Letters From Our Boys Highlight Home Front Letters From Roanoke Rapids
A wartime letters column from Roanoke Rapids highlights service members overseas and at sea. Readers share stories from Fort Lee Virginia to North Africa and North Atlantic shipping lanes, praising mail, bonds, and WAAC efforts while urging support for troops and families back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss Indiana
San Francisco
Cal
Mr. Wilson
Roanoke Rapids
Jack DeVane
Herald
M. L. Renn
Mr. Hancock
Merchant Marines
North Africa
Charlie Harlow
U. SM. M Care Fleet
Champ Clark
United Fruit Co
New Orleans
WAAC
Dairy Products Key Item In Food for Freedom
Roland Fields of Weldon Production Credit Association says dairy products are crucial to the Food for Freedom program. He notes that the year began with a projected 122 billion pounds of milk, about 7 million pounds short of civilian military and Lend Lease needs due to shifts in dairy herds from the draft and labor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food For Freedom
Roland Fields
Weldon Production Credit Association
Fields
War Food Administration outlines eight point dairy program
The War Food Administration urges farmers to boost milk production as shortages cause dairy cows to head for slaughter. The plan emphasizes abundant pastures, temporary crops, hay and silage, proper cow conditioning, balanced rations, and calves raised with less milk. Weldon Production Credit backs the drive with available credit and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Weldon Production Credit Association
Fields
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Armed Services
Pvt
John Smith
APO
New York
The
Australia
James M. Seawell, Jr
Howard Hancock
Herald Printing Co
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
J. H. Lampley
Hamilton St
N. C
Jenthan Nane
Russell
O. K
Ted Sarg
Mary
May Bell
Jake Pfc
Jacob P. Lampley
Company A
New York City
N. Y
Waac Training Cen. Co
Daytona Beach
Fla
Wilson
Sincerely Yours
Cpl
Margaret Butler
Albert M. Poindexter
U. S. Marine Air Corps
Cherry Point
Madison Street
Albert Poindexter
U. S. Marine Air Corp
A. E. 8S
Cherry Point, N. C
Dairy Industry Committee
Dick Cooke
Aulander, N. C
George
Pearl Harbor
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
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