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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
8
Colorful red and white polka dotted cotton apron trimmed with green edged in red. pattern No. 5802 offers complete finishing instructions. order by sending 16 cents, name, address, and pattern number to the listed pattern distributor.
Tests by bureau engineers show mine refuse often averages high coal loss. One ton of refuse per three tons of coal at mechanized mines, one to twenty at hand loading. Refuse comes from coal falls and cleaning, gobbed underground or dumped, with some piles burned. Some mines already recover coal from refuse, others not. A sample of 17 000 pounds of refuse contained over 2 500 pounds of usable coal, signaling potential future savings as mining costs fall.
Wartime tax collections rose to about 5.4 billion dollars in fiscal 1944, up 6.8 percent from 1943 and 38.7 percent since 1939. Excluding payroll taxes, 1944 receipts reached 4.1 billion, up 3.7 percent from 1943, with corporate and individual income taxes and unemployment compensation leading gains while motor fuel and estate taxes fell.
The piece notes rayon and nylon provide ruggedness for military textiles. Viscose rayon aids tire programs and self sealing gasoline tanks, field spriting cords, chutes tapes, canopies, tow targets, V belts, and cotton yarn blends. Nylon offers high tensile strength for glider tow lines, climbing ropes, and bomber tires.
A glass tube camera devised to depths of 1,100 m photographed the ocean bottom with a modified Argus camera taking two pictures per descent. Since 1940 over 100 successful bottom photos and currents data were collected, with samples timed to the second photo. The device aided biological, geological, and salvage work, though one unit was lost at 1,500 fm.
American GI musicians aboard the Army hospital ship Marigold form an eight piece band to lift spirits of wounded servicemen returning from duty. Musicians perform live jam sessions, chat with patients, and take requests, with Lily Marlene and Over There among favorites. Regular broadcasts also play music via loudspeakers on all ships.
One of the oldest devices in garden history is the cold frame a pit protected by a cover that opens to sun by day. Glass windows boosted its usefulness but modern inventions have not greatly improved it. A peacetime victory garden should include a cold frame where absent.
A playful frock described for a young girl with a gay berumed pantie style. It features a sweet round yoke, scalloped front, swing time skirt, and bright colorful cottons suitable for a kindergarten tea setting.
An asylum inmate, nearing discharge, tells the superintendent his plans after release. He jokes he could pursue law, accounting, interpretation, house painting, carpentry, or even become a tea kettle if work gets tough. The remark showcases humorous self‑assurance and versatility.
Allied forces in France and the Low Countries use a new slim cable laid along roads that carries three telephone and four telegraph circuits. It transmits scrambled messages that sound like meaningless squeaks to the enemy without a special device, keeping communications intact as Nazis retreat.
A home remedy advertises a cough syrup recipe using sugar or corn syrup with Pinex to create a pint of medicine. It claims quick throat relief, easing irritation, loosening phlegm, and easier breathing with a money back guarantee if not pleased.
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