Six Million Farmers Drive U S War Food Push Across Nation
A sweeping, era-defining summary shows six million American farmers boosting 1942 war production. It links farm output to ships and planes, noting milk volumes, corn, wheat, oil from soybeans, and wool for gear. The piece argues food fuels victory, cites Bataan as a warning, and stresses planned farming goals and lend-lease assistance.
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Aeronca
Uncle Sam
U. S. Navy
United States
Britain
Russia
United Nations
Earth
Moon
New York
San Francisco
Italy
Sicily
Washington
North Carolina
Wasp
Pearl Harbor
Morning Glory Home Decor Patterns Advertised
A newspaper ad promotes home craft patterns for bathroom and decor. Pattern No 207 offers scalloped cuts from 1.5 to 19 inches for furniture and trim with illustrative uses. Pattern No 202 provides ten hot iron transfers of Morning Glory designs suitable for sewing projects. Patterns priced at 10 cents each, order by number and address.
Farm Cooperation Drives Wartime Production Goals
Amid Japanese raids on Hickam Field and in Hawaii and the Philippines, Triple-A committeemen pressed nationwide farm cooperation. Shortages of labor machinery supplies and materials persisted while war boards urged higher targets to avoid wasteful use of land and resources. Wheat reserves influenced production choices as a two year supply existed.
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Isaac
James
God
Canaan
Jesus Christ
America
Hezekiah
Triple-A
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Philippines
Lesson for August 16 Subject and Scripture Texts
Lesson for August 16 presents selected subjects and Scripture texts chosen and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education for use by permission.
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International Council of Religious Education
A Gardener’s Poem of Shared Blooms and Ties
A reflective line on gathering flowers from others and binding them with one’s own thread. The metaphor explores ownership, humility, and the connections between people through shared beauty.
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Montaigne
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U. S
Minnesota
Iowa
Bataan
Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Abraham
Eve Long
Turpentine
Rosin
ACAA
Bartholomew County
Indiana
Perry Thompson
Homefront
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Hatever
Morning Glory
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Sunkist
Cove
California Fruit Growers
Housewives
Hulman & CO
Terre Haute, Ind
Mrs. S. C. Hall
Kellogg
Kelle
Johnny Steger
Kellogg’s
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