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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
8
The column tackles a reader's fear that weight gain hurts marriage, noting cultural bias toward fat in some places and the strain of dieting on harmony. It adds anecdotes about husbands and dieting, then moves to personal relationship dilemmas and a harsh reality check on remarriage without reflection. An Army tank division requires 25,000 gasoline patrons to move 190 miles.
Alabama outlines a postwar plan to govern short-term leases and guide oil exploration. State Conservation Director Ben C Morgan said the program aims to spur development of potential fields, with policy needed for expanded surveys after the war. Mobile Bay oil reserves likely to be explored once navigation restrictions ease.
A Kiwanis Club session outlined yearly projects as exploration continues in Choctaw County near Gibertown with Hunt Oil Co. and two additional wells yielding mixed results. Exploratory work progresses in Washington as Clarke Monroe and Escambia Counties in southeast Alabama prepare plans.
A man identifying as James Andrade, 25, turned himself in at Mobile police saying he fled Kilby Prison after fearing his ys old daughter would be placed in an orphanage. He said he was serving 31 years for armed robbery in Montgomery County and ran out of money on his way back to Kilby. Aldersosaid the escape followed a brief stay in New Orleans.
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A garbled fragment discusses age and woe, mentions a drug and Peterson’s tubs, and asks if you are reigning. The text is unreliable but hints at a personal or medical claim and requests information or endorsement.
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