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The article features Loyd Scruggs, president of the Copper-Clad Malleable Range Company. According to the article, Scruggs invented several improvements in kitchen ranges and eventually decided to manufacture the products himself. The article notes that Scruggs has adopted a number of business philosophies that have made his company successful such as the importance of taking care of the customer and excelling in all aspects of the business.

This section offers war production news briefs. The U.S. government prohibited manufacturing of all truck trailers, exempting heavy trucks approved for production until the end of March 1943. The U.S. War Production Board imposed an order to simplify and conserve production of construction equipment, wherein alloy steel was banned for scraper production. The U.S. Office of Price Administration tightened its regulation of fuel oil rations meant for consumption in stoves and heating equipment.

The article reports on the possible implementation of plans for nationwide rationing of cooking and heating stoves on August 24, 1943, according to the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA). The liquid state of the production program of the War Production Board (WPB) is blamed for the postponements. Under the scheme, small manufacturers will be permitted to produce up to 100% of the base period. The current rationing of coal and oil heaters will be superseded by the program.

The article previews several commercial products, including Freezgide antifreeze tester from Lacey-Webber Co., Alumon chemical formulation from Enthone Co. and Groetchen Rotary Cooker from Groetchen Manufacturing Co.

The article evaluates several kitchen appliances, including the Custom Automatic electric oven from General Electric Co., KitchenAid electric mixer from Hobart Manufacturing Co., and Open Hearth electric broiler from Farberware.

The article reports on kitchen stoves in the U.S. It describes the model of the Caloric stove demonstrated at the kitchen of the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. in Newark. An overview of the Roper range is presented. It evaluates the four-burner cooking unit called Blanket-O-Flame which has been manufactured by R.C.A. Whirlpool.

The article reports on trends in kitchen appliances in the New York market as of February 18, 1956. Many housewives are digging out their kitchen walls to make room for trendy, built-in appliances that include refrigerators and ovens. Manufacturers like Hotpoint, Bendix, Revco and General Electric are producing newer and more stylish appliances with varying features to satisfy the demand for this trend.

The article presents a portrait of the household at Newburyport. There was work in those days, the back-breaking work of clearing the forest and making the meadows fit to plow; work all the time, indoors and out: cloth to weave, clothes to sew laboriously by hand, tallow-dips to make, the everlasting fire to feed, and more everlasting wood to cut for it. The fireplace was picturesque; but somehow as soon as stoves were invented it was torn out. The farm was a health-giving place. But for some reason the boys wouldn't stay there. They said they had to work too hard.

An American woman whose father and mother came to this country from Italy when she was a baby draws the water from outside, cleans the lamps, and tends the coal stove but she bakes bread in great brick ovens in the yard, fourteen loaves at a time, bread the height of three ordinary loaves, bread that melts in the mouth, bread golden of crust and fleecy soft within like a veritable food of angels. She feeds it to the babies, along with thin slices of wonderful Italian cheese formed into a flattened pineapple, moldy without but bursting from its wrappings into fine flecks of perfect cheesiness.

This article presents excerpts from the diary of the author about his work experiences in steel mills. The man, illuminated by the red of the oven, went through a set of rhythmic movements that kept me watching him a long time. The tubes automatically slid into cooling channels and were piled up without a human hand touching them. Railroad cars that ran right into the mammoth workshop were loaded with tubes ready for shipment. The blast furnace with its graceful stoves standing guard on each side, the cars that crawled up to the top with the ore, the quaint architecture of the furnace, the intricate arrangement of its many tubes, made me think of a grand toy of some giant child rather than of an important instrument in the service of sober business.

The article reports that a magnetic stove has been developed by Tuttle & Kitt, which induces heat directly in cooking utensil and keeps the stove cool.

