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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1946
Page
4
The NutriPonsal Observatory pamphlet argues overeating causes obesity and dieting is the cure. It claims glandular disorders cause bulges but can be reduced by dietary measures and stresses a bigger breakfast with protein like bacon and eggs to fight mid morning fatigue.
Salt Lake City AP reports on Utah relief legends and the Sega lily said to have saved settlers twice. In 1843, a year after Mormon arrival, crops failed and provisions ran short, prompting reliance on the state flower as a symbol of sustenance.
Fragmentary notes describe baking muffins with peanut butter and sugar using muffin pans in a hot oven. The garbled text mentions shortening and a reduced sugar amount, suggesting a quick bread style batter and a timeframe of weeks until a desired result, though details are unclear.
Holyoke Massachusetts. The Holyoke Taxpayers Association urged a municipal truancy list to curb absenteeism. Executive Secretary Edwin A Seibel asked the mayor to require on payrolls the days each employee is absent for illness or vacation. A police department policy already in effect reduced absenteeism.
A historic account notes the settlement endured by eating lily bulbs while an Indian legend claims survivors of a great battle sprang up on the bloody field, illustrating enduring Native stories and hardship.
Vienna born pianist Walter Trautzig aged 21, the season’s final artist, will perform at Dothan High School auditorium Friday at 7:30 p m under the Dothan Community Concert Association sponsorship. Hautzig survived Anschluss imprisonment, studied in Vienna, later won a Curtis Institute scholarship and the Town Hall Endowment Award, and recently gave Town Hall recitals in New York.
Rio de Janeiro faced a novel protest as a bank workers strike introduced the sandwich man tactic on city streets. Picket lines featured picketers carrying sandwich type signs while crowds watched, inspiring commentary from a columnist in O Globo.
Arthur Darlington, airport owner, hunts foxes from an airplane with a 12 gauge shotgun. He has killed 34 since Christmas and earns a 3 bounty per animal plus 3.50 per pelt. He admits the method isn't foolproof, having fired 25 shots on one flight without a hit.
Honolulu reports say a Russian explorer in 1835 first found Bikini Atoll, later mapped by Ot ta von Kotzebue and his lieutenant. The piece notes early records, naming and naming origins, and sketches the lagoon’s vast reach as observers prepare for atomic tests and worldwide coverage.
A damaged text fragment describes a patrol at the western extremity at sunset and mentions a chief aboard naming Bikini. It notes the treacherous, small islets and limited cover, with observers remarking on a peculiar grouping and danger.
Fragmentary emergency note mentions Germany and Japan and Bikini islands after World War II. It references imperial colonization and alleged molestation claims, unclear due to damaged text. Contains scattered names and phrases without full context.
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