North Carolina Agricultural Outlook for 1944
State reports higher yields for peaches apples wheat oats and barley in 1944 but lower corn hay and potato output than 1943 drought hit eastern Coastal Plain and central Piedmont. 8 000 traps placed to map Japanese beetle spread from Wilmington to Asheville. State Museum receives an eight inch circumference egg weighing five pounds. yolk contains another egg. Cotton acreage down six percent to 800 000, weather and labor cited. No short weight found in bacon and sausage. Sweet potatoes expected to exceed Irish potatoes with 6 800 000 bushels vs 6 177 000. NC likely second in 1944 behind Georgia.
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North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Frank Parker
N. C. Crop Reporting Service
State Museum
Jack Lemmel
Raleigh
Harry Davis
Davis
State Agriculture Department
Georgia
North Carolina Dairy Recipe Book to Be Published
Thompson Greenwood announces a 128 page dairy recipe booklet titled Favorite Recipes from North Carolina. Ten thousand copies are printed for August release, with 16 four color layouts and many photos. The project is sponsored by the Department and the North Carolina Dairy Products Association. Miss York Riker collected the recipes.
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Thompson Greenwood
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Greenwood
N. C. Dairy Products Association
York Riker
Local Soldier Visits Mother in Connecticut
Lieut. Dannie Cagle, stationed in Connecticut, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Frank Cagle. Joe Fields is reported much improved from a recent illness.
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Lieut
Dannie Cagle
Connecticut
Mrs
Frank Cagle
Joe Fields
Final Rites for Mrs. Edna Lee
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Lee were held at a local funeral home with interment in Roanoke Rapids cemetery. She died Tuesday in Roanoke Rapids Hospital and lived with her parents near Thelma. Survived by husband Pvt. William W. Lee, six sisters, and four brothers.
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Edna Lee
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
Lee
R. A. Reese
Thelma
Pvt
William W. Lee
Maggie
Estelle
Edith Reese
Russell Johnston
Mollie Whittemore
Kate Waters
Joe, Willie
Tom
Clifford Reese
Ennis Becomes Expert B-24 Bomber Mechanic at Keesler Field
Pvt. Eugene C. Ennis graduated from Keesler Field Miss with expert bomber mechanic status after a 17 week course. He may be assigned to service Liberators or sent to factory schools or aerial gunnery retraining. He trained in heavy bomber repair and tested in Fort Liberator field exercises.
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Eugene C. Ennis
Keesler Field
Miss
J. B. Lynch
Rt. J
Norwood
N. C
Army Air Forces Training Command
Keesler
Fort Liberator
Mrs Johnson and son visit Cullins in Newsomer Virginia
Mrs R W Johnson and her son R W Jr of Newsomer Virginia spent the weekend with Mrs Ella J Cullins.
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R. W. Johnson and Son
Newsomer, Va
Ellan J. Cullins
Medal Given To Vinson At Air Service Command Depot
Pvt. Harry C. Vinson son of Mrs Flossie Harrington Roanoke Rapids was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity at an Air Service Command depot in England. Before enlistment Vinson worked for Roanoke Mills Co.
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Harry C. Vinson
Flossie Harrington
Box No. 2
Roanoke Rapids
Air Service Command
England
Pvt
Vinson
Roanoke Mills Co
Mrs F M Ridenour Arrives in San Antonio
Are now in Texas Mrs F M Ridenour and her small son Franklin Jr have arrived in San Antonio Texas First Lieutenant Ridenour is stationed at Stinson Field in San Antonio Mrs Ridenour is the former Miss Elizabeth Lyerly of Roanoke Rapids
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F. M. Ridenour
Franklin, Jr
San Antonio
Texas
Ridenour
Stinson Field
Elizabeth Lyerly
Roanoke Rapids
Postage Portrait of Himmler Causes Diktator Dream Debacle
In a humorous wartime feature from July, a supposed postage portrait honors Himmler as Hitler’s heir and head hangman. Jealous Fuehrer intervenes, cancelling the aspiring dictator’s prospects. The piece appears in The American Weekly Favorite Magazine with The Baltimore Sunday American.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Favorite
Baltimore
Your Newsdealer
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Agricultural News
C. H. Brannon
N. C. Department of Agriculture
Brannon
Wilmington
Asheville
C. D. Baucom
Barman’s
Western Auto
Mrs. Lee
Ennis
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
Rae
Roanoke Ave
Tickle
E. D. Harbour
Optometrist
N. O
Roanoke Hardware Co
C. Perkinson
Mdr
Roanoke Avenue
Dial Johnson’s Cabs
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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