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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
8
Readers share wartime greetings and thanks to editor Carroll Wilson from Fort Benning Georgia and Iwo Jima Japan. Messages mention quiet rooms for reading the Herald public praise and a subscriber’s pledge to keep reading.
Loans to support the prices of the 1945 crop of cured sweet potatoes were announced by the United States Department of Agriculture. C L Kelly, chairman of Halifax County AAA Committee, stated loans will be available through the Production and Marketing Administration.
The article outlines loan eligibility for producers, cooperatives, and dealers meeting minimum support price criteria with field operation oversight by State and County AAA committees. Loans carry a 3 percent interest on demand, with a mortgage as security and a latest repayment date of April 15, 1946. Prices for U S No 1 grade fall between 1.50 and 1.75 per bushel by period, with No 2 grade at a 15 cent discount.
As of September 1, prospects for North Carolina cotton show an August decline of 6 percent and an estimated production of 450,000 bales, 35 percent below last year’s 710,000. Abandonment near 13 percent of planted acres leaves 587,000 to harvest amid continued heavy rains.
An August 1 estimate shows 400 pounds per acre dropping to 376 pounds with weevil infestation rapidly becoming a menace in Piedmont counties. Coastal Plain yields decline from the northeast toward the east while blooming ends and immature bolls are heavily punctured. Yellowing foliage and rapid boll opening follow a season of frequent rainfall that hindered growth and insecticide use.
A harsh voiced assertion condemns the region as rotten since history, blaming wartime and enduring verminous perversion across the Mediterranean.
Pfc Tom W Patterson a four battle star veteran from North Carolina arrived in Miami with three other European theatre veterans as ATC ferries 60 000 veterans to the States. They stay at the Miami base under 24 hours before rail to Camp Blanding and onward to separation centers for discharge or furloughs. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joe Patterson of Airlie near Littleton.
A fragmented quote accuses appeasers of lying to appease Spain over a wartime trade need. The remark suggests Spain is central to the supply line with products still held in Spanish warehouses and frames appeasement as morally shameful.
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