Drying Vegetables to Cut Wastage and Preserve Flavor
A New York Health Department action highlights massive waste from spoiled produce. The article discusses moisture as the main culprit, proposes a drying process developed in the United States, and recounts German precedents and patent efforts by Waldron Williams and colleagues to produce shelf-stable, flavorful dried vegetables and fruits for home use, aiming to lower costs and reduce losses.
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Atlantic
New York Department of Health
Porto Rico
Jamaica
New York Sun
San Franisco Bay
United States
Haves
Waldron Williams
Woodford Brooks
F. G. Wiechmann
Williams
Columbia University
Middle River
Cal
Bound Brook
N. J
Webster
Herr Direktor
New York
Department of Agriculture
Scraps From A World Invention Wide Ocean of Ideas
A British patent covers tanks attached to a cable for rough water propulsion. Japan army officer credits waterproof knapsacks made of aoe Ir. Cooling buildings with electric fans through hollow walls is tested. Straw in Arkansas turned into paper. Some lizards reach seven feet. An electric iron retains heat after shutdown to save electricity. Venezuela flour costs rise but bakers cut bread prices. A hot air engine drives a fan. A Spanish bell dated 1247 remains in Oakland. German breweries produce yeast to enrich stock foods. The U S fisheries bureau supplies over 4 000 000 000 fish specimens to hatcheries. Apple production per person equals a bushel and a half.
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Ween
Venezuela
Oakland
Cal
United States Bureau of Fisheries
United States
Cheese factories doing their bit in western NC
North Carolina dairying mobilizes as 13 co operative cheese plants in western NC report 790000 pounds output with more plants to come. The projects, led by A J Reed of the NC State dairy office, expect about a million pounds this spring and a stronger mountain cheese industry.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. J. Reed
Office of Dairy Farming
Cove Creek Co-Operative
Sugar Grove
Grassy Creek
Beaver Creek
Beaver Dam
Sweet Water
Rich Mountain Co-Operative
Zionville
Silver Stone Co- Operative
Wiles
Aniel Boone Co-Operative
Cane River
Bald Creek
Twin Oak
Sparta
New River
Crumpler
Helton Co-Operative
Sturgills
Brushy Fork
Vilas
Watauga Falls
State Department of Agriculture
Bickett
Purchasing Board to Meet for Bulk Hospital Supplies
The legislature created a special purchasing board to buy supplies in bulk for six state institutions. Dr John Campbell of Western Hospital for Insane Morganton was named chairman and Dr Albert Anderson of Central Hospital Raleigh secretary. Headquarters will be in Raleigh with a clerk and stenographer. organization to complete at an adjourned meeting July 1.
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State Hospitals For Insane
State School For the Blind
State School For Deaf and Dumb
John Campbell
Western Hospital For Insane
Morganton
Albert Anderson
Muster Out Crews and Pardons Highlight North Carolina News
War Depart ment orders forbid muster of part of the North Carolina National Guard brigades, with Brig Gen Laurence W Young and others to be mustered out while some orders suspend the move. James Wilcox again denied pardon for Nell Cropsey murder. James W Gerard to speak at NC State College of Agriculture and Engineering commencement May 27 28 29 with baccalaureate by Dr Edward Mack.
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War Department
Henry F. Hunt
North Carolina National Guard
Laurence W. Young
Gordon Smith
Wallace Stone
Robert Young
Hunt
Second Infantry
Raleigh
H. J. Slocum
National Guard
James Wilcox
Nell Cropsey
Bickett
Craig
South urged to raise own food for war effort
John Paul Lucas after a Washington conference on food and feed production says the South must expand acreage and improve transport to relieve railways, cut dependency on the West, and sustain armies and civilians. Departments collaborate to use findings for war supplies. labor, canning and transit are key challenges.
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Raleigh
John Paul Lucas
State Food Conservation Commission
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lucas
Mr. Lucas
Mr. Lucas. “This Was Strikingly Manifest In Our Conference. It Was the Concensus
South
New England
Discharge of 500 North Carolina Guardsmen
About five hundred NC National Guard members are slated for discharge on dependency grounds. Discharges shift 15 percent of the guard, moving from optional during mobilization at Camp Glenn to mandatory now, creating gaps to be filled by volunteers or draftees.
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Raleegh
National Guard
North Carolina
Camp Glenn
Greensboro College for Women Commencement Speakers Named
Greensboro announces a splendid commencement program with Governor Bickett as principal speaker and Bishop Kilgo as preacher Invitations are mailed to friends and graduates The ceremony opens Saturday evening May 19 at 8 30 o clock with President Turrentine praising the speakers and program
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Greensboro
Greensboro College For Women
Bickett
Bishop Kilgo
Turrentine
Bank Loans to Canning Clubs in Craven County
A local bank informs the home demonstration agent that loans will be extended to all Craven county canning club members to buy cans for preserving surplus vegetables. Loans require promissory notes without indorsement. The program started two weeks ago, with over sixty members already signed up.
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Canning Clubs
New Bern
Craven County
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Arka
Red Cross
Wilmington
National Association
L. B. McBrayer
Max Gardner
James R. Young
Durham
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Young
State Insurance Department
Patriotic Movement For
National Board of Fire Underwriters
QOUTH
Commission
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