Food for Freedom targets peak farm production in 1942
The 1941 bumper crops yielded nearly 11 billion dollars in farm income and the 1942 plan, led by Secretary Wickard, aims to raise output across dairy, meat, and crops. The program guarantees prices, funds production, and shifts from wheat cotton and tobacco to milk eggs beef pork and produce to aid war needs.
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Ellington S. Winston
Western
Union
Claude R. Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Britain
Hitler
Europe
AAA
U. S
America
Middle West
Rural virtues vs modern excess cited in wartime essay
A writer contrasts simple rural pleasures with city decadence and warns of impending economic and political instability. He critiques free enterprise, urges wage and price controls, and notes American reliance on rural strength to weather future crises. The piece also praises cross American relations and cites an English view on self-help and aid.
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Europe
Hitler
England
United States
FBI and Police Plan Civilian Defense Training Courses
Washington reports progress on FBI Civilian Defense Courses for Police, with approval from Fiorello LaGuardia. FBI instructors will conduct training nationwide to help police fulfill duties in the civilian defense program after a 1940–41 study trip to England.
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FBI
Police
Washington
Fiorello LaGuardia
John Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Hoover
England
All Income Groups Will Pay New Taxes
More than 5,000,000 people who were outside the federal income tax scope will pay in 1942 as indirect taxes rise under wartime rules. FBI and police training courses approved by Mayor LaGuardia aim to prepare officers for convoys, guard duty, air raid protection, and blackout enforcement during emergencies.
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Department of Commerce
FBI National Police Academy
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
LaGuardia
Britain
Doan
Doon
Helen
Prodigal Son Luke Fifteen Teachings on Repentance
A sermon outlines the parable of the prodigal son Luke 15 11 24 emphasizing repentance and God’s forgiveness. It contrasts worldly sorrow with godly sorrow, notes the son's return and restoration, and calls readers from sin to grace in Christ Jesus.
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Christ Jesus
Christ
God
John W. Bradbury
Paul
Satan
Life a Struggle and a Day's Labor Under the Sun
John Burroughs reflects that life is a struggle not a war, a daily labor shared with fellow workers under the sun. He envisions thinking, singing, and rejoicing as work continues on God's earth amid others who labor.
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John Burroughs
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Edward C. Johnson
New York
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D.D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
International Council of Religious Education
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Montalgne
Mischief
George Washington
Lydia Pinkham
Confucius
Alee
Sime Tard
Doans
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