County dairy farmers urged to boost wartime milk quality
County authorities urge dairy farms in 1942 to increase milk quality and production for wartime needs. Extension Specialist Paul Carruth of the University of Arkansas cites sanitary concrete barn floors as key to preventing contamination and odor, enabling clean milk for cheese, evaporated milk, or dry milk for military purchases. Farmers can install floors with sand and gravel, requiring little cost or effort while preserving neighboring supply.
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L. Adams
Lendo
Paul Carruth
University of Arkansas Collegegricullture
Crete
Exsor Dairyman
Fall Garden Planning Tips From County Agent
Miss Mary Fletcher, county home creation agent, stresses fall production and moisture preservation. Earl J. Allen from the University of Arkansas advises selecting a garden area to cultivate through June and July, creating a dust mulch to reduce evaporation and sustain soil moisture for late summer plantings.
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Mary Fletcher
Earl J. Allen
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Barbershop with No Shaves on a7ine Street
A New York barber shop between Eighth and Ninth avenues offers only haircuts, claiming scientific shaping to match head contours. The 60 cent service notes one cut suits some men while others dislike it. The article blends slang and cultural references including Cab Calloway and Frank Sinatra trivia from Harlem to Hoboken.
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New York
Eighth
Ninth
Southland
Cas
Strard
Cab Calloway
Cotton Club Boys
Strand Theater
Broadway
Dass
Harlem
Gulf
Perdue Believed Lost on Corregidor in World War II
Private Perdue, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Perdue of De light, last heard from December 7 1941 in a letter mailed at Corregidor. Government reports indicate he was with U S forces when Corregidor surrendered May 7. He enlisted February 6 1941, transferred to Ft. Mills Coast Artillery, and played quarterback in football at Prescott High School Monticello A and M and St. Mary’s University Texas.
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Oklona
Benton B. Perdue
J. J. Perdue
Delight
Corregidor
United States
Perdue
Army
Camp Robinson
Ft. Mills
Ben
Prescott High School
Monticello A. & M
St. Mary’s University
Texas
Accessions of August Germination Conditions
The passage notes that July and August provide good conditions for germination when summer fallow is practiced. It recommends weekly to ten day cultivations to keep the soil clean and the top two inches loose and friable. It warns against cultivation deeper than two inches to avoid excessive drying from sun and wind, as stated by the Extension horticulturist.
France builds long range flying boats amid Nazi control
Article notes Air France ships completed with Nazi approval, later stripped for war use as long range bombers. Four boats reportedly under Vichy, two in occupied France, raising fear of potential bombardment on the U S if seized. Also mentions Georgy Wallan’s Washington visit and a note on butylene glycol as a future synthetic rubber avenue.
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Washington
Air-France
Ely Ing
France
Vichy
Hhere
Reforming Fermentation and War-Era Antitrust Tone
The article discusses using different fermenting agents to produce butylene glycol instead of ethyl alcohol, noting higher yields per bushel. It cites Iowa University as the developer of the fermenting agent, then pivots to anti trust and labor conundrums, detailing cases involving union officials and price fixing. It notes only a minority of Federal Trade Commission cases involve illegal price fixing and describes the FTC’s expanded wartime duties with War Production Board and other agencies. It mentions studies of furniture making costs and the bakery industry as part of price regulation explorations.
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University of Iowa
Federal Trade Commission
War Protection Board
FTC
The
Governmet
Exnernings
Adve Ral
Buard
Price Administration
Board of Economic Warfare and
Fathers
Agothar
Large Crop of Mature Onions Promotes Ume for Market
A column promotes an abundance of mature onions and fresh green onions for home and commercial use. Mary Claude Vieteber urges selling while supplies last, noting onions’ nutrition and best storage. Agricultural insights discuss boosting efficiency and reducing transport costs in related food and defense contexts. The piece also mentions ancient times and a vast inland sea in prehistoric Kan-Sas.
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Mary Claude Vieteber
Huw
Mary
Loupghead
University of Athutts
Kan- Sas Wis
Graves moved to clear site for Point Pleasant NT plant
About 200 graves, many overgrown, will be relocated at government expense to permit construction of a 55 million dollar NT plant northeast of Point Pleasant. Graves, spread across seven cemeteries, will be moved to a single burial ground on Loch Lie road off West Virginia Route 62. The note mentions the Inch Garden playhouse at Denver operating since 1890.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Point Bleasant
Loch Lie Road
West Virginia
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