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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1943
Page
8
Agricultural notes advise readers on starting a garden with vegetables to ease shortages. It covers space—three by six feet plots—soil preparation with manure and loam, watering, and ten day settling. It discusses using hotbeds or window trays to start crops like tomatoes and eggplants, with heat, depth, and row spacing considerations.
In Petersburg Florida an eight inch World War I shell was stolen from an American Legion post home. J Gilbert Jones, post commander, warned that the shell still contained a charge and could explode if not handled carefully. In Virginia Camp Pickett reports an unrelated incident of jar breakage and a joking siege of keeping things up in a Saturday morning jazz swing scene.
San Francisco AP Joe DiMaggio plans voluntary induction into the U S Army after settling business matters with Maurice Moskovitz. The Yankee center fielder, 28, 3-A, expects to take a reduced private salary while serving. He aims to support war effort and preserve baseball for future seasons if conditions allow.
The text notes DiMaggio’s seventh season with the Yankees and his leap to the major leagues from the San Francisco Seals for a $25,000 price. Heston is cited as becoming one of the era’s highest paid players since Babe Ruth, highlighting big salaries in the period.
Washington reports a coming rationing phase for pre camped foods will spark neighborly swaps. OPA officials note point values differ from market prices, encouraging trading can goods for equivalent items. Home canning may yield gifts but limits apply. kraut and peanut butter shifts are discussed alongside fats and oils rationing and glycerine use for war needs.
New York AP report notes Georgia Southern, a dancer and comedienne, launches a one-woman troupe to provide camp show material for service men. She offers a booklet of sketches and comedy bits needing minimal stage direction and costumes. Mail requests to the Mule Box Theater in New York to obtain material and fees. Brasilia notes briefly in the final line.
Amid wartime pressure a broad volunteer program aims to mobilize farmers for output. The piece notes county turnout, the role of Triple A committees, and calls for farmwide participation to meet food needs, with authorities pressuring compliance and penalties hinted for nonconformity.
Washington dispatch notes confusion as Tretns tom ppu disrupts Wiergate, Devlin County, with a large scrap drive causing local concerns. Juvenile age limits for tender participation vary by state from 14 to 21, affecting engagement and policy.
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