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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
6
The article discusses how rockets shift from imagination to combat use. It notes bazookas, rocket cannons on assault ships, and rockets in infantry gear. It also mentions wing boosters aiding aircraft take offs, highlighting growing military and peacetime significance.
The feature discusses new wearing styles for rings and bracelets. It notes wrist rings, identification bracelets, and necklace or ribbon displays as popular trends. It mentions friendship rings, thumb rings, and mock wedding rings as fashion statements for girls and teens.
In a lighthearted exchange Fred Neher notes Kenneth dominates the conversation with talk about his victory garden, leaving little room to discuss the speaker's own garden efforts. The ribbing highlights friendly community competition and shared hobby interest.
A fashion feature surveys recent color trends from Maine to California. It highlights black items like suede jester shoes black jersey shirts and black chesterfield coats paired with brassy accessories, and white backdrops with plaid patterns and bright trims. White dresses and coats are noted for sharp necklines and shiny raincoats for dreary days.
A reflective note recalls waiting for a call as the day fades and a planned date arrives. The speaker hopes the anticipated message arrives soon, noting the phone is silent until the evening advances.
A Scholastic institute survey of 91 300 American high school students shows 14 percent would include politics as a life work while 76 percent would not and 10 percent have no opinion. The study cites reasons for skepticism and ideas for reform including examinations and a school for congressmen.
A new alnico magnet device described by Dr. Murdock Equen of Atlanta enables extraction of magnetizable foreign bodies from the stomach and windpipe via a tube and inflatable stomach, reducing need for abdominal surgery. A 19 month old girl swallowed a hairpin. the procedure lasted eight minutes under fluoroscopic guidance.
How to gauge hair health by stretching a few hairs. Healthy strands extend about one fifth of their length before breaking. If they resist stretching, consider extending brushing and scalp massage time.
Washington reports military requirements for quinacrine, a malaria drug substitute for quinine, sharply reduced. With smaller military demand, 1945 production will be less than half of 1944 output, though facilities will stay in place as a safety measure. The drug will no longer be under allocation.
Ernie Pyle describes Western Front hedgerow combat as slow, narrow, and deadly. Small squads detach from hedgerows while German guns lurk in trees and trenches. tanks support breaches as villagers’ gray stone towns lie in ruins.
The narrative notes how to gauge recent advances by small indicators. Scattered leaves and fresh branches block roads, broken phone wire entangles posts, and shell crater rims remain gray and unrepaired, signaling recent warfare progress.
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