War Council Urged to Settle Wartime Questions
A wartime editorial argues for a non military war council to decide key issues such as army size food production and farm labor. It calls for a respected body to present arguments explain decisions and win public acceptance, ensuring unified policy in 1943 1944 and beyond.
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U. S
War Council
Army
Agriculture Department
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Local Contract Award and Community News Highlights
Will Cowdin awarded a $2500 plumbing contract for a Buffalo township school. Jack Grimm, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Grimm, has recovered from a tonsil operation in Indianapolis and earned town’s youngest golf player praise. A major fire at A. L. Hodgson’s home caused heavy damage. interior records and papers were destroyed. Charles Jordan delivered first wheat load of the season at Flora elevators, with grain testing 58 and price around $1.02 per bushel. Clyde and Lewis Crowel report a 725 bushel 20-acre wheat yield near Delphi. George Fossnock’s farm near Pyrmont logs strong nine-acre yields totaling 324 bushels. J. T. Lewis and son Victor travel to Peru for hospital visit after scaffolding accident. Mrs. N. W. Bowen learns of her son Robert and daughter-in-law Mrs. Russell Sullivan’s safe arrival in Southampton during their European tour.
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Charles Jordan
Flora
Lora Hawkins
George Fossnock
Carroll County
Pyrmont
Opinions in the War Era Voices and Figures Flash Through America
A collage of quotes from Wendell Willkie Henry Emerson Fosdick William Allen White Lord Beaverbrook and Marcel Tabuteau reflects wartime sentiment on Russia America politics and the war turning points. The voices critique Republican zeal calls for decisive action and the unpredictable outcomes of conflict and culture.
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Russia
America
Soviet Russia
Wendell Willkie
Victory Fleet Expands as Seamen Called Back to Sea
The War Shipping Administration announces four ships daily join the Victory Fleet and urges experienced seamen ashore to rejoin. It promises improved working conditions quarters and meals, with basic pay 25 percent higher. Seek registration at the nearest United States Employment Service office.
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Victory Fleet
War Shipping Administration
United States Employment Service
Two Bringhurst Farmers Buy Registered Cattle
Local buyers, Robert L. Spitler and Leonard Clawson, acquire registered Holstein-Friesian and Guernsey cattle from Superior Farms and Carl E. May. Aristocrat’s Betsy of Bonaview is registered with the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Weather shifts from subzero to warm as March shows lamb-like signs. Lieut. and Mrs. Jack Swickard welcome twin boys born in Big Spring Texas with extended family noting the joyful occasion.
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Bringhurst
Robert L. Spitler
Superior Farms
Hobart
Superior Creamelle Ormsby
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Leonard Clawson
Carl E. May
Frankfort
Betsy
Bonaview
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Jack Swickard
Swickard
Malone and Hogan
Big Spring
Texas
William Swickard
Malden
Delphi
Albert Caldwell
Camden
Fred Ferling
Belvidere
Ill
Gems of Thought Adversity Tests Integrity and Growth
A collection of maxims on adversity and character from Fielding Chinese proverbs Mary Baker Eddy Jeremy Taylor Colton and Samuel Johnson. The quotes highlight how hardship reveals honesty strengthens will and exposes inner flaws.
Saroyan’s The Human Comedy Makes March Book Club Pick
A New York publisher greets William Saroyan as the world’s greatest author. His novel The Human Comedy, based on a Fresno messenger boy Homer Macauley, joins the Book of the Month list for March. The story follows Homer's jokes, small town adventures, and a bear trap incident that ends well.
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New York
Saroyan
William Saroyan
Story
Mike
the Highlands
Name Is Aram
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Homer Macauley
California
Fresno
Homer
War Department
Mr. Byfield
Hubert Ackley
Ulysses
Big Chris
Mr. Covington
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