Merchants and Clubs Back Victory Garden Drive
Communities across multiple towns rally for a victory garden drive. Merchants, clubs, and schools promote gardening with prizes, extended store hours, and coordinated early closings to support planting efforts this summer. Schools plan noon dismissals to aid students in gardening, while utilities offer incentives and customers receive garden-related benefits.
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Melbourne
Melbourne High
Hracde
Schonts
AOD
Bate County Schants
Fayetteville
Mena
Vnd
Elizabeth Cunningham
Meng Home Economies Institumas
Vocalional Ageigulture
Ingtpugtar
Faulkner
Congress Hearings on War Aid and Agency Powers
Subcommittee sessions in Congress address postwar proposals and appropriations. Senators Ball Burtrom Cite and Hilley examine a war aid plan with a $44,000,000 canal fund plea. House panels debate restrictions and renewal of reciprocal authority amid other fiscal debates. Animals sense approaching storms as humans await impact.
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Burtrom
Cite
Hilley
Appropriations
Coat-Dress Enlists for Three-Season Service
A year round fashion feature highlights a coat-dress worn as a coat in spring and summer and as a dress in fall and winter. The outfit suits warm weather frocks and suits, with simple styling and fabrics suited to year round wear. The piece promotes a Chesterfield style and a 1945 model in blue with pearl buttons as versatile for year round wardrobes.
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Pere
Wilk
Chestereld
County Red Cross Drive Faces Japanese Air Threats in Pacific
Readers learn of a war effort update with emphasis on Red Cross contributions in the South Pacific. The report notes Japan's air power in the Northwestern Solomons, New Guinea, and Guadalcanal areas, linked by intermediate fields to reinforce bases. It cites shifting air strength and shipping pressure, while listing local supporters and a running total of tolls reaching sixteen thousand nine hundred thirty seven dollars and forty one cents.
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el South Pacific
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Guadalcanas
Salomons
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Ambuina
Harvesting Legume Seed Is Necessary for War Effort
Arkansas farmers are urged to harvest winter legume seed to sustain wartime soil productivity. County Agent Adaims cites favorable yields with careful selection and harvest methods, noting Vetch reseeding and plowing after harvest can supply seed for future crops. Extension Leaflet No. a on Sesame Seed Harvest is available at the county Extension office.
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Marvin
Penaseu County
Arkansas
L. Adaims
Hale
Adams
Oscay
Columbus
Van
Esr
Wie Eounty
Fred C. Whitecar Dies. Philadelphia Editor, 62
Fred C. Whitecar, 62, longtime Philadelphia editor and former assistant financial editor, died recently in Philadelphia. The obituary notes his career with the Philadelphia Enquirer and his role as city editor.
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Fred C. Whitecar
Philadelphia
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Financiil
Victory Garden Peas Will Excels in Sweetness
Article explains sweet flavor retention in freshly picked Victory Garden Peas, notes sugar converts to starch after harvest, and gives sowing tips. Discusses variety selection from dwarf to tall, spacing, timing for multiple sowings, harvesting window, and storage. Includes fertilization advice and use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria cultures.
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Victory Garden
Washington says U S on the offensive in Pacific
Reported by Washington as of April 14 that Japanese operations have shifted from offensive to defensive posture in the Pacific. Officials say Japan aims to hold the Netherlands East Indies and Malaya while Allied offensives loom in Europe and potential heavy air and sea blows are planned for the Pacific this spring and summer. The monsoon season will slow activity, with Japanese air units likely moved toward northern Australia.
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Pacific
Australia
United Nations
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Netherlands East Indies
Malaya
United States
Livy Archibald Wavlel
Wavall
India
Burma
Son Indicted in Waldo Café Murder Case
Columbia County Grand Jury indicted Marvin Martin, 24, for first degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his father Fred Martin. Both men operated a Waldo cafe, and the indictment was returned April 15.
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Columbia County Grand Jury
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Fred Martin
Sonere
MacArthur Says Australia Builds Air Force Strength
General MacArthur in Australia notes a growing Allied air power with steady reinforcements and replacements. He declares that Australia’s bomber line is the first defense and that bomber range defines the reach of safety across the sea.
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Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Macarthur
No Man's Sea
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