Head of a Family Finds New Life Beside Drugstore
Jonathan, a lifelong shopkeeper, contemplates selling or renting his home after his loss of Allie May. A young couple offers to rent his attic space to raise a family, and he unexpectedly offers his own house to them, choosing community over solitude. The scene unfolds on a hot day outside his neighborhood drugstore as memories of love linger.
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Omeneete Keli
Mia Jones
Nancy Weston
Allie May
Lyle Browning
Jonathan
Jen
Camden
Jennie
Grandfather MacDougal
Allie
Jenny
Alice
Alice May
White House
Jen's
Smart New Pattern 4713 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4713 offers a squared-off armhole deep cuffs and soft skirt pleats in one fabric or contrast. Sizes 12 to 40 with size 16 using 2% yards of 34 inch fabric. Send name address style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 MecDermot Ave E Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MecDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
British Hardtack ration for army sustains man for two days
The British army distributes an eight ounce hardtack cake made from cocoa cocoa butter milk proteins and sugar. Each cake is designed to keep a soldier alive for 48 hours amid campaigns and sieges.
Fire safety rules for hotels and large buildings
Fire safety rules for hotels and large buildings emphasize locating the nearest escape stairway, closing transoms to stop smoke, testing doors for heat, sealing gaps with wet towels, and waiting by a window for rescue after plugging openings. The guidance warns that fumes are deadly and doors may take about thirty minutes to burn through.
Selected recipes novelty coffee cake and beef tomato casserole
A folded recipe collection shows a coffee cake recipe mixing sifted flour baking powder and milk with cinnamon sugar and a milk butter pour, followed by a beef and tomato casserole topped with potato topping baked at high heat and served. Includes steps for making creamed butter sugar egg and folding, then baking, and a separate beef tomato topping with onions and spices.
Commerce Department forecasts large 1947 construction surge
Washington officials predict record smashing building activity in 1947 with total value near $22 trillion. Private industry will perform about 80 percent of all construction this year, amounting to roughly $15 billion.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Red Velvet Restriction Tied to Henry II Wife
In early France strict court fashion rules allowed only Henry II's wife to wear red velvet. The royal dress code limited color choices among nobility, signaling status and proximity to the king.
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France
Henry II
Radio Wave Cooking Authorized by FCC
A US company won authorization from the Federal Communications Commission to use a 2450 megacycle frequency for electronic cooking devices that can grill frankfurters in 10 seconds and bake fing erbread and biscuits in 29 seconds. The commission noted industrial uses and medical diathermy, while warning that unassigned use could interfere with broadcasting and emergency police communications.
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Federal Communications Commission
F.C.C
Nine-year-old Mary Jane Hatton saves friend on Napanee river
Mary Jane Hatton, age nine, saved her friend Donna Anselstine, age eleven, from drowning after the friend slipped through thin ice on the Napanee river in Ontario. Mary Jane used ski poles and her toes to anchor and pull her to safety while Donna clung to the ice rim.
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Napanee River
Mary Jane Hatton
Mary Jane
Donna Anselstine
Napanee
Ont
Warms Humanity to Turn on Worms in Warning
Boston report quotes Dr. Norman R. Stoll of the Rockefeller Institute urging action against parasites. In retirement address as president of the American Society of Parasitologists, he warned about a wormy world noting about one in six Americans harbor garbage worms and that the world population could reach 3.3 billion by century's end with parasites likely increasing.
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Boston
Norman R. Stoll
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
American Society of Parasitologists
Women Parachutists Who Fought Nazis Executed at Ravensbruck
Three British women parachutists Violette Szabo Lilian Rolfe and Danielle Bloch died together at Ravensbruck after dropping into France on special missions before D-Day. They were captured in Fresnes Paris and sent to the camp with 37 other officers. Szabo faced German fire with a Sten gun while Rolfe aided resistance efforts until death.
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Hamburg
Germany
France
Ravensbruck
Violette Szabo
Lilian Rolfe
Rio de Janeiro
Danielle Williams
Denise Bloch
Passy
Fresnes
Paris
Szabo
Shantung Hair Industry Revival Reported
Shantung authorities announce revival of the Shantung hair trade after wartime disruption. About $2,000,000 worth has already shipped to America at an all time high of ten dollars a pound, reflecting renewed demand for wigs toupees and hair nets.
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New York
Shantung
America
New York Times
London Zoo Restocks After War Damage Repair
London's Regent's Park zoo restocks depleted cages and repairs war damage. Several animal collections have arrived to replace species that died since 1939, as the facility rebuilds to full strength.
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London
Regents Park
Balconies Echoed But Romano Shies From Public Steps
Son of the Italian dictator Romano Mussolini is described as fond of music and a capable pianist and accordion player. Unlike his father Benito Mussolini who once roared to crowds from balconies, Romano has shown no interest in making public appearances on such perches.
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Duce
Romano Mussolini
Romano
Il Duce
French automobile production rises amid export bias
Paris reports growing French passenger car output with hopes to double production in 1947. A government spokesman said 80 percent of output will remain for export to build foreign exchange. By year end aims are 3,000 cars monthly, rising to 4,000 monthly next year.
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Paris
French Ministry of National Economy
France
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