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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1944
Page
9
A wartime feature describes an electronic needle that uses high frequency currents to weld and join materials in seconds. It explains heating, timing, and safety controls shaping future industrial uses, including radar-like guidance and automated inspection.
Army air forces redistribution station cooks praise Army rations as the best. Former civilian chefs and bakers from Binghamton to Poughkeepsie affirm the quality of Army chow, saying it surpasses civilian markets and Vassar College meals, with no rival in peacetime.
The passage explains how radio tubes act as controlled gaps in the electric circuit. Engineers regulate current flow to enable radio programs and improve telephone reception, aiming to reduce wartime load on tubes and technicians while boosting efficiency.
Frank Bergeron of Terrebonne Parish at Coteau has just reached 100 years. Born in 1844, he was sixteen at the start of the Civil War and recalls Houma's main street with palmettos and only two stores. He is a great great great grandfather with nine children and over 70 grandchildren, three of whom are deceased.
In Decatur Illinois tests show sunflowers may rival soybeans as a profitable crop. Dr H H Mitchell of the University of Illinois reports sunflower seeds contain about 53 percent protein and are highly digestible for human and animal use. Canada seeds supplied the test stock and a dwarf five foot variety aided harvesting.
Torquay England moves to demolish houses and stores in a large postwar reconstruction project costing 3 million dollars. Tenants affected resist the plan and seek to block the development amid disagreement over compensation and displacement.
Chicago physicians report to the Journal of the American Medical Association that ornithosis or pigeon borne virus pneumonia affects 40 to 50 percent of tested pigeons. Six pigeon cases in Philadelphia were diagnosed and several human patients had direct or daily exposure to the birds. Inhalation of pigeon excretions dust is the infection route.
Pacific fleet postal officer Lt Cmdr Earle D. Chance says more than 500000 bags of Christmas mail have reached Pacific war front in six weeks. Mail arrives from the mainland in eight days under a speed-up program, with Seabees and WAVEs handling large volumes.
Ships magazine reports a Norwegian pump driven by waves beating against a ship’s side. A half meter swell allegedly powers the device to eject one ton of water per minute. The pump suits vessels under 3,000 deadweight tons and is touted as ideal for fishing boats.
New York December 25 A P reports that World War II killed millions of children through violence disease and starvation. Britain saw 7250 child deaths from Nazi bombs to September 1944 with many maimed. France Belgium Netherlands Greece Poland and other occupied areas show drastic child malnutrition deaths and stunted growth. Zinc production in Peru is now at record levels.
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