Congress Prefers Conventions Over Wartime Clampdown
A wartime editorial notes Congress recesses for national political conventions, praising adherence to elections as fundamental to American government. It contrasts Australia’s high turnout with the United States and cites forthcoming War Production Board lumber controls. The piece covers the Wherry led Senate panel on agricultural production and quips about seaplane tender sailors paying pennies to strikebreakers. It ends with Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s remark that Democrats seek dictatorship.
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Congress
Chicago
United States
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Teddy
Roosevelt
Early spraying advised to combat late blight in Potatoes
Plant disease specialists at Pennsylvania State College report late blight detected in various sections of the state. Bordeaux mixture applied under pressure provides the best control, with frequent applications essential as potatoes grow rapidly.
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Pennsylvania State College
Pickles Boost Wartime Meals with Simple Canning Tips
The article urges home canners to favor relishes and pickles to brighten rationed meals. It stresses testing recipes by taste, proper vinegar strength, and using whole spices in cloth sachets. Gladys Kimbrough endorses pickles for color, flavor, and value, warning on brine timing and cucumber growth risks.
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Gladys Kimbrough
Home Service
Ball Brothers Company
Kimbrough
Inductions Listed by Selective Service Board No 4
The board announced more inductions into the U S Army including Robert W. Graeff Refton Robert Baer Brownstown Lloyd A Groff Lancaster Lester M Cramer Pequea Chester A Cramer 224 E Clay St Lancaster Leroy N Bleacher Coatesville Mark K Myer New Holland Thaddeus B Harry Jr and Mervin R Beck New Providence Walter L Todd Christiana Also Burnett C Ryder Christiana requested immediate induction into the U S Navy.
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Robert W. Graeff
Refton
Robert Baer
Brownstown
Lloyd A. Groff
Lancaster
Lester M. Cramer
Pequea
Chester A. Cramer
E. Clay St
Leroy N. Bleacher
Coatesville
Mark K. Myer
New Holland
Thaddeus B. Harry, Jr
Mervin R. Beck
New Providence
Walter L. Todd
Christiana
Burnett C .Ryder
Chicken Raising for Meat Increases in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania farmers are expanding meat chicken production with two thirds of May hatchings in heavy breeds from 8,200,000 chicks. Hatcheries report lower May egg output and fewer chicks hatched than last year, while many hatcheries closed or reduced operations to align with tight feed supplies.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Federal
State
Hunters Seek Fox Season Change in Pennsylvania Petition
Frick Building Pittsburgh June 27 1944 letter to editors explains a Dauphin County suit by E Guy Kepner on Susquehanna County fox hunting seasons. It details proposed 60 day bans from May 1 to June 30 and the commission's view will study the matter further July 13 inviting suggestions.
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Frick
Pittsburgh
Penna
Dauphin County
E. Guy Kepner
Pennsylvania State Fox Hunters Association
Fox Hunters
Susquehanna County
Beaver
Butler
Fayette
Greene
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lebanon
McKean
Mifflin
Perry
Susquehanna
Venango
Washington
Westmoreland
York
Commission
The
Game Commission
Truths of wartime life and home front figures
The Soviet Union speaks 141 languages while the US birth rate rose from 16.7 to 20.7 per 1000 from 1936 to 1942. About 41 percent of wealth is held by women. 200000 POWs are in 95 camps across 40 states, mostly Germans and Italians. Quicksilver dropped to 97 per 76 pound flask from 196 high. American battle casualties reached 225882. Navy casualties totaled 932 in the latest two weeks.
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United States
Teteord
Stiniso Oe
Junas
Local ads and agricultural notes from Intercourse area PA
A regional page lists local businesses in Intercourse and Lancaster County including Kling Auctioneers and several professionals. The column also covers farm guidance from Pennsylvania State College urging shallow corn cultivation, dairy feed conservation, and notes on heavy hay harvest benefiting seed production amid shortages.
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Pennsylvania State College
Early iron ships faced opposition over buoyancy concerns
The debate questioned iron or steel ships being lighter than wooden vessels of equal size. Proponents argued steel hulls would be mostly air, reducing weight and enabling safer, lighter ships.
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the Washington Panorama
Australia
War Production Board
Senate Agricultural Committee
Wherry
Republican
Nebraska
Sonotone
H. Clair Musselman’s Radio
E. Main St
New Holland, Pa
M. A. Stough
Christian Science Monitor
Pinas
Ee Ie Delly
the Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society One
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetes Serurdey Reson
Sacarday
Valley View Park
Hellam, PA
Yorkana Road
Shelby Jean Davis
WJJD
Jackie
AL Bedell
Tanya Garth King
Slack Wire
Woman Comedienne
Harvey Mearns
NEW Prarse Pals
Rawhide
Sally, Bob, Cal
Shorty
Roy Acuff
WSM Grand Ole Opry
Smoky Mountain
Ball Bros. Co
Selective Service Board
County Selective Service Board No. 4
U. S. Army
Will Leber
Sale and Exchange
Washington Avenue
Ephrata
Ohio
Indiana
C. Weiline
Will. Leber
Chas. Falk, Audt
W. Hess,Clark
Don Winslow
Navy
Comdr
Frank Martinek
Horst
Clem
E. and
John’. Hoober
Game Board
Commié
Capital Press Service
Soviet Union
Teenkle
William Ss. S. Sullivan, Jr
Prince Street
Frank L. Steller
Leacock
Leola
X-Ray Laboratory
Neurocalomees
S. .K. Keiser
D.C
Chiropractor
Palmer
North State St. Ephrata
Chester A. Diller
N. Duke St
John L. Hamaker
East Main Street
Ephrata, Pa
Walter Warner
Honey Brook
Star Route
Intercourse
John L. Halligan
EW Holnann
Styer & Evans Real Estate and Insurance
Victor D. Kling
Edgar B. Getz
Justice of the
Pesce Fire Insurance
N. H. Ex
H. B. Slack
Notary Public Real Estate
Amos E. Burkholder
R. K. Reitz
J. C. Penny Store
Ephrata Ephrata
Russell’s
M. M. Kling
New Holland, Pennsylvania
Wayne S. Martin Notary
Publiq Goodvilla
Arinsylvania Automobile
Insula
William c Stork
North Duke Stree Lan Vt, Pa
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