Egyptian Cotton Crop Reported Lowest Since 1895
Auburn alert reports the IK3 Egyptian cotton crop reaching its lowest production since 1895. The forecasted 1968 harvest totals about 708,000 bales, far below the 10 year average of 1,737,000 bales, due to policy shifts toward food crops and fertilizer constraints impacting yields.
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Auburn
Egypt
Department of Agriculture
Office At Foreign Agricultural Relations
Wales
Ime
War Accelerates Interstate Trucking Across States
War loosens rules on highway movement of war materials as several states suspend weight limits and fees. New Mexico, Montana, and Arkansas have eased maximum weights while Oregon allows non residents to use highways without extra fees. Some states pursue reciprocal license and fee agreements with others.
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Chicago
Public Administration
New Mexico
Malina
Arkansas
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Oklahoma
Beavers Make Comeback in Jefferson National Forest
Beavers imported from the West are making a major comeback in Jefferson National Forest near Newcastle Virginia. Raccoons and bears are also reported plentiful in the area signaling a shift in wildlife balance this season.
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Newcastle, Va
West
Jefferson National Forest
Dorothy Dix on Men and Wiles of Women in Love
A humorously pointed column argues men, though sharp and worldly, are often gullible before women. It cites juries, divorced couples, aging millionaires, and marriage traps to question whether men are truly as smart as they seem.
Hymns Gain Ground With Fighting Men In War Broadcasts
New York radio singers Mortos Downey and Vivien Hour of Charm stir servicemen with hymns not pop tunes. Downey shifts a Chapel In the Air segment to feature a hymn weekly after receiving hundreds of hymn requests from mothers, chaplains, and troops. Vivien Hollace Shaw notes hymns rise post Pearl Harbor as faith grows amid war and soldiers learn sacred songs.
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Carol Seamawner
Mall Wow
New York
Radio
Mortos Downey
Vivien
Hour of Charm
Downey
Pearl Harbor
Bernadette
Hollace Shaw
Fresno
Calif
New Guinea
Miss Shaw
Rock of Ages
America
The Love Game and Men’s Clever Strategies
A fragment argues that women use timeless tactics to win a man and that men, wiser yet secretive, understand but will not reveal their knowledge. It questions whether men are amused or flattered by being pursued and implies a shared, unspoken understanding between genders.
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TNT
Hymns Offer Comfort to Soldiers After the War
Miss Shaw notes a new religious awareness among the troops as hymns rise in importance. She says hymns are sought because they remind the soldiers of home and the peace and security they hope for after the war.
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Lady Oakes
Maine
Girl Scouts Join Kiwanis Luncheon Appeal in Dothan
Betty Walker and Martha McBride spoke at the Dothan Kiwanis Club weekly meeting urging support for the Girl Scouts movement. Sara Newton entertained on piano, Dr. H. A. Hicks spoke on Physical Fitness for Youth, and Theodore Jackson left for Quonset Point Naval Air Station joining the club's Military Service Membershp Roll, bringing seven serving members. Kiwanian Fred H. Var of Dade City, Florida, attended as a visitor.
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Betty Walker
Martha McBride
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Sara Newton
H. A. Hicks
Theodore Jackson
Naval Air Training Station
Quonset Point
R. 1
Kiwants Club
Fred H. Var
Dade City
Florida
New Type Hamburger Washington
An AP report describes a made up North Africa dish called hoar burgers offered by a Moroccan sheik to the Red Cross. The tale notes that a meat grinder produced 30 boar burgers for Yankee soldiers. The piece also mentions Mount Marcy at 5344 feet as New York's highest elevation.
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Washington
North Africa
Red Cross
Mount Marcy
New York
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MR. Farmer
Ashford
Dothan Milling Company
Mengomery Highway
Nassa
Oakes
Nassau
Alfred de Marigny
Rigaret
Harry Oakes
Neamu
Liewt
John Douglas
de Marigny
Sir Oscar Daly
Jo Cout
Girl Scouts
Kiwanis
W. A. Stembridge
Enterprise Hiway
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S. E. Alabama
T. C. Stembridge
Jece
L. J. Hardy
Heidi
Red
Salz
Sigma
Duke
Weas Smith
Hollis
RFD
Dothen
T. W. Pelsraen, Ashford
J. T. Cutebon
Dye
N. Ho McCallum
Dothan
Observer Masterpiece
O. Wiggins
Webb
RFD LL
Wicksburg
Hartford
Wicksburg Road
Coy McGowan
Slocomb
Chefin
Vicksburg
Chafin
Ford
William McGriff
Columbia
L. L. Sorrells
Umit
Joe Whitaker
Astford
Ala
Columbia-Dothan
KE. HE. Wakefield
Stancing
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Headland
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Peacock
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Hodgesville Road
Albert Stephenson
J. 8
Enterprise Highway
Grimes
Montgomery Highway
Homer Skipper
E. M. Averett
Bascom
Fie
J. W. Varnum
John Hudgens
Prichard
C. C. Cum
Graceville
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Galilee
Les Will Adané
Ley Cabin Club
Old Taylor Road
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Newton
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R. B. Johnson
G. W. Powell
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