Raising Rabbits In Food For Victory Program
Rabbits offer fast, economical meat for home and commercial use. The article explains backyard and large-scale rabbitry viability, growth times, slaughter yields, breed suitability, and ways to integrate rabbit production with Victory Gardens and outdoor farming.
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Food For Victory
NEA
U. S. Department of the Interior
Uncle Sam
California
New Zealand
Victory Gardens
Maine
West
America
Over 5000 Lives Claimed By Enemy Subs
New York reports that western Atlantic submarine war has cost at least 5100 seamen dead and 2720 missing. Since Pearl Harbor 644 Allied and neutral vessels have been sunk, with 73 more lost last week including three US cargo ships.
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New York
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
United States
Solons protest barring press from UN food conference
Four senators protested plans to restrict press access at the United Nations food conference at Hot Springs Virginia. Newspapers would be allowed only at opening and closing sessions and barred from technical meetings and committee sessions. Officials said reporters would also be barred from the Homestead Hotel where delegates stay. Senator George warned the move would be a grave error hampering public understanding of food production and distribution during and after the war.
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Washington
Hot Springs
Homestead Hotel
George
D.-Ga
Columbus county plans large strawberry and potato plantings
Whiteville report says Columbus county growers will market 2 100 acres of strawberries early next week. They will add about 1 400 acres of snap beans, 475 acres of early corn, and 3 650 acres of Irish potatoes. Strawberry acreage is down from last year and harvesting will bring a labor problem. Gasoline costs 35 cents a gallon in Trinidad.
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Whiteville
Columbus County
Charles D. Rraper
Columbus
Raper
Draft Faces Future War Work Strikers NENT
Brig. Gen. Ben M. Smith states future strikers in Alabama war plants will be promptly reclassified for armed service drafting. He directed 19 draft boards in Jefferson County to reclassify 1200 workers at Birmingham Tank Co and Ingalls Iron Works after a work stoppage. Some workers had returned to work, but reclassification would apply to all future strikers in Alabama plants. Duke University seniors in engineering graduated under war accelerated program. Henry R. Dwire gave the address. Air express shipments set records for volume and revenue last year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ben M. Smith
Alabama
Selective Service
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Birmingham Tank Co
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Smith
Birmingham Tank Company
Ingalls Iron Works
Death of Mrs. Mary Stemple in Philippi West Virginia
Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. Mary Stemple mother of Mrs. C B Boylen 201 East Farriss Avenue. Mrs Stemple a resident of Philippi West Virginia had been seriously ill for one week. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday in Philippi.
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Mary Stemple
C. B. Boylen
East Farriss Avenue
Stemple
Philippi
West Va
Government control in Man churia extends to crops
Government control in Man churia extends from planting to consumption, covering nearly all crops. An Indian trader in Nairobi Kenya Colony was fined 400 dollars for selling matches that yielded an illegal profit of 2.60 dollars.
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Manchuria
Nairobi
Kenya
Soldier Mail Should Not Be Whining
Washington reports Director Elmer Davis condemns letters from soldiers that whine about home front conditions. He cites J Norman Lodge’s South Pacific dispatch showing weary troops lamenting long waits for food and basic comforts, urging such mail to be kept away from front line troops and families.
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Washington
OWL
Elmer Davis
South Pacific
Associated Press
J. Norman Lodge
Davis
Chiang Kai-Shek orders 20 million relief funds for Honan famine
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek ordered a relief appropriation of 20,000,000 Chinese dollars for famine struck Honan Province. He directed military authorities in Honan and Shansi to release rice from army stocks to feed millions until harvest time, ensuring sustenance amid starvation.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Honan
Shansin
Food and cheese facts and wartime ration tips
The piece lists measurements for cups to tablespoons of dry and liquid materials. It notes a productive Austria insect and describes a termite queen laying vast eggs. It explains obtaining dry peas and beans for seeds without ration loss. It defines WAAC insignia as two silver bars and identifies Muzzerello Neufchatel Sapsago and Bel Paese as cheese varieties.
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Austria
WAAC
Posthumous Navy Cross Award To Goldsboro Ensign Scott
Goldsboro residents Dr and Mrs Legh R Scott receive the Navy Cross posthumously for Ensign Neal A Scott who was killed in action. A Purple Heart will also be presented to his parents at a later date.
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Goldsboro
Neal A. Scott
Legh R. Scott
Scott
Chinese Forces Slay 500 Japs and Capture Booty
Chinese forces report killing more than 500 Japanese soldiers and 100 horses in Hupeh near Kingmen as they disrupt Hankow lines. The operation yielded prisoners and loot while destroying communications between Hankow and Kingmen. A second front near Swatow in Kwantung saw renewed fighting with reinforced Japanese units following a prior Chinese sortie.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Hankow
Kingmen
Kwantung
Swatow
Swat
Americans eye shark catching off Colombia for U S sale
Colombia coastal waters attract Americans as a potential shark catch project while tobacco production in Chosen is projected to reach 79,000,000 pounds this year.
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Colombia
United States
Chosen
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NEA Service
Fish and Wildlife Series
United States Department of the Interior
Were's
Solons
Trinidad
Adlerika
Adleriba
Roar Dowgaiet
High Point Enterprise
Durham
Duke University School of Engineering
Henry R. Dwire
Air Express
West Virginia
Kai-Shek
Lidell
North Carolinas
War Finance Committee
War Savings Staff
Victory Fund Committees
Clyde R. Hoey
U. S
Vachovia
Charlotte
Treasury
U.S. Savings Bonds
Salisbury
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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