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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
3
A fragment discusses meat nutrients and various brain based recipes, including making broth and creamed brains with milk and flour. It then shifts to a brief state note about many flags including Indian, Confederate, Mexican, and United over a governors’ house in Santa.
Auburn report urges Alabama farmers to cut pulpwood for wartime needs. Extension forester Charles R. Ross notes a 1943 national goal of 13 million cords, with Alabama producing about 600,000 cords in 1942, for smokeless powder, parachute paper, ship and plane blueprint paper, and packaging materials.
A whimsical British wartime column describes the Squander Bug as a new enemy eroding savings and warns Britons to curb spending. It also notes Americans perceived as targets, exposes the exclusive Britain American Forces Club, and highlights austerity fashions, museum exhibits, and odd wartime anecdotes from London.
Ross notes that some Alabama landowners earn little from pulpwood stumpage while farmers delivering to the rail siding reap higher income. He estimates 100 units of pulpwood could net $150 to $700 depending on delivery, urging selective cutting of low grade pines and crowded young stands to improve yields as farmers stay busy with wood operations integrated into overall farming work.
Knoxville police officer Carl Suddath and H B McCarley uncovered 127 half-gallon jars of liquid corn whiskey concealed in a pile of corn stalks on a vacant Knoxville lot.
The Army scrapped plans to have all local telephone exchanges start with J after a colonel objected to calling lines junk and jerks. He opposed answering the phone as jerk No 1 while others defended jam for quartermaster and vik for engineers. Predatory cats roam the U S top estimates say about 32000 wild house cats pose a threat as predators. Coal use in 1943 nears 100 million tons for chemical production.
A scanned radio program listing shows a mixed schedule with musical features and talk segments. Entries include artists such as Napier Band, Harry James, and Fred Waring, plus performances by the Metropolitan Opera and proceeds from World War II era serials and variety shows.
Lloyd Zedacker was welding atop a 150 gallon gasoline tank when it exploded. He and the tank were hurled into the air, but upon landing the tank crinkled like an accordion. They pulled Zedacker free and found only two broken fingers and a bruised leg.
Olive McIntosh, a Houston County 4 H member, completes projects in cooking sewing poultry fattening home improvement canning and clothing during three years in the club. She wins first place in Sears Victory Garden Contest earning a gold medal and 500 dollars and a canning contest prize of 100 dollars. She receives a gold watch from the Dothan Rotary Club as winner in the county record contest. Olive serves as vice president of the Houston County Council of 4 H Clubs and president of the Ashford 4 H Club and plans to continue poultry sewing canning gardening and a hog for the 4 H War Hog Sale.
An AP report notes fall players debate the league’s best hitters with claims about Shanty Hogan as the Giants star and a restaurant owner contradicts by praising former Yankee pitcher Jim Weaver as the true champion amid lively plate cleaner jokes and restaurant chatter.
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