It's Shearing Time on This Rabbit Ranch
Angora rabbits yield fluffy white wool from the Luxor strain raised by Mrs. Vera Messier in Candia New Hampshire. Her flock, now about 300, is shorn three to four times yearly producing 12 to 16 ounces per adult annually. Wool sells at about 175 dollars per ounce half, sweaters cost fifty dollars or more. Angora wool is valued for warmth lightness and flame resistance and has been used in war flying suits and with sheep wool to improve quality.
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Turkey
England
France
Vera Messer
Candia
N. H
Aise Angoras
Luxor
San Francisco
Russia
Ward
Litvinov
United States
Gay Gadgets and Daffynitions in a cheeky 1960s guide
A humorous column lists playful slang and gadgets with satirical definitions. It includes knitting trends like stocking caps and argyle socks, cheeky wordplay, and light jabs at dating culture. A glossary covers punny terms and social quirks from the era.
Pirate Gold Dug Up in Massachusetts
Edward Snow, writer of histories, unearthed a copper chest on Nauset Beach containing eight pieces of eight and various coins valued around 2000 dollars. The treasure’s location was decoded from an Italian book printed in 1690 found in Brewster and deciphered at the Boston Public Library.
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Nauset Beach
Mass
Edward Snow
Snow
Chatham
John Nuskey
Nuskey
King of
Calf Island
King
Boston
Boston Harbor
Brewster Group
Boston Public Library
Eye Bank Aims to Restore Sight Nationwide
New York City hosts an eye bank modeled on blood banks to restore vision for about 10,000 Americans with corneal disease. It seeks corneal tissue from eyes removed for noncorneal reasons or from deceased donors with intact tissue. Immediate collection and 72 hour tissue preservation are essential to graft success, with expansion planned across hospitals and professionals nationwide.
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Eye Bank For
New York City
United States
Eye Bank
New York
Round-faced women need balanced coiffures for better look
Round-faced women commit more hair errors than others. Keep hair high on top and soft at sides with angled parts to balance a square contour. A side part and height on the side flatter the silhouette. if the neck is short, avoid touching the collar.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Navy panel proposes 1079 combat ships plan
The house naval affairs committee backs a target of 1079 combat ships: 116 aircraft carriers 18 battleships 82 cruisers 663 destroyers and escorts and 200 submarines. Current totals run 1308 ships with 119 flattops 24 battleships 93 cruisers 809 destroyers and escorts and 263 submarines. At Pearl Harbor the navy stood at 272 vessels 8 carriers 18 battleships 46 cruisers 144 destroyers and 56 submarines.
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House
Naval Affairs Committee
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Stalin's Hold on Russia Wavers Amid Power Shifts
The column traces postwar Russian politics from Stalin's fatigue to shifting power among the Politburo and the Red Army. It notes isolationist currents, Litvinov’s fall from favor, and rumors of Stalin’s possible stepping aside or naming a successor, with Zhukov as a potential figure and the atomic bomb as a lingering explanation.
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Stalin
Zhukov
Russia
Eisenhower
United States
None So Good Faultless Starch Endorsement
Mrs. Carl Stowe of Springfield Missouri writes praising Faultless Starch for its long lasting, wind resistant, no cook preparation and easy ironing. She claims it saves time and effort by penetrating fabric and preventing sticking, urging readers to switch from traditional starch.
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Mrs
Carl Stowe
Springfield
Missouri
Barbs and Wartime Wits From The Home Front
The Salvation Army aided 225 million servicemen in war clubs hostels and mobile units. About 270 million dollars of highway projects frozen during the war are resuming. The Air Transport Command shipped 24 queen bees from America to France, a record for transporting royalty. The sun may harm crops and there is talk of surplus bombers that could fly in formation and squirt water to form clouds.
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Salvation Army
Air Transport Command
America
France
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By Nancy Pepper
Garbo
C.O
California
Patton
Susan
Dee Gee
Candy
Massachusetts
Gabrielle
Mie
Raat
Washington Digest
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Marshal Stalin
Washington
London
United Nations Food Organization
Quebec
United Nations Executive Council
Moscow
Hull
Yalta
Potsdam
Ambassador Gromyko
Roosevelt
Molotov
O.K
Isolationists
Red Army
Communist Party
Bankhage
Dr. Caldwell
Pinehurst
Ex- Pattax
Wes West
Swan
Toaness
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