War Time Theater Heroine Faces Nervous Debut Before GI Audiences
Kather ie Cornell recalls fear before her first Italian tour show in San Maria notes GI soldiers lined up at Garibaldi theater. Open houses backstage with hundreds of doughboys became nightly ritual as the Barretts of Wimpole Street cast entertained troops across Caserta and Rome. Soldiers praise the performances while the troupe joins the local GI clubs for coffee and doughnuts.
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Broadway
Katherié Cornell
Italy
Wimpole Street
Formance
Margaret Benson
Appleton, Wis
Oolteacher
Te Red Cross
San Maria
Enrico Caruso
Santa Maria
Caserta
Aoegia
Miss Cornell
Charles Penniswell
Nofolk
Neb
Penniwell
Aherne
Blaine Pery
Public Sale of 270 Acre Farm in Frederick County Virginia
By decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court a public auction will sell two tracts totaling 270 acres two miles from Gore and Winchester at the county courthouse on October 14, 1944. The land includes 115 acres and 155 acres with outbuildings and about 300,000 feet of pine lumber. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal yearly installments with 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Special Commissioner Harry R. Kern conducts the sale.
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Frederick Cnty
Virginia
H. D. Whitacre
Et Als
Frederick County
Virgin
Gore
A. Grant Whitacre
H. C. Whitacre
Circuit Court
Ederick County
A. Grant Whitire
O. C. Whitacre
Harry R. Kern
Veterans Booklet Warns of Postwar Farm Price Decline
Washington report notes farm land values and farmers’ incomes are expected to fall after the war. The Department of Agriculture publication foresees a hard life with low income and urges recompense through love of the land and family security. Secretary Wickard wrote the foreword.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wickard
Shall I Be a Farmer prospects after the war
A wartime era booklet warns optimistic postwar income may decline. It notes farm product prices will rise and fall, warns against overpaying for land, and cites 1940 census data showing many U S farmers earned under 1000 dollars.
Farm income and investment guidance limits
The booklet notes most growers earned little from outside work with two thirds making no extra income. It argues modest returns are likely but outlines conditions for real security. Key requirements include owning a farm large enough to live on and not paying more than the earning value of the land.
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