New Revolution Stirs China as Farmers Learn Modern Methods
Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk leads a year in China teaching soil conservation and irrigation, aiming to modernize farms, expand cooperative farming, and reclaim eroded lands. He envisions vast demonstrations from Peng river to Sian, terracing, grasses, trees, and cement channels to boost yields and free workers for industry.
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U.S
Walter C. Lowdermilk
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
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Soil Conservation Service
United States
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Onensi
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Refugees Return to Changteh After Fierce Battle
Refugees stream back to Changteh in Hunan after Japanese forces were driven out on December 9 following a week of heavy fighting. The city, a key rice shipping center, is pivotal to feeding wartime China and is highlighted as a major objective in wartime logistics.
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Changteh
Hunan
China
Hollywood Notes and Screen News From 1944
Virginia Vale reports on chaperoned Blind Date hazards with a runaway horse and an Anzac soldier averting disaster. Andrew Stone plans annual Sensations films starring Eleanor Powell. Warner and Paramount push A Farewell to Arms remakes. Craig Reynolds returns to cinema with RKO after wartime service. Warner Bros builds talent stock. Dennis Morgan contract lifted for The Very Thought of You. Alec Templeton’s naval band selections boost sailor morale. Twain biographical project eyed for fan mail surge. ODDS AND ENDS cover Dickie Moore draft, Heavenly Days at RKO, Sinatra maid saga, Believe It or Not decipherers, Falcon series missing-friend requests.
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