Novel and nonfiction book notes from diverse authors
A capsule of reviews and notices covers Marquis W. Childs new novel The Cabin highlighting Rob Dennett’s coming of age on a grandfather’s farm with Aunt Stella guiding him. Beatrice Fairfax’s autobiography Beatrice Fairfax, Summer Wells Book of the Month Tales and Fritz Eichenberg wood engravings preview. Willy Ley Rocket prophecy envisions space travel within centuries.
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Marquis W. Childs
Washington
Rob Dennett
Rob
Stella
Sumuer Wells
Edgar Allan Poe
Hervey Allen
Fritz ‘Eichenberg
Moon
Mars
Willy Ley
Gap News Notes Honor Milton B Howe Homecoming Furlough
Gap area social notes list families of Howe and related households. Milton B Howe Jr returning from Camp Peary Virginia is celebrated with a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry H Howe at Gap R1. Attendees include multiple Howe relatives and friends from Gap Spring City Downingtown East Earl Honey Brook and White Aleppo area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Howe
Gap
R. 1
Milton B. How
Camp Peary
Virginia
Milton B. Howe
Warren James
Earl E. Howe
Reta
Florence Ann
Mary Louise
Spring City
Nathan F. Howe
Robert. LeRoy
Gordonville
Clair A. Harsh
Robert, Harry
Richard Glenn
East Earl
Norman Howe
Downingtown
T. Christ Zook
Orpha Marlene
Mildred
Verna
Hazel
Thelma Howe
Carl James Howe
Raymond Howe
Honey‘Brook
David
Broltzfus
Alex
Na Broth
Harry ‘Sutphin
Wartime Town and Farm Guidance From Office of War Information
The War Information Office provides ration reminders for meats fats and processed foods with stamps A8 to V8, sugar stamps 30 31 and 32 plus 40, gasoline coupons A-10 in 17 East Coast states, and fuel oil periods through September 30. It notes liberation of Europe and psy warfare, boosts farm participation in the Fifth War Loan, and cites price ceilings, fertilizer usage, and production shifts for war needs.
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Liberation of
Europe
Office of War Information
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Forces of Liberation
War Production Board
Allied Liberation Forces
Petroleum Administration
Eisenhower
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
OPA
California
Arizona
Mrs William C Norton Visits in Lancaster with Relatives
Mrs William C Norton visited Lancaster recently with her cousin Mrs Annie Sheridan Fertig and Mrs Harry Gorrecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William’ C
Norton
Lancaster
Mra
Annie
Sheridan
Fertig
Harry’ ‘Gorrecht
Feed More Crops to Feed More People and Harvest Grass Seed
An article notes corn yields feed more people than livestock. one acre of corn can feed about 635 days, while corn fed to hogs yields pork for 125 days, suggesting labor needs. It urges farmers to harvest orchard grass seed to meet current and next year needs and recommends solid stands of orchard grass with or without legumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Agronomists
Pennsylvania
State College
Absentee Voter Canvass Q A Clarifications for New Holland
Questions and answers explain absentee canvass rules for the G I Joe and Josephine voter effort by the New Holland Council of Defense. They cover eligibility dates, who decides eligibility, use for fall only, handling missing information, military service effects, voting residence, post service ballots, and potential loss of vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Joe and Josephine
New Holland Council of Defense
Pilchard byproducts boost poultry feed and industry uses
The pilchard catch yields meal and oil for poultry feed and other industries. Meal production this year reached 76 083 tons against 71 828 in 1942 43 while oil output rose to 14 304 253 gallons from 12 508 058. Penn State plant pathologists warn grape crops face higher losses from black rot and mildews and recommend several sprays of 88 100 Bordeaux mixture for control.
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Penn
State Plant Pathologiata
Military Ballot Day Proclaimed in Pennsylvania 1944
Governor Edward Martin proclaims July 7, 1944 as Military Ballot Day. County election boards will record names and addresses of electors in military service, post lists at polling places, and file certified rolls with sources noted. The directive, issued June 12, 1944, details time, posting requirements, and data handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
State Council of Defense
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Oyster builds shells and reefs from calcium in sea water
The article notes that sea water contains about six hundredths of an ounce of calcium per gallon, and oysters concentrate this element to form their calcium rich shells while corals can build islands from calcium in the ocean.
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Chopcho Ocho Cooh
Edwin. Beaveran and
Robin
Maria Manning
Beatrice Fairfax
GAP News
Uke
Office: OF War Information
War Finance Division of the Treasury
Uncle Sam
WPB
War Food Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
U. S
Department of Commerce
Eskagerrak
Denmark
Aarhus
Voragol
United Nations
C. M. Morrison
The
Horst
New, Holland, R. 4
Maitly Bentth Radis Corporation
John HW. Sensenig
New Helland, Pa
RED Bros
Astounding Animal Actors
New Holland
North
Custer St. Grounds
U. S. Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
True
Russia
Clark Gable Wetttrteacaa Tate
Honey Grahams
Nabisco
Boraxo
Blue
Karo
Crisco
Libby
Ivory Snow
Ivan P. Lowry
Merchant
New Holland, PA
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