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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1943
Page
2
The Fred Erick City Board plans consideration of salary raises for mayor and city employees. Past raises in 1942 and 1943 boosted City Engineer, Plumbing Inspector, and department staff. An act this year raised the City Register’s pay, while the mayor’s salary stays fixed with mileage reimbursement for official travel.
Agricultural researchers at the University of Maryland propose strategies to reduce feed shortages. Emphasizing silage over grain, they urge maximizing silage space and using crops to support livestock feeding during shortages. The guidance highlights adapting crop choices and soil management to improve forage yield.
A Bloomington era article notes how the Airways to Peace exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art maps humanity's ascent from Icarus to modern flight. The display highlights evolving airplane design and the expanding scope of aerial ambition as knowledge grows.
The notice blends farming guidance on fertilizer use for rye soybeans and pastures with a late line about a Maryland Agriculture Department message. It mentions comparing hay versus seed harvests for soybeans and notes a protein supplement shortage. The text also veers into a wartime dispatch about Japanese rail disruptions and Moscow broadcasts, citing Aleutian base observers.
Nine companies have received the blessing of the War Production Board to build new facilities to boost penicillin production. Expansion will cost over 3.3 million dollars. New producers could have stock within 3 to 6 months but demand will still exceed supply for the war. Dr. Chester S. Keefer controls civilian distribution to hospitals and doctors. Penicillin is hailed as a potent weapon against pneumonia, gonorrhea, blood poisoning, and staphylococcal infections.
County Agent Henry K Shoemaker reports drought effects matching 1930 in Maryland. Farmers share worries over corn crops, silage, hay shortages, and rising herd culling as winter feed demands grow. Some note silage use and potential loss of productive heifers, harming future dairy output. one farmer finds a brighter view amid hardship. Also highlights the retirement of Maryland 4 H Club Agent Daddy Jenks after 24 years of service and his reflections on a long career.
A fragment notes that the Frederick County Club members and many youths pledge to join in celebrating "Daddy Jenks" and his many more "nappy days." It mentions forty eight of the thirty six signers in a colorful, unclear context from the clipping.
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