Beeswax and sugar save the war effort in cane sugar shortage
ILTON BRONNER reports that bees need sugar to produce honey and beeswax critical for medicines cosmetics and war materials. The piece explains bees supply sugar substitutes for jams and foods while beeswax aids waterproofing and materials for shells and aircraft, stressing why bees cannot be denied sugar during shortages.
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Ilton Bronner
Rvice
Gton
Sam
Newcastle
Steet Tisburgh
Cali+ i
Army
War Front
Eason
Nectar
Melting Pot Boils on the Axis
A Fort Des Moines induction center sergeant reported his detail of six good American soldiers. He noted three parents were born in Japan, two in Germany, and one in Italy, illustrating the melting pot in wartime recruitment.
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Des Moines
America
Fort Des Moines
Orn
Japan
Germany
Italy
Bees Get Sugar Ration As Winter Food Vanishes
War Production Board and Department of Agriculture ensure sugar supply for bees facing floral scarcity. Beekeepers receive 10 pounds per colony, prorated for days without natural forage. Example shows a 50‑colony operation needing 200 pounds for two weeks. Honey industry scale noted with 254,000 farms in 1949 and state production led by California with over 6.5 million pounds.
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War Production Board
Department of Agriculture
Black Light Helps Railroads See in Blackouts
The ultraviolet “black light” enables freight cars to be identified during blackout conditions. Seaboard Railway adopted fluorescent chalk to mark car numbers, which glow under UV illumination, allowing yard sorting and train assembly without visible light. Potential uses include marking station names signals and schedules for peacetime and wartime needs.
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U. & Railroad
Seaboard Railway
Atlantic Coast
Seaboard
Britain
Kitchen rainbow market guide sparks creative meals
Vivid spring market colors invite home cooks to plan meals by color and nutrition. The suggestion blends art and cooking, encouraging families to design dishes around a spectrum of vegetables to meet vitamin needs while treating meals as creative projects.
Our Daily Bread Progress in War Industry Declares Growth
The piece notes rapid U S industrial shift to war goods from 1932 to 1942, with aircraft output surpassing Axis nations, cargo ship production rising to 1941 levels, and tanks ramping up, while acknowledging Washington and labor challenges and the need to sustain effort. It emphasizes national unity over factional divisions and cites Ford's plant expansion.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Wegan
Hitler
Bicycle Court Proves Its Worth
Rochester Minnesota AP reports a biennial bicycle court, started by the Whitlock Sonnenberg Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars after a study found 74 percent of bicycle rider accidents involved cyclists. Two years of operation included 2,400 licensed riders, a panel appointed as judge and staff, and Saturday sessions with referrals to juvenile court for rule violations. A new term ultramicroscopics ifieg Volcanokoniosis is described as a disease from inhaling volcanic dust.
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Rochester, Minn
Rochester
Sponsorsip
Whitlock-Sonnenberg Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Out of door uses for invisible lighting precision
Experimenters describe Bise klight as a possible tool for marking military and commercial air fields and for illuminating tools and construction materials in outdoor, round-the-clock industrial settings. The notes emphasize outdoor applicability and continuous operation requirements.
Trade Pact Aims At Repatriating Americans From Germany
Negotiations between the United States and Germany seek repatriation of civilians in both countries who wish to return home. Swiss diplomats coordinate efforts, with focus on clearing out nationals rather than trading goods, as many Americans in Germany are tied to American firms or incomes.
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Milton Bronner
NEA
Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
Munich
Dresden
America
Great Britain
Gestapo
Sorgo No Solution to Sugar Problem
Charleston West Virginia AP reports that sorgo molasses will not solve the sugar shortage. The State Agriculture Department notes only small sorgo syrup production, and says conversion to solid sugar is unlikely to help farmers amid sugar limits. The sorghum juice contains sugars not akin to common table sugar.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Agriculture Department
Jokester Club in Prague Formed a Daily Joke Habit
Jokester Club in Prague Czechoslovakia once maintained a daughter club with weekly meetings where each member was required to tell or perform one joke daily.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hydrogen to energy in water teaspoon yields vast power
A teaspoonful of water converts its hydrogen into helium releasing about 100000 kilowatt hours of energy, equivalent to roughly $10000 worth of electrical current.
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