Two-Price Export and Food Stamp Plan for Farmers
General Johnson argues for a two price system supporting farm exports and domestic use through the food stamp program. He endorses price parity for domestic sales and selling surplus abroad, criticizing past methods of propping up overall prices. He discusses Willkie's trip, Churchill influence, and congressional legislation amid debate on national policy.
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Department of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
George Peek
Terminal Education Expands Jobs Through Junior Colleges
A survey shows junior colleges in 44 states promote terminal education aimed at actual employment. Programs in business, engineering, aviation, agriculture and trades prepare students for skilled jobs in two years, often overlapping to fit multiple fields, with 610 junior colleges serving over 236 thousand students.
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Warren Broker
Western Newspaper Union
New York
American Association of Junior Colleges
Chicago
Walter C. Eells
Washington, D. C
The
Hillyer Junior College
Hartford
Conn
San Francisco
California
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Edward F. Mason
America
Delaware
Rhode Island
Wyoming
Nevada
Illinois
Texas
Missouri
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Park Service Buys Autogiros For Forest Work
The United States Park Service acquires two 225-horsepower autogiros from the War Department to hover over parks and rivers for fire spotting forest surveys wildlife censuses and precision aerial photography. They can take off at 250 feet with or without wind and will aid in locating sleeper fires and tree diseases.
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Washington
National Park Service
War Department
National Parks
Morristown National Historical Park
New Jersey
National Park
Dear Mom a Soldier Letter About Army Life and Buzzer
A soldier writes from an army camp describing training as a potential letter carrier, bugs and buzzers, new rifles, and the discomforts of camp life. He jokes about wealth and fame among the troops, requests warm socks dice and cake, and notes guardhouse time and coffee quality.
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Grant
Lee
Sherman
Teddy Roosevelt
Pershing
Rockefeller
Democracy
Willson set to pilot Annapolis through any sea
WEEK by Lemuel F Parton previews Rear Admiral Russell Willson as new US Naval Academy superintendent. The piece recalls Willson's earlier command during Greenland patrols, his seamanship under pressure at Indian Harbor, and his career arc from Sardinia NY to Annapolis. It also notes his honors including Navy Cross and Victory Medal.
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EW. York
Russell Willson
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Willson
Greenland
Labrador
Army World Fliers
Donald Macmillan
Arctic
Lawrence
Indian Harbor
the Lawrence
Sardinia
N. Y
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Farmers Seek Self-Sufficiency as Exports Dwindle
American farm exports drop due to European war but domestic production rises. Wheat exports fell from 61 million to 500 thousand bushels. farmers use idle land for native crops. Fruit growers and truck farmers profit from growing figs lemons limes and tomatoes, reversing prior import reliance.
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Los Angeles
Department of Agriculture
America
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Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Winston Churchill
Winnie
Churchill
Congress
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Congressional Committee
Mr. Churchill
U. S. Park Service
Autogiros
Fruphillp
Mom
Love, Oscar
Oscar
Conneautvillé
Gresh
Mel Davis
Harley Hills
Ruth Inman
Carl Hills
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
Jack Benny
Albert Einstein
Neegro History Week
Benny
Rochester
Waukegan, Ill
Sadie Marks
Mary Livingston
Love Thy
Benny Kubesky
Gesteen
Grace Moore
Music Box Revue
Italo Montemezzi
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan
Miss Moore
Signor Montemezzi
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