Silvertone Radios Add TV Sound Outlet and Converter
Sears Silvertone unveils 1940 radios with built in TV sound outlets and a Super Unit converter to receive television sound through radio speakers. The unit, designed by Sears laboratories, shields interference and enables future telecasts to be heard via existing sets with new tuning and cabinet styling.
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Sears, Roebuck and Companiors
Anno
Feiden
New York
Silivertone
Sears Technical Laboratories
Radio net antennas without aerial or ground wires
The text notes several cycles 0 25 50 or 60 are underwriter approved with built in Radionet antennas. All but one model require no aerial or ground wires.
Frigidaire Unveils 1940 Cold Wall Frigerator Line
Frigidaire highlights a 1940 cold wall design with refrigeration through cabinet walls and a glass shelf driven by humidity control. The one piece steel Frigidaire includes fast freezing metal ice trays thermo sealed cooling and a double duty shelf.
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Kent
Advice On Capacity Of Family Washers
A 16 gallon washing capacity is suggested for the average family. An electrical washer of this size can wash about six pounds of clothing in eight minutes, finishing a fairly large load in about ninety minutes. Larger families may use 18 20 or 24 gallon washers to handle more washables.
Newfoundland Workmen Hew Timber In Scotland
400 young Newfoundland woodsmen labor on Moray Firth slopes cutting pit props for Britain’s coal mines. Brought from Batwood Newfoundland to address labor shortages, they work thigh deep in snow despite Britain’s cold spell.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Moray Firth
Britain
Batwood
Newfoundland
Westinghouse Unveils Tru Zone Cold Refrigerators
Westinghouse introduces a new line of home refrigerators with Tru Zone Cold featuring five temperature zones controlled by True-Temp. Fiberglass insulation and modern hardware update interiors with chrome trim and moisture resistant construction. Cedar Rapids marketed by Iowa Electric Light and Power targets large rural families with eight cubic foot model.
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Westinghouse
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Doors Improve Seal and Efficiency in Refrigeration System
Describes a refrigeration setup using Freon refrigerant for lower temperatures and faster freezing. Includes a built in watchman to guard the motor against overload and cushion mountings to reduce noise and vibration.
Monarch of Aborigines Dies as He Predicted
King Jaringoorli, aged about 90 and leader of the Wolmin Yowaroo, died in Broome Western Australia after predicting his death. He remained capable and dignified to the end, famed for two shark scars from a youth when seized by a shark while diving for shell.
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Sydney
Australia
Jaringoorli
Broome
Western Australia
Roebuck Bay
English Professor Praises Thrillers as Reading Choice
Omaha Nebraska reports Dr Louise Pound of the University of Nebraska English department urges women to read detective stories for engaging plots. She argues crime tales outlast social order novels and better retain a plot than totalitarian or socialist works.
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Omaha
Neb
Louise Pound
University of Nebraska English Department
Pound
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