AAA Bonus Rates for Farm War Crops Announced
South Dakota farmers may earn 1943 production adjustment payments by meeting AAA acreage allotments for corn and wheat and individual farm goals for special war crops. Corn pays 3.6 cents per bushel and wheat 9.2 cents, with deductions from total payments for not planting 90 percent of allotments and 90 percent of the war crop goals. Farmers urged to substitute special war crops for wheat to support national needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Eadie County
AAA Committee
South Dakota
AAA
Farm programs outline production practices for 1943
Farmers may earn a production practice payment for soil improvement erosion control and higher yields of war crops. The 1943 practices will be discussed with each farmer during the warm plan sign up in January. Detailed information on the AAA program for next year is at the county AAA office.
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AAA
Highmore Hosiery Salvage Head Named
Mrs. W. W. Swanson has been named chairman of the state salvage division for silk and nylon hosiery. Salvage depots are set up in two focal stores. About 600 pounds of waste fats have been shipped from the county. housewives are urged to save grease and deliver it to meat markets when a pound or more is on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highmore
W. W. Swanson
Focal
First Christmas Card Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Getysburg dispatch notes the 100th anniversary of the first Christmas card etched by W M Egley in 1842 and its global adoption. It mentions Louis Prang introducing the card to America in 1870 and that the original card is housed in the British Museum. It adds a note about Thomas Jefferson as a forebear of the US Marine Band.
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Gettysburg
Eard
W. M. Egley
Louis Prang
Boston
Thomas Jefferson
the Gosfather
The
U. S. Marine Band
Open Forum Quotation Sparks Debate on Free Speech
An open forum centers on the Voltaire maxim defending free speech as a core right. Participants clash over limits and responsibility in expressing ideas, challenging speakers and moderators to balance principle with civility.
Pierre editor attacks war regulations and street corner dissent
A Pierre Capital Journal editor denounces war regulation opponents and street corner sentiment, arguing that rejecting wartime controls would derail production and threaten national unity, while defending necessary policies and warning against defeatist propaganda. The letter critiques editorial stance and urges support for war measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Capital- Journal
Rovernmxamt
South Dakota
Pierre
Farmers Union backs Roosevelt in war effort
The South Dakota Farmers Union convention pledges full support for President Roosevelt as Commander-in-Chief, insisting readiness to make sacrifices to defeat the Axis. It contrasts this stance with isolationist voices and calls for increased war production and civilian regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital-Journal
South Dakota Farmers Union
Roosevelt
America
Homer Ayres
Zeona
Ladies Aid Sale at Willow Lake Church
The Ladies Aid Society of the Reformed Church held its annual sale of fancywork quilts and rugs at the church. A brief program preceded the sale with a solo by Annie Valentine a duet by Mariand and Estella Huisenga a reading by Mrs. August Mundhenke Jr and musical numbers by the mixed quartet and men's choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Willow Lake
Ladies Aid Society
Reforment Church
Annie Valentine
Mariand
Estella Huisenga
August Mundhenke, Jr
He Got Religion With Rickenbacker
Private John Bartek recalls drifting in a life raft with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in the Pacific. After days subsisting on six oranges, two fish arrived and sparked prayers for food. Mrs Barten says the party prayed and all got religion, and they longed to attend church after reaching shore.
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Imunnold
N. J
Charles Barten
Barten
the Lord
Mrs. Bar
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Chaxka
Mian
Milwmiken RK
Mewwor
Greyhound
Mbakogee
Werth
Madcura Sanitarium
Shakopee
Minnesota
Jess
Gure Fashion
Rvons
Northwest Finance Co
B.A. Kiser
Mar
N.W. Sec. Bank
Open Forum
Voltatre
Toby
Third
Iowa
Gibby’s Standard Service
Darrell L. Gibbs
Rickenbacker
Cotelog
Montgomery Ward
Uncle Sam
Kenny Tobin
Bobby
Ware
Endan
Victory Model
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