Word: inded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dale's Tale. In Richmond Ind., the parents of Dale Allen Hawley, aviation machinist's mate, received a letter from him : "After leaving where we were before we left for here, not knowing we were coming here from there, we couldn't tell whether we had arrived here or not. . . .The weather here is just as it always is at this season. The people are just like they look. I had better close now before I give too much valuable military information...
Anderson, Ind...
...other refineries had shut down within the week: the Pekin, Ill. plant of Corn Products Refining Co. (world's second largest) and the American Maize Products factory at Roby, Ind. These shutdowns were serious business: corn products are a staple of war (munitions, alcohol), as well as in civilian life. The refineries closed because, in effect, the U.S. corn growers were on strike: they didn't want to sell their corn at the $1.07 ceiling price, when they could make a better profit feeding the corn to hogs (or selling it to hog growers via the black market...
Wrigley is starting out with only four teams, playing a circuit of war-busy towns within some 100 miles of one another: the Rockford (Ill.) Teachers, South Bend (Ind.) Blue Sox, Racine (Wis.) Belles, Kenosha (Wis.) Shamrocks. They will play 108 games this summer, with a post season play-off for the championship...
...Wrote Mrs. Luther Osborn, of Route 4, Rushville, Ind., to an unknown Russian woman : "Through the window the grass looks so green. . . . Indiana has had much rain in the past few weeks, but truly, I am thankful for it. ... It does look as though we would have a bumper strawberry crop. Our berries are the Premiers, fine for shortcakes, canning and preserves...