03 Apr 1952
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1952
Page
1
A vintage guide explains selecting colors by skin tone to harmonize hair and eye color. It details yellow, pink, orange casts, and grey skins, with rules for blondes, brown haired, grays, and redheads. It advises avoiding intense shades for many tones and emphasizes separate near skin colors with contrasting hues.
A quirky restaurant scene blends horse racing chatter with menus and betting terms. The narrator and waiter joke about odds, late scratches, and dishes while references to a recent Derby quality horse and a disqualification frame a surreal, race inspired ramble.
A U S Army hospital near the frontlines treated Sgt. Ivan Smith of Grantsville West Virginia after a chest wound caused massive internal bleeding. Five pints of whole blood halted death as donors miles away supplied life saving blood shipped via rapid Cold War era networks. The story links a volunteer pint donated in the United States to Smith’s recovery in Korea, highlighting Red Cross mobilization and logistics from New York to Tokyo and beyond.
Over the past week the National Production Authority eased scarce material controls and prices show moderate drops across wholesale and retail sectors. NPA loosened lead restrictions for battery production, returned natural rubber to private enterprise, and cut government involvement in rubber imports after setting a resale ceiling. Construction rules relaxed to allow hundreds of new buildings, schools, churches, and other institutional projects valued at over $500 million. Canners receive 68,000 tons of secondary tin plate for Q2 1952. Economists foresee sustained high retail volume with limited price-increase risks in fuel, rent, gas, and electricity. Clean-up drives boost communities and Main Street merchants. Federal Reserve may revise Regulation W to lift controls on items under $100. CPI shows minor shifts. apparel and house furnishings down, energy and rents up. January retail sales reach $11.3 billion, down from 1951 peak but above December. Town counts show varied municipal sizes nationwide. Prepared by Washington Bureau of WNU Features.
World War II veterans have repaid about 1.5 billion dollars of GI loans from 16.8 billion made over eight years as of January 25, 1952. Only 8 percent of all loans closed led to government-paid claims totaling 23,270 claims worth 23,016,053 dollars. The column answers questions on loan charges, eligibility with discharges, hospital priority, and new veterans’ insurance. VA guidance covers closing costs, discharge conditions, service-connected priority, and applying for the new insurance.
The Army unveils a new sleeping bag developed by the stermaster with a cotton wind resistant outer layer and feather lining. It provides double the warmth of wood sleep bags and aims to reduce gear costs for units. The DoD notes soldiers in the continental USA in 1951 faced higher winter exposure than civilians, while injury rates remained lower in services. Amended rules cap GI auto loan terms at three months and 24 months for other purchases.
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