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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1944
Page
6
A garbled OCR excerpt mentions names like Lee, Hirstles Allortson, Tom Waddell, Fulton, Ed Causey, and others, hinting at campaign activity and local figures. The side appears to list attendees, observers, and a few locations such as Santa Fe and Des Moines, with no clear event narrative or dates.
Wartime ration stamps and coupons update activity across Green stamps and Sugar stamps with valid dates through February and March 1945, detailing eligibility and deadlines. Reports on farm crop transport, all-metal refrigerator plans, and all-civilian food and packaging measures accompany life-saving training results among merchant mariners and general farming guidance.
The report notes a low January toll of merchant tonnage sunk by German U boats despite 1,977 aboard transport crews saved by other ships leaving only four lost. It also mentions increased production hopes for electric force controllers and civilian use of packing trunks. References to local notices detail civic life in Alvin and Eagle Lake amid wartime shortages and routines, closing with a quip about a boy fully immersed in water triggering a telephone ring.
Chickens and turkeys suffer intestinal worms and germs causing disease and reduced egg production. Star Sulphur Compound added to water or feed destroys worms and germs as fowls ingest feed. Prevents blood-sucking lice and mites, which sap vitality and lower egg yield. Low cost. money-back guarantee.
The 1943 report from the British Ministry of Agriculture notes Bristol school children gathered 25 million potatoes as voluntary work for the Food Production programme. If the rows planted and lifted were laid end to end they would stretch about 1500 miles. An elderly man was asked if neighbors were honest. he replied that they are, but to keep that gun loaded in the hen coop to stay honest.
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