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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
2
The article captures golf’s rising public passion and features coaching insights from Harry Vardon Gene Sarazen Tommy Armour and Ben Hogan. It stresses staying relaxed during the swing reducing tension in the downswing and focusing on hands wrists and knee stability to reduce extra strokes.
Boston born sculptor and war veteran Korczak Ziolkowski plans a towering Crazy Horse statue on Thunderhead Mountain in the Black Hills. He argues it would attract tourism like Mount Rushmore but faces opposition from residents who fear turning the hills into a sculptor’s gallery while preserving sacred Sioux ground. Ziolkowski, 39, says he has spent $81,000 already and will continue work for decades if needed. The monument would depict Crazy Horse with arm forward and hair streaming, mounted on a war horse. The site rises 500 feet and stretches 900 feet.
Pvt. Ronald Magiiong, 21, from Honolulu, was located by military police near Schofield Barracks after fleeing his unit during the war. He had lived three years in a hidden army tent in Oahu, surviving on food from a dumpsite, and expressed no clear reason for desertion.
Frank Warren Swacker a University of Virginia student from New York City said a crawling spider caused him to crash downtown into Fred W. Hans’s parked car and then into a second vehicle owned by Police Court Justice J Callan Brooks. He faces charges of careless and reckless driving in Judge Brooks’ court.
Flooded wells are unsafe drinking water sources as floodwaters bring long standing impurities. To return a well to operation it must be disinfected with chlorine, as advised by the Minnesota department of health, by pouring a half-pound of chlorine into the water so it sinks and purifies the entire supply.
Technologists estimate that most so called paint faces result from improper preparation and excess moisture. The text notes that mismanagement of water and improper surface condition lead to coating failures and potential structural concerns, with references to gutters and siding as vulnerable areas.
Between December 7 1941 and V J Day the American merchant fleet carried 268252 dead weight tons of cargo and fuel. By V J Day 733 American vessels had been sunk by enemy action or war perils. Five thousand six hundred thirty five merchant seamen were dead or missing and 581 were taken prisoner. At times casualty rates among Merchant Marine personnel exceeded those of the armed forces.
Librarians note high demand for travel books and interest in South American destinations. War fiction sits largely unused while historical fiction remains popular. Works addressing race and social problems see strong requests, with Mees’s book drawing a flood of inquiries.
The world’s largest open cut copper mine lies at Bingham Utah about 28 miles from Salt Lake City in the Rocky Mountain region. It is a theater Lee quarry covering 524 acres. Ore is mined by 27 electric shovels with nine ton dipper capacity. Maximum daily ore output reaches 142,185 tons and about 2,000 people are employed.
The Le Mans style fairs of the Middle Ages fostered barter over coin trade and spurred European commercial growth. Rulers offered safe conduct to merchants traveling to fairs despite enemy origins. The Leipzig fair revived after World War I, with 12,585 exhibitors and 155,000 buyers in 1922, including 32,000 from abroad.
Asparagus should be cooked quickly in a small amount of boiling water until just tender and served promptly. Tie the stalks into bunches and stand them in boiling salted water in a double boiler and cover until the stems are tender. Alternatively prop the tips above water in a regular pan.
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