Antidotes and Troubled Times Ahead in War Britain America
Jack Stinnett surveys looming wartime pressures including shortages of food due to bad weather and lend lease demands, gasoline supply fears, possible rationing, and selective service disruption. He notes big news to come on invasion, bombings, and Pacific actions, with cautious optimism about shifting war prospects.
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America
Mili
Lend-Lease
Middle West
Roosevelt
Yr Churchill
Russia
Coventry
Pantelleria
Norway
Brest
Caucasus
Pacific
Japan
Virginia Soybeans Get U.S. Price Support Details
Virginia soybeans will receive price support through purchases and loans at $1.80 per bushel for No. 2 green and yellow beans with 14 percent moisture. Differentials depend on grade and moisture. The program is supervised by state and county AAA committees with beans must grade No. 4 or better and be producer owned to qualify.
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Virginia
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA Committees
CCC
Assembly Point
Double Slaying Charge Against Lula Bowen
A 23 year old mother, Lula Bowen, was jailed in Tazewell county on dual murder charges for the slayings of her husband Elijah Bowen and 13 year old hired girl Juanita Davis at the Kent's Ridge home near Richlands. The victims were found after a neighbor was alerted. An axe and a shotgun were recovered in the Bowen residence. The case was to go to a hearing next week.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Kent’s Ridge
Here
R B. Thompson
Lula Bowen
James Shelton
Davis
Bowen
Juanita
Batk
Thompson
Bowen House
Art Inspires Soldiers On Alaska Highway
Art from professionals and amateurs arrives at Northland posts for the 1630 mile Alaska Highway. Lieut. Richard L. Neuberger, aide to Brig. Gen. James A. O Connor, notes the paintings will brighten living places and headquarters for troops along one of the continent's wildest stretches.
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Seattle
Alaska
Richard L. Neuberger
Northwest Service Command
James A. O’connor
Northland
Conti
Malaria Still Is Enemy No 1 In Fighters Camps
Malaria remains the top threat to troops in tropical theaters, with millions infected yearly and deaths in the thousands. The article notes historical impact from malaria on empires and wars, describes current military measures, such as nets, drainage, and pyrethrum, and cites quinine and atabrine as treatments.
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Ross T. McIntire
Navy
Tropics
Greece
Italy
Pontine
Europe
Balkans
Sardinia
Dutch East Indies
Gremlins Forget Annual Jinx
Stirring Strawberry Plains item recounts Sgt. Robert S. White from Camp Perry noting a long running Easter jinx. He suffered influenza mumps measles flu and car trouble across years 1936 1939 1940 1943. The piece hints he still escaped the Easter curse in 1944.
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Strawberry Plains
Tenn
Robert S. White
Camp Perry
White
Jinz
Lochner urges postwar program to aid peaceful Germany
Louis F. Lochner, former AP Berlin chief and Pulitzer winner, urged a postwar plan to help Germany become a peaceful, democratic society. He spoke at Muhlenberg College commencement, arguing against eradicating Germans and stressing four freedoms and the example of American forces as the postwar pattern.
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Allentown
Germany
Louis F. Lochner
Associated Press
Bureau
Berlin
Lochner
Muhlenberg College
America
Fox uses wood to drown fleas in river
In a curious behavior a fox submerged with a wooden plank in its mouth to rid itself of fleas. The animal released the wood when fleas swarmed onto it, presumably to force the fleas off into the water.
Virginia Women Get More Ice Boxes Under WPB Plan
The War Production Board announced a revised quarter production schedule adding 25 975 ice boxes to civilian quotas, totaling 239 575 units for this quarter. Despite efficiency gains, steel and Masonite shortages threaten civilian supply, though substitutes exist and output may reach 75 000 units monthly.
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Richmond
Virginia
War Production Board
WPB
Additon
Seals and Sea Lions Differ by Neck Length and Flippers
Seals possess short necks and clawed flippers while sea lions show long necks and clawless flippers, highlighting distinct physical traits between the two marine mammals.
Chinese Language Has Its Points For U.S. Airmen
Calcutta India report describes American airmen learning Chinese by finger pointing using a method called pointie-talkie. A book presents English questions with Chinese responses, guiding the airman to select correct answers to communicate.
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U.S
Calcutta
India
China
Must Have Been Peeling Ambitious
KEARNS FIELD Utah June 8 four privates on kitchen patrol duty were told to peel 400 pounds of potatoes. The mess sergeant found they had peeled 600 pounds and were still at it. One said we wanted to quit but heard someone yell Hey K P and kept peeling.
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Kearns Field
Utah
K. P
Recollection of State Board of Agriculture Incident Described
A fragment describes the State Board of Agriculture repeat action near an office window where a film was shown. A man attempted a smashing act with a 4 and again, noting the first attempt failed.
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State Board of Agriculture
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