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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1947
Page
7
Advice on mildew control using water and kerosene, dusting with a dish mop on coil bed springs, ensuring wood is dry before gluing, drying jersey garments in towels, and hanging damp garments to prevent stretching. Includes practical steps for home maintenance and laundry handling.
A closet shelf set shows a cohesive one color finish with a bold contrasting enamel edge. The gray shelves paired with a vibrant fuchsia edge create a crisp, modern look.
Norfolk's eighty acres of azalea gardens bloom from April to June with over 50 000 bushes and additional trees lakes and flowers. The gardens attract thousands daily in season and sit within Norfolk's park system along lakes offering quiet scenic views near Virginia Beach Ocean View Williams burg Jamestown and Yorktown region. Admission is free and the site features paths footbridges and native plant displays.
Franklin Indiana firefighters erred twice missing a rural Hicks residence fire and failing to reach in time. They arrived late after neighbors already put out the house blaze. A separate dairy barn in town was gutted by flames.
Corvallis justice court absolves pilot John R. Cattron of chasing geese by plane near the airport. Maquoketa Iowa builds a two-runway airport with a 2000 foot strip and an 80 by 30 foot hangar. Brasure’s Greenwood Delaware pheasant hatchery ships poults to Michigan Louisiana Texas by air with high success. A Nashua New Hampshire feed airlift helps protect breeding flocks during shortages. Iowa Flying Farmers exceeds 500 members, aided by a monthly rural magazine. The Hicks family in Talladega Alabama uses planes for business and holds pilots licenses for all children. Wisconsin debates drunken airplane pilot penalties. Illinois farmers urge snow white grass to mark runways. Convair 240 transports set to deliver in June, speed 300 mph with jet exhaust. Air letter service to world markets starts April 29 at 10 cents.
Postwar streamliners entering service are marketed as moving palaces with enhanced comfort and safety. Railroads emphasize modern seating, lighting, climate control, color themes, and fixtures, plus improved diners and automatic braking aids to attract passengers amid auto bus and plane competition.
Aunt Clara Miss Clara Truesdail aged 95 has inhabited the Hotel Truesdail in Carlyle for 90 years. The hotel, a family institution built by her father in 1857, remains run by a third generation. A lobby glass case holds an old guest register featuring Horace Greeley James Gordon Bennett Stephen A Douglas and others. Miss Truesdail hopes to mark her 100th birthday there.
Inez Gerhard profiles Henry Morgan host of Wednesday nights on ABC with an audience around 10 million. He started as a radio page boy and writes his own scripts, a rare contract allowing him to poke fun at sponsors and everyone. Jean Sablon attracts women to his broadcasts who flock to the act, as his Coast arrival draws a female-heavy musician call.
Columbia Pictures reports Larry Parks nicknamed The Rainbow Kid as Irving Pringle struggles to recolor his makeup for black and white. Parks has starred in Technicolor features Renegades The Jolson Story and Down to Earth and is now shooting The Swordsman in Technicolor with continued success.
Garry Moore says he would team with Jimmy Durante again and praises Durante during an air show appearance. Durante compliments a young performer nicknamed Junior and predicts a big future for him with his own show.
Olga San Juan changes her hair for each film from natural black to auburn and now blonde in Variety Girl. She is reportedly excited at receiving a starring contract from the Copacabana where she began five years ago despite career doubts. The piece also notes Zachary Scott's film career trajectory across The Southerner Mask of Dimitrios Mildred Pierce and Danger Signal.
Elsa Lanchester lands a standout part in The Big Clock opposite Ray Milland and her husband Charles Laughton. She portrays an eccentric artist in a pivotal supporting role.
Judy Canova learns she will adopt a brother for her three year old Juliette while she finishes Singing in the Corn for Columbia and stars on The Judy Canova Show. Juliette proudly proclaims Mommy and Daddy are getting me a ready made brother.
The article mentions David Cook from stage and screen taking a small part on the CBS program Inner Sanctum. It highlights the common practice of actors using disguises or incognito in early publicity.
Lee Sheldon sourcing animal actors for Warners recalls the odd task of finding a pair of honey mooning lizards for Pursued while Claudia Morgan of The Right to Hop bikes a hansom ride with her husband on October 19. Ralph Byrd, famed as Dick Tracy, completed military service before returning to portray a gambler in Stallion Road. Tony Martin gears up for a new air show and then a music tour.
1942 white WA-22 tractor with 26 ft utility dual axle semi-trailer. Removable van bed suitable for bulk grain. Tires 10.00x20 on drivers and trailer. 11.00x20 on front wheels. Very good coach. One prior driver. Contract R. O. Helken, phone 2460, Box 33, Marysville, California.
Farmers received 53 cents of every dollar spent by consumers on food during the summer months of 1946.
Listing of synthetic composition rubber in varied gal quantities with oblong shapes priced at 20 and 10 dollars, plus boat and torpedo shaped metal and aluminum items at 20 and 10 dollars F O B motor freight from Deep Creek Washington. Remittance to A. BE Bauer Spokane Washington. Orders filled promptly while stock lasts.
The candy industry supports about one million retail outlets with 1400 manufacturers and 12 000 workers.
An estimate indicates that about 10 percent of all tonnage hauled by American railroads originates from forest products. This highlights the significant role of forestry in national rail freight, linking timber regions to markets across the United States.
In Echo Canyon on the north side of Camelback Mountain near Phoenix Arizona the landscape bears the sting of wind and weather. Locals note resilient terrain and ongoing eroded trails that challenge hikers and photographers alike.
Neat Kalispell business ad offers a grocery store with a lovely home on the same lot near local grade and high schools. Prospective buyers are told to write H. A. Fisher at 114 Second St W for particulars.
Regulation advises regular use of artificial lights in the poultry house and to maintain uninterrupted lighting throughout the entire season to stabilize egg output and flock productivity.
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