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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
7
A 1946 report praises U S meat dealers and housewives for steady fat recovery. Civilian and military programs have returned 860 million pounds of used fat, supporting soap making and food supply. If fats had not been salvaged, civilian soap and edible fats would be scarcer.
A partially readable fragment notes a membership ticket dated 1876 for the Wellington Fair. The item was found among papers in Brighton and references a local fair participation. No other names or locations beyond Brighton are clearly identified.
North Olmsted hosts a Homecoming and first annual Garden Club show on Saturday August 24. Event runs 1 to 8 30 pm with a flower and vegetable show, ball games for youths, an archery demonstration, a 4 H Club style show, and evening orchestral entertainment. Exhibits for residents and Garden Club members, no entry fee, junior section available, awards for adults and youths. Further details via committee. England photo boom despite paper shortage.
A 1940s style feature urges households to collect used cooking fats and deliver them to meat dealers for fat salvage. It explains how every pound finances more packaged laundry soap, toilet soap, and soap production, tying household fat disposal to national supplies and wartime needs. It cites the American Fat Salvage Committee and government cooperation to boost soap and other byproducts.
Practical notes cover drying damp corn by maximizing air flow in the crib, alfalfa seeding and soil protection, DDT use for apple moths with timing, silage from culled potatoes, soil humus loss in Corn Belt soils and the need to restore humus, hatchery chick sexing for Red varieties, dusting lambs for ticks with a special oil mix, and dairy calf rearing guidelines including milk rations and housing.
In 1900 there were thirty eight cities with pipe stations above 1000. By the 1940 census that number had grown to ninety two.
Production setbacks rise as Chingse and Korgan depart and nine workers leave. Efforts to recruit sufficient Japanese laborers meet with limited success, hampering operations and prompting management to reassess staffing plans.
Washington reports outline of Sir Joan Boyd Orr’s plan to create a world food board to set minimum and maximum prices for key commodities and to buy surplus when prices fall and release stocks when prices rise. Critics warn of funding questions and potential for U S tap. leaders in London and Washington weigh alternate paths to Copenhagen.
The text discusses FAO and UNRRA, a world food board with global powers, and potential shifts after UNRRA as Europe faces food shortfalls. It notes tentative plans for Bond to take over UNRRA duties, uncertain prospects, and long energy gaps before 1998 levels. Also mentions tobacco excise duties in British East Africa at $1.62 per pound for cigarettes.
Ceiling prices for used 1946 cars are revised with new dollar and cent figures. The changes apply to three regions and become effective August 1. The notes indicate instances of price adjustments by sellers for specific models and vintages.
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