State 4-Hers Vow Record Canning Drive for 1944 Victory
Rural girls across Virginia join a nationwide push Can Move in 44 to speed victory. 1943 4-H canning totaled about 25 million jars by 400,000 girls, with training for preserving vegetables meats and fruits. Awards include silver medals, trips to Chicago, and college scholarships. Last Virginia winner was Bessie Preddy of Proffit.
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Extension Service
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation
Chicago
Virginia
Bessie Preddy
Proffit
Chicago Grain Quotations May 24
The Chicago market opened steady on Wheat with modest gains from commercial buying while Rye and Oats eased. Opening prices show Wheat July at 1.61 and Sept at 1.59 3-8 to 1.60 with Dec at 1.59 7-8. Oats July 77 3-8 to 1-4 and Sept 72 1-4 to 1-8. Age July 1.10 3-4 to 1.11, Sept 1.11, Dec 1.12 7-8.
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Chicago
Daily Crossword Across Down
Crossword clues yield brief word fills with abbreviations and archaic forms. The grid presents compact hints for across and down entries including yeast esters, lemur talers, sea eagles, old women, and various short terms.
Manuel to Speak on The Greatest Menace in Present Emergency
Manuel will address Gainesboro High School on the topic The Greatest Menace in the Present Emergency. He will discuss the link between liquor and war and explain how last year the drink bill of the Am. forces affected the nation.
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Manuel
Gainesboro
Historian Traces Liquor's Role in Major 20th Century Events
The speaker argues liquor shaped history by funding armies and fleets. He claims the nation could have bought 120 aircraft carriers or built a six million strong invasion force toward Berlin, illustrating liquor as a major element in historical development.
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Berlin
Public temperance meeting features film “Alcohol As the Doctor Sees It”
A special meeting includes a sound motion picture titled Alcohol As the Doctor Sees It made by a large medical college. It presents the facts in a helpful way and urges young people to attend. Free temperance literature will be available to all attendees.
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Jack Haley
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Pohainia
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Montgomery
Wall: the Family
Wards
S. Loudoun Street
Brandon
America
Oxford
Montgomery Ward
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