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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1948
Page
5
A recent patent describes a tubular rubber hydrochloride casing for sausage packing that contracts when heated to 212 degrees or less. The casing may include plasticizers and is stretched to 150 percent of its original size before cooling to set. Subsequent heating causes contraction to fit contents tightly.
The article notes nasturtiums boast high vitamin C levels, containing four to ten times more vitamin C than lettuce. It presents the plant as a nutrient rich option in diets.
Texas has the greatest railway mileage of any state, surpassing Illinois and Pennsylvania in total track length. The fact underscores Texas's vast network compared with other states.
A Bainbridge era anecdote about John Adams swimming nude by a canal is debunked. Anne Royall as interviewer is misattributed, while John Quincy Adams is cited as the swimmer and diarist. The piece notes Royall as a controversial Washington writer, not a journalist with Adams.
A London dispatch recalls Archibald Waddell a 72 year old Kent farmer facing bankruptcy over tithes. He argues the old tax binds farmers to the church and endangers souls, while tithing reforms reach back decades into law and royal funding. The piece also notes Romania’s royal change and a dentist’s questionable wisdom tooth transplant claim.
President Truman proposed a civil rights program stirring a potential Dixie convention by Southern Democrats to break from him. The dispute centers a national anti discrimination bill and four hot points: federal anti lynching law, fair employment practice commission, ending Jim Crow in transportation, and banning state poll taxes. Some Southern leaders advocate a regional presidential option to deny Truman electoral votes.
The administration seeks broad public backing for voluntary food conservation to curb living costs. Industry and consumer groups met with Secretary Clinton Anderson to outline a nationwide program led by Charles Brannan. Meat is the pivotal item, with other foods covered. a predicted meat shortage this spring is cited. The U S government has 46.8 million dozen eggs held for sale only to foreign buyers, not for home use, due to price support and falling domestic prices.
In Washington Nora Martins daughter of Brazilian ambassador Carlos Martins was named Miss United Nations of 1948. The event shows diplomats can be lively rather than old fashioned. In New York landlord Sam Yachter faced tenant heat and hot water complaints and offered to give away his building but got no buyers.
The British Interplanetary Society and other researchers map a future where rockets reach space and interplanetary travel becomes feasible within years. Experts anticipate sending scientific instruments and satellites before manned voyages, using space missions to study the moon and Mars and develop lunar television insights.
A compact devotional notes Psalm 33 alongside Isaiah 40 28 31 Matthew 6 9 John 14 8 14 and Acts 17 22 31. It highlights faith in God’s sovereignty and guidance through daily prayer and meditation.
This devotional excerpt stresses God's never failing strength to the weary and the life given by God. It highlights Isaiah's promise that those who wait on the Lord regain strength and soar like eagles. The piece urges gratitude for life dawns and faith that Jesus reveals the Father, guiding believers to know God through Christ.
A devotional piece extols the Bible as the creation’s purpose and God’s mercy. It emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ and claims religion as the most practical proposition in the world, with God described as present in all places and times.
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