The article reports on the decision made by U.S. War Production Board (WPB) chairman Donald M. Nelson to order a special investigation into the domestic cooking and heating stove program in the U.S. in 1944. The U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA) disagreed when WPB officials expressed their belief that coal and wood heating stoves may be removed from rationing. The article also offers information on an issue facing stove manufacturers concerning national distribution.

The article focuses on the plan of the War Production Board (WPB) to allow the rationing of heating and cooking stoves in June 1943 in the U.S. which is expected to result in the emergence of more manufacturers sharing the market.

The article offers brief information on the Friction Aire oven by Blue M Electric Co.

The article focuses on the launch of new household stoves from Western Stove Co.

The article discusses the process of turning old phonograph records into fruit bowls. The record label should be placed exactly in the center of a can. Remove the can from the oven when it has sank and set aside the bowl to cool. It recommends to try the phonograph records "Hello Hawaii, How Are You?," for a pineapple bowl.

The article previews several products including new models of electrically operated baking and drying ovens from Despatch Oven Co., the Novelview stereoscopic device from Novelart Manufacturing Co., and the Taylor Motosteel even action valves from the Taylor Instrument Cos.

A photograph of a part of the first shipment of 600 stoves from Westinghouse is presented.

A photograph of the economy goal stove used in restaurants is presented.

The article features the vest-pocket stove called Speaker Grill being used by the U.S. Army as of January 15, 1944. The contraption was invented by John Speaker, a graduate of Vienna University, and a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the inspiration of the picnic grill as the starting point of this invention.

The article introduces the E-C coated glass, a Pyrex brand glass which stands up under physical and thermal shock. When a current is run through it, the E-C coated glass would forth a dry, controllable and uniform radiant heat which is already at work on several applications such as in medical sterilizers and drying ovens.

A photograph of a special oven which heats frozen pies at super markets is presented.

The article presents information on the Agamatic ceramic cooking stove that was introduced by Agamatic Range Corp. in the U.S. in December 1943.

The article describes a midget folding stove from J. W. Speaker Corp.

The article reports on how to burn soft coal without smoke using stoves from Knox Stove Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Photographs of small folding stoves for U.S. Army parachute troops are presented.

The article reports that Amana Refrigeration Inc., a manufacturer of ovens, has increased its aggressive campaign against the "Consumers Report" magazine's story rating the ovens unacceptable.

A photograph of a cook stove exhibited at the British Industries Fair in 1932 is presented.

A photograph of a new electric coffee roaster co-designed by Robert Whitehouse is presented.

The article provides information on a fuel saver kitchen range which is made in Sweden and which combustion is regulated.

The article provides information on the opening of the first of a battery of 37 ovens at Hunts Point by Consolidated Gas Co. president George B. Cortelyou in January 1931.

One might draw the first fine flower of crusading zeal merely from a few minutes quiet reflection on the number of gallons of bad coffee one has consumed within the year just ended in restaurants fairly topheavy with modern metal conveniences. The spotless bakeries of the U.S. with their miles of windows and their neat ovens would, if piled one upon another, stack up a gleaming skyscraper beyond imagination. Beside it might rise still another spire, less gleaming but no less highs of the advertising copy that is written in praise of bread.

The article reports that Pressed Steel Car Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has introduced the first "Presteline" brand electric range of stoves in June 1946.

The article features several new products including the low-pressure steam oven units from Vendo Co., the self-charging portable radio from General Electric Co., and a lightweight glass-fiber and thermal insulation developed by Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

The article reports on the food division, stock issue, and expansion program of weapons developer W.L. Maxson Corp. Topics mentioned include information on the Maxson Sky Plate being supplied to the U.S. Navy Air Transport Service, the incorporation of W.L. Maxson as Maxson Food Systems, Inc., and features of the Maxson Whirlwind Oven that prevents food from dehydrating.

The article reports on the electronic oven developed by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) in the U.S. in November 1945, which can kill the fungus spores caused by yeast in bread.

A photograph of the Pocket Stove from Coleman Lamp and Stove Co. of Wichita, Kansas is presented.