Roosevelt Presses Farm Leader Conference On Price Policy
President Roosevelt convened a White House conference with Senate farm leaders to avert congressional action that could undermine wartime farm price controls and inflation relief. Secretaries Wickard MorgenThau outlined keeping wheat and corn prices near current levels to spur meat dairy and poultry output while selling surplus grain to parity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Wickard
Department
Blue
Russell D-Gay
Bankhead
D-Ala
Russell
McNary
Oregon
Wallace
Morgenthau
Congress
Wheat Drops More Than One Cent A Bushel
Wheat markets slumped after an initial recovery attempt with losses over a cent per bushel. Bearish factors include ample crop reports, weak milling demand, grain marketing controls, and storage concerns. Protective Foods note, vegetables and fruits cited as protective foods by Maryland extension.
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Chicago
Washington
Debt Of 200 Billion Predicted By Senator Tydings
Baltimore May 15 Senator Millard E Tydings warned that if the national debt reaches 200 billion dollars it would amount to about 6000 for every U S family He predicted a 1942 federal tax bill to raise 25 billion dollars and to include nearly all forms of taxation including a sales tax He urged restraint on expenditures and warned that government centralization could erode personal liberties He spoke to about 1000 insurance salesmen at the Maryland District of Columbia Life Insurance Congress The passage ends with a note about ocean waters evaporating faster in winter.
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Baltimore
Millard E. Tydings
United States
Maryland
Tydings
Washington
Blends In Spring Greens Offer Change In Diet
College Park May 15 Miss Margaret McPheeters University of Maryland Extension Service says blends of spring greens change flavor and diet. Spinach mixes well with beets, turnip tops, cress and other greens. use more spinach with stronger greens. Home gardens can supply greens year round, with beet tops chard spinach mustard kate collards and turnip tops. Watercress endive lettuce cabbage are salad staples. Use tender uncooked spinach in salads. cook greens quickly with little water, salt from the start, and keep pan uncovered as water boils.
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College Park
Margaret McPheeters
University of Maryland Extension Service
Cadet Dies After Thrilling Rescue
Portland reports James Harper a 16 year old Hill Military Academy cadet died from injuries after a 13 hour effort to move a 1500 pound boulder off his legs. Fellow cadet William Mahan escaped the cave in and summoned help as firemen and miners hoisted the rock. Harper remained smiling and asked What’s cookin before dying six hours later. In Brattleboro a Holstein cow Nena Posch Ormsby set a dairy record with 13477 pounds milk and 589 pounds butterfat the Holstein Friesian Association says.
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Portland
Ore
James Harper
Hill Military Academy
Harper
William Mahan
Rocky Butte
Academy
Mahan
Brattleboro, VI
Almount Nena Posch Ormsby
A. N. McCardell
Frederick
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Sae
Extension Service
University of Maryland
State's Wheat Crop Small
Maryland Crop Reporting Service estimated the states M2 wheat crop at 6,045,000 bushels the smallest on record with 310,000 harvested acres. Rye remaining for harvest 17,000 acres, 238,009 bushels produced, up 13 percent from 1941. Conditions generally normal despite April dryness, hay and pasture poor, fruit prospects good, strawberries maturing statewide.
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College Park
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
To Acquaint Families With 7 Point Program
College Park May 15 Following a Roosevelt message outlining a seven point program for controlling the cost of living a nation wide effort is organized to inform every family of the needs and each person’s role. The Agriculture Department cites price rises since 1939 and war material demands as the cause and warns of effects on production, incomes, savings, and post war mood.
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College Park
Roosevelt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
United States
Guernseys Purchased by William A Fouche Herd Expansion
Seven registered Guernsey cows join William A Fouche of Adams Town with six from the Geneva line bought from Davis stock in Street Maryland. Other additions include Geneva s Kings Frances Honey Suckle Kings Fern Blossom Annie and Royal Dot from various Davis estates. The United States claims about 1 000 000 square miles of Antarctica.
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Geneva
Gladden Davis
Charles G. Davis
James W. Davis
United States
Antarctica
Questionnaires Mailed Out by Frederick Draft Board No. 2
Frederick County Draft Board No. 2 mailed questionnaires to Order Numbers 10 571 11 000 inclusive. Recipients include Wilbur Summers Myersville Hanford Lawson Hamsville Bernard Walter Warren Davis Monrovia Paul Douglas Woodsboro Roger Nusbaum Thurman John Mehring Rippeon near Frederick. Morrissey near Frederick Lloyd Shultz Emmitsburg Lester Smith Smithsburg Charley Albauh Mr Airy Frank Swearingen Thurmont George Miller New Windsor Warren Thorn Thurmont Franklin Martin Thurmont Charles Rhoderich Jr Union Bridge Alphonso Knott Thurmont Raymond Linton near Frederick Muncie Flora Union Bridge Howard Saunders Myersville James Hoffman State Sanatorium Richard Pryor Sabiliasville Charles Smith Adamstown Ervin Long Emmitsburg Harry Boller Rocky Ridge Roscoe Lantz Archie Buhrman Lantz James Shook Thurmont.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Lloyd Manuel Shultz
Emmitsburg
Lester Albertus Smith
Smithsburg
Charles Holly Albaugh
Mr Airy
Frank Vandervort Swearingen
Thurmont
George
Washington Miller
New Windsor
Warren Hall Thorn
Franklin Lamarr Martin
Charles William Rhoderich Jr
Union Bridge
Alphonso Angelo Knott
Raymond Roscoe Linton
Cultivation Too Deep For Corn Across Maryland Crops
Dr. W. B. Kemp of the University of Maryland notes tractor cultivation has led to excessive soil depth, harming corn and other crops. He argues optimal cultivation depth varies by soil type moisture and fertilizer, citing tests in Illinois Missouri showing yields drop with shallow cultivation and rise with deeper passes in some conditions.
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College Park
Maryland
W. B. Kemp
University of Maryland
Il- Hingis
Missouri
Kemp
Holstein sale set for Frederick Fair Grounds next Friday
The 16th annual Holstein sale, sponsored by the Frederick County Breeders Association, will be at Frederick Fair Grounds on Friday, May 23. Sixteen breeders consign 75 animals including cows, bred heifers, calves, and bulls, with local and state farms contributing top stock and a junior herd sire connection to notable dairy records. Sempre readers are invited to expect animals ready for milking and strong fat production as demand for milk rises.
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Frederick County
Middletown
Austin Backus
Mexico
New York
Jrime Cattle
J. Homer Remeeberg
Ira D. Ifert
Philip Coh- Jentz
McDonagh School
Dunloggin Pure Gold
Dunloggin Woodmaster
Bessie Homestead
McDonogh Lieutenant
Complete Fertilizer Theory in Manure Supplements
COMPLETE FERTILIZER Specialists in the Extension Service note that manures are complete fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash. However phosphorus content is low, so a small amount of superphosphate or bone meal should be added as a supplement.
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Extension Service
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J. Homer Remsberg
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Frederick County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Chester Zentz
St. Joseph’s College
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G. Edgar Roderuck
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Lloyd W. Leatherman
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Howard A. Quinn Frederick
William R. Slemmer
Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Market St
Markell &Ford
Williamson
Virginia
Earl Dash
DOSH
Stieff Vs
Silver Stieff Rose
Doll’s Jewelry Store
Quaker City
North Market Street
Frederick County National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mt. Airy
East End
8Th St
Frick Steel
H.P. Buda Motor
Dodge
Jay Bee
Ramsey
Allis-Chalmers
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