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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
9
A health feature discusses inflamed veins or phlebitis, its causes, dangers, and a fasting treatment claim. It covers how clots form, potential complications, and emphasizes rest and lifestyle changes. A Q&A section answers whether heart trouble from birth may improve after adolescence, advising dietary balance and avoiding excess stomach pressure.
Pennsylvania farmers paid an average of 14.80 dollars per hundred baby chicks from commercial hatcheries in 1944, up from 14.20 in 1943. Straight-run chicks averaged 13.30 per hundred, up from 13.10. Sexed pullets averaged 22.30, up from 21.40, while sexed cockerel chicks fell to 6.80 from 7.90.
The Floyd-Wells Company of Royersford pauses wartime blank and restarts its peace time stove line on a modest scale as WPB policy permits. About 20 to 26 workers join the payroll while continuing war related wax materials work. In Renovo a new undergarment menu plant may employ 200, and Walker Tool Company in Mercer plans peak output with 100 workers. Additional equipment comes to Meadville plant of American Viscose with an end of war timing.
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania’s apple crop will exceed last year with more for civilians, though much still goes to armed forces and lend-lease. The Bureau of Markets plans extensive inspections for canning and fresh market sales at harvest. Planting lags persist due to cold wet spring. Small grains look strong with wheat at 19 million bushels and oats at 27.6 million.
Wet weather delayed potato planting in northern and plateau regions but Lehigh and Northampton completed planting with most fields cultivated and spraying underway. Tobacco and hay reports show variable progress as warm weather boosts egg production. York County leads in egg totals with about 20.9 million dozen eggs produced, while Lancaster and other counties show mixed gains.
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