Victory gardens and farm labor in wartime effort
President Roosevelt era war time notes detail victory garden goals for 1944 and progress on food production with four million acres under cultivation and aim to reach 22 million gardens next year. Farm labor placements reach 1.6 million in four months, including 700 thousand local Crop Corps workers and a push for more emergency volunteers. Civilian ration guidance expands home canning, cooking utensils, and other household goods. Quinine donations from druggists aid malaria fight as a new U S mining program searches for war minerals across many states. Bible life raft covers protect scriptures on transport vessels.
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Victory Gardens
Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Wiesner Ood
U. S. Crop Corps
U. S. Employment Service
Ghosts Move In Tables Flip and Beds Go Sailing
In Dallas a Hardin family reports furniture behaving oddly with beds rising and tables tipping while doors unlock. Deputies investigate amid curious calls as the chief deputy confirms no wires or devices and recalls multiple sleepless nights. Herbert Midgley and wife return from Los Angeles after visiting their daughter Frances Walker.
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Bry
Hardin
Decker
Mrs. Herbert Midgley
Los Angeles
Frances Walker
Forgotten men of the army blaze trails in Australian bush
The outfit under Lieut G H Glass built trails in rugged Australian bush ahead of Allied moves against Japan. Twenty three ton Ford trucks hauled posts as the unit, including Sergt Copeland and Sergt Barksdale, to assemble the outfit's official history. The New York contingent called themselves the Dead-End Kids of Australia.
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Australia
Ausis
Pre. de Marco
Niagara Falls
Marco
G. H. Glass
Greensboro
N. C
Joe Copeland
Dade City
Fla
Boyd Barksdale
Tampa
J. D. Terrel
Vera Beach
Outft
New York Corp
E. D. J Brooklyn
Mental Conflicts Blamed As Cause of Absenteeism
Detroit reports from Drs John Romano and Milton Roserbaum of the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati General Hospital note that emotional troubles among war plant workers contribute to absenteeism and low output amid tight schedules and labor shortages. They warn industrial medicine has underemphasized psychological health in production environments.
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Detroit
Cincinnati Trusts
John Romano
Milton Roserbaum
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati General ‘Hospital
Psy
It's Tiresome Store Robbed Third Thursday
Martin Epsteen reports recurring robberies at his second hand clothing store on Cottage Grove Avenue. The store has been hit three Thursdays in a row with damage to entryways and theft of clothing valued up to 200 dollars. Police have been notified but no suspects named.
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Martin Epsteen
Ellis Aome
Cottage Grove Avenue
Stanton Police
Burglar Isn't Husband, Wife Learns Too Late
A confused tale unfolds as a burglar, mistaken for a husband, triggers a late realization by a wife. The account includes fragmented quotes and murky dialogue about money and motives, centered on Ralph Hammond.
Grose Couple Return From Trip To Salli Tee and Boswell
Mr and Mrs W C Grose have returned from a journey to Salli Tee and Boswell Oklahoma where they spent several days with Mrs Grose s brother Odie L Tanksota and Leo San ie Caer Wank The tripended with Mr Grose s father W U Grose of Sallisaw returning home with them and plans to stay two weeks at their Shafter home.
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W. C. Grose
Salli- Tee
Mr. Grose
Boswell
Okio
Land
Mrs. Grose
Odie L. Tanksota
Taal
Leo San
W. Um Grose
Sallisaw
Shafter
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Netherlands Fast Indies
Germany
Japan
United States
Alaska
War Minerals
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New ‘Hampshire
New Mexico
Northmont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Ades Ee Corps
Quartermaster Corps
William Lundigan
Virginia Dale
God
Rio Grande
Lana Turner
Walter Pidgeon
Greer Garson
Chicago
Judy Garland
van Heflin
Lily Mars
Evelyn Brent
Richard Travis
Zeman’s
Central Ave
Calif
Lorain
GREDE
Notary
Pacific Street
Ne Es Esse
Ee Central Marke
Shatter, Cashto
Dallas
Texas
Bill Decker
Raymond Hamilton
Floyd Hamilton
Ted Forrest
Barstow
Rock
Midgleys
L. A
Seth
Hammond
Ralph Hammond Gnally
Margie McCoy
Johnson
Newman
Groses
Stringham's
America
National Institute of Treading
National Institute
Washington, D. C
Ralph Lachenmaier
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