Farmers Fight Erosion to Boost War Food Production
Wartime farmers face erosion feared to reduce crop yields and threaten soldiers and civilians. Legume cover crops like clover and winter beans are promoted to slow runoff, fix nitrogen, and restore soil fertility. County agents and extension staff urge planting strategies and fertilizer use to maximize legume production this season.
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Lesley Frost Breaks Ground In Wartime Aviation Work
Washington reports on Lesley Frost, daughter of poet Robert Frost, as the lone woman on the graveyard shift at a TWA maintenance hangar. She works on a four engine Army transport, repairs wires and 26 spark plugs, while also running a study program with other World War II era workers. Frost, previously a mahogany propeller worker in World War I, now serves as an electrical man and school organizer, hosting discussions with international guests and teaching young graduates. She has lectured, written books, and taught English, with postwar plans focused on further flying lessons and travel.
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Innovations In TV Valve Technology Described
The article explains three glowing valve types used to improve television displays. One ridges light through transparent crystals. another converts voltages to liquid for light control. a third uses fast rotating drums with mirrors to project the image. It also mentions Philo T. Farnsworth’s Image Dissector and how it scans scenes onto the screen.
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RCA
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Rotary Meeting Highlight Mentions North New Pebble Theme
The Rotary Club gathering yesterday featured speaker discussion by Dr Davie on the Sethan Branch Laboratory continuation and associated issues. Farverd attended as a member. MECORD ORE CARGO carried 18,122 tons of iron ore from Herbers, Minnesota to South Am, OL, in July 1941 aboard the Harry Couiby.
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Rotary Club
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Sethan
Hex Farverd
Harry Couiby
Herbers
Minn
Southam
Television's future brightens with wartime tech gains
Wartime research accelerates television progress as tubes drop in cost and engineers repurpose military know-how. A sevenfold gain in pickup sensitivity comes from the Orthicon, an advanced Teonoscope descendant, enabling sharper viewable detail and earlier widespread broadcasting prospects despite limited range.
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Enrollment Shows No Gain In Dothan
Dothan City Schools report 1043 44 enrollment unchanged from last year as Bruce Flurry says total district enrollment stands at 2833 white students with 232 encoll-
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Dothan
Bruce Flurry
Encoll
Surplus Tomatoes Target Catsup Use Promoted
Specialists urge using surplus tomatoes to make catsup for military use. Guidance outlines a recipe yielding 1 to 2 quarts, including ripe tomatoes, peppers, sugar, spices, and vinegar. Steps cover washing, seeding, cooking, pressing, straining, bottling, sealing, and storage. Distribution points listed at Rose HI, Minnie T Heard, Young Junior High, and Dothan High.
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Bose
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Frepacitent of Agriculture
Teope
South
Pont Poe
Rose HI
Minnie T Heard
Young Junior High School
Dothan High
Parks Visitors Top One Million In 1941
About one million people visited the U S national parks during 1941. The figure highlights strong public interest in protected lands as the nation prepared for wartime efforts.
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U.S. National Parks
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