The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
81; 4 Farm
war n EWS
Local

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I NAILS GO FAST-The ALLEGATION
of Y kegs of nails to Benton county
for farm storage construction was a
boost in the right direction, accord
ing to Fred Wilson, chairman of the
Benton County War Board. ALI
mails have been anocated to farm
ers by the Board and 'Disposing of
another 70 kegs would have been
easy" Mr.. Wilson states
LABOR CAMP-The Farm Secur-
| ity Camp at Kennewick is glad to see
more families moving in this week.
Demand for laborers in prunes, to-
matoes, peaches, hay and general
farm work are coming in, according
to F. w. Kendall, local employment
manager, and more workers are go
ing to he needed. Efforts are being
made to have the camp become
permanent in this area.
State ri
SCRAP blowing the
crop harvests will come the Harvest
of Scrap. Each state is setting a
time most workable with their par
ticular farm operations. wyoming
expects to he under way before
August Is, while North Dakota will
start about October l. Washington's
date will be announced soon. The
ALL Washington goal has been set at
IS, 900 tons of iron and steel before
December 81. Farmer participation
will be principally through cham
nels of collection offered by farm
implement dealers in the state.
plans for local scrap l1arvests will be
made to work in with the state pro-
gram. '~' 49,. - .'-- ~ a.
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FARM PLACEMENTS RISE-Ac-
cording to Paul v. McNutt, chair
man of the War ManpoWer Com
mission, the u. S. Employment serv-
ice placed in June upwards of 281 900
farm laborers. This figure is 81 per-
cent above May. -.
IMPORT MEXICAN WORKERS.
Mexico has agreed to allow emigra-
tion of workers to the United States
to relieve critical labor shortages in
the West. Permission to cross the
border was granted after the Mexi- /
can government was assured the
workers would not be indicted into
our army and after guarantees were
made that their expenses would be
paid back to Mexico afterwards. The |
agreement is still in the formative
stage, and details will he announced |
later. .-. ~-. 49, 'e
HENDERSON, of OPA, has an
exemption of grain alco- !
ilol used in synthetic rubber manu-
facture from the general maximum |
price regulation on grain alcohol. A
recent WPB order limits the amount
of rubber available for milking |
equipment, hog scraper paddles, belt
ing, hose, packing and rubber foot !
wear q. Henderson has announced
that no change is currently con-
templated in the sugar rationing |
regulations.
ANIA TO TAKE CURRENT BEAN
bulk of last years bean
crop is believed still to he in the
hands of growers, although dealers
in some areas are known to be spec
ulating to certain degree by with
holding their stocks. Recent offer
ings have been very meager, with
prices being quoted at $435 per 100
pounds to slightly higher. An ex-
tremely heavy movement is expected
at harvest time, but it is thought
probably that the AMA will he in a
position to take all the 1912 beans
Some beans, however,
may have to be stored at points
other than shipping points. process
ing is purely local situation and
shippers will have best data ON vol
ume they can handle within speci-
fled tine.) Il,
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