WIC Manpower Referral Plan Expands to Fairfield Area
The War Manpower Commission announces a July 1 start for a nationwide priority referral system in the Fairfield area including Jefferson Washington and Van Buren counties. All employers must hire only workers with a USES referral card and applicants will be routed to high priority war industries to ease labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Fairfield
Jefferson
Washington
van Buren
al Faulkher
U. S. Employment Service
WMC
Iowa
Paul V. McNutt
Haskell
Eigsti Cows Produce Twins and Strong Herd
Wayland June 26 Emery Figsti owns a Brown Swiss cattle herd noted for production. Three cows on the farm produced twin calves in the past week. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs William Conrad Russell and Pauline Mr and Mrs Harold Wenger. Relatives gathered for a family dinner at the Ralph Wenger home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Emery Figsti
Wm. Conrad
Russell
Pauline
Harold Wenger
Burlington
Isaac Conrad
Lydia Schindler
Edwardsville
Ruth Roth
Alice Leichty
Albany
Ore
Jacob Leichty
Noble
Oregon
Ralph Wenger
Alan Stickly
C.P.S
Chicago
Gilbert Roth
Sam Conrad
Rachel McCague
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Noah Unternahrer
WFA Supervisor Addresses Rotary on equitable food distribution
Wallace Shinn regional war food administrator for 22 Iowa counties spoke to the Rotary club about equitable distribution of food amid egg market glut. He noted 87 percent output increase and 1400 car loads of eggs with limited storage, and said 2 percent of distributors violate WFA rules with penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Shinn
War Food Administration
Iowa
Rotary Club
Shinn
Iowa City
WFA
Kalona Notes on Local Visits and War Efforts
Mrs. Marie Herner and family travelers arrive in Denver for a visit to Mary Jane Shetler. Mercy hospital Iowa City performs an appendectomy on Mary Jane. Wacs described as crucial to war effort, highlighting hospital work lip reading Braille lab work pharmacists psychiatric assistance ambulance duties tower operations and invasion maps. Gallant new American history page by the Women's Army Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesday
Denver
Colorado
Women’s Army Corps
Army Signal Corps
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Treasury
Phosphate and Nitrogen Needs Highlighted in African Agriculture
The article notes that key African agricultural regions, especially South Africa, require additional phosphate and nitrogen inputs to boost crop production. It discusses soil nutrient deficiencies and potential fertilizer strategies for sustainment.
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Africa
South Africa
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FOX
Mrh Baker
Boston
Chester Manne Bates
George & Stays
WIC
James A. Farley
Fairfield Area Committee
George D. Haskell
Eigsti
Paul Horak
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Sherm Watson
The
de Molay
Peter Jungbluth
Hayden Hughes, Jr
Ginger Rocers
Claude PY Vle
ATL
Greenstreet
Pound
Norman Lee
Henry County Hospital
J. G. Roth
Dauhter
Arthur Roth
Ottanna
Orie Eigsti
Norman, Okla
Emery Eigsti
Methodist Church
Wayland Park
Leutenant
J.g
Albert Magdefrau, Jr
U.S.N.R
South Atlantic
Waukegan
Ill
A. B. Magdefrau
Magdefrau
A. W. Magdefrau
Cedar Rapids
Ciay
Lyle Mitchell
Oskaloosa
W. O. Morgan
H. L. Witting
Ira Morrison
Camp Maxie
Texas
Ira
Kalona
Chester Schwitters
Marie Herner
Charlene
Eddia
C. C. Miller
Wacs
U. S. Army
Adjutant General
U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Section
Munitions Building
D.C
Jim
Salerno
Wac
Les Gilmere’s
Shell Station
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