Electric power on the farm
Keith Hutchison outlines how the Rural Electrification Administration has transformed rural life by financing and aiding cooperative electric ventures. The program uses low rates, democratic oversight, and a 25 year amortization to spread costs, expanding farm productivity and supporting war production with widespread electric access.
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Farming as War Industry and the American Farmer
President Roosevelt frames farming as a wartime industry and vital food supplier. Army data show daily rations and the farmer as a major consumer in a global pool with Canada and allies. He notes diverse farmers respond to need despite weather and shortages, producing their utmost without incentive to do less.
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REA progress seen despite postwar material shortages
The piece notes irrigation pump work and REA expansion across 46 states and two territories. It cites material shortages delaying extensions but predicts a postwar renewal of progress regardless of Washington rules, and says Republican farm-state votes in November did not hinge on criticizing the REA.
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Camera Club To Enter 6 Prints In State Salon
Six Joliet Camera club amateurs have been selected for the Alstate Camera club salon in Champaign-Urbana.名 Photographs include Architectural Motif by E C Puddcombe Carolyn by Arthur L Scanersen Last Show by Howard I Snapp Paradise Lost by Cle Connors Portrait of a Lady by J Gordon Skeel Timberline Tree by Florence Wolfe.
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Sussex Chamber Of Commerce Banquet Set Next Week
The Junior Chamber of Commerce announces Founder's Day banquet at 7:80 PM next week at the Woodruff hotel. Ernest Tuggle, president, says Mayor George T. Jones will present the Distinguished Service award to a Joliet Scene man.
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