War Food Administration outlines 1945 production plans
Speakers at a Texas AAA meeting in Lubbock discussed 1945 crop quotas and price supports for cotton wheat and peanuts. The plan aims to ensure full production postwar while keeping prices above parity, with quotas and loans guiding farmers’ planting and livestock decisions.
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Texas
Vance
War Food Administration
Cottom
Thene
W.W. Chenault
Gary Aoe
State Aaa
P. T. Mon Cultural
M. Colle
Gorghams Ve. U
Lubbock
January Home Economics Grads Placed At Tech
Eleven women students at Texas Tech receive bachelor of science degrees in home economics education on January 24. Four have secured positions already with others set to teach in Crosbyton, Moran, Smithville, and nearby towns. Dean Weeks notes accelerated training boosts mid semester graduations. total projected homemaking graduates for 1944-45 reach 54 with August completions.
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Xas Tech
Margaret
Weeks
Anita Barrett
Canyon
Beryl MacCline
Lubbock
Kenedy
Tex
Katherine Cummings
Crosbyton
Glenna Dean Esmond
Lamesa
Smithville
Christine Johnson
Dalhart
Evelyn Lee
Billion Bushel Wheat Harvest Foreseen in 1945
The Agriculture Department reported a strong 1945 outlook with winter wheat seeded under favorable conditions and an indicated 762 million bushels. Spring wheat gains could push total production past one billion bushels for the second consecutive year, with a carryover exceeding 500 million bushels next year.
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Agriculture Department
Tee. Ure
Department
U. S
Work With Crippled Children Discussed
Martin H. Ricker of Dallas, director of the Texas Society for Crippled Children, spoke at the Lub bock Rotary Club luncheon at Hilton hotel. He urged more clinics and convalescent homes, noting existing homes at Port Arthur and Corpus Christi with plans for Wichita Falls and Waco. He urged a state-wide annual clinic schedule and asked for a convalescent home in this region to aid crippled children.
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Martin H. Ricker
Dallas
Texas Society For Crippled Children
Lubbock Rotary Club
Hilton Hotel
State Association
Ricker
Port Arthur
Corpus. Christi
Wichita Falls
Waco
Stan Cb
Missouri
John ‘Broom
Lubbock County
Steveen
Neille
Anton
Wheat allocation shifts to alcohol production this year
Wheat will go into the manufacture of alcohol this year but less into the feed trough than in 1944. Consumption for food is expected to remain unchanged, but exports may increase.
El Salvador Hosts Thousands of Coffee Fincas and Trees
El Salvador has about 12 000 coffee fincas and a total of roughly 140 000 000 coffee trees. The figure underscores the country’s strong coffee sector and extensive plantation network across regions.
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el Salvador
Public favors 40 hour work week after war survey
A New Jersey newswire summary reports a national survey showing Americans favor a 40 hour work week in peacetime. Despite talk of shorter hours to spread jobs, the median lands at 40 with 38 percent wanting more than 40 and 8 percent under 40.
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Jrinceton, N. J
Gallop
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Institute
Congress
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