Nations diet is best ever says USDA bureau
Washington reports the 1946 per capita food consumption will run 14 percent above prewar levels as bumper domestic supplies meet an unprecedented appetite. Despite shortages abroad and at home, calories per person average about 3300 daily, with yields well above 1935-39 and near 1944-45 records.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Agriculture Department
UNRRA Director LaGuardia Proposes Wheat Use Reform
UNRRA Director LaGuardia urged tighter controls on grain use at a news conference. He proposed farmers be required to market grain rather than feed it to livestock, darker bread, and a pastry moratorium for Americans. He also urged mills to extract 80 percent of the wheat kernel in flour production, up from 8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNRRA
Flor
Birmingham Transit Workers Accept 20 Cent Raise
Birmingham bus and street car operators who struck for five days earlier this spring accepted a company offer of a 20 cents per hour wage increase. The strike ended after agreeing to arbitration, though officials said the new agreement was reached without arbitration.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Electric Company
Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employes
AFS
Pullets Begin Laying Eggs at About Six Months
Young hens start producing eggs when they reach roughly six months of age. This development marks the transition from pullet to laying hen as their reproductive system matures and daylight and nutrition support higher activity.
Decatur Teacher Uses Pun in Classroom Dialogue
Ruth E. Riley recalls tricks for catching his father. A pupil replies with a pun when asked to take the cow out of this lot. The mood shifts from instruction to humor as students engage.
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Ruth E. Riley
Decatur
News in Reversia assorted small town quirks and notes
Lost in a Buffalo snowstorm two St Bernard dogs wander free while a San Francisco murder trial is briefly interrupted by a telegraph messenger who sings to the clerk of court. A Schenectady man explains ants in his pants after swearing during gardening. A Mobile cow dead on tracks prompts a blame note to the railroad.
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Reversia
St. Bernard
Buffalo
San Francisco
Schnectady
N. Y
Mobile
Ala
Local Notes From Corinth and Mt. Vernon
Morgan County reports singers from Corinth attending Mt. Vernon services with a morning program and a noon dinner. Decoration day in Corinth is set for May 19 with 11 o clock services and afternoon singing. Gilbert Blevens placed fifth at the Fat-Calf show in Birmingham. The Bonds hosted a May third birthday dinner for son Marcus Terry with guests Melvin Aldredge Bill Wentworth.
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Mt. Vernon
Corinth
Gilbert Blevens
Birmingham
J. D. Bonds
Marcus Terry
Melvin Aldredge
Bill Wentworth
Minnie Partain
Stella Burgess
Felton Kilpatrick
Moulton
Will Blevins
Local notes and visits and a pepper fact
O W Hogan bought a new truck. Mrs Ruby Burgess visited Mrs J D Bonds Friday afternoon. Nora Wheeler spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Louie Partain. Lou Rigby visiting Mr and Mrs Melvin Aldredge at Grayson Alabama. Piper Nigrum is the proper name for black pepper.
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O. W. Hogan
Ruby Burgess
J. D. Bonds
Nora Wheeler
Louie Partain
Lou Rigby
Melvin Aldredge
Grayson
Ala
Alabama Road Builders Association declines in governor run-off
The executive committee of the Alabama Road Builders Association again refused to take a position in the state gubernatorial run-off. Secretary Treasurer Ian Turner said the committee voted yesterday to follow the policy it adopted last January for the first primary. Only routine business was transacted.
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Montgomery
Alabama Road Builders Association
Ian Turner
Turner
Wit and Whimsy in a Patchwork of Comic Bits
A collage of short humorous vignettes and quips featuring a doctor’s puzzle about cures, a landlord and tenant exchange, a Horace Mann quote on time, and a playful home life banter about seats for a show. The pieces mix light moral observations with domestic mischief.
Cattle Sale Set at Kilby Prison
Prison Director E. P. Russell fixed June 11 for the annual sale of purebred Guernsey breeding cattle at Kilby prison. About 24 bulls and 18 heifers will be offered in the sale restricted to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
E. P. Russell
Guernsey
Kilby
Measles cases rise 70 percent in Alabama March
Alabama state health data show measles cases jumped 70 percent to 828 in March from 486 in February. Montgomery County led with the highest reported total in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
State Health Department
Montgomery County
Looking Over My Shoulder Excerpt Notes
Fragmentary lines describe a self aware speaker noting admiration for a son and a clever gesture. The dialogue questions age versus charm and hints at intentional behavior in a tense, observational moment. The passage reads as reflective prose with personal interaction cues.
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Fair Maid
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Family Flows Institute, Inc
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Emily
Bill Stern
Miami
Joe Palooka
Dill
Palooka
Superior Cleaners
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Second “Ave
Gene Aker
Cousin Robin
Mrs
Puffles
Rastus
America
Morgan County Corinth
St. Cloud
Alexander of Macedon
Dygger’s Book Store
219 Johnston
Rose Jewelry
Meadow Gold Dairies
Joe McCord
John
Horace Mann
Bay
Friend
Sweetie
Loyd's
Second Ave
Mayflower Transit CO
Elliott
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