Hardeman's Garden, Missouri's Early Beauty Spot
John Hardeman, a Tennessee lawyer turned planter, created Hardeman's Garden in 1819 five miles above old Franklin Howard County Missouri. The 100 acre site featured a ten acre formal flower garden with shell paths and exotic fruits. It attracted visitors as a regional paradise and showcased soils and climate for Missouri agriculture. Hardeman died after a 1826 flood ruined the garden, leaving no remaining plants but a lasting state historical memory of his dream.
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Red Cross Aids Two Million Soldiers in War Year
The first full fiscal year of war sent Red Cross support to 2,409,220 armed forces members and nearly quadrupled relief spending to service families and disabled veterans. The report through June 1943 shows $42,391,000 spent on personnel support, a 296 percent rise from the prior year, plus 1,545,692 service-family aids and 3,337,954 food packages dispatched to prisoners of war and internees under difficult Far East conditions.
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Grain bins rental offered by ACA in New Madrid County
Guy Calvin chair man of the New Madrid County ACA says grain bins erected across the county are available for lease to farmers for storing current crops at 3 cents per bushel. Interested parties can contact the ACA office at New Madrid for details.
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Steele Man Crafts Knives for Soldiers at War Fronts
George Spence radio service man and gunsmith of Steele Mississippi makes 213 knives at no charge for service members. He sharpens refits blades with walnut handles and copper rivets, with wood donated by Otto Woods. Spence, a former Army Air Corps veteran, says if just one knife helps a boy return home he considers it repayment.
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Missouri
Demobilizing plan aid eyed by senators
Washington The senate planning and military affairs committee has a revised industrial demobilization bill to liberalize unemployment compensation for demobilized war workers. It would require states to provide at least 26 weeks of benefits with weekly maximums from $25 upward. Senator James E Murray and Senator Walter F George say the bill offers action to prevent an economic catastrophe after Germany is defeated and war production falls, prioritizing quick demobilization to avoid keeping service members in uniform merely to avoid unemployment and smoothing reconversion.
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Army manpower overseas totals over eighty million
Secretary of War Stimson discloses 83,657,000 U S Army men overseas now with 3,657,000 in combat theatres. Air and service forces overseas nearly complete and battle ready ground forces moving abroad as planned. Army air forces total about 2,357,000 overseas. By year end more than 5,000,000 American soldiers will be in battle theatres worldwide.
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Navy spends over a thousand dollars a minute on planes
Washington reports the navy spends more than $1,000 a minute to keep aircraft in the air. Rear Admiral William Brent Young, chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, notes the fleet costs about $1.5 million daily for flight operations and fuel purchases for all purposes total nearly $2 billion per year.
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You Can Believe What You Read In The Herald
A compact Herald item asserts the newspaper as a trusted source for readers seeking news and commentary, emphasizing its role in delivering timely reporting and reliable information. The note frames The Herald as a dependable guide to public events and issues.
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