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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1943
Page
3
The Wiregrass region faces a corn shortage forcing farmers to sell breeding hogs and delaying market-ready stock. National surpluses exist but are tied to pending Congress action on surplus wheat sales to feed livestock. Rushing through authorization for additional surplus wheat could alleviate feed costs and boost hog output.
A Washington rumor suggests Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard might resign to take a UN food program coordinator post. Critics say his handling of the food program worsened shortages and farm resentment, with questions about leadership as the nation faces agri culture and labor challenges.
The nation debates medical relocation to ease doctor shortages as Public Health Service warns of a worse epidemic than prior wars. Senator Pepper presses for Senate Education and Labor Committee inquiry while the Office of War Information probes the issue.
Field by field, Rommel must outmaneuver Allied pressure on multiple fronts. Patton and Montgomery spearhead converging advances from the central and western fronts, threatening to trap the Tunisian commander at the Mareth line. A widening corridor between Makama and Fondouk narrows Nazi options as American, French, and British forces close in.
A garbled, fragmentary passage references German plans to move time by one hour on March 29 and mentions conductors, a shack, pennies, and drivers stopping. The text reads as a stray riddle with stray phrases about flyers and telephone pater and curb stonen, providing no coherent news event or clear entities.
In Algeria Ernie Pyle explains the Army Message Center handling his columns, the route home by wireless or air, and the trust placed in the Signal Corps. He lists a humorous roster of duty-modified soldiers, with hometowns from Exeter New Hampshire to Steubenville Ohio, sharing light snippets of life and nicknames.
Gladys Degner notes wartime conservation for kitchen utensils. Do not burn pans or run empty pots on high heat to avoid war damage. repair bulged aluminum pans with a wooden block and mallet. replace loose handles. avoid steel wool scrapers. use abrasive powder if soap and water fail. stir with a wooden utensil while cooking.
CHICAGO W E Crouch head of the division of game, fish and wildlife, says American hunters could not use as much game as last year. He notes 755,404,088 pounds of game meat were harvested nationwide, mainly from rabbits, squirrels and opossums, and argues hunting this year should not deplete wildlife. He cites conservation, preventing crop depredation, and maintaining grain and orchard resources as reasons to allow hunting with open season and area limits.
Do not use metal to avoid scratching and avoid sudden temperature changes for glass or porcelain. Soak Pyrex or porcelain in warm water with soda to loosen food. A lemon dipped in gall will brighten copper. Boil two tablespoons of vinegar in one quart of water in an aluminum utensil to remove stains. Do not handle hot Pyrex with a wet cloth.
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