Fish Ponds Stocked With Brim and Bass in Alabama
Farmers across Alabama improve pond yields by fertilizing watershed protecting erosion and stocking techniques. The Department of Agriculture released Farmers Bulletin No. 1948 Fish For Food From Farm Ponds by Verne E. Devison and J. A Johnson. It details site selection pond building stocking fertilization weed control and training ponds for harvest. Caples available from State Conservationist C. C. Madlock Heil Conservation Service Auburn Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Alabermz
Posd
Hess
D. C. Medlock
Medlock
Department of Agriculture
Verne E. Devison
J. A Johnson
Soil Conservation
Caples
Farmers’ Bulletin
C. C. Madlock
Heil Conservation Service
P. O. Bor
Alabema
Induction Suspension Declared for Key Aircraft Workers
Turday, an emergency measure suspends induction of core aircraft workers to allow full War Manpower Commission review. Shipyards must show need for similar policy. Rep Costallo pressed whether States will call fathers before others. Gen Hernhey said non-fathers will exist in labor areas as the minimum productive centers loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turday
War Manpower Commission
Joan M. Costallo
Dcalls
Subcommittee
Athera
Hernhey
Harvest labor plans outlined for Houston County farm aid
C M Ling farm agent outlined harvest labor efforts noting Houston County face s a $5009 arrears and planters aim to gather and funnel 20000 acres into war food channels. The meeting urged immediate action as harvest nears while schools are coordinating to keep education and farming going. War labor options discussed include soldier help only in emergencies and war prisoners ruled out. applications flow from farmers to county agent to state extension to War Manpower for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M Ling
Houston County
Lisy
Sec
Cty
County Schoo
Iarinera
Solomon Baxter
Alabama
Chool
Baxter Mid
Bruce Flurry
Dothan
Baldwin County
Ling
Frank Broadway
State Labor Supply Committee
Wee
Ling Maid
War Department Bee
War Department
Atlanta
Aelas
State Extension Service
War Manpower Commission
Charlie Adams
Hull
W. H Davis
Erheals
Foreine
Arthur Johnson
Chemisr of Commerce
Davis
Walter Qakine
Johnson
Long
Oakley
Nore
Lawrence Oaid
Labor Shortage Grips Peanut Harvest Meeting in Georgia
Community leaders discuss mobilizing labor for peanut harvest amid acute shortages. Proposals include using soldiers only as a last resort, seeking Cuban help, and boosting farm labor through community cooperation. Officials plan to issue wage scales, rationing support, and a rapid recruiting push while stressing patriotism and avoiding disruption to civilian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ling
Isbor
Home Guano Co
Pahokee Flo
Brock
Florida
Cuba
Aleady
Horace Hall Eagle
Ting
Iabor
Unssery
Kualesamon
Addiera
Ldn
Farm Labor Advisory Committee
Glenn Lawrence
Adid
Hall
Eleer
Marion Oakley
Walter Oakley
Granger
Now & Farmer
Dorthan
Ashford
Sheriff Farmer
Kiwanis Club Hears Musical Program in Dothan
The Kiwanis lunch program featured four young Dothan musicians. Daisy Dell Brooking performed two violin pieces, Qubertas by Wieniawaki and Coronado by Levy, and Jeanne and Louise Newton plus Mrs. Woodin Parkman sang When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart and Kiss Me Again. Accompaniment was by Mrs. Alton B Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Dothan
Daisy Dell Brooking
Wieniawaki
RAF and Axis Bombing Campaigns Across Europe
Allied and German air forces continued extensive bombardments across Europe. Mosquito and heavy bombers struck targets in Italy and Germany, with raids over Hamburg, Bremen, and Genoa. RAF fighters engaged German airfields in France and Belgium, while a German news agency reported the RAF raid on Hamburg caused substantial damage. London press urged renewed bombing of Rome as Sicily nears a climax, despite Badoglio’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mamburg
Thatateria
Rabr
Whinslang
RAF
Mites
Porte
Genoa
Italy
Europe
S T Didier
France
Abbe Wills
Air Ministry
Belgium
Britain
Barin
Associated Press
Manohsien
London
Rome
Pietro Badognes
London Daily Express
Badoglio
Adolf Hitler
Division Reorganization Details Revealed by Hoyt
Hoyt outlines bureau staff reductions across units in the division reorganization. Special services drop from 281 to 88, motion pictures from 180 to 14, radio from 1y to 53, graphics and printing from 74 to 25, news from 188 to 146, public relations down to zero, and program coordination increasing from 30 to 44.
