For Sale White Oak Fence Posts and Wood
Want ads state rates for insertions with 85 cents up to 25 words and 1 cent per word beyond. Wm Friederich Elgin advertises white oak fence posts cordwood and chunk wood Dial 2703. Ellknown local note announces Salute to the Marines film at Avalon Thursday to Saturday and Echo invites Phil Moser as guest. call office for tickets.
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Wm. Friederich
Elgin
Philippines
Avalon
The
Echo
Phil Moser
Ration calendar announces stamps and coupons validity
Iowa ration calendar lists green stamps Book 4 valid through Jan 20 1944 and Feb 20 1944 for other letters. Meats fats cheese canned fish brown stamps Book 3 valid through Jan 29 1944 S Jan 20 1944 T Jan 29 1944 A brown stamp Jan 16 29 1944 v brown Jan 23 Feb 26 V brown Jan 30 Feb 26 Sugar Coupon No 29 Book 4 through Jan 15 1944 Stamp No 30 Book 4 good for 5 pounds Jan 16 March 31 Shoes Coupon 18 1 pair valid 30 days Airplane Stamp Book 8 one pair now valid Fuel Oil period coupons through Feb 7 1944 Period 3 through Mar 15 1944 Elgin Echo service ads and local insurance and prizes section followed by Doood It Red Skelton film at Avalon next Wednesday Thursday free show tickets reserved at Echo office
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Norge
H. E. Landsgard
Clermont
Red Skelton
Eleanor Powell
the Avalon
H. H. Follett
Echo Office
Many Strange Candy Bars Appear In Markets
A Sumner Gazette item notes a surge of unusual candy bar brands while bulk candy sales lag. Labor shortages curb bulk production, yet makers shift to bars to exploit higher profits, with chocolate costs showing stark price differentials per pound versus bar form.
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Business Week
Sumner Gazette
OPA Allows Small Price Rises on Canned Fruits and Vegs
The OPA amended food rules to permit slight upticks in maximum prices for canned fruits and vegetables, frozen fruits and berries, jams, pickles, and apple products due to wage gains. Retail increases are not expected to exceed one cent per can or per pound for frozen items, with no rise for tomatoes peas snap beans corn peaches or pears.
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OPA
OPA Tightens Gasoline Rationing Violations Rules
The OPA narrows enforcement by allowing local boards or special hearing officers to revoke gasoline rations after proper hearings if fire or gasoline regulations are violated and may prohibit use of gasoline in the violator's possession obtained through rationing.
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OPA
Civilian meat allocation mirrors 1943 consumption
About two thirds of U S meat supplies in 1944 are allotted to civilians, enabling similar per capita consumption to 1943. On a dressed weight basis this equals roughly 132 pounds per person for 1944, above the pre war 1935-39 average of about 126 pounds.
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United States
U. S
Pork and Beans Release Prompted for Civilian Consumers
About 440000 cases of canned pork and beans totaling roughly 20 million pounds will be released to civilian consumers within the next few weeks.
Price Rise in 1943 Was Small
At the end of 1943 the general level of wholesale prices was two per cent higher than 1942 close. Retail prices for staples used by families rose about three and one-half per cent. The rise was smaller than in any year since 1940.
Soil districts count and fertilizer use by region
The report notes 948 soil conservation districts in the United States as of November 1. It estimates profitable fertilizer application by area: 49 percent of planted acreage in the northeast dairy area, 38 percent in the southern pasture area, 32 percent in the east central livestock area, 15 percent in the cash grain area, and 2 percent in the western livestock area. It also covers rodent control with poison bait, stressing fresh meat baits over stale material and recommending ground fresh salmon or sardines as effective bait since rats will more likely take it.
Pig Clubs Raise Bacon in Wartime Britain
British Pig Clubs of amateur pig raisers packed 7,000 tons of bacon in 1942 and supplied pork for about 100 million breakfasts, highlighting wartime farm efforts and food security.
Veterans Enter Wide Range of Apprentice Training Programs
War veterans may enter any of about 30,000 apprenticeship training programs in the United States. Age limits and other restrictions have been eased in many standards to help veterans obtain training for skilled work.
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United States
Wartime Tea Allocation and Farm Machinery Shifts
About 76 million pounds of tea will be available to civilians in 1944 subject to wartime shipping limits, roughly 16 million pounds more than 1943. Lend-Lease farm machinery accounted for less than 3 percent of US production from 1941 to 1943 as Allied needs rose due to military demands. American bombers now operate from Britain’s best farms, prompting land reclamation. Australia conscripted thousands of farm tractors for roads and airfields in 1942 as British and Australian factories shifted to ordnance.
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United States
Britain
Australia
British Farmers Grateful For Lend Lease Help Abroad
Three U.S. farmers recently returned from a two month survey of agriculture in the British Isles report British farmers are very grateful for Lend Lease farm machinery aid in helping achieve maximum food production. PD
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United States
British Isles
Tin Saving Plan Reduces 1949 Tin Shortage
A wartime program to trim tin content from toothpaste and shaving cream tubes aims to conserve about 100 tons of tin in 1949. Government and manufacturers collaborate to redesign packaging and reduce material use while maintaining product integrity.
Reminder of Bulk Salt and Meat Seasoning Offer
Bulk salt available at 74e per 100 pounds with sacks required. The note mentions butchering time and invites customers to obtain smoke salt and meat seasoning from the supplier.
Special study shows 2 of 25 cadets with aniseikonia
A study of 400 aviation cadets finds that two in every twenty five men have aniseikonia, a condition causing unequal images in the two eyes, with differences around half a percent in the observed cases.
Daughter Corrects Father on Time of Arrival
A daughter informs her father that he will not arrive until eight o clock, clarifying the scheduled meeting time and expressing the family's expectation of the late timing.
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