Virginia Farmers Asked To Cope With Conditions
Virginia extension leaders outlined a wartime planning program to be in place by March 1 with county boards of agricultural and home economics workers. Emphasis on farm machinery repair and reconditioning, labor shortages, and rural reabsorption after demobilization. England’s Elmhirst warned Americans to brace for postwar food challenges and potential shortages while urging swift action to boost dairy and beef production.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Agricultural Workers
England
United States
John Hutcheson
Extension Service
Virginia
Hutcheson
C. E. Lietz
V. P. I. Agricultural Engineering Department
Congress
Japan
Food Army
Elmhirst
New York State
Herron Leads Hawaii Army Command Under American Flag
Lieut. Gen. Charles D. Herron serves as head of the Hawaiian Department, directing one of the largest fighting forces under the American flag.
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Charles D. Herron
Peruvians Speed Relief To City Caught By Slide
Lima reports relief teams rushing to Huaraz after a devastating avalanche of water mud bricks and volcanic lava swept the city killing more than 500. Manuel Palma a Lima Huaraz bus line owner said much of Huaraz was destroyed and few northern residents escaped. Two thousand were left homeless as rescue work slowed by violent tremors.
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Lima
Huaraz
Manuel Palma
Strongest natural bomb shelter found in Madison Square Garden
New York reports a three inch ice layer and steel tubing embedded in concrete form the shelter on the third floor ice rink section of Madison Square Garden. Army trials include tomato bread with powdered milk and tomato juice.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Federal Farm Mortgage Bonds Redeemed in 1942
The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation calls for redemption of its 3 percent bonds of 1942-47 on January 15, 1942 and its 2.4 percent bonds on March 1, 1942. Bonds become payable at par after surrender at a Federal reserve bank or Treasury Department Washington. Redemption follows Treasury Circular No. 666. December 15, 1941. By A G Black president. Attest D C Carnes secretary.
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Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Washington D. C
Sleet Storm Causes Major Damage in Harrisonburg Area
Harrisonburg reports widespread ice damage from a late Friday sleet storm that disrupted light and power service city and countywide. 250 phones were out, two major power line breaks occurred, and crews worked through Saturday to restore service.
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Harrisonburg
Dale Enterprise
Harrisonburg Mutual Telephone Company
Gould
Harrisonburg Company
L. E. Long
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative
Pleasant Valley
Mountain Valley
Genoa
Coun
West Coast morale reported very good by Mrs. Roosevelt
Boise Idaho December 15 War morale on the west coast in the war emergency is very good Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said last night After days of travel through principal coast cities she was cheerful though tired and expressed confidence in the nation's war preparations.
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Boise
Idaho
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasury Receipts, Expenditures, and Debt Report
Treasury data for December 12 shows receipts of 36.14 million dollars and expenditures of 86.55 million, with gross debt listed at 55.34 billion. A separate Q A exchange notes that a horse can have all four feet off the ground during a phase of the gallop.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Vichy Rejects German Edict to Execute 100 Jews
In unoccupied France the Petain government condemned a German order to shoot 100 alleged Jewish Communists and anarchists in occupied territory. The Vichy communique called them delinquents, noted prior executions, and said its protests failed. Germany had warned of reprisal killings and fined Jews in the occupied zone, with past hostage shootings occurring in October at Nantes and Bordeaux.
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Vichy
France
Cnion
Petain
Nantes
Bordeaux
Stephenson Social Club Christmas Party Acknowledged
Stephenson Va December regular meeting and annual Christmas party were held at Mrs. R B Moore's on Morningside Drive. Members exchanged gifts and decided to send two Christmas baskets with the Fellowship Club. Mrs A J Prince visited her ill mother in Berryville. Stephenson Church Women’s Society re-elected officers for the coming year led by President Mrs A Prince and Treasurer Mrs A G Mason. Building up distillate fuel oil stocks is hindered by sludge in storage.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Stephenson Church
A. Prince
Ressegue
L. O. Dick
Bertha Ashwood
A. G. Mason
Chemical Blast Under Investigation in Edgewater
An explosion at the Spencer Kellogg chemical plant in Edgewater New Jersey killed one person and rattled thousands in the New York metropolitan area. The Navy, FBI and local authorities opened a joint inquiry into the blast.
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Edgewater
N. J
New York
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Spencer Kellogg
Fragmentary OCR News Note on German Abwehr Tactics
A garbled OCR item notes a German unit the Sturmabteilung or Brownshirts, formed by Hitler in 1923 and disbanded in 1934. It references police, injuries, and a belief of an accidental blast, with unrelated stray phrases about a 100 home areas and a police chief.
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Frank Joret
Mabteilung
Sturmabteilung
Brown
Hitler
Rumania Resists German Demands
A British broadcast reported General Von Brauchitsch traveling to Bucharest to press Romania to provide five additional divisions for the Russian campaign. Ion Antonescu reportedly balked at sending more troops fearing public opinion backlash.
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New Yorke
N. B.C
Walther von Brauchitsch
Bucharest
Rumania
Russia
Ion Antonescu
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Hudson River
U. S. Coast Guard
New York Harbor
U. S
West Coast
America
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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