12 Aug 1948
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
1
Kathleen Norris argues that rising costs and stress justify mothers joining the workforce while children mature. She notes many families depend on two incomes, urges training older children for chores, and praises investing in property and government bonds as foundations of security.
American families chase the evolving standard of living through gadgets and conveniences once luxuries. Women who work gain financial contribution and inner satisfaction while supporting marital partnership as they dream of larger homes and modern amenities.
A Britannica Year Book study of 1000 cases finds headaches mainly caused by an allergic reaction in nasal mucous membranes. Other frequent causes include neck muscle inflammation nasal obstruction sinus inflammation and neuropsychiatric disorders. Muscle-related headaches may persist after the initial cause is fixed.
A father tired of storytelling crafts a bedtime tale for his children Barbara George Henry and their mother on the telephone. He spins a homemade version of Goldilocks with three bears Sally Barbara and George Henry finding an elephant friend who helps them chop wood and share a warm cabin night before everyone finally sleeps.
A safe new insecticide product from U S Industrial Chemicals is in production and offered to consumers. After three years of testing it shows broad insect control, versatile use in oil sprays dusts aerosols and powders, and non toxic safety for grain bins foods feeds animals and households. It could spare hundreds of millions of bushels of U S grain from insect loss and aid relief efforts in Europe.
An old advertisement highlights two piece dress patterns 8303 and 8237 with white eyelet tops and pastel dresses. It notes sizes 12 through 20 and 14 for pattern 8303 with yardage, sleeve styles, and button details. Also mentions fall fashion issues and a free pattern inside the book priced 25 cents.
Yale professor Theodore Sizer launches a countrywide hunt for John Trumbull paintings to complete a catalog of the artist's works and their rotations. The effort follows Yale Library's acquisition of Trumbull's notebook and builds on the 1862 call for information by Benjamin Siliman II, linking Yale to the revolutionary era through Col Trumbull's prolific pictorial records.
A cautionary piece notes about 4500 drownings yearly in the United States. It warns that many occur as people begin the season with soft muscles from winter inactivity and fatigue. It cautions against swimming far from shore and other hazardous acts by inadequately fit individuals.
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