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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
6
The article outlines the U S Atlantic patrols base and fleet readiness to keep sea lanes open. It then emphasizes tuberculosis as a major death cause for ages 15 to 34 and advocates widespread testing, including tuberculin tests and chest X rays, especially for youth and those in contact with children.
The article discusses symptoms of active pulmonary tuberculosis and how campaigns raise awareness leading to earlier treatment. It notes case finding in schools and factories detects asymptomatic cases and cites a drop in TB mortality from over 250 to below 60 per thousand in the United States.
Miss Mabel G Fernald describes a national diet plan to improve family health through farm produced foods. She cites low current diet quality and recommends four cups milk daily for children, three for adults, regular meals, rest, and a weekly pattern of meat fish or poultry, beans, vegetables, fruit and eggs. Readers urged to plan carefully and share responsibility for higher nutrition standards.
U S Department of Agriculture notes progress in farm product marketing co operatives. George H Thomson of Farm Credit says co operatives show leadership in many fields with innovations like an olive cooperative machine that pits 750 to 1000 olives per minute, aiding a commercial pack.
During winter cows should be turned out daily for fresh air and sunshine with moderate exercise to prevent lameness and poor thrift. Moderate activity slightly raises butterfat yield. sunshine supplies vitamin D with roughage. Weather decides outdoor time. provide a sunny exercise pad dock and re-bed stalls while cows are outside.
Dr John Mohler, chief of the federal bureau of animal industry, says Germany has infected Channel Islands dairy cattle with foot and mouth disease after occupying the islands in 1949. He notes Russia’s 1948 invasion of Finland also brought the disease there. He stresses strict quarantines to shield U S livestock from foreign diseases.
In Philadelphia and New York, Eleanor Roosevelt discusses physical fitness for youth and workers health, praising unions like the International Ladies Garment Workers and urging discipline for freedom. She notes potential in a Woman's Land Army and emphasizes responsible citizen rights amid national danger.
S Spewack notes Britain’s bombings show property rights pale beside human rights. Life magazine scams, a Texas football team slump, and a parade of media jests, with Woollcott, Hearst, and Roosevelt stories, plus a burlesque on crime yarns and editors.
A man at a new lunch spot struggles with his usual brown bread, receiving white bread instead each day. After a week he switches tactics and orders the opposite, asking for white bread while noting his prior brown preference. The waitress hints at his consistency as the conversation continues humorously.
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