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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
4
A garbled Want Ads page lists farm for sale near Sully, improvements, and various notices. Names like Mrs Henry Maly and Vander Waal appear amid incomplete phrases about housing, central electric iron, and humorous Western saddle queries.
Town and Farm In Wartime urges citizens to avoid nonessential trips to relieve crowded transport. VeMail allows photos of young children of soldiers for overseas service within size limits. Victory Tax withholdings rise to 20 percent under current law. OPA stickers warn ration free dealers. frozen foods prices adjust slightly. War Food Administration backs farm machinery support with gasoline and tires for harvest operations. Tax season staffing expects 10,000 to 13,000 additional Bureau of Internal Revenue workers.
War time measures push home canning amid civilian needs for food as households form centers to preserve produce. Government programs expand supplies and equipment, including jar lids and water bath gear, while barriers like barbed wire shortages and fuel rationing shape farm and consumer access.
The June 1943 Pig Crop report details a 1 percent rise in spring pig numbers to about 1.5 million sows farrowing, with an average litter of 6.16. Spring crop estimated at 1,117,000, and fall sow intentions projected a 15 percent rise, potentially lifting fall pig crop to around 1.9 million. Overall annual output could reach about 2.6 million, up 16 percent from the previous high, but subject to feed and market conditions.
Iowa State College dairy specialist CY Cannon cites tests showing unextracted soybeans can supply dairy cows with needed protein, enabling farmers to cut commercial feed. Recommend extra acre plantings for self sufficiency, with grain and silage adjustments, mid May to June sowing, and improvised silos using flat fences and waterproof paper.
The Stars and Stripes recounts a story of two soldiers in a hotel room who obtain bootleg brandy. One snorts at first but the other resists after a glimpse of Roosevelt in a jeep. The piece also parries with a quip about doing things without seeming to do them, as in a dinner with Mr. Harriman.
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