Dissenting With Wickard Landon Assails 1948 Farm Goals
New York April 2 An interview in this series by Merryle Rukeyser features Alfred M Landon former Kansas governor and Republican candidate, arguing against meeting 1948 agricultural production goals. He cites labor, machinery shortages, and processing delays as key missteps by the Agriculture Department while urging stronger civilian contributions and better management to avert food shortages. He and others warn of a projected livestock shortfall and stress the need for increased production and efficient allocation of scarce food resources.
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Rukkeyser
New York
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Wickard
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Department of Agticultura
Landon
Topeka
Kan
Department of Agriculture
Thea Department of Aegriculture
Cincence Francis
In Fole
Food Induntry
Franscis
Cicnoral Foods Corporation
Washington
Defense Plants Corporation
OPM
Francis
Ford
Navy
Chester Davis
Abel
Uusches Lae
AOL
Hit
Victory Gardens
Bundigapa
English Girl With War Duty at Bomber Station
English girl Marjory Allen serves as a cipher clerk at a bomber station in England attached to the Eighth Air Force. She codes and reads messages, handles officers’ mess duties, and is billeted on a farm miles away, while Americans at the station tease her about nylons and cigarettes. Prior to the war she captained sea hops on the Queen Mary and Aquitania.
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England
Deluyedi
Marjory Allen
WAAF
Womon
Auxiliary Air Forces
Asafb Malson
R. A.fp
U.& Ale
Andy
Mmess
Gerwyna
Voluintvering
Tilke Amerteans
Short Coffin Order Fought Amid Embalming Debate
The Michigan Pineral Birestars and Embalmers association faced a heated dispute over coffin sizes with a six foot for standard caskets and six feet three inches for the “equant” type. Carpenter of Lanning, executive secretary, argued the order would deny adequate respect for many bodies, prompting vows to campaign for a more dignified funeral service.
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Eatuoel
Daiti
Michigan Pineral Birestars and Embalmers Association
Aris
Carpenter
Michigan
Policeman Risks Life In Glendale House Fire Rescue
Police officer Roy E Armstrong rushed in before firefighters, pulling out Prank Dryer aged 83 and blind then rescuing Mrs Dryer aged 43. The couple’s $700 savings were under a mattress. Armstrong returned amid flames, suffered burns to hands and head, saving the money.
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Barat
Roy E) Armstrong
Dryer
Mrs. Dryer
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