Town and Farm in Wartime by Office of War Information
Wartime guidance outlines highway user purchases at stations and bulk plants, with motorists receiving two gallons of the A ration weekly. It notes the armed forces total at 12,300,000 by July 1, 1944, and about $352,000 already in military service as of February 1. Tax information explains April 15 deadlines and tax filing processes for individual taxpayers.
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Office OF War Information
Pellitian Pays
Fragmented OCR Note From Local Paper
A garbled OCR snippet mentions an event at an unnamed meet with unclear places or names. The readable words imply sports or competition context but lack verifiable details for a proper item.
Colorado County Girl Wins War Department Prize
Miss Ruby Frnka of Columbus receives congratulations from Lt Col FL J. Sehaul at Philadelphia for winning the War Department prize for labor and money saving suggestion. Her plan cut staff from 13 to 6, saving $2,999 annually. Sister Roxie Frnka, recently promoted, also works in Philadelphia.
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Columbus
Mon. Jos. V
Frnka
FL J. Sehaul
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Philadelphia
War Department
Cal. I
Eldredge Tenator
Frnk
Miss Fraka
Roxie Fraka
Wartime Notices and Homefront Guidance From the Era
Community advisory items discuss tax declarations for farmers with income thresholds and post deadlines, evacuee relocations of Japanese ancestry including numbers and screening, home gardening tips for greens, food preservation, and production notes on jars, beds, and farm supplies. Various notes mention civilian labor plans, fencing, and wartime production and shortages.
Lions Club program highlights and upcoming events
Ls Roar Knox Banner reports Social Security talk by a Houston visitor to the Lions. March 30 program by Gus Seaholm, April 6 by Jack Morris. Attendance rises to 24 of 29. Ed Causey forms committee for a Service Men's Waiting Station with city council input.
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Lion Dave
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Rudy Spanidel
Linn
Ed Causey
Lions Larson
Sowell
City Council
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Smothers
Seaholm
Charles Causey
Stephens
Kopecky
Gertsen
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