Home Repair Tips From The 1940s
Home handymen note that metal and glass expand differently so ordinary window putty fails. a special putty for sash windows is recommended. Stubborn linoleum stains resist scrubbing but steel wool then wax helps. Oil stains on concrete vanish with a thick layer of dry cement or absorbent lime. When jack lifting a car on slick streets place a block under a wheel to prevent sliding.
Global Thunderstorms and Wildlife Toll Highlights
The article surveys worldwide weather and natural history notes. It cites Dr. Holzer on the earth as a condenser and 1800 storms at once, John Alter counting highway wildlife deaths in Wyoming, and various notes on sea horses, seals, plankton, and insect control.
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Earth
Robert E. Holzer
University of California
South America
Africa
John F. Alter
Lusk
Wyo
Alter
Jackie Hayes and the blind ballplayer's enduring spirit
Sports story chronicles Jackie Hayes once star infielder for the White Sox and Senators who went blind in 1940 training. He later served as Alabama tax collector with a seeing-eye dog, celebrated by locals. Also notes Jack Dempsey’s AP poll victory as greatest 20th century boxer of the first half.
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Baseball
America
Jackie Hayes
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Hayes
Jackie
Clanton
Ala
Hayes & Hayes
Alabama
White Sox
Senator Infields
Jack Dempsey
Manassa
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Tsui
Sterling
Zack
Studer’s
Studer
Wrath
Rite
San Antonio
Texas
Nature Notes
North Pole
Pribilof Islands
U. S
Stub
Clifford Mustion
West Plains
Mustion
P. N. Annand
Chicago
Comiskey Park
Dempsey