Flight Strip on Turnpike Shows War Time Innovation
The Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset and Pittsburgh served as an emergency airstrip to land and repair a bomber during wartime. Rep. Jennings Randolph cites 35 such uses, arguing the highway helps move war supplies and will aid postwar aviation expansion. Walter Jones of Pennsylvania remembers RFC funding and the road’s peacetime origins.
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Eating out to beat rationing won’t help say OPA
OPA warns restaurant consumption won’t ease shortages as supplies are cut about in half. American service members overseas can send flowers via a three dollar Red Cross arrangement delivered to the recipient. About 25,000 Swedish books have been sent to POW camps in Germany through Red Cross and YMCA. Hog and cattle slaughter is expected to surpass last year while fed lamb supplies this winter and spring will match the 1942 crop.
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Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens drive promotes home front food production
The Victory Garden campaign aims to boost 1943 home food output with 18 million gardeners, detailing soil, spacing, tools, and a 3-8-7 victory fertilizer. It covers garden size from 30 by 50 feet, planning on paper, succession crops, and careful thinning to maximize yields for families.
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Crop Prospects Favorable for Record Food Production
The agriculture department reports favorable moisture at year start 1943 and expected average weather to harvest. Yields per acre could rival 1940 and 1941 levels, with demand rising faster than production. Feed grain and wheat stocks and cattle on feed set all time highs, while sheep and lambs on feed near last year’s peak.
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Marines in Puerto Rico Enjoy Coffee and Sugar Shortages
Uncle Sam's Leathernecks stationed in Puerto Rico do not worry about sugar and coffee, two staples rationed in the United States. The coffee crop there is reduced, but Marines still have coffee as part of daily life on the island.
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Island
Oddball Proofs from a Bygone Time
A collage of quirky facts and witticisms spanning science, history, and culture. Notes on gas use in aircraft, silence, evolution, divorce quirks, and many humorous observations about people places and inventions. Various claims reveal a playful, skeptical tone typical of era humor columns.
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