Food Program May Collapse Warns Davis
Washington reports Chester C. Davis warned White House advisers the current government food program is not working and risks collapse without centralizing authority and liberalizing price controls. He cited bureaucratic confusion among War Food Administration, OPA, War Manpower, ES and OWI, plus possible shifts after the mine workers dispute. Roosevelt reportedly rejected a single agency solution this week.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
White House
Davis
Roosevelt
Congress
United Mine Workers
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
War Manpower Commision
Office of Economic Stabilization
Office of War Mobilization
Davie
Office of Economic Stabilizaton
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Agriculture Wickard
Save All Hay And Straw Produced This Year
College Park June 18. Save all hay and straw produced this year to assure feed and bedding for the largest dairy cattle and livestock numbers ever fed in the state. University of Maryland agronomy specialist John W. Magruder warns hay straw freight costs are high and local roughage shortages could raise prices.
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College Park
John W. Magruder
University of Maryland Extension Service
Matruder
Oak
Smegruder
Battle of the Food Bowl Foreshadows Postwar Farm Struggles
Phil Strong argues farmers face labor pressures as wartime demands ramp up. He notes a shift from 1915 farming methods to mechanized, efficient operations and catalogs farmer views on labor, wages, and the role of industry and government. He discusses tractors, grain, and livestock, plus the tension between wartime obligations and farm productivity.
Bright Peach Prospects in Thurmont Orchards
County Agent Henry Shoemaker reports Kelbaugh and Lewis orchards near Thurmont show good peach potential. Labor shortages loom for harvest as extensions seek ready workers. A county farmer notes his 8 and 14 year old daughters helped harvest a 20 acre barley crop, enduring blisters and long hours.
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Henry
Shoemaker
A. F. Vierheller
Kelbaugh and Lewis
Thurmont
Tco
Farm youth named top hog producer in Frederick County
In an era of farm cooperation and pioneer spirit Charles H. Lutz, 20, near Middletown, earns nomination as a leading hog producer. He oversees 10 Hampshire sows, 50 60 feeder pigs, and a new boar bought in Indiana. His herd is pastured with shade and water, hogs double treated for cholera, and neighbors share labor and tractors to maximize farm efficiency across the county. Allied reports note widespread machine sharing and haying efforts among farmers to meet summer needs.
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Frederick County
Charles H. Lutz
Philip E. Lutz
Middletown
Hampshire
Indiana
Mississippi Recruit Gochenour Inducted Into Army
Mississippi youth Gochenour, 19, was inducted into the Army on February 19. He lists Co D, 347th Infantry APO 448, Camp McCain, Miss., as his present address. He is the son of Mrs Ruth M. Gochenour of Emmitsburg.
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Womeldorph
Lovettsville
L. A. Womeldorph
Ieonouiiers Hospital
Brunswick
Womerdorph
Pvt
Redmond
Lovetteville Hign
Army
Camp Swift
Tex
West South Street
Charles Redmond
Frederick Route
Gochenour
Camp McCain, Miss
Mrz
Ruth M. Gochenour
Emmitsburg
Mildew Growth Alarm Warns in Humid Season
College Park June 18 Miss Esther Knowles home management specialist University of Maryland extension service cautions that high humidity and heat fuel lush mildew on wood fabrics such as cotton linen rayon and wool. She recommends sun airing drying stored items heating or calcium chloride dryers brushing garments removing early growth washing with soap and water soaking stains in sour milk lemon juice and drying in sun and prudent ironing with sprinkling.
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College Park
Esther Knowles
University of Maryland Extension Service
Miss Knowles
Maryland U Extension Staff Adds George Hyatt Dr
Maryland University College Park announces the appointment of George Hyatt Dr to the extension dairy staff for two years. Hyatt, formerly assistant extension dairyman at West Virginia University, will assist Maryland dairymen with wartime production challenges and dairy feeding programs. Hyatt, a Michigan native, 28, holds a masters from Rutgers earned after research at Walker Gordon Farms under a Borden Company fellowship.
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College Park
K. L. Turk
University of Maryland
George Hyatt
Turk
Hyatt
West Virginia University
Maryland
Dairyman
Michigan
Michigan State College
Rutgers
Walker-Gordon Farms
Plainsboro
N. J
Borden Company
Use Spring Grown Seed For Late Spuds
College Park reports seed potato shortages may push use of spring grown seed for late crop. Dr. R A JehIe notes it may be expedient this year for some varieties. results vary by soil. Warba and other varieties show stronger responses to sodium thiocyanate treatment in lighter soils. Further details available from Dr R A Jehler University of Maryland College Park.
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College Park
R. A Jehie
Jenle
Maryland
Worcesster
R. A. Jehler
University of Maryland College Park
Grains Hold Narrow Range In Quiet Friday Trade
Grains moved within a narrow range in a quiet Chicago market on Friday with wheat briefly up as rumors faded later. Oats and rye gained small fractions while cash wheat posted no sales and corn held at ceilings. A mention of favorable crop reports spurred some short-covering, but most grain traders stayed in a waiting stance as prices closed mixed. The text also notes the Messer Schmidt aircraft with a 53 feet 9 inch wingspan and 40 feet inches fuselage length weighing 21 350 pounds.
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Chicago
Nigner
Suly
Messerschmitt
Yellow Corn Price Ceilings In This Section By OPA
Frederick County farmers and feed dieters are urged to heed the OPA prepared statement on yellow corn price ceilings. It covers all sales and buys of corn, outlines maximum prices for ear corn by producers, merchandisers, wholesalers, and retailers, plus charges and invoicing rules.
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OPA
Frederick County
Frederik
Bashel
Prain
Mazin
Riverland Doomed Horse to Be Euthanized at Aqueduct
New York June 18 trainer Moody Jolley announced River land a five year old gelding who smashed his hip-cap in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct would be destroyed tomorrow after four veterinarians concluded the injury was too serious. The horse from Harald A Clark of Miami cost $4,000.
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Riverland
New York
Moody Jolley
Carter
Aqueduct
Harald A. Clark
Miami
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