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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1944
Page
2
Fragmented text describes keeping hogs healthy with clean water and proper feed, mentions mineral and protein supplements, avoiding range loss, and mentions materials like crude oil for crank case and fabrics such as dyed sacks. Some garbled terms appear, but core advice centers on nutrition, housing, and general animal care.
Advertising text promotes lowering home heating costs by using energy efficient measures. It encourages readers to adopt economical heating practices to enjoy a more comfortable summer season and reduce family expenses.
Chicago AP says the National Safety Council found that the boiling water bath and open kettle methods are safest for home canning after studying 1843 accidents. Eighty percent of last year’s incidents stemmed from oven canning.
In Auburn Alabama, extension poultryman John Ivey advises gathering eggs multiple times daily during heat. Cool air exposure speeds cooling. use wire trays or baskets over buckets. Provide nests for every four hens to prevent nest heating. Also notes reheating cooked vegetables with steam and removing tea stains with salt vinegar solution.
The council reported about 15 percent of mishaps were caused by pressure canning, with fewer accidents from open kettles and boiling water. Beans caused more injuries than any other vegetable.
Clarence C Horton of Courtland was unanimously chosen commander of the Alabama Department of the American Legion at its annual convention in Montgomery to lead next year, succeeding Erwin Lenmas of Lingdale. Other officers include Albert Stapp vice commander and Birmingham as 1955 convention city, with regional commanders and auxiliary officers named.
Wilson Douglas Thomas, 22, of Ashford, receives promotion to corporal announced today by the Ninth Air Forces Service Command Group in the European theater. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William P Thomas and husband of Musette K Thomas route two Ashford. He graduated Columbia High School and attended Alabama Polytechnical Institute for a year. Before service he worked at Mobile shipyard and now does sheet metal work with the service group.
Abbeville special report says Corporal Emmett E. Glover of Abbeville was found dead in a New York City hotel on a two day pass from Mitchell Field Long Island. He served in the army engineers battalion since 1943 and had been in a hospital in Scotland since February after an operation. He is survived by his wife Myrtle and daughter Jean, with no brothers or sisters listed.
Otis Pickett, paralyzed by a hunting accident ten years ago, turns his bedroom into a woodworking shop. He carves beautiful furniture while flat on his back, with tools hung from the bed and heavy equipment on wheeled tables, using a grappling hook to pull gear to his bedside.
Four southwest airfields in the Arizona desert surpassed one million flight hours as they trained 13,000 students from 20 nations to fly for the Allies. The article notes the scale likened to a 661,980‑plane armada on a London to Berlin bombing mission.
Instructions describe rinsing sifters in cold water until flour is washed away, then washing thoroughly in hot water and ringing to keep them clean.
A garbled OCR style report mentions Gov Devis and Gov Jaemer Ho Dave in a nonsensical fragment about rain, a Sunday school student, and a classroom cue claiming God made the sun shine. The text includes stray phrases and unclear names, with no coherent event or dates.
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