Swine Industry Develops Feed Conservation Plan
The piece describes a government backed swine program shaped by farmers, feed men, breeders, packers and vets. Clifford D. Carpenter explains how conserving feed boosts efficiency and profits for producers and consumers alike. It outlines four guiding principles and five targeted actions to finish hogs at 200 to 240 pounds, use pastures wisely, and cut waste and disease losses. It also notes broader war effort labor needs including 1500 NACA positions and women’s service quotas.
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London
Department of Agriculture
Clifford D. Carpenter
Food Production Administration
War Food Administration
Chicago
Uncle Sam
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Langley Field
Moffett Field
Calif
Cleveland
Ohio
National Women's Advisory Committee
The
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Blue Cross Hospital Service Plans Reach Rural Farms
The Blue Cross group hospital service movement expands from cities to rural America, offering prepaid care through farm bureaus banks creameries and cooperatives. Enrollment costs range from 7.20 to 24 dollars yearly with regional hospitals guaranteeing services and substantial savings for subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross Hospital Service
Grange
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Union
Blocked Army Promotions Stir Washington War Lobby
The army pushes to award permanent wartime promotions to Generals Patton and Somervell despite Senate resistance. The move, tied to Capitol Hill lobbying, places Wainwright’s fate between the two, while a closed military affairs meeting grilled draft policy and rejected a labor draft bill amid broader manpower battles. The Breakers hotel hospital case and Wedemeyer’s Delhi assignment add to the wartime intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Somervell
Patton
Pershing
Francis E. Warren
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Capitol Hill
Bob Reynolds
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Warren Austin
Vermont
Wainwright
Japan
Hershey-McNutt
Ezar
Andrew J May
Kentucky
Walter G Andrews
New York Ranking Committee
Republican
Ewing Thomator
Texas
John MM” Costello
California
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Forest Harness
Indiana
Thomason
Fat Man and Hollywood Fragments in Neon Nightspot
A collage of nightclub chatter and celebrity ambience as critics and fans mingle. The piece blends review nouns with vivid portraits of stars and showbiz types, concluding with a note on song credits and monikers.
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Buffalo Bill
Joel McCrea
Linda Darnell
Maureen O’hara
Nelson Eddy
Paul Lukas
Movieburg
Hollywood
Pigeon drops aid for stranded airmen reported
Canadian bulletin notes a trained pigeon carried a metal waterproof container with a parachute to reach stranded airmen and return with their needs. United States war department projects monthly recruitment of 75 000 to 100 000 men to sustain a peak force of 7.7 million. navy aims for 400 000 more by September 1 to reach 3.5 million across services. Buy War Bonds.
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RGAF
Canadian Information Bulletin
Ottawa
U. S. Army
War Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Blue Cross enrollment soars seven years from 500000 to 14 million
Protection of Americans and their families against hospital costs expanded to over 2.6 million more participants in the United States and Canada. C Rufus Rorem, director of the Hospital Service Plan commission, notes improved family coverage from 37 percent in 1987 to 54 percent, with 750,000 contracts suspended for armed forces subscribers awaiting civilian return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross
Minnesota
American Medical Association of
Becaue
United States
Farm Bureau
Hennepin County
Canada
C. Rufus Rorem
Hospital Service Plan Commission
Choo Choo Johnson meets Lucius Beebe in cafe tale
Fragmentary dialogue references Choo Choo Johnson and Lucius Beebe meeting at Cafe du Bois with exchanges about marriage. Other lines mention Dunninger, Jerry Wald, and a farcical remark about a birthday rat, all in garbled fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballies
Choo Choo Johnson
Lucius Beebe
Cafe du Bois
Lucius
Satya
Choo Choo Beebe
Dunninger
Jerry Wald
Jerry
Qvert
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T. D. Carpenter
Cooperative Business Men of Agriculture
Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
America
ELMO_SCOTT WATSON
Western Newspaper Union
Americanospital Association
John Q. Citizen
John Q
American Hospital Association
Blue Cross Movement
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau
Hillsdale County
Mich
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Northernlinois Hospital Service
Rotary
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Women's
Ptas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Carolina
Bite Cross
FSA
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York State
Sis
Mother
Dad
Blue Cross Hospital Plan
Breakers Hotel
Palm Beach
Biddle
Truman Committee
Norman Littell
Littell
Florida East Coast Railroad
Rudolph Halley
Halley
Justice Department
A. C. Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
New Delhi
Sandburg
Lincoln
Fred Allen
Stooges
Norma Orwin
Dhews
Interlease
Erudite
John Kieran
Intelligentsia
Herald Tribune
Moscow
Paul-Porter
George Jean Nathan
Paul
Sophie Tucker
Doubleday-Doran
Pam
Overseas Press Club
Midtown
Crosbys
Sinatras
Shores
Albert de Bru
Senor Cugatl
Bankhage
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