Wartime Rationing Notes From Rural Press Digest
Gasoline coupons spare four and three gallons by region until late May and July. Ration Book No. 3 distribution to 120 million begins late June with mail forms. Soya foods expand civilian supply, baby carriages surge, recapping uncapped, play shoes rationed, and farm rationing program changes outlined. War Manpower rules urge essential work, and olive drab boots go ration-free.
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OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Novices Warned About Canning Dangers
Miss Eunice King County Home Demonstration Agent warned that improper canning may produce a fatal toxin. She urged use of steam pressure canners for nonacid foods and boiling for ten minutes to destroy botulinum toxin, noting spores may survive and toxins can form even in apparently sound foods.
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Department of Agriculture
Not Wild Oats Turned Plain Patch Job at 3 A M
An Oklahoma farmer wakes a new harvest hand at 3 a m to cut a patch of oats before breakfast. The hired man asks if they are wild oats and the farmer says no. The man suggests daylight work if they are tame. The passage ends with a note that muscular fatigue is caused by poisonous substances.
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Oklahoma
John
Glider Trainees to Be Released to Boards
The War Department announced that some men in the Army glider pilot training program will be released to their selective service boards due to the temporary suspension of basic and elementary training. Only a small percentage will be released as many qualified enrollees are being reassigned to other training tracks. the exact release date is not yet set.
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WPB
U. S. Army
United States
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Army
War Department
Citation Notice Commanding Appearance in Grayson County
The state of Texas issues citation no 49538 to Johnnie Shreves requiring appearance and answer to the petition by 10 o'clock A M on Monday May 24 1943 before the Honorable District Court of Grayson County.
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State OF
Texas
Johnnie Shreves
A. D
District Court of
Grayson
Divorce Petition Filed in Sherman County Court
The case in Grayson County Texas No. 49538 names Tom Shreves as Plaintiff and Johnnie Shreves as Defendant. The petition filed February 26 1943 seeks a divorce on grounds of cruel treatment that makes continued living as husband and wife insupportable. Issued April 8 1943 by Clerk Ss V Earnest with Deputy R C Steed at Sherman.
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Sherman
Texas
Tom Shreves
Johnnie Shreves
Ss. V. Earnest
Grayson County
R. C. Steed
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