Farm Bureau chief urges farmers to boost political clout
President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau urges farmers to take a larger role in public affairs to shape national policy. He cites CIO pressure and PAC campaigns while stressing nonpartisan aims and postwar agricultural strength. Rep. Fred Crawford seconds call for stronger farm groups and income protection. A 14.1 inch cube of gold weighs a ton.
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Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Southern Farm Bureau Conference
O'Neal
Sidney Hillman
Labor
Political Action Committee
PAC
Fred Crawford
Michigan
Labor walkouts idle tens of thousands across U S and Canada
Transportation workers in Philadelphia and Montreal led travel paralysis as more than 36 000 idle workers pressed unions. In Detroit CIO UAW and War Labor Board actions aimed to end stoppages at GM Chevrolet and Kelsey Hayes while other plants including Houdaille Hershey Consol Vultee Roebling and Spicer faced walkouts or resumptions.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Montreal
Tramway
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway
Detroit
War Labor Board
Cio-United Auto Workers
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
WLB
Cio-Uaw
General Motors
Chevrolet
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Wayne, Mich
Stinson
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
New Jersey City
N. J
American Can Co
Pottstown
Spicer Manufacturing Co
MORGAN COUNTY CORINTH By MRS. J. D. BONDS
Community notices report Howard Evans back home after hospitalization in Moulton. Alvin Holland returns from four years in overseas service with U S Navy. Mr. and Mrs E M Bonds and son Larry visit from Mississippi. Lou Rigby, previously at Pearl Harbor 18 months, plans homecoming from San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs Louie Partain travel to Birmingham for business.
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Howard Evans
Moulton
Alvin Holland
U. S. Navy
J. W. Holland
E. M. Bonds
Larry
Mississippi
J D. Bonds
Lou Rigby
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
J. H. Rigby
Louie Partain
Birmingham
Rest Of My Life With You in Maine Summer
Mary Norman a widow and decorator hosts Judith Lambert daughter of a friend visiting from California en route to Maine Judith asks for Marys son Dr Matthew Norman noting she once crushed on him The story follows Mary and Lynn Mortimer a lawyer and Marys longtime friend as they discuss Matthew marriage and the potentialmatch with Judiths plan to visit again The scene sets up romantic tensions amid family histories and lifelong friendships.
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Mary Norman
Judith Lambert
Asore
Judith
Californa
Maine
Mary
Matthew Norman
Matthew
Lynn Mortimer
Kate
Lynn
St. Regis
Rita
Fred
Detroit
Eva
California
Road To Berlin Front Distances listed in Europe
The report lists three advance fronts with measured distances from key points. The Russian front measures 322 miles from the Eastern suburbs of Warsaw. The Italian front stands at 605 miles from Senigallia. The French front is 630 miles from Troarn.
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The
Associated Press
Warsaw
Senigallia
Troarn
War Correspondent Notes From Normandy July 31
French refugees are fed with German captured food as American advances force retreating troops to abandon dumps. Germans left bakery gear and thousands of loaves behind. Refugees at Canisy and Cerisy La Salle receive rations, while French women salvage supplies from ruined German camps. Two naval sailors join the armored column into Granville, noting the dustier roads and ease of travel toward Paris.
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Normandy
Canisy
Cerisy la Salle
Cherbourg
Granville Port
Robert Gladwin
Westfield
Mass
Bos
Fis
Arthur Leonard Haubert
West 40Th
Denver
Colo
Paris
Gladwin
Farm land boom warned by Wickard during WWII era
Secretary Claude Wickard warned of a dangerous farm land boom as prices rise sharply in wartime. He urged buyers to save money and avoid inflated values, noting a 42 percent land value rise vs 1935-39 norms and a sizable share of purchases by city residents and war workers. He warned debtors could face foreclosure when peacetime markets return.
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture Department
Wickard
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UMMC
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Hansen's Laboratory, Inc
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New York
Corta
Morgan County Corinth
J. D. Bonds
Mr. and
Mrs
John Public
North
Alabama
North Alabama
Kansas City
West
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Agricultural Committee of Your
Chamber of Commerce
Arrow Provisions, Inc
Makers
Arrow Brand
You
Owvannm
Kaith Baldwin
Chapter
Faith Baldwin Cuthrells
King Features Syndicate
Ima
Lynn Kissed
Mary’s
Berlin
Portland Cementment Association
R. R. No
Hal Boyle
Cork
Ath
Conlon
Gunter
Second Avenue
Dairy Farmers
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J. W. Clapton
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Co
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