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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
2
This feature promotes synthetic fabrics for home use and wardrobe longevity. It advises washing in warm water, gentle wringing, and hang drying to prevent wear. It notes ease of ironing or none, recommends light pressing on hidden seams, and highlights nylast protective coating for nylon and hose care with practical steps.
A compact guide presents simple meat prep ideas including a pork tenderloin patty wrapped in bacon with tomatoes and a bacon-topped stack. It also covers a broiled chicken dinner for six with frozen corn and peas, detailing pan lining, butter brushing, and broiling steps for tender poultry and crisp vegetables.
Hog producers anticipate a strong 1954 as pig crop declines and consumer buying power shift. Market supplies from now to July may fall 8 to 10 percent, with a 9 percent drop in pigs farrowed last summer and fall. Experts urge early marketing to ride price spikes. July likely again the top month with 12 to 18 percent higher prices than last year.
The U S Department of Agriculture warns grasshoppers Mormon crickets and chinch bugs may hit farmers hard this year. Surveys show Missouri Wisconsin and parts of Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Illinois likely to suffer severe grasshopper pressure with over 28 insects per square yard in the worst areas. Areas in the west especially New Mexico Colorado Idaho and the Texas Oklahoma Panhandles may need organized control. Mormon crickets could require control on 122000 acres across California Idaho Montana Nevada and Utah.
The 960-pound Hereford named Shorty won the grand championship at the 1554 Houston Stock Show, giving Champ Hereford steers five consecutive wins. In the photo are Dayton Crenwelge, 16, Fredericksburg, Tex., Edgar Brown, Orance, Tex., who bought the steer for 12,500 dollars, and Ralph Johnston, show president.
Carl Daunz began work at a Copenhagen department store in 1903 and has served as its Santa Claus for 35 years. The firm awards him an expense paid trip to the United States as its anniversary gift. He views Christmas as ideal to study American Santas on the job.
In a crowded bus a lanky passenger meets a pretty girl whose skirt keeps riding up. She fights it off with effort, then relaxes. He jokingly remarks on avoiding her wardrobe issue, but confesses his own weakness is liquor, prompting a wary glare from the traveler.
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A New Bedford textile mill makes superfine glass fiber cloth just .001 inch thick. Four square yards weigh under an ounce, and twenty yards of cloth from a pound of glass yarn. The cloth could shrink electrical apparatus sizes and cut costs by insulating varnishes. Finland shifts from farming to industry with 80,000 in steel and a sixfold shipbuilding increase since 1944, while forestry remains a major export and employment in wood products tops 75,000.
A stenographer questions why minor spelling mistakes and garbled letters provoke the boss to lash out. The piece hints at workplace tension and communication gaps amid stressful task demands.
Washington reports Europe’s densely populated Zaar region along the Franco German border. Wartime destruction gave way to full production with 16 000 000 tons of coal mined last year and reserves over five billion tons. Six steel mills output 3 000 000 tons annually, 70 000 workers, and 7 percent of Little Europe steel, valued at 539 million dollars in 1952, up one third from 1938.
Henry Kincaid, 95, the oldest U S prisoner paroled, left West Virginia State Penitentiary after 23 years on a life term for murder in Kanawha County. A Spanish American War veteran he planned to live with a sister in the South and had sent his $96 monthly pension to her. He denies the killing.
Bolivia marked its 128th anniversary of independence in 1933. The country freed itself from Spanish rule in 1825 and chose the name Bolivia in honor of Simon Bolivar who led the struggle for independence.
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