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Hoyt
Weather and ground actions delay advance in Pacific theater
Heavy rain on New Georgia hampered ground forces moving north from Munda toward Bairoko. In Salamaua, ground activity was limited to patrols and harassing artillery fire as the comm unique noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Georgia
Munda
Bairoko
Salamaua
Soviet Attack Drives on Kharkov and Bryansk
Russian communique reports the capture of over 100 villages as the Red Army advances on Kharkov and Bryansk. Heavy enemy losses include 212 tanks and 139 guns, with rail lines and supply dumps hit. Two Red Army generals reportedly killed in Belgorod and Orel battles.
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Bryansk
Kharkov
Red Army
Bryanak
Unecha
Shakovo
253Rd
Moscow Radio
London
Belgorod
Orel
Apenrenko
Guriyev
Stalingrad
Prowler Incident Spotted at Headland Avenue Home
Report states the prowler at Headland Avenue could not be identified and fled before officers could reach the scene. A thorough search found no trace inside the Headland Avenue house, police said, as investigators reviewed the Farmers’ residence where the intruder had been spotted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continard
Secupanty
Headland Avenue
Bren
Farmers Plant Clover and Grass For Winter Grazing
Auburn Alabama area farmers adopt a clover and rye grass grazing system to winter grazed pastures and seed production. Fred Stewart of the Tennessee Valley Experiment Station developed late July to early August seeding plan for better growth through winter and early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Fred Stewart
Tennesses
Belle Misa
FSA Group Meetings Held Across County
Approximately eighty five places hosted FSA group meetings in the county. Sessions occurred at Columbia School Dothan Courthouse Harmon Oakland Radford School and Cottonwood School with county supervisor Morris M Borland and Miss Mery B Arnot. Borland announced loan closings for two farms one owned by Mrs Ta North of Ashford Route 2 and another by Mrs Flossia Thompson of Columbia, purchased by Ruby Forehand Webb Route 1 and James A McNell Gordon Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sis Fea
Columbia School
Dothan
Harmon [Achat
Radford
Madrid
Cottonwood School
Morris M. Borland
FRA
Mery B. Arnot
Borland
Mre. Ta
Ashford
Mra
Flossia Thompson
Columbia
Ruby Forehand
Webb
James A. McNell
Gorden
Berlin warns on war, Italy to receive German help
The Berlin correspondent for Informaciones reports rising public resentment as underground opposition grows and the government fails to respond to peace demands. An upcoming Madrid dispatch claims Italy will keep fighting with even stronger military aid from Germany than before.
Invasion Command Roles on Guadalcanal Recalled
The article recalls the Guadalcanal invasion one year later with Rear Admiral George A. Fort commanding landing craft flotillas and Major General Oscar W. Griswold leading ashore army forces. Major General John H. Hester of Albany, Georgia, led early landing operations at Rendova Island until Griswold replaced him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
George A. Fort
Oscar W. Griswold
John H. Hester
Albany
Rendeve Island
Griswold
Cooperation to curb prostitution discussed by military and civilians
Military and civilian officials debated closer cooperation to eliminate prostitution. Proposals included fingerprinting and photographing women arrested for vagrancy or disorderly conduct, with Napier Field offered to run a photo bureau for rapid police action. Health and legal obstacles were examined, including detention and treatment needs, and the need to harmonize laws for effective enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Burkett
James L. Daniel, Jr
Napier Field
Warlang
Commission
J. C Bates
Clinzea
Burkett
Dicials Exam Sweet Potato Fag and Food Research
A wartime bulletin discusses sweet potato products including puree, cream powder, and candied wafers as nutritious options for soldiers. It notes quick dehydration, caramel like textures, and high sugar content in tests, with claims of not becoming ordinary dehydrated potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gweq
Italy
Wandwich
Ware
Couger
War
Western Union Postal Merger Approved by Authorities
Western Union gains Postal telegraph assets and obligations after merger approval by Congress Army Navy Commerce and Federal Communications agencies. Albert Williams says the union will be stronger to meet postwar needs in radio mail and telephone. About 12815 Postal employees to transfer on equal terms. Cable business to be dissolved per agreement while future steps await legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weat Union
Western Unie
Gress
Army and Navy
Department of Commerce
Spd
Federal Communications
Albert N. Willialms
Western Union
Concgie Western Union
Cordance
Agrw
T Reta
Fi Corp
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Poseema
TEX
Speigner Marble CO
Phene A N. Ontes
Studebaker
Studebaker Engineering Laboratories
Wright Safety Service
Ontes
Sicily
A.D. Wilkerson
Houston County War Pace and Rationing Board
Rationing Board
Whiddon Implement Co
Messina
Itsian
Vibo Valentia
Crotone
Mt. Ft
Four Horsemen of
Notre Dame
Ciuicago Commodities
New Orleans
New York
Namber
FSA
Furniture Rest Estate
Dothan Savings & Loan
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