Wickard Faces Farm Policy Fire In Congress
The piece describes criticism of Secretary Wickard amid a looming food shortage and fights between Farm Bureau and Farm Security Administration factions. It traces the long history of extension service conflicts, Farm Bureau influence, and wartime policy shifts including price controls and conservation efforts. It notes public recollections of wartime gardens and domestic self sufficiency alongside political jockeying in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Congress
Wickard
Washington
Farm Bureau
Figh
Farm Security Administration
Cracker-Barre
Administration
Whit Slett
New-Deal
American Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
Farmers’ Union
Farmers Union
Texas
Mrs Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Food Administration
South
America
Country Press of America Supports War Effort Front
The country press is hailed for boosting morale and aiding wartime efforts after Pearl Harbor. Editors fund war bonds, send papers to servicemen, publish honor rolls, and run campaigns from scrap drives to defense messaging, while editors personally join in labor and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Press of America
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Ithin
Pearl Harbor
Raymond B. Howard
London
Ohio
National Editorial Association
Roosevelt
United Press
United Nation
America
White House
Newspapers Association Managers, Inc
Country Press of
Country Press
War Department
Alaska
Greenland
North
Africa
New Guinea
Red Cross Blood Bank
New York
Virginia
Florida
Montana
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
New York City Sketches and Quick Takes
A brisk tour of Manhattan and environs riffs on streets, pubs, and landmarks from West Street to Harlem. It notes venues like the Telephone Company cafeteria, Madison Square Garden, and the Cloisters, plus anecdotes about Wall Street, Chinatown, and notable figures and events shaping postwar culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Telephone Company
West Street
Thames Street
London
Mr. Jessel
Madison Square Garden
St. Paul’s Church
Lower Broadway
Plaza
Stock Exchange
Central Park
Harlem
J. P. Morgan
Maiden Lane
Bowery Jewel Market
Canal and
Hester
Hapsburg
55Th Street
New York City
FBI
Tough Touhy
Basil Banghart
Chicago
John Edgar Hoover
G-Man
Banghart
Mr. Hoover
Alcatraz
Japan to Open Six Training Centers for Manchurian Colonists
Japanese officials plan six more training centers to supply 80,000 brides for Jap colonists in occupied Manchuria as Tokyo radio reports plans for 250,000 colonists and a target of about 80,000 brides. Treasury gold stock stands at 22.743 billion dollars. Berlin dispatch says Germans receive less butter and more margarine as ration period begins March 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
United States
Tokyo Radio
Continent
Dn.b
Berlin
Rural towns lead scrap drives in war effort
The article highlights how rural print shops contributed metals and printing equipment for wartime needs. Editors and salvage committees mobilized communities, publicizing campaigns and actively collecting iron, steel, copper, lead, brass, and even complete presses weighing two tons or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
He Ate His Own Words Then Cooked Them First
A newspaper item recalls Grimod de la Reyniere’s tale that he ate his own words by cooking a copy of his book and consuming it. It notes a similar legend about Theodore Reinking dismissed by King Christian IV, who faced a choice between eating his book or execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States—of
Kansas Town
America
Congressional Record
Congress
Grimod de la Reyniere
Theodore Reinking
Christian IV
Denmark
Favorite Tobacco Gift for Men in the Service
Medical officers note tobacco aids morale in the armed forces and surveys show soldiers value it highly. A pound of the recipient’s preferred tobacco, such as Prince Albert, is pitched as an ideal gift for men in the Army Navy Marines or Coast Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Prince Albert
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Agriculture
Defense Councils
Kansas
California
G. Washridge
Fort Tryon
Cong Hoffman
Pitonn
South Street
Hudson
Rhine
Danube
Taft
Chinatown
National Press Club
Secret Service
OPA
Averell Harriman
Winant
London Post
Bankhage
Treasury
Peetz
Colo
Burdett
Kan
Vernon Center
Minn
Elburn
Stanton
Iowa
Silver Lake
Ind
Attica
Mellott
Ripley, Okla
Washington Gladden
Grove's
GROVE
Sir W. Temple
Speedy
Rte
Atato Skrinrate
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