Word: corn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happened in Honan. Crops had failed since 1940. The normal surplus had disappeared. The Army in this vital war area is supported entirely by local foods collected as grain taxes. Civilian officials also each get a monthly quota of grain. The Government people hoped the fall crops of millet corn would meet the needs of the peasantry. But no rain fell and the autumn harvest was almost a total loss...
...year-old farm laborer in the Scilly Isles, scattering oat seeds where tulips once grew, last week spoke for Britain: "We planted corn like this in the Bible 'way long before they thought of flowers on the islands. It's good to be doing it again...
...When in New York, don't miss the Stage Door Canteen." It has been celebrated in song (Irving Berlin's I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen), will soon be famed in story (United Artists' forthcoming Stage Door Canteen), has been thriving in radio (Corn Products Refining Go's Stage Door Canteen...
...Indiana: Even with normal weather, corn will be off 5%-10%; soybeans 15%; milk 2%-5%. More beef animals will be sold, but at weights below 1942. > Iowa: The State has an alltime record number of livestock on farms, but grains will...
...N.M.U. sees in this program a direct threat to its power. Most recruits are pink-cheeked, corn-fed youngsters from the Midwest who have never seen deep water, or been exposed to unionism. They are far different from the old-line shellback malcontents who were duck soup for Curran's earlier pinko type of organizing, and they are not obliged to hold union cards. Only 1,000 to 1,500 monthly swing over to N.M.U. This percentage is not big enough if Curran is to hold his grip...