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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1946
Page
4
ESSEN AP reports German miners receive strictly weighed meals at Ruhr mines. Portions, including meat, bread, and cheese, are measured to the gram to ensure fair shares, with bread sliced by machine and even an extra inch square considered to balance portions.
Hu go Warloch, an Austrian prisoner of war, asks delay of repatriation as he continues archeological work at the Munster camp. He has uncovered over 150 carved stones he believes date to Mesolithic times and has permission from British authorities to dig in a 60 yard by 60 yard area.
Melbourne AP reports hundreds of surplus warplanes, including Spitfires, Hurricanes, Beaufighters, Beauforts, Oxfords, Boomerangs, Fairy Battles, and Gannets, will be destroyed. They will be stripped of saleable parts and sold as scrap as the Civil Aviation Department bars licensing for below civilian strength and safety standards.
Durban based showman William Pagel laments elephant prices rising with living costs. He claims prewar young elephants 4 feet 6 inches tall cost about 300 dollars each, but today price scales by height. Pagel cites searching India for affordable stock, noting possible losses, and that East Africa offered cheaper options, leading him to buy seven elephants, two hippos and two pink pelicans.
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