Where Is All Our Food Going
An analysis of 1942 Lend-Lease food shipments shows beef and pork sent abroad while U S supplies remained vast. Beef abroad totaled 18 million pounds from 9.0 billion pounds domestically. pork shipments exceeded a billion pounds to allies. Milk products, butter, eggs, lard, and oils were supplied to Russia and England to aid war efforts, with emphasis on efficiency and nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Land of
Uncle Sam
Russia
England
Lend- Lease
Lend-Lease
Australia
New Zealand
40 000 Buttons Collected by Ruths in Mount Penn
Mr and Mrs Warren P Ruth of Mount Penn Pennsylvania own a large button collection including 400 plus waistcoat buttons from the Victorian era and the Gay Nineties 300 carved pearl buttons Revolutionary War era buttons walrus tusk buttons from Alaska Indian chiefs and George Washington buttons with the spread eagle Their front steps and door are painted blue with 66 button types and sizes depicted The Ruths also collect Indian head pennies numbering 38 000 The text ends with a wry remark on gravity and staying on earth.
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Warren P. Ruth
Mount Penn
America
Ruth
Alaska
Amundsen
George Washington
Army Plans To Rule Germany Occupation Officials Map Postwar Governance
London sources say Col. Arthur B. Wade is picked as Allied military governor of Germany. The plan envisions a civil affairs staff of hundreds to manage health education finance and legal matters with German cooperation after proclamations and penalties are set for occupiers and traffic rules. The occupation would start within two months and transition to a German-led government over six months to a year.
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Germany
United States Army
London
Arthur B. Wade
Syracuse
N. Y
England
Col. Wade
Penalty lifted for Texas farmers in most counties
The War Food Administration announced removal of the $15 per acre penalty for not meeting 90 percent of warcrop goals in most Texas counties. In 19 Panhandle counties the penalty remains for hay and pasture goals. Principal crops affected include grain sorghums soybeans peanuts flax Irish potatoes and dry edible beans.
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College Station
Texas
Panhandle
B. F. Vance
AAA
War Food Administration
Vance
Duckworth the dog keeps fighting alongside Pvt Taff in Africa
Allied dispatch recounts how Lt Harold Taff and the cocker spaniel Duckworth shared a Tunisian air base. After Lt Richard East was killed, Eisenhower approved keeping the dog with Taff, honoring the bond between handler and pet despite a surviving and a fallen pilot.
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Allied
North Africa
Duckworth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold F. Taff
Otto, Ind
Richard J. East
New York City
Atlantic
East
Taff
Army
Eisenhower
Bion R. East
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York Harbor
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Indiana University
Spaatz
Harold Taff
Tunis
Colonel West
Africa
Scottie
Duckworth Remains Aiding Homebound Planes
The text notes Duckworth doggedly stays by returning planes, symbolizing constant support for service members. It cites that U. S. soldiers incur about $404 yearly for food clothing and supplies, and mentions water shortages or run-ins with Europeans can make carabao ferocious.
Citation for William Harrison in 1943 Grayson County suit
No 49615 Texas court summons requiring appearance by 10 AM July 19 1943 before the Fifteenth District Court in Sherman. Plaintiff Jessie Mae Harrison alleges husband William Harrison violated parole from prison and refuses to living with her. Clerk S V Earnest issues.
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State OF
Texas
William Harrison
A. D
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Jessie Mae Harrison
S. V. Earnest
Grayson
County
R. C. Steed
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Sherman Farms
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Daniel de Luce
Mobileil
Q. C. Stateville
U. S
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Community Public Service Company
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