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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1940
Page
24
Salt Lake City schools superintendent L. J. Nuttall Jr. announces a 10 year plan to absorb every high school graduate into gainful work through vocational training. The program uses five coordinators to link youths with employers and tailor courses from unskilled to technical trades, aiming to secure positions for graduates.
The text describes adjustable and sliding shelves in 1940 refrigerators allowing easy reconfiguration of food storage to suit different requirements, exemplified by cooling a large watermelon.
Advice on central ceiling lighting for all rooms plus task lighting in kitchens laundry and pantries. Emphasizes mirrors in bathrooms stairs hallway safety two switches per stair and at entrances and the importance of pilots and proper wiring for modern housekeeping.
A group of Chungking industrialists organize the China Industrial corporation upon Dr. H H Kung’s urging. With $12,000,000 capital, it aims to be wartime China’s largest combine, led by Kung on the board with Fu Ju ling Hu Tsen gau and Hu Shu chien. It will support existing enterprises and start new industries to meet wartime needs.
A collection of coffee flavored desserts using plain unflavored gelatine to quick chill and preserve coffee notes. Recipes include coffee chiffon pie tropical delight mocha sponge and a gelatine energy drink style dessert with dates nuts and whipped cream.
Vatican cleaning crews employ widely known vacuum types to scrub floor coverings in the papal rooms. The equipment mirrors the standard American household models familiar to many users.
A kit shows the efficiency of a modern wringer by passing rope and shoelace through a water pressed through together. The cigaret paper slows halfway, a board goes through unbroken, and the medicine dropper remains intact to prove gentleness.
An old report notes the electric household washer adapted as a butter churn by farmers. They use milk withheld from the market so nothing goes to waste.
Frigidaire expands its 1940 line to sixteen electric refrigerators all with one piece steel cabinets, solid brass super freezers, F-114 refrigerant, all metal ice trays and thermo sealed cooling. The Cold Wall line introduces humidity controlled compartments, color accents, chrome trim, and enhanced meat tender defroster.
New Frigidaire models include illuminated interiors and automatic reset defrost. A double duty shelf moves to either side of the freezer, suspended from a wall bracket. The Hydrator adds a glass cover for visibility and slides out like a drawer, its glass doubling as an extra shelf.
The Easy Porta-Matic ironer debuts as a two-speed portable unit that can hang on a closet hook or sit on a table. A 21-inch roll irons up to 2 425 square inches per minute with foot or hand stop control and three heat settings. Automatic cord rewind keeps cords tidy as it attracts apartment dwellers and compact homes.
Development of a door latch for refrigerators that works at almost any angle of pressure and holds the door securely closed is praised for 1940 models. The latch design accommodates full hands by elbow pressure while opening and ensures a gentle push closes the door firmly.
For the stairways three way switches at top and foot provide security. Attics basements and closets should have their special lights.
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