Farm labor drive seeks 55000 school help across state
Rensselaer County Farm Bureau urged support for recruiting 55000 school children statewide to meet a wartime harvest labor demand. Officials estimate 140000 workers needed late September, supplementing 235000 already on farms. Deferment for bona fide agricultural workers remains possible under revised Selective Service rules. Local plans include youth, prisoners, out-of-state help, Jamaica and Bahamas arrivals, and resident adults to staff farms.
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Rensselaer County
New York State
Count Farm Bureau
Raresslaer County
Thomas N Hurd
New Yorks
Hurd
Bona Fide
Jamaica
Bahama
New York City
Manpower Service
Upstate
Efficient Dishwashing as Family Health Practice
A practical guide emphasizes a careful dishwashing routine to safeguard family health. It covers order of washing, handling of glasses, scrubbing methods, and maintaining cleanliness to reduce disease spread and improve efficiency. The piece also notes broader wartime labor recruitment efforts and coordination among agencies.
Communities Urged to Plan for the Postwar Future
Postwar planning urged at local level as cities including Syracuse, Minnesota, New York and 1,200 towns develop strategies to address unemployment housing and transportation. Officials stress local responsibility and government coordination with broad participation, aiming for common programs and realistic plans.
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Chicago
United States
Little Alpert Lea
Minn
Syracuse
San Diego
Dallas
Ning
Blucher
Earl D Mallery
American Municipal Association
Toorrow
Sergei Grimm
City Plan Commission
Postwar Planning Council of
Grimm
Syracuse Bar Association
Cies
Absabi
Minnesota
South America
Sweden
East
Sparrows Point
Gary
Ind
Inventiveness Will Shape Syracuse and Grand Rapids, Blucher Says
Blucher argues that the future of cities like Syracuse and Grand Rapids hinges on the inventiveness and ingenuity of their people, stressing mutancy as a key driver of progress and economic vitality.
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Munity
Rapids
Victory Gardens Hybrid Corn Advice and Varieties
Henry L. Pree notes leaf blight and stalk rot fears tied to hybrid corn. Ohio State’s C C Allison recommends resistant hybrids, seed treatment for seedling blight, and selecting late and long harvest varieties like Golden Pride 68 days and Stowell’s Evergreen Hybrid 90 days for heavier yields and disease resistance.
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Henry L. Pree
NEA General
C. C. Allison
Ohio State University
Stowell
America
Albany District OPA Announces Oil Index
The Albany District OPA released an index showing that households in the Albany District should have used no more than 83 percent of their yearly fuel oil allotment by now. District director Lester W. Herzog announced the findings as the season winds down.
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Albany
OPA
Lester W. Herzog
Federal potato grader to visit Troy Friday
Federal inspector to grade ten carloads of surplus potatoes in Rensselaer County. George E Mescik, county assistant of the Agricultural Conservation Committee, arranged the event. Farmers should bring a sample by 8 pm Friday to the agricultural office room 200 Cannon Building Troy.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Rensselaer County
George E Mescik
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Cannon Building
Troy
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Wellington Co
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Nursing Service
American Red Cross
NEA Service
R. C. Williams & Co., Inc
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Troy Milk Bottle Exchange
Ava
Home Front
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
American Society of Planning Officials
Walter Blucher
Daily Mail
Admiralty Islands
Earl F. Thomson
Lake James
Richard H. Wright
Alice
Tex
William C. Chase
1St
U. S. Cavalry
Providence
R. I
Maurice E Webb
el Paso
Victory Gardens
Albany District
Father John
Esso
Veryone
Colonial Beacon Oil Company
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