher and The Bear as main specialty led by Mr Bates. Interlocutor Theo Wallington.
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Wes Samborn
Roberta MciKnight
Janet Duncan
Mary Lou LePavour
LaVern Wood
Miss Wiggins
Dora Cutter
Jim Ryan
Wing
Bernard Wyman
Priscilla
Mona Jean Harvey
Lady MacBeth
Roberta McKnight
John Alden
Carl Cappaert
Mr. Hyde
Eugene Maxwell
Dr. Bunn
Harry Koch
Lucille Marcy
Mary Lou LeFavour
Mrs. Kluck
Martha Ann Parent
Gertrude Finch
Don
Loree Aen
T. Ashington Finch
Margaret Loomis
Depression
Blaine Parsell
Artemus Burke
Jim Foote
Danny Siletto
Bill Cage
Patricia Harrold
Betty Kirchhoff
Dean Mance
Ken Sorrell
Preacher
Bear
Mr. Bates
Tory Holt
Jeep Koch
Lowrey
Theo
Wallington
Clare High School conducts first air raid drill and war efforts
The First Aid Committee trained homerooms in wound care and CPR while Clare High School held its first air raid drill on February 27 with wardens guiding groups to shelters and back. Funds from defense stamps reached $383.70 since January as waste paper drives continue. The Oration Contest on March 13 featured Al Lamporn, Douglas Paxton, John Hall, and Floyd Cannah an in a three way tie, with final results pending. The event partnered with Victory Speech. a memorial for Robert Petit was delivered, and the tenth grade class joined the American Legion essay contest on Good American traits.
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First
Clare High School
al Lamporn
Douglas Paxton
John Hall
Floyd Canahan
Doug
John
Victory Speech Organization
Mr. Tibbits
Dr. Hall
Bernard Wyman
Robert Petiit
American Legion
Commercial Students to Get Telephones in Pioneer and Commercial Rooms
Plans write to place telephones in the Pioneer Room connected to the Commercial Room for student practice in answering and talking on phones. Students trained in typing, dictation, and mimeographing support teachers and Red Cross efforts. The Stone’s Club raised over $160 selling Tuberculosis Seals at Christmas while twenty girls work on labeling and mailing duties.
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Red Cross
Stone’s Club
United States
Girls intramural games open with senior homeroom clash
Mr Pfister's Superantes beat Cook's Cookie Cutters 16 to 4. Mr Garthe's team defeated Miss Colburn's 11 to 7. Mr Brown's Laborantes edged Miss Wiggin's Vincintes 6 to 2. Freshman round ended with Mr Clute's Bonapars beating Mr Rawley's Wild Cate 16 to 12.
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Superantes
Cook
Cookie Cutters
Mr. Garthe
Miss Colburn
Brown
Laborantes
Miss Wiggin
Vincintes
Mr. Clute
Bonapars
Mr. Rawley
Wild Cate
Leaders Leading Beet Sugar Producers Named
Sugar leaders in the United States include California Colorado Montana and Michigan as top beet sugar producers.
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Sugar
U. S
California
Colorado
Montana
Michigan
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