Scott County Farm Activities and Contests
Scott County hosts the Farm Flock Improvement Contest offering 250 in cash awards for 1944 45 to boost profitable poultry production. County agents report first entrant Mrs Fred Forbis of Route 2 Sikeston, with county co operation from Chamber of Commerce Kansas City Star and Extension Service. Rockview 4 H club meets with sewing projects and pins awarded. soil conservation meeting praises terracing and fertilizer use with quotes from Lyman Matthews and Ray mond Galemore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Chamber of Commerce of
Kansas City
Kansas City Weekly Star
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Fred Forbis
Route 2
Sikeston
Caldwell
Lyman Matthews
Cape Girardeau
Louis Heisserer
Kelso
Raymond Galemore
Scott County Aaa
Soil Conservation Service
W. H. Coleman
Ceiling Prices For Used Farm Machines In Scott County
The Scott County War Price and Rationing Board, chaired by G. J. Slickman, announced listing ceiling prices for ten used farm machines as set by the Office of Price Administration. Prices apply to sale by farmers, auctioneers, or private individuals, with 70 percent of original retail after more than a year, 85 percent if sold within a year, and dealers must follow Maximum Price Regulation No. 183. The list covers combines, corn binders, corn pickers, tractors, hay balers, hay loaders, manure spreaders, side delivery rakes, tractor mounted mowers, and unit combinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County War Price and Rationing Board
G. J. Slickman
Slickman
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Red menace threat to America raised by Farm Journal
From The Farm Journal an alarmist view argues that Communists have quietly penetrated U S power structures. It cites 1597 identified government workers with Communist ties, highlights Sidney Hillman’s influence in the CIO and political scene, and warns that alien-rooted groups may dominate U S policy after the 1944 election.
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Union Square
Russia
United States
CIO
New York
American Labor Party
Radical
Franklin D Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Radical Front
Sidney Hilman
Labor Ezor
CIO Politcal Action Committee
National Party
Chicago
Sidney Hillman
Wallace
Certion
Hillman
Justice Byrnes
Truman
Pendergast
Democrats of America
America
Calm as a Whole Jap Goes to Pieces
The article reports that Japanese fighters cannot master American fighting men and struggle with English. An FCC recorded broadcast quotes Admr. Kiyoshi Hasega wa, Formosa governor-general, in Tokyo during a 1000-plane raid announcement, saying he was absolutely unnerved yet calm over the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FCC
Admr
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Formosa
Tokyo
Ration calendar details stamps and validity dates
The notice outlines wartime ration allowances by category. Meats and fats use red stamps AS to Z8 and AS to K5. sugar stamps No 30 31 32 35 cover five pounds. stamp No 40 covers five pounds for canning sugar through February 28, 1945. Blue stamps AS to ZS and AS to R5 apply to processed foods. Airplane stamps No 1 and 2 for shoes remain valid. stamp No 3 becomes valid November 1. No new stamps before specified dates.
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Rationing Board
Ration Books Return Urged for Deceased or Enlisted
All ration books issued to persons who have since died or joined the armed services should be returned to the local Rationing Board immediately.
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Armed Services
New 60 millimeter Army Mortar Promises Two Firing Modes
The army disclosed a new 60 millimeter mortar that can be fired in a conventional lobbed method or in a rifle like flat trajectory. The one man weapon weighs about 20 pounds and consists of a tube base plate and firing mechanism with a trigger for the flat trajectory mode. Conventional mortars are typically fired by dropping the projectile into the mortar tube and detonating the propellant at the bottom.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott County Farm Activities
Joe C. Caldwell
Hazel B. Evans
Rockview
County Cooperative Home Economics Club of
Gilbert Mills
Simon Jirik
Chaffee
Herald
The
Farm Bureau
Scott County Farm Bureau
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Blue Cross
Farm Bureau Office
Benton
Carl O. Luper
Simon J. Jirik
John Russell
Sec
Peter Gosche
W. L. Legrand
Ernest Hanselman
Oran
Peter Scherer
Commerce
Sam Branson
Morley
Amos McMullin
Walter Shegley
E. C. Ross
Sllmo
E. R. Dempster
Joe Stricker
Charleston
Raymond Gage
Red Menace
Farm Journal
Ration Books
ARMY
E. C. Robinson Lumber CO
R. D. Clayton Sikeston
Missouri
Arkansas
R. D. Clayton
Tillman Anderson
Clayton
Highway 60
Southeast
City
Tillman W. Anderson
FHA
Front
New Madrid
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