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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
7
A short devotional fragment mentions reading acts and devotional notes. The readable text includes references to Daniel 3 8 and a devotional card style entry. Details are limited and unclear due to damaged OCR.
A Sunday lesson outlines Daniel’s testing in the lions den after a king’s decree and the ordeal of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. It recounts divine deliverance, the king’s decree praising Daniel’s God, and the courage to stand firm against idolatry in Babylon.
Atlantic City reports that a Minneapolis team under A B Baker announced treatments for infantile paralysis changing outcomes. Autopsies showed five bulbar types with breathing and swallowing involvement. oxygen therapy and iron lungs helped some patients. National Foundation funding supported the work.
In Frankfurt Germany the U S Army announced tighter controls to stop American cigarettes from leaking to the German black market. First class sealed US packages avoid postal inspection but US authorities will stamp parcels suspected of containing tobacco and hold them in Germany for personal delivery. The addressee must open at a post office and return the package or remove the tobacco and mail it back.
Mrs. Victor Enfield endures a string of family accidents in February starting with her 10 year old Kenneth hit by a coal truck. He remained unconscious four days and later weeks of recovery followed. Her 16 month old Joyce burned her arm when coffee spilled on her. Her husband, a party man for a motor company, was knocked unconscious in an on the job accident. Then son Jack aged seven suffered head and leg injuries after an automobile strike.
London reports Britain will supply Poland with 60 million dollars of industrial recovery machinery over three years. About 24 million dollars will be on credit after delivery, per the Polish trade mission. The pact covers goods and credits totaling 272 million dollars.
CHICAGO Army air forces reveal a new high speed aircraft for research beyond sound barrier. Col Philip B Klein discusses potential swept back or tailless design while current speeds near 760 mph threaten the air barrier. The XS-1 rocket plane is used to study transonic flight from a B 29 mother ship. Purdue’s J M Zucrow notes advances may come without atomic power and proposes a multi step rocket with stage drops as propulsion advances.
Mrs. Lillian Irene Nelson, a Seattle boarding housekeeper, discovered $7,720 in tightly wad d twenty dollar bills inside two cans of soot remover bought at an auction held by a bank to settle a deceased client's affairs. The bank obtained a restraining order, and she cannot spend the money until a court decides if the funds belong to her or to the estate the bank administers.
Auckland reports that Britain and the United States withhold details of a new weapon described as rivaling the atom bomb in deadliness. Scientists from New Zealand Britain and the United States worked on the project led by Prof T D J Leech who was decorated by King George.
Columbus Ohio. Young Americans aiming for medical careers face bleak odds as Ohio State University guidance official says 75 to 90 percent will not enter medical college. Dean Guthrie notes nationwide survey shows 6 233 openings for new medical students next fall and 73 281 applicants competing for them.
Carnegie Corporation of New York funds a five year program with $250,000 to create four permanent university study centers in Latin America. The project is a joint effort by the University of North Carolina University of Texas Tulane University and Vanderbilt University, each focusing on a specific geographic region.
Washington reports trends toward the highest annual farm earnings in history for 1947 as total cash receipts for farmers in the first eight months reach 17.4 billion dollars, a 21 percent gain over the previous year. Rising operating costs, a 24 percent meat price rise, and strong export demand drive incomes despite strained expenses.
Dr George Apfelbach a Chicago physician found benzedrine dissolved in water could revive worms into active bait. He tested with night crawlers and caught a five pound bass then several more black bass in a creek near his summer home over successive weekends.
In Los Angeles, parents complained that ice cream trucks with bells and tunes disturbed late hours. Council member Kenneth Hahn chaired talks with the 600 vendors and announced limits. Street sales end at 9 p.m. Volume to be reduced and cars near churches hospitals and schools to be silenced.
Raymond P. Shockley reluctantly left his pet groundhog Suzy at the Philadelphia zoo. Suzy had become a family favorite but strayed. a caller led two men to capture the animal. The zoo said it would be happy to keep Suzy.
Soy flour aids bakers confectioners meat packers and candy makers to improve palatability and value. UNRRA distributed large quantities abroad during and after the war to bolster food supplies in liberated areas. In early 1947 the army ordered 228 million pounds of soy flour for this purpose. Lecithin soy sauce and other derivatives find use in baking margarine confectionery breakfast items ice cream powders beer brewing and infant foods. A new nutrient used in streptomycin production is praised as a highly effective tuberculosis treatment.
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