Land Army mobilizes huge agricultural effort wartime
Chicago reports a broad home front push as farmers and a mix of workers from Bahama Jamaica Mexico Italy and Japan relocate to harvest fields. Officials note farm labor is tight but rising with volunteers and seasonal workers aiding California Oklahoma Illinois Iowa New York and Pennsylvania amid wartime shortages and mobilization drives.
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L Divilian
Feureau
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Nce
Associated Press
California
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Ormer
Oldlama Ordnance Works
Camp Grant
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Truax Field
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Eyee Santo’ V.m
North Dakota
Farm labor drives shift as volunteers boost wartime crops
Camp Atterbury Indiana commands outsource Italian laborers to five sites while Ohio American Legionnaires organize labor groups for farmers and processors. In the West Extension Service volunteers may save dollars, city dwellers and students head to farms for summer work, and Kentucky tillers train in dairying at Ohio State University and Rio Grande before being placed as hired help.
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Indiana
Ohio American Legionnaires
Far West
Service Suion
Kentucky
Ohio State University
Rio Grande
Earle. J. Smith
Ohio
U. S. Employment Service
Manpower Problem Hits Penn State Cheer Squad
In under three months Penn State has lost 12 cheerleaders to the armed services. Head cheerleader Mickey Blatz of Pittsburgh remains on the job but expects Navy orders this month and is training replacements.
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State Colllege
Pennsylvania State College
Armed Services
Mickey Blatz
Pittsburgh
Navy
Army
School Board Meets Tonight in Liberty Memorial High
The board of education holds its regular July session this evening at 7 30 in the Liberty Memorial high school building office.
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Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
WPB orders further newsprint cuts for third quarter
The War Production Board mandates additional newsprint reductions up to five percent for large users in 1943's third quarter to aid smaller papers. A sliding scale applies from 0 to 5 percent based on quarterly tonnage, with exceptions possible for filings by July 15. Continuous over-quota use risks penalties.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
WPB
M. Bitner
WPB Printing and Publishing Division
Labor Advisory Committee
Bitner
Millions of stored cars tighten wartime market crisis
Detroit reports nearly a million owners have stored vehicles for a postwar period. Automotive News says the stock of used cars shrinks while a transportation crisis looms unless stored cars are sold. Dealers seek aid from local papers and offer owners priority numbers for postwar new cars.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Soldiers Help Unload Wheat At Salina Freight Yard
Camp Phillips soldiers aided unloading several hundred rail cars of wheat to relieve congestion at Salina freight yard. The effort aimed to speed distribution and ease shortages during July.
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Salina
Camp Phillips
Soldiers Volunteer Absences to Help Swamped Shellbarger Mills
Sixty six soldiers volunteered and were granted absences to work at the swamped Shellbar ger mills, aiding operations during a period of crisis.
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Shellbarger Mills
Soldiers Boost, Marriage Licenses at Salina
Salina reports a surge in marriage licenses as servicemen stationed at Camp Phillips wed hometown sweethearts. In June 166 licenses were issued, 36 more than the prior December peak, with probate judge Fred Joy noting most licenses did not go to soldier-bridegrooms.
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Salina
Camp Phillips
Fred Joy
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