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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1949
Page
5
Philadelphia housewife and model Mrs Kitchen Strohmeier, blonde and green eyed, wins the 1948 Mrs America contest at Asbury Park New Jersey. She cites modern conveniences like automatic dishwashers and clothes washers as time savers allowing women to stay youthful and active while managing home and career.
The feature profiles Maria Strohmeier, praised as Mrs America, who uses an Automagic unit to convert a washer into a dishwasher with quick tab changes. She explains effective sorting, proper soap amounts, and reducing load pain, promoting time saving appliances for housework.
Reports from Washington indicate a major cabinet reshuffle soon. Defense Secretary James Forrestal may be replaced by Louis A. Johnson, with John Snyder to be succeeded by William McC. Martin Sr. Charles Sawyer could leave for Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney’s undersecretary post.
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