Wartime Town and Farm Ration Reminders and Aid Notice
Wartime ration reminders list meat fats blue stamps and processed foods valid through July. Army trucks for farm use offered via Agricultural Adjustment Agency. AAA letters certify need and authorize resale channels. Also notes welfare programs for veterans, civilian shortages, and plans for training centers and clothing price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Agricultural Adjustment Agency
War Food Administration
AAA
WFA
Warnings on License Plate Use and Tax Objections Raised
Keystone Automobile Club urges motorists to discard old expired license plates and avoid violations caused by mismatched front plates. Club president J Maxwell Smith notes similar issues across states with one tag systems and criticizes the Federal use tax as unfair. Smitton Barley-Plant disease experts report serious infestations of loose and covered smut in barley fields and urge farmers to monitor stands for next season seed precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Automobile Club
Club
J. Maxwell Smith
Keystone Motorist
Congress
Smitton
Pennsylvania State College
Cardboard tag allowed for lost registration plate interim use
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Motor Vehicles advised the Keystone Automobile Club that motorists who lose a single registration plate may substitute a cardboard tag bearing the number until a new plate is issued. Police had questioned tagless cars, but the Vehicle Code permits operation with an affidavit that replacement has been applied for. Cardboard tags incur a $1 replacement fee, same as existing tag fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Keystone Automobile Club
Keystone
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Hospital Plan Enrolls Its 100000th Subscriber
The Inter-County Hospitalization Plan sponsored by Bucks Chester Lancaster and Montgomery counties has reached 100000 subscribers. Started in April 1937 this non profit pre pays hospital bills from 2 12 cents per day for an individual to 6 cents per day for a family. To date 39515 hospital bills covering 77833 days of care have been furnished for subscribers locally and across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucks
Chester
Lancaster
Montgomery Counties
Plan aids hospitals and medical groups across seven nations
The Plan shows payments totaling 2 462 832 dollars. A Board of Directors from sponsor hospitals medical societies industries and communities directs it. Directors serve without pay except executives. Subscribers join via workplaces civic groups and direct payment. Raspberry Patch Out warns growers to monitor fields and apply control for anthracnose on young canes.
28th Division AEF Plans Annual Reunion in York
Members of the 28th Division AEF will meet in York for an annual reunion in July 2022. Major General Edward Martin, governor of Pennsylvania and former 28th Division commander, will address a session. The 28th Division has roots in the Pennsylvania National Guard and suffered heavy casualties in World War I. The Society banquet is set for July 22 with Governor Martin as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
France
State Department of Commerce
Pennsylvania National Guard
Frederick Palmer
John J. Pershing
Society of the 28Th Division
Martin
Beekeepers urged to aid clover seed production in PA farms
Pennsylvania State College researchers find honeybees boost clover seed set in medium red clover Ladino alsike white Dutch and alfalfa. As hive proximity increases seed yield from 2 1/2 to 6 bushels per acre, farmers urged to hire neighboring beekeepers to pollinate fields for a larger second cutting and better seed crops this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College
Apiary
Agronomy
Fred W. Gray
Extension Agronomist
John Ams
Extension Apiarist
Peach crop at risk from labor and container shortages
Carroll R. Miller of the National Peach Council warned that labor issues and container shortages could limit this year’s peach harvest. A 17 million bushel crop is projected with peak production in July and August, but housewives may need to can more at home to meet demand.
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Interbureau Committee
Department of Agriculture
United States
Carroll R. Miller
National Peach Council
Hiller
Pennsylvania
PSO
Mary - Tana
Miller
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
War Production Board
Pacific Coast
U.S
WPB
Office of Price Administration
Office of War, Mobilization
Veterans: ‘Administration
The
College of the City of New York
OPA
OWI
ODT
U. S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Continent
Hitler
U.K
Farm Bureau
Blue Bail, Pa
Rgardslits
MTA
Columbus, Okie
Spencer
Leaf E. Bushong
Spencer. Corsetiere
Leo ‘Ay PA
A.E.F
Lal
Caernarvon
Chevrolet
L. C. Smith
Burroughs
Champion Register
Benj. F. ‘Weaver
Henry Martin
Ete Teehee
Stat We SR
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Boscal Coffee
Shurfine
Camay Soap
Shurfine l
Pillsbury’s “Best
Snosheen
Campbell
New Holland
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