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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
8
The statement urges heightened alertness after a summer surge of infantile paralysis, calls for replenishing exhausted funds, and promotes exploring promising means to wipe out the scourge. It frames the March of Dimes as a democratic channel for all Americans to join the fight, attributed to The Hon. W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force.
Hollywood illustrator Norman Rockwell complained that Hollywood teens emote and grimace, failing to look wholesome. He said country schoolgirls in Arlington Vermont, population 442, could pose naturally as typical American girls, and he planned to return there for future work.
In Laramie Wyoming a University of Wyoming research group works to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal. The effort, backed by the 1944 Synthetic Fuel Act, focuses on hydrogenation and gas synthesis methods to convert coal into oil and waxes amid dwindling oil reserves and large coal reserves.
About 600 people gathered at Battle Lake in the Sierra Madre mountains for a formal dedication of a bronze Edison memorial. Readings recount how Edison conceived the incandescent light during a starry night on a camping trip with the Henry Draper expedition near Rawlins on July 28, 1878, when asked how he rested he said he lay awake under a clear sky and imagined the light.
Milwaukee report notes Japanese disruption of pepper gardens in Indonesia sparked a global pepper shortage. Households pay about three times prior prices and retailers report price hikes near seventy five percent with some cans reduced from two ounces to about one and a quarter ounces.
A compact study of the early Jerusalem church focusing on Stephen as the first Christian martyr. It covers inter racial tensions, the role of women, the Apostles, and Stephen’s historical and prophetic speech, ending with the idea that martyrdom spreads faith.
Two gay pieces will be fun to make and to decorate. The salt box is an authentic copy of an oldtime one. Pattern 231 provides actual size cutting guides and stencil designs to color with crayons and then assemble.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis earned national gratitude for progress in fighting polio but faced a devastating 1949 epidemic. The message urges greater support than ever before and expresses confidence that all will give this support.
Old Rome mixture promises fast action and full pint of cough medicine from 234 ounces Pinex mixed with two cups sugar and one cup water no cooking. It loosens phlegm soothes irritated membranes and aids sleep with quick throat and bronchial relief money refunded if not pleased Ready-Made Pinex offered.
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