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...Road became a cloud of dust by day, reeking with the stench of hot metal and gasoline. Bumper to bumper, crawling at five miles an hour, humping along at 25, went outsize lorries, gasoline and water transports, trailers laden with tanks, ten-ton Whites, ten-ton Macks, three-ton Fords and Chevrolets (75% of the wheeled traffic was U.S.-made), staff cars, jeeps, moving westward, returning eastward for more supplies...
...were staggered by the Eighth Army's size, power, organization and mobility. Roaring and rumbling bumper-to-bumper for miles on end were convoy after convoy of tanks, armored cars, Bren-gun carriers, lorries full of troops, petrol, food and ammunition, motorcycles, staff cars and ambulances, red-faced tankmen in black berets, Indians, Scots, Tommies, New Zealanders, Australians and Americans. all directed with incredible precision...
...Agriculture Department startled the cotton trade last week, predicted a 1942 cotton crop of 14,028,000 bales, almost 1,000,000 bales above earlier estimates and the largest crop since 1937. Main reasons for the expected bumper harvest: wonderful growing weather and increased use of fertilizer. This combination boosted per-acre yield to 289.3 lb., a record high, 35% above the 1931-40 average...
...motor fuels; it is available locally in all the gasoline-rationed areas. It does, however, require a stovelike generator to convert the wood into combustible gases for the engine. This means a new diversion of semiprecious light steel or cast iron. The generator can be mounted on the rear bumper, the trunk compartment or the rumble seat, can be charged with coal or charcoal, but more cheaply with a charge of equal parts of sawdust and chopped or "hogged" wood. A carefully controlled draft prevents complete combustion of the wood while generating carbon monoxide, the fuel actually used...
...above-normal bumper crop of peaches, the Department urged the housewives of the country, already canning 50% more than usual (TIME, July 27), to can even more. In the cheese weeks (Aug. 17-29) the Department hopes to liquidate the stock of 165 million pounds of extra American cheddar. Probable best bets in the U.S. kitchen sweepstakes for late August: corn, lima beans, plums and prunes...