ODT Keeps Nation Rolling Under War Emergencies
An interview series features Wash DC civilian agency heads on war front issues. Eastman defends the DDT order forcing 2,000,008 operators of America's 509,000 trucks to obtain a "Certifi case of War Neonasity." The measure prompted complaints, but critics say it saved critical gas and rubber supplies amid a complex wartime logistics challenge.
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Eastman Map
America
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ODT Seeks Truck Industry Remedies and Share the Truck Plan
The order aims to correct inequities and aid distressed drivers while balancing regulation and carrier freedom. ODT plans a Share the Truck campaign to pool leads and boost cooperation among truckers, with rules to increase loading efficiency and shift cargo to optimize transport modes amid growing freight demand.
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Dorothey Dix Warns of War Time Moral Decay in Girls
A worried mother writes Dorothy Dix about 1943 college life. She cites dances after ten, late hours, unchaperoned rooms, and permissive behavior that fearfully she says harms morals. Dix argues war era freedoms erode modesty and discipline, blaming both girls and mothers for neglect.
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War time rail freight car demand and supply gaps
The piece notes industry pressures to raise freight car output by 150000 while rail expansion lags. Track and equipment shortages persist with only 1.8 million tons of new track built against five million. 900 locomotives, 20000 freight cars, and no new passenger cars are produced as wartime travel limits rise. ODT acts as claimant agency, urging public cooperation to ease shortages and reduce peak travel demand.
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Alabama Prisons Aim At Self Sufficiency
Alabama's prison system pursues self sufficiency under Director HP Russell. The system operates cannery and farming programs at Atmore and Kilby prisons, grows most food, and minimizes purchases by producing corn forage hogs and stock for meals and markets. The Atmore cannery produced thousands of cases of corn beans peaches and other goods for prison use and sale.
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Prison farms plan tomato project in north Alabama fields
A proposed leasing plan would grow 50 to 40 acres of tomatoes in north Alabama for canning or sale, with shipments to Kilby for processing. Atmore prison farm boasts 1,000 acres of corn the largest in the state, plus Irish potatoes and corn for Commercial parks. Prison stock lists include hogs, cattle, Hereford cattle, dairy herd, and saddle stock initiatives for guards. Kilby, Draper, and Catila ranches show substantial livestock, while assets such as seven brood mares and three mares transfer to male equity programs are noted.
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