South Dakota Farmers Help Defense Board Lift Food Output
South Dakota defense board members from eight agriculture agencies met to coordinate farming and production with national defense goals. They discussed storage for grain, preventing waste from poor quality harvests, boosting pork poultry and dairy output, farmer buy in through defense bonds, and surveying farmer response to the food for defense program. Alfred R Barnes led the session with emphasis on interagency cooperation and the feed to food initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
United States Department of Agriculture Defense Board
National Defense
Department of Agriculture
United States
Food For Defense
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Barnes
Alfred R. Barhes
Triple-A
Usda Defense Board
John V. Hepler
Brookings
State Extension Service
Emil Loriks
Huron
Ross Davies
Evan Jones
Sioux Falls
Jim Farrell
Forest Service
K. J. Duneau
Pierre
Surplus Marketing Administration
Edward Jones
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
E. R. Arneson
Farm Credit Administration
Great Britain Moves To End Nurse Shortage In War Era
London reports a grave nurse shortage across England as wartime duties draw trained staff to munitions and front line work. Royal College of Nursing pushes for a Nurse's Charter with higher pay, pensions, uniforms, and better living and training conditions for probationers and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosette Hargrove
Stsff
London
England
Britain
Royal College of Nursing
Bendon
Tourism Business Shows Large Increase in Black Hills Area
STURGIS July 22. The Black Hills and Badlands Association reported a 20 to 40 per cent rise in tourist business this year across western South Dakota resorts. Mount Rushmore registrations were ahead, travel up about 11 per cent led by Illinois and Minnesota cars. June rankings showed California, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio, Wyoming, Indiana, Washington, Colorado, Montana, New York, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Directors planned efforts to boost east bound traffic from Yellowstone into the Black Hills and across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
Black Hills
North Dakota
Ohio
Wyoming
Indiana
Washington
Colorado
Montana
New York
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Yellowstone Park
South Dakota
Verendrye Expedition 200th Anniversary Commission Named
Governor Lushfield appoints a 1943 celebration commission for the Verendrye Expedition stay along the Missouri. Dr. T. F. Riggs chairs with Anton Fischer and Cyril Van Hite on the panel. The group gets 250 dollars to plan the event, fundraise by private subscription, and memorialize the explorers who camped on a Fort Pierre hill and buried a lead plate.
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Lushfield
Missouri
France
T. F. Riggs
Pierre
Anton Fischer
Fort Pierre
Cyril van Hite
Louisiana Purchase
South Dakota Farm Prosperity Cited In State Report
A GSDA report credits rising cash farm income and inventory for stronger business in South Dakota. Farmers shifted to better grains and vital feed crops, livestock now over 75 percent of income in some areas. Crop improvement groups boosted diversification, improving state farming outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
GSDA
South Dakota Crop Improvement Association
State Livestock Committee
Corn Prices Hold To High Levels In Wartime Markets
Reports of a brilliant national corn outlook flood the Chicago market as the 1941 crop races ahead. Prices remain high around 74 cents a bushel for top yellow corn, despite optimism and a large potential crop. Carryover exceeds 700 million bushels, with 1940 supplies under loan reduced to about 93 million bushels. Prospects point to near record yields due to favorable weather, moisture, and hybrid seed, though domestic harvest acreage is aging.
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Chicago
Hudson River
Doris Thaden Honored On 12th Birthday
In Bancroft on July 22 a surprise party honored Doris Thaden who turned 12 this Thursday. Mrs H D Thaden hosted 14 guest girls with help from Mrs George Perry and Mrs Victor Currier. Doris received many gifts and a seven o'clock dinner was also held for Mrs Russell Olmsted who shared the birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Thaden
Bancroft
H. D. Thaden
Doris
George Perry
Victor Currier
Thaden
Russell Olmsted
Garden and beauty goods offer wide summer pleasures
An ad heavy page touts home garden fun and personal care with softening creams and whitening creams for sunburned hands, a Revlon manicure, and a splash of beauty items. It promotes Stiver’s No-Way Plastic Knife, Wiss kitchen shears and garden grippers, Hand-i-Lift, and Crystolite glassware at Walkers. A portable AGE radio promises travel-friendly power with non spillable storage battery, plus Easy Terms at Greg Gerben's Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revion Quartetta
Bea's
Stiver
Wiss
A.C
Greggerben’s Electric Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Defense Board
Greggersen
Electric Company
Big Chief
Leaping Water
Lessons IN Love
Jerry Broadfield
Great Britain
Wouluheer
Fhanklin Mullin
Llinois
Lampe
BY Suzette
LAMPE'3
Lampe's
Parker House
Perriton's
Handa
Hig Grew
Shampool
Lizsie Sweepetak
Artz Studios
TCE
Eilbers
Cme
Betty's
Geyerman
Walkers
Walker’s
Postoffice
RITE
P. B
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