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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
3
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After two years of construction the Harrisburg Pittsburgh Tunnel Turnpike opens as a 160 mile toll road. Engineered to minimize accidents with two lane divided design wide shoulders gentle grades cloverleaf interchanges and nearly a thousand signs guiding speed and safety. Alcohol sales are banned at service stations and restaurants along the route pedestrians are barred to reduce human error.
The changes raise occupation deferrals for 18 to 22 year old registrants except those in agriculture or with children unless a deferral is authorized. All registrants receive a pre-induction physical at least 31 days before induction. Enlistment and naval early release periods are eliminated, effective February 1 for 12 months.
The article details how eye placement varies greatly among animals. Humans and apes share parallel visual axes, while others show divergences up to 170 degrees. It notes hare, rodent, carnivore, and livestock ranges with specific degrees for cats, dogs, pigs, cows, camels, and giraffes.
A new aluminum roast meter aids cooks by showing pork, lamb, and beef temperatures on a skewered glass tube. The device cleans easily, with a removable bottom, and offers a thoughtful gift for brides and career cooks seeking reliable results.
Dr Henry G Knight of the Department of Agriculture announced plans to employ 200 scientists to develop new uses for tobacco dairy products apples vegetables and other surplus crops. Nicotine from tobacco will be a key research area as a contact insecticide and stomach poison. New apple uses include juice dried products pectin wax seed oil and pulp from apples.
New sun protectors use immovable polaroid lenses in shell frames with a movable behind each lens to control light. They prevent eyestrain and headaches from extreme outdoor brightness, though costing more.
The Social Security Board in its eighth annual report urged extending social insurance to farmers, farm workers, professionals, household workers, and government and non profit employees. It called for medical and hospital care insurance without limiting free choice of doctors or hospitals and urged setting up a comprehensive system now to be ready for the postwar period.
Under the new ration token plan effective Feb 27 a housewife can buy about the same amount of rationed processed foods and meats fats as now. Point values adjust so 60 points for meats and fats buys the same as the current 64 points and the 50 point allotment for processed foods equals the present 46 points.
Pre-war model baby carriages strollers walkers and pushcarts are to reappear on the market in about six weeks as greater steel availability enables their production.
The WPB, WFA and WMC unite to mobilize farmers and farm workers to serve in woods and wood industries during spare time, especially winter to spring. A 14 million cord domestic pulpwood target is set for 1944 to support armed forces overseas and home front needs. Farmers hold about 139 million acres of farm woods yielding roughly one third of forest products and 38 percent of pulpwood nationwide.
The government expands the wartime school lunch program to provide more generous meals for lunchroom and cafeteria offerings. The plan, in effect for a year, targets nutritionally appropriate noon meals for schoolchildren.
Remind soldiers overseas of following medical officers advice to stay healthy in tropical postings. Home folks can support by reinforcing routines, hydration, rest, and prompt reporting of symptoms to preserve fitness and morale.
December wheeled tractor output topped 20,000, the best month in two years, compared with 4,200 in December 1942. The War Production Board says the current production pace must be kept up to meet the 202,000 tractor quota.
The article advises using flake salt for livestock and checking seed oats germination before spring work. It notes oat germination can be poor and urges early seed orders due to labor shortages. Tama oats is highlighted for wide adaptation and high yield, with resistance noted. Pregnant ewes may be treated with phenothiazine for nodular worms, a drug highly effective at eliminating the worms.
The article notes 1,028,000 pounds allocated by the WPB for 1943 to treat about 2,141 acres at three pounds per square rod. It discusses crop protection, cattle finishing prospects with quality corn and legume hay, and the need for protein supplements in silage based rations. It also covers poultry culling trends, war bond purchases by Iowa farmers, and rising farm bank deposits. It includes cattle disease details on gatgut? mastitis and udder care practices.
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