Food Output Near Record High Levels in War Time Survey
A Chicago dispatch reports that US food production is at or near record highs across grains dairy and poultry as war demands grow. Wheat, corn and oats output are projected to rise in 1942, with carryovers and higher cheese milk and butter also on the upswing, signaling a strong agricultural surge for the war economy.
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Chicago
America
Amenen
Great Central Plains
Department of Agriculture
Department
Christmas Party Planned By Cecil Albright Post For Children
Cecil Albright Post 20968 Veterans of Foreign Wars will host its annual Christmas party for about 259 children on Saturday December 20 at 8 PM at the post clubhouse. Officers and volunteers including Commander Shepard Kop and chair Frank Guth will organize refreshments and entertainment with the ladies unit in charge of serving.
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Howard Haverstock
Raymond Sprague
Charles Wickman
Sylvester Eastlick
Willian Wandner
M. RK. Duburell
Kraums Urser
E. E. Allbright
James Socco
Shepard S. Kopp
Sylvest Eastlick
Jutus Olsen
Thomas LaValle
George W Duser
George Bickel
Fort Sill Reaches 40 000th Army Recruit Passes
Fort Sill Oklahoma reports the 40 000th Army recruit has passed through the post in a December event noted by UP. The milestone marks a significant turnout at the training center.
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Fort Silt
Fort Sill
Okla
Fragmentary War-era Draft Notice Remains Unclear
Readable scraps show military context with references to draftees and uniforms. The fragment hints at a ree ree canier and attachment to quarters, but details like names, dates, or locations are missing.
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Ree Ee Canier
Citizens Club Purchases $5000 in Defense Bonds
The Citizens Club of Ira] bought $5000 in Defense Bonds yesterday through Merchants National Bank & Trust Company. Officers present included August Smingler president Cheney Baker vice president George G. Barlow treasurer Charles Esseltyn secretary Lester O. Merrill executive chair Otto W. Neff vice chair. Club quarters are in the University Building.
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Merchants National Plat Company
Jett
Zler
Citizens Chit
George G. Barlow
Lester OQ
Merril
Datuka Ot Aibmust Sin
Citizens Club of Ira
Merchants National Bank & Trust Company
Club
Bankx
August Smingler
Cheney Baker
Charles Esseltyn
Lester O. Merrill
Otto W. Neff
University Building
Timor Occupied by Allied Forces to Counter Japanese Threat
London reports the Netherlands government in exile ordered Allied troops to seize the Portuguese half of Timor to forestall Japanese action. Timor's small rubber manganese and oil concessions were at issue as Tokyo sought base access. Portugal protested but neutrality was stressed. Britain had not received formal complaints.
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Netherlands
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Betes
Portugal
Japan
Foreign Office
Germany
Missionary Reeve Appointed Professor in Puerto Rico
Rev Warren Scott Reeve, formerly a Syracuse pastor, is named student pastor and philosophy Bible professor at the Polytechnic Institute in Puerto Rico. He will sail from New York on December 27 with his wife and daughter Evelyn to take up the post while visiting his parents in Syracuse for Christmas.
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Fanan
Hirano
Japan
Warren Scott Reeve
The
Polytechnic Institute
Puerto Rico
Reeve
New York City
Evelyn
John I. Reeve
South Presbyterian Church
Syracuse
Princeton
N. J
Dairymen Meet To Discuss New Producers Group
Dairymen producing milk for the Syracuse market, dissatisfied with returns, will meet tomorrow at the Onondaga Hotel to discuss forming a producers bargaining agency. The Syracuse Milk Producers Association calls the meeting, led by president Frank Keough of Janesville. Some dairymen favor a state marketing order, though its likelihood is doubtful. Agriculture Commissioner Holton V. Noyes has spoken on gaining more state control.
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Syracuse
Onondaga
Syracuse Milk Producers Association
Frank Keough
Janesville
Commissioner of Agriculture
Holton
Noyes
Ballston Spa Navy Veteran McLaughlin Killed in Action
In Ballston Spa relatives awaited details on the death in action of Chief Water Tender Joan L. McLaughlin age 40. A Navy Department message informed the family she had served 22 years with the fleet.
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Ballston Spa
Joan L. McLaughlin
Navy Department
McLaughlin
Fixtures Waiting on Current in Gayiord Ore Nes
The article notes that with electricity via REA lines, residents already had fluorescent fixtures and other modern conveniences like refrigerators and washing machines installed. switches simply activated them.
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Gayiord
Ore
Nes
REA
Man Pleads Guilty After Firing Shotgun in City
Herbert J. McDavitt Jr of 420 North West Street admitted firing a shotgun from his front door after neighbors reported a shot at 12:30 AM. He told police he thought a would be assailant followed him home and later said he imagined it all. He paid a $10 fine and the gun was confiscated.
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Herbert J. McDavitt, Jr
North West Street
McDevitt
Homer W. Walsh
Dairymen Seek New York Milk Marketing Orders
Dairy growers press to have Syracuse and other upstate markets covered by New York City milk marketing orders. They plan to form a bargaining agency to negotiate milk sales with dealers for members.
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State
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Upstate
New York City
Firemen Put Out Rubbish Blaze at University Building
Firefighters from Engine Company 1 extinguished a rubbish fire in the basement of the University Building after a half hour of fighting following an alarm from Box 13 at South Warren and East Washington Streets shortly after 4 30 this morning.
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Engine Company 1
South Warren
East Washington Streets
University
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