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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1944
Page
19
A wartime innovation enters home use as magnesium alloy cookware debuts with a light, fast heating griddle. Frying pans are expected next while enamelware restrictions ease paving a 1945 return of four quart tea kettles.
The article notes easing of synthetic rubber will revive pre war style garments with elasticized garters, longer lived rayon hose, and multiple elastic panels. It predicts rationing and one per customer limits, urges repairing old garments to extend life, and mentions elastic knit options for juniors. The piece ends with a nod to the young businesswoman.
Colombia's government enacts codes for a standard 48 hour work week and expropriation of large land holdings to redistribute to small farmers. Land price payback ties to declared tax values, with large tracts after acquisition to be sold or rented to smallholders in 62 to 250 acre parcels. Government to provide tools seeds and credit and tax exemptions up to $3,000 for small owners.
Signaling searchlight ready for duty on U S war ships. It uses a lens of a special glass ten times stronger than plate glass and resistant to pounding seas and nearby gunfire. The glass withstands sudden temperature changes.
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