Better Gardening Meeting To Be Held In Miller
South Dakota 1944 garden program opens with four district meetings for agents. McCrory and Buchholtz preside, Rockwell reports on 1943 garden activity and garden tests. Gilbertson and Jones discuss insect control and economic needs while Stitt and Scott address nutrition and production rates. Leaflet with 75000 copies promotes six key steps for garden success.
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Miller
Brookings
South
South Dakota
Rockwell
George S. Gilbertson
S. W. Jones
Maud E. Stitt
Evelyn Scott
State Nutrition Committee
Extension Service
Alpena Lieutenant Promoted By Army
The War Department announced temporary promotions of officers, including Robert Hernandez Bartell of Deadwood and Robert Dinsdale Evans of Alpena, recently elevated from second lieutenants to first lieutenants. Carlyle Cowan Garrick of Webster is listed as CAC in Webster.
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Washington
War Department
South Dakota
Robert Hernandez Bartell
Deadwood
Leutenant
Robert Dinsdale Evans
MAC
Jlpena
Carlyle Cowan Garrick
CAC
Webster
Germany May Lift Norway Occupation
London Feb 15 The exiled Norwegian government said developments in Finland have led Germany to begin the first part of X plan toward Norway’s eventual evacuation. The plan would leave Vidkun Quisling and his followers and strong Gestapo forces to subjugate Norway while Gestapo terror campaigns with mass arrests have begun in coastal towns.
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Germany
Norway
London
Finland
Vidkun Quisling
Gestapo
Mrs Rainer Honored At Cradle Shower
BELLEFIELD February 19 Mrs L M Pennington Mrs F A Flint and Mrs Clifford Wilson hosted a cradle shower Friday night for 3 James W Rainer Jr at the Pennington home. Twenty five guests attended games and contests. A gift basket was given to Ronor’s guests. A lunch was served by the hostesses.
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Bellefield
L M. Pennington
F. A. Flint
Clifford Wilson
James W. Rainer, Jr
Pennington
Ronor
Germans Strengthen Mediterranean Coast Control
German authorities have placed the entire French Mediterranean coast under the same strict military control that Tong has imposed along the invasion coast of northern France, the German controlled Paris radio reported today.
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Mediterranean
London
Tong
France
Pigeons Released In Flight Training At Sioux Falls
At the Sioux Falls Army Air Field pilots in the Operational Training Division began releasing homing pigeons from planes in flight this week. Weather permitting, the practice will become a standard Flight Training Branch curriculum element with lectures to continue. About 120 pigeons are housed on the field in collapsible forts, after a delay caused by weather and conditioning needs.
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Inusaa Falls
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
AAP Training Command Radio School
Flight Training
OTC
Prayer Credited With Rare War Record For Sgt True
S Sgt Richard R True of Indianapolis crediting prayer for his unique war record. The RAF Training Command Radio School instructor at Sioux Falls Army Air Field flew 275 combat hours on 50 bombing missions. His Fortress crew survived repeated ground and air attacks without a scratch, he said.
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Sioux Falls
Richard R. True
Indianapolis
Ind
RAF Training Command
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
True
Sahara Desert
Constantine
Alpena Farmers Union Holds Regular Meeting and Pie Social
Warren Local Farmers Union members gathered at LOOF Hall Alpena for a regular session and pie social. Door prizes were drawn by Mrs. Howard Here George Kunze Junior Grace and Mrs. Harry Lynch. Reports from committees were presented and discussions held. Pies sold to highest women bidders by Harry Christensen. Next meeting set for March 8 with prizes drawn at 8:30 p.m.
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Alpena
Rural Credits Board Cuts Field Force
Rural Credits Director Millard G. Scott announced a further reduction of the field staff by three employees and the closing of the Dupree district office. Edgar Olson and Lois Chambers have left. Ivan Nelson plans military induction but may remain on call. Philip and Winner offices close March 1 and remaining test tracts disposed of. total employees drop to 28 from a peak of 78.
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Rural Credits Board
Pierre
P — Rural Credits
Millard G. Scott
Dupree
Scott
Edgar Olson
Lois Chambers
Philip
Cadet Nurses Corp
Ivan Nelson
Winner
Armed Forces
Wnus
Jones Warns Postwar Planning Premature Says Jones
Washington February 15 Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones told the House banking committee there is too much planning about the postwar world while the war is not won. He urged priority for small businessmen to acquire surplus government materials, calling them the country’s backbone.
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Jones
Washington
Jesse Jones
Commerce
House Banking Committee
New Guinea Volcano Erupts Violently at Goropu
Mount Goropu in New Guinea’s Papuan Peninsula erupts in its most violent display in years. Reports say rumbling explosions sounded like thunder or gunfire Sunday night, with no current details on nearby villages or casualties. Goropu is the island’s only active Papuan volcano. It last erupted December 27, 1942, damaging a nearby village.
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New Guinea
Goropu
Port Moresby
Mother Held After Daughter Dies From Beating
Washington February 15 A 21 year old mother was held for grand jury action following a coroner s inquest into the death of her three year old daughter from injuries police said to have been inflicted during a beating. Dr Richard M Rosenberg who performed an autopsy said the cause of death was not stated in the excerpt.
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Washington
Richard M. Rosenberg
Children Die After Crash and Fall Injuries
Police report details a child death from a ruptured liver and cerebral contusions, with the mother Christine Orencia, wife of Constantino, identified as kin to two other young children aged 23 and 11 months. A coroner’s inquest found a prior 1940 death from injuries deemed an accidental fall.
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Christine Orencia
Constantino Orencia
N Douglas
Cicardo
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S.F. Army
Aa Carielees
Mellvaines
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Iroquois
M. M. Rounds
Okette
Herman Health and Comfort
The
Lure
Re Co. Ray
Japan
Studebaker
W.M. Byrd
U.S. Navy
Bay City
Michigan
West Virginia
Byrd
Cine
Union
Australia
Greenland
Northland
Madagascar
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