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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1943
Page
7
Fragmented OCR notes discuss using poisons to protect stored grains from pests and moisture. The text mentions securing bags, elevating grain, and applying sulfur compounds or fumigation methods, though many phrases are garbled.
Ling outlines fumigation steps for grain and beans using carbon disulfide at 70 degrees or higher. Treatments run 4 to 48 hours with sealed storage, then air out before reuse. Monthly grain checks advised. exposure warnings caution combustibility and danger.
Ninety words highlight Gretchen Stremmel, civilian at Orlando Army Air Forces School, who devised a quick closing device for parachute packs. She receives the Air Services Command Award of Merit, first for a civilian in the southeastern states, and promotes a free illustrated booklet What to Do Before and After Pulling the Ripcord. Her team of women employees are credited with saving lives through meticulous packing at Orlando Base, with plaques listing pilots and packers.
Funeral services for Lionel C. Jones age forty eight who died on Foley Saturday afternoon were held in Geneva County at Black community with Rev. Fr. Holmce of Geneva officiating. Burial followed in the Black cemetery with Boyd and Company of Enterprise in charge. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Henry Jones Coffee Springs three brothers W I Jones US Navy H E Jones Jacksonville Florida and R L Jones US Army and four sisters Mrs W T McDonald Black Mrs J C McGowan Geneva Mrs Charley McNeill Hartford and Mrs L C Oliver Coffee Springs.
Sugar held medicinal status rather than culinary value in English speaking regions until around the middle of the 1500s, when its use expanded beyond healing.
Fragmentary OCR text appears as a garbled sports or dialogue snippet with unclear names and context. No identifiable event or entities are reliably extractable from the provided lines.
War plant workers influence hat trends with cloth hats for practicality and ease of wear. Men favor rollable toppers, colors range from solid to plaid, with greens becoming popular. Felt hats stay classic, with simple brims and new colors gaining interest. Care tips warn against rain damage and emphasize slow drying. GI fashion notes reference Army influence and WAC imagery as civilians adapt to wartime roles.
Sgt. George Blessner, tail gunner on a U S bomber, reportedly the first American newsboy decorated for bravery after dropping a Steubenville Herald-Star over the Italian mainland near Sicily. Wounded on the mission, he received the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster for valor.
BE CORP AP Features recounts a chaotic Army routine as WAC recruits wake in full regalia and endure a rapid cycle of reveille mess, shopping, and fitting rooms. Clerks select sizes for shirts, blouses, pants, and shoes, while soldiers accumulate gear in barracks bags after signing for each item.
A garbled compilation of historic claims includes Kilburns Miemoria in memory of 763000 war horses, Glidden’s barbed wire invention in DeKalb, fortifications at Winnow, LaSalle’s Crevecoeur on Lake Peroria, Pennsylvania satire of rotten gna te, a phonograph with steel needs for 30 caliber bullets, first U.S. steel rails from Chicago mills in 1865, arteal rock peridotite diamonds at Murfreesboro Arkansas in 1306, beer as quick energy, raw rubber price, beginnings of Chinese books on America’s last page, and the Grand Army post at Decatur, TL in 1506.
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