Hog Production in Alabama Could Be Doubled Says Expert
G B Phillips extension hog specialist in Alabama outlined steps to double hog numbers within five years. He cited state cash income from hogs in 1946 at 26 million dollars, coastal sections—Sand Mountain, Tennessee Valley, Wiregrass—likely to progress fastest, and highlighted need for more grain grazing crops and home-fed pork to balance farm programs.
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Bamba
Mid-west
G. B. Phillips
Pee
Alabama
Phillips
Auburn
Ala
Grosers
Sand Mountain
Tennesse Valley
Covington County
Madison
Jackson
Lawrence
Midwest
Ten Ton Pioneer of 1848 Led Across Prairie
Chicago AP recounts the 1848 debut of the ten ton locomotive Pioneer pulling a single car eight miles west and back, marking Chicago's early rail expansion. It notes Lincoln's 1848 campaign, the rise of iron rails, and the nascent U S continental rail network from Chicago to Promontory Point, Utah.
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Prairie
William J. Conway
Chicago
Great Lakes
Iron Horse
Pioneer
Abraham Lincoln
Petersburg
Stephen T. Logan
United States
Atlantic
Galena and
Chicago Union Railroad
Mississippi River
Galena
Dubuque
Iowa
Charles Walker
Jerome Beecher
California
Omaha
Promontory Point
Utah
U. S
Calena and Chicago Union
Chicago and North Western Railway
North Western
Galena Road
Capn Ality
C. F E. Johnston
The
Western Association of Railway Executives
North Atlantic
Fooler Spots The Pizmy Owl Backward Look
A quirkiest feature is noted as foolspecked two large exe spots on the back of the owl’s head create the illusion of eyes looking forward. The oddity is described with a playful tone and imagined effect on the owl’s gaze.
Navy develops versatile 60 ton landing barge for snow and bogs
The Navy reports a landing barge capable of leaping across soft snow, road surfaces, and bogs, transporting 60 tons of personnel and equipment. The compact craft aims to improve amphibious operations in varied terrain.
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Navy
Passive Resistance On Freedom Train Delays Band Briefly
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a Mississippi Southern College band arrived at the Freedom Train as scheduled. A Marine Guard refused to move the group ahead of a long line, prompting the band to form and play Dixie and the Star Spangled Banner. The guard then snapped to attention for 435 minutes as the Land alternated between the two pieces.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi Southern College
Roosevelt couple welcomes daughter Anna Eleanor
James Roosevelt and his second wife Romelle Schneider welcomed their first daughter born Saturday. They already have two sons from the marriage James Jr. and Michael, while Roosevelt's first wife Betsy Cushing is noted as a prior spouse.
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Santa Monica
Calif
James Roosevelt
Romelle Schneider
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt
James, Jr
Michael
Betsy Cushing
Giant Power Dam Planned at Bykle Norway
The Fiedrelandsvennen reports a private hydro power company plans a giant dam at Bykle north of Kristiansand. The project would be twice as large as Norway’s largest dam to date.
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Bykle Norway
Oslo
Fiedrelandsvennen
Kristiansand
Bykle
Norway
Price Readjustment Of Pecans Praised
In Waycross Georgia the head of the National Pecan Shelters and Processors Association announces a major price rollback for pecans. Shelled pecans wholesale rose from 60 to 125 cents last year and now vary 70 to 80 cents, while fine paper shells drop from 48 cents to 22 1/2 cents and seedlings fall from 35 cents to 20 cents per pound.
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Waycross
Southeast
M. MM. Monroe
National
Pecan Shelters and Processors Association
Monroe
Russians Rescued From Distressed Ship Off Hokkaido
Russian passenger ship Dvina reported heavy list after storm on voyage from Kamchatka to Vladivostok. American airmen watched a Russian destroyer and escort transfer about 780 passengers in small boats off Japan's northern coast near Hokkaido.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
U.S. Navy
Oaos
Kamchatka Penninsula
Viladivostok
U. S. Navy
Japan
Interior Department Eyes Fuel Shortage Meeting
Senator Tobey says the Interior Department will host a state conference to discuss the fuel oil shortage and remedies. Messages invite emergency fuel coordinators from multiple states to attend and coordinate responses.
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Interior Department
Washington
Indiana
Minnesota
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Tennessee
New
Hampshiie
Connecticut
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Stuart Erwin
Barbara Wooddell
William Wright Tae Cela
Dothan City Auditorium
Walker Farm Equipment Co
Northern Cross Railroad
Illinois
Meredosia
Springfield
Manifest Destiny
Inc
Great Salt Lake
John A. Sutter
Virginia Swensen
Miam Beach
Fla
Virginia
Fooler
Dr.r.l. Tindell
Optometrist
Blumberg
Matin Street
Dothan Drug CO
Harmony House
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Pettey
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