Europe Looks To U S Farms For Food In 42
An article by L G Elliott argues the United States will supply 10 million overseas people with exports in 1942. It notes farm production must rise beyond 1941 levels, led by dairy, eggs, vegetables, and livestock, while cotton wheat and tobacco face curtailment. Farm income is projected to exceed 10.5 billion dollars for 1941, with growth continuing in 1942 as demand from defense spending rises.
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L. G. Elliott
LaSalle Extension University
New York City
Arsenal
United States
Department of Agriculture
Soldiers Depend on Quartermaster For Food Shelter and Transport
Atlanta report explains the army’s logistics system, detailing how the Quartermaster corps supply, transport and quarter troops. It likens military provisioning to civilian life, noting regional motor maintenance districts and the slogan Keep ’em Rolling while outlining diverse duties from ice and coal to laundry and gas station operations.
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Atlanta
Army
Quartermaster Corps
John Q
John Q. Citizen
Board of Selectmen
Logostikos
Plan Shops to Repair Arm
Washington reports opening of clothing and equipment repair shops for 20 000 to 40 000 men at 26 army camps. Five sections will cover clothing textiles leather footwear rubber goods mattresses pillows and tentage. Fifty civilian experts will operate the units with individual motors for each machine and shoe repair is a major task.
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Washington
Gifted children neglected by schools across society
Dr. W Drayton Lewis, at Murray State Teachers College, studied 50 of the nation’s top one in a thousand children with IQs over 145. He reports teachers rarely recognize precocity, with many bright youths misclassified as dull, and notes these children come from all economic and social backgrounds.
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Evanston, Ill
W. Drayton Lewis
Murray State Teachers College
Murray
Lewis
Crisp Cookies For Busy Bakers And Bazaar Gifts
All today’s recipes aim for a cookie baking spree with crisp crunchy and nutty notes. Fill your cookie jar to supply lunch boxes snacks and post meal treats. For bazaars sample plates boost sales and boxed gifts by the dozen or pound with varied cookie types.
Old Time Cookies And Comfort Food Classics
A county kitchen feature lists multiple cookie recipes including Corn Flake Filled Cookies Oatmeal Cookies and Ginger Cookies with notes on method bake times and fillings. It also includes a Meat Macaroni Casserole and a Western Newspaper Union note about serving.
Lynn Saye Cookies Make Great Gifts for College Friends
An assortment of freshly baked cookies packed in tins with waxed paper between layers makes a charming present for youngsters away at school and friends you seldom see. Packing careful tins keeps cookies fresh and flavors improve with time.
Scrap iron value mapped to weapons in wartime estimate
Army ordnance officers estimate that a ton of scrap iron collected in the country could be transformed into a 75 millimeter field gun or its carriage, or into 12 machine guns, nine 500 pound bombs, or a single 2,000 pound 16 inch battleship piercing shell.
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Army Ordnance
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Europe
U.S
U.S. ‘Non-Combatants’ Corps
England
British Isles
Western Newspaper Union
Lynn Saye
Goethe
Lincoln
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Doans
Coffee Shop
Pastry
Omlightful Service
Schimmel
Lincoln, Nebraska
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