Pro Football Preview and Baseball Hints for 1950 Season
A broad overview notes 13 NFL teams preparing for 1950 with Eagles Browns and Bears seen as contenders. It highlights top coaches players and weight trends, plus Ted Williams pursuit of Babe Ruth's 60 home runs and Kiner's late-season pace. Also comments on shifting baseball dynamics and unusually high scoring games postwar era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eagles
Browns
Bears
Bo McMillin
Detroit
Leon Hart
Hart
Frank Leahy
Frank
van Buren
Lujack
Waterfield
Rams
Graham
Conerly
Giants
Yankees
Colts
Greasy Neale
Pat
Ted Williams
Babe Ruth
Ted
Jack Rabbit
Ford Frick
Williams
Rosen
Kiner
Dropo
Stephens
Campanella
Snider
DiMaggio
Easter
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Joe McCarthy
Red Sox
Fur Take Dwindles Across United States
The federal Fish and Wildlife Service reports a decrease in fur take while wild fur animals rise in number. Many furs are low value and some states no longer buy long haired species. Proposals include shearing and dyeing to create new products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Frank G. Ashbrook
Ashbrook
Dan’l Boone
Joe College
Have a Picnic Pack Yourself a Basket of Fun and Food
A guide to planning portable picnic lunches with balanced meals. Tips cover using lightweight, spill proof containers, keeping salt and pepper, and a menu approach. Includes sandwich fillings like Banana Pineapple Special and Bacon Egg, plus ham potato and egg roll ups. Also notes small eight ounce canned foods and salad ideas for portable dining outdoors.
Picnic tips make eating fun in Lynn Says column
The column suggests bringing hot soup in a thermos as a first course for picnics. Hot cream soup is welcome with cold salads and sandwiches. It advises baking layer cakes in an oblong pan, frosting, and carrying in the same pan to simplify transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sox
Browns
Cleveland Indians
Mack
Lynn
Dress Money and Early Chinese Coin Shapes
The article notes that around 2000 B C a new dress would not be bought unless a suitable coin was available. It explains that Chinese dress money existed as coinage shaped like the human body and that other early Chinese coins mirrored the item they bought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
B. C
Cooling drinks for a picnic
Mix apricot nectar with pineapple juice and ginger ale over ice, then pour into a thermos for a cold refreshing drink. Chill whole melons thoroughly before the picnic and wrap in several layers of newspaper with ice for transport in a dishpan or bucket to the grounds.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aas Maynes
Senators
Grantland Rice
the Williams
Morizon
JIM_RHODY
Lynn Chambers
Vienna
Harold Arnett
Mel Parnell
Ace
Boston Red Sox
Mel
Kellogg's
Rogers Mfg.Co
Eriden
Conn
Dept. FF
Wallingford
Connecticut
Kellogg’s
U. S
van Camp
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