Farmers pledge to boost wartime crops in national letter
In a Roosevelt era message, Arkansas Farm Bureau head R E Shirt reports farmers are producing abundantly to feed the United States and Allies. The response from Edward A O Neal and the American Farm Federation vows full support to mobilize agriculture for victory, aiming a just, lasting peace postwar. The federation resolves to push for fair treatment and strong agricultural backing in national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureauteration
R. E. Shirt
Ig Farm Bureau
Arkansas
Edward Aeal
National Fedeation
United States
England
Narm
Akin D. Roosevelt
Kart
America
American Farm Ocean Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bulls
Elt
Igor
Agriculte
Agricul
Federation
Grass is Greener but Cattle Are Leaner
Dakota stockmen prefer brown buffalo grass that cures fly in summer but liberal falls have turned ranches green. Shipbuilding costs in Sweden are percent above pre war level per Department of Commerce reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Dakota
Sweden
Department of Commerce
Rescue After Nazi Attack On British Sea Survivor Ship
A German bomber attacked a British rescue ship crowded with injured Sunken survivors. The vessel was set afire and the crew sprayed lifeboats with machine-gun fire. A British warship intervened, saving some and blasting the Nazi aircraft.
Harrison in Hollywood
Hollywood social life mixes service men with film stars Melvyn Douglas hosts groups of marines, Dorothy Lamarr and Dorothy Lamour make appearances, and a California State Guard unit forms deployment plans for evacuations. The article notes stars leveraging station wagons and comforts for wartime mobility and humor about movie-set details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas
Beverly Boulevard
Greta Garbo
Helen Gahagan
San Diego
Doro
Thy Lamour
Dorothy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Miss Lamarr
Butch
California State Guard
Lewis Stone
Cooper
Gable
Brooks Beners
Post Office to Collect Taxes Under Use Tax Plan
The Post Office Department plans to collect a 3 dollar use tax on motor vehicles and boats by selling stickers at post office windows. Motorists must display the sticker and present a card to revenue officials, with follow up collection for non paying dodgers. The plan, costing about 1 million, aims to deter evasion and may be rolled out by February if not repealed.
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Jack Stinnet Shington
Post Office Department
Coust
Treasury Department
Uuy,w
Treasury
Duparnerts
Treaury
Internal Revenue Collector
Howsegen
Hoover
Senate
Walter B. George
Finanes Committee
Carl Hayden
Avisasis
George
Finance
Gunater George
Danney
Maeve
Tispie
Hoyt
Guerge
Cleoparea and the Mounties in a Modern Daring Scene
A fragment recounts a sunny day at a department and a person installing a telephone in a bin. A woman carries a bag into a residence while a mounted police view a distant scene. A man sleeps on a bed as a dark urban mood unfolds.
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Cleoparea
Arep
Cluo
Crasuides
Atene
Po-t
Dagrurg
Unclear Fragment Describes a Carous Pursuit Payment
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a pursuit or bargaining over payment involving a barrel and a man. Names and places are unreadable, making a precise summary impossible. The readable fragment shows a tense interaction and a potential arrest or negotiation scenario with unclear actors.
AAA Handbook Sets Distribution for Hempstead Farmers
The 1942 Triple-A Handbook will be distributed to Hempstead County farmers soon. Copies cover the conservation program and are available at the county office for early pickup. Marketing quotas apply to cotton wheat peanuts and tobacco with specified payment rates per crop and per unit. The state committee emphasizes using the program to boost national income and ensure abundant farm supplies, urging study and proper farm use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
H. Earl Kink
Arkansas
Triple-A
Catton
Burley Tobacco
State Agricultural Conservaton
Secretary of Agriculture
C. Branch
Mississippi County
C. C. Willey
Jefferson County
C. C Ox
Arkansas County
Jim Keith
Olumbia County
Kit Phillips
Benton Coungt
Aubrey D. Gates
J. B. Daniels
AAA
Bulgarian seniors claim longevity lead over other nations
The Bulgarian elderly community reports 38 individuals over ten years old, including 85 men and 73 women, asserting they outlive peers from other countries.
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Bulgaria
No Pelt Payoff When They Can Yelp
GREEN RIVER Wyoming. Owen Burgess visited County Clerk Helen Hamms to collect a four coyote bounty. Clerk Hamms inspected the animals and found them alive with pelts still on. Burgess confessed he had chased and raped the coyotes after running them down with a horse, and did not collect the bounty after the captives were executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Wyo
Owen Burgess
Helen Hamms
Hamm
Burgess
Education as War and Peace Weapon in Training
U S Commissioner of Education urges expanded vocational and professional training for war and postwar needs. Colleges and universities should broaden programs in engineering physics chemistry and management, with nationwide civilian morale surveys to engage citizens in democratic policy discussions. Emphasizes winning peace through coordinated education at local levels.
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Joan W. Studebaker
U. S. Commissioner of Education
NEA Servele
Washington — Education
Department of American Life
Vollages
Phan
World Sugtaty
Pacific
Europe
Yittack
Education Emphasis Shifts To War Readiness And Health
The policy outlines stronger health focus and better school meals to teach nutrition. Curricula stress global interdependence and immediate wartime duties for high school students. Schools will mobilize youth for voluntary service, protect educators and children during emergencies, and expand adult education for military needs.
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Hope
South
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Ckichomaire & Supply Co
Bok Elmore
Ting
Perkison’s Jewelry Store South Walnut
Anu
Thailand
Kelanta
Singapore
Perak
Els
Sumatra
Miles
Straits of Mallecca
Ruantan
Bilan
Bandars Maharen
Thane
Bina Pe
Raig Archipel
RG Bis
Malay Peninsula
Thawland
Harrison
Paul Harrison
REA
Corerexpondent
Baphiul
AAA Handbook
Celines
Hall Bros
Fulton
Co. W. Wilson
Columbus, Arkansas
Charles H
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Charles A. Haynes
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