Plan for Prosperity Across North America Proposed
A Washington Digest column reviews the Midcontinent and the Peace report by University of Minnesota and Manitoba on postwar recovery. It argues Western Europe must expand imports of wheat pork and lard while Canada and the United States reorganize auto production for full employment and trade balance.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Manitoba
Western
Europe
Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Northwest
Western Europe
Russia
Denmark
Ukase
Revolutionary Army Air Force Bombers Predicted by General Arnold
Gen H H Arnold forecasts bombers dwarfing present Flying Fortresses with heavy new cannons and the ability to carry half a carload of bombs across the Atlantic and return non stop. The Educational Policies commission notes many youths quit high school to work, and alien entries for the year ending June 30 1943 hit an 80 year low.
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Atlantic
H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Educational Policies Commission of
The
National Education Association
Nation's Food Producers Reach 1943 Production Highs
American farmers surpassed 1941 outputs by 13 percent and posted a 28 percent rise over the prewar five year average. Despite floods and labor shortages, 352 million acres were harvested and total crop production stayed just below 1942 for a 31 percent gain over 1935-39. Meats and poultry rose to record levels while dairy and fats also climbed, though cheese and evaporated milk fell from last year.
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America
Corn
Farmers' Yearly Harvest Totals and 1944 Planning Themes
The report shows a 1943 harvest of 371,150,000 bushels with sweet potatoes up 24 percent to 81,255,000. Processing crops rise, while tomatoes dip about 2 percent. Civilians receive 75 percent of food, with 13 percent for armed services and 10 percent for lend-lease. Farmers plan 380 million acres for 1944, with higher pasture and more war crops, under the AAA.
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Armed Services
Lend Lease
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Department of Agriculture
AAA
Allocation of American Food Supplies Across Four Groups
The article explains how total food production is divided among four main groups: civilians, servicemen in training and on front lines, Allied support through Lend-Lease, and U S territories including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska. Small amounts also reach Central and South American nations aiding the Allied cause.
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H ¥ Med Services
Marvin Jones
United States
Jones
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
It's Like This Over There by Bob Trout CBS Reporter
A vivid overview of life in wartime Britain seen by an American observer. The piece contrasts rationing and fashion, notes American soldiers arriving in Northern Ireland, and describes London air raids, blackout rules, and cultural life from theaters to cinema audiences.
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Bob Troutcbs
New York
London
Britain
Miss and Mrs. New Yorker
England
British Isles
Northern Ireland
U. S
Capitol Dome height and other trivia from Peece era
Answers cover the Capitol dome height Washington DC about 288 feet, Scots taelto a lake is Loch, lightest gas hydrogen, cloud terms refer to types of clouds cumulus stratus nimbus, bachelor president James Buchanan, Bell’s first telephone demo at the American Museum? No, at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, king of Italy killed mountain climbing 1934? No, King Alfonso XIII of Spain? Oslo’s former name Christiania, vernal pertains to spring, Paper money in the Mediterranean area differed by being francs or lira rather than dollars.
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Washington, D. c
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
Oslo
Mediterranean
Answers 1 to 10 summary puzzle items
The list presents ten items: 287 feet, Loch, Lithium, Clouds, Buchanan, Boston Mass, Belgium Albert I, Christiania, Spring, and a note that the U S seal was printed in gold to deter Axis currency circulation by European banks.
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Buchanan
Boston
Mass
Belgium
Albert I
Christiania
Spring
United States
U.S
Europe
Camel cigarettes top choice among service members
The piece notes Camel as the favorite cigarette for Army sailors and airmen alike based on service men’s store sales. It mentions restrictions on sending cigarettes to overseas soldiers but allows shipments within the United States to Navy Marines Coast Guard personnel wherever stationed.
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Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Post Office
U. S
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Washington Digest
Baukhage
Japan
FBI
International Red Cross
Fifth Avenue
David Lawrence
Department of Justice
Red Cross
Liberty Bond
WACS
Bankhage
Elden King
Arlington
Ohio
Oesttc
RAF
Germany
Ginger Rogers
Robert Benchley
Sullivan
Joel
Washington
Potomac
Feathers
MFG. CO
Cole Street
St. Louis
Guernsey
Heifers
Fred Chandler
Chariton
Iowa
Renee Perlodt
Pinkham
Bey
Lydia E. E. Pinkham
Doan
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