Bananas Ripened by Gas Heat in Chicago Plants
Bananas ripened by gas heat from Inland Trading's Lincolnwood plant illustrate a new science aided process. Two Chicago area facilities use controlled warm chambers to regulate temperature and improve natural ripening, with bananas treated for three to four days before air conditioned storage and delivery to stores.
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Central
South America
Inland Trading Company
Lincolnwood
Chicago
County Legion Seeks Beautiful Lady for Trip to Los Angeles
The Cook County Council of the American Legion seeks an unmarried woman aged 18 to 25 to serve as official representative to the Legion convention in Los Angeles and to invite the Legion to hold its 1939 gathering locally. The contest, part of Independence Day festivities at Soldier Field, features a fireworks display and dramatic war scenes in a grand pyrotechnic panorama.
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Chicago
Cook County Council
The
American Legion
Cook County
Los Angeles
the Legion
A. A. Sprague
Soldier Field
Sprague
Fireworks and pyrotechnics feature in upcoming displays
The program promises diverse attractions including flying skimmers and silver spray fountains along with flares and other pyrotechnics, enriching the planned event with dramatic visual effects.
What’s Your Hurry A Lesson From Traffic Rules
An anecdote contrasts American speeding enforcement with Jugoslavia where officers curb drivers and deflate tires instead of issuing tickets. The piece argues safety over speed, warns against running red lights, and recalls a memory of an earthquake in Ceylon. The narrator jokes about needing to fetch his wife from the station.
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America
Jugoslavia
Ceylon
After reading Bol a lecture Tom kicked him out
A terse incident notes a reader named Bol provoking a reaction from Tom who ejects Bol after a stated lecture reading. A marginal footnote adds a wry aside to the scene.
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Bol
Tom
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Beautiful Lady
Henry C. Rieck & Co
Madison Street
Hannah Avenue
Phone Forest
Forest Park
Illinois
le Ewae
Listerine
Oxford
Bowman
Rexall
Roxette
Cha Ae
Braeburn
Eastman
Kodak Films
Resall
Department of Research and Technology
Medford
Woodbury
Rexel Drug Store
Petia
Black
Forest Park, I
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