Washington Digest on Food Control Sparks War-Era Debate
The piece describes Marvin Jones and a White House push to curb food shipments amid wartime shortages. It notes a Crowley chaired committee to coordinate allocations, UNRRA relief limits, shipping bottlenecks in France, and a looming labor shift as the war continues.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
White House
America
UNRRA
Jones
Terra Firma
Uncle Sam
Mother Hubbard
Army
Navy
Leo Crowley
Rmy
France
Belgium
Balkans
Iso
Europe
Pacific
Asiatic
London
Paris
Remagen
Ludendorf
Normandy
Crowley
Food Administration
The Center of the United States Farm Memoir
A memoir narrator recalls growing up on a Kansas farm near the geographic center of the continental U.S. He describes his parents Amos Croy and Susan Sewell, a pioneer wagon train background, land struggles with a land speculator, and life on a one room sod-stone farm with a well and prairie hardships. The piece blends family history with regional frontier lore and the Iowa, Missouri, Ohio connections that shaped their settlement.
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United States
United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
Continental United States
Alaska
Smith County
Kansas
Lebanon
Maryville
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph
Iowa Line
Croy
Susan Sewell
Amos Croy
Will
Croys
Sewells
Crogs
Early days on the Croy farm and the rise of a homestead
The author recalls Homer Croy’s youth on a rugged Ozark frontier farm. Chinch bugs and pests were few while grasshoppers haunted a tense year. They built an orchard, hedge fences from Osage orange, and a jack oak barn lot for stock. Neighbors arrived, roads came, a school emerged on land donated by Mr Knabb, and labor grew into a promising, evolving homestead.
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Chickamauga
Maryville
Berlin Volksturm quits fighting as curfew looms
The Berlin Volkssturm reportedly halted fighting in many areas as the curfew for war workers' restaurants looms tonight and prompts some to stay out past midnight to work in essential industries. A Japanese broadcast hints at Manchuria construction plans while the Finnish premier seeks a basis for renewed Russo-Finnish friendship.
Crocheted Hats and Potholders for Spring Gifts
A sewing and craft item notice promotes white crochet hats with navy trim and jewel colored hats for spring suits. It advertises pattern numbers 5712 and 5551 at 16 cents each, with names and addresses for orders. Also features blue bird potholders, pattern 5844, with color chart, and notes longer wait times due to demand and war conditions.
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Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Salt Lake City
Great Plains
Pony Express
Jesse James
Ohio
California
Athens County
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Father
Homer ‘Croy
Grandfather Croy
Jim
Dexter
Purl
Johnson
Illinois
Mother
Red Sea
Knabb
Berlin
Volksturm
Langest
Federal Communications
Manchuria
Russia
Sewing Circle Needlework
South Wells St
Chicago
Wincharger Corporation
Wind-Electric
Dept
WNU
Sioux City
P.O
Rer
Pupp OO
GER
Pune
Eecmue Systems
Aarti
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