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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1949
Page
6
The Jet Express recalls a swift race where Coaltown surged to crack the mark amid a blur of speed. Man o'War and Citation were noted contenders, with Big Red showing notable speed as Coaltown secures the victory and a new theme for the racing page.
The article weighs Coaltown as the fastest horse up to a mile and a quarter, surpassing Citation and Man o' War in speed for shorter distances. It notes Coaltown’s 1.34 mile and 1.08 1/5 six furlongs as record speeds, discusses owners Ben and Jimmy Jones, and contrasts past champions with Coaltown’s four year old form and potential limits at longer distances. It also touches MVP discussions in baseball and a Fire Prevention Week notice urging farm safety improvements and hazard checks.
Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky urged United Nations cooperation on arrival in New York for the fourth general assembly session. He said the UN is a serious instrument for peace and security and that all nations must show sincere desire to cooperate. Other delegates planned to wait and watch how far the Russian affable manner would go amid past vetoes.
The devaluation sparked a wide range of responses from hope to fear among observers. Canada joined the trend as the pound fell from 5.03 to 3.07 dollars, signaling potential shifts in American demand and higher home costs for English goods. Traders faced uncertainty and anticipated losses on already purchased British inventory.
U S industry stalls as John L. Lewis led coal miners strike and United Auto Workers pose a Ford walkout. Steel talks near deadline show both sides blaming the President with the presidential board findings nonbinding and a proposed welfare fund and pension plan under dispute.
Wartime air force chief General Henry H. Arnold argues in Global Missions that Russia fears the United States long range strategic air power and its atomic bomb. He cautions the balance of power could change by tomorrow and recalls past failed base agreements in Siberia and shuttle bombing of Germany.
A narrator recalls postwar Sarajevo and warns the Balkans face renewed conflict. The piece outlines three US led crisis theaters: Washington’s export blocks to Poland and Czechoslovakia, Soviet satellite resistance across Eastern Europe, and Tito’s Yugoslavia as a linchpin with US arms stockpiled to defend it.
The Marshall plan floods Europe with modern medical tools and drugs. ECA officials in Paris disclosed that the program provides new laboratory and hospital equipment and medicines like penicillin streptomycin and radium, backed by U S dollars to fight disease and malnutrition.
A kitchen tip suggests using leftover sweet pickle juice instead of vinegar for cole slaw dressing. Also, test cake quality by baking a cupcake from a small batter sample. tasting the cupcake reveals the larger cake's texture.
A large shaker holds both salt and pepper in the kitchen enabling a single shake to season dishes with either condiment.
A method to seal a hole in a hot water bottle uses melted old jar rubber. The rubber is applied over the hole with a flat bladed knife and pressed flat with fingers to form a patch.
A dried piece of orange rind kept in the canister imparts a subtle citrus note to tea, enhancing aroma and taste without altering the tea base. The rind acts as a natural flavoring, infusing a bright finish with repeated steepings.
A reader is advised to color margarine for table use with an electric mixer. The instruction then suggests using the same mixer to whip mashed potatoes without cleaning the paddles.
A cooking tip suggests not washing the bowl used for dumpling dough. Instead add a splash of water to the sticky dough remnants to loosen them, then use that water to thicken the gravy.
If the mercury separates try shaking it together or dip it in very cold water for a few minutes. If both fail it is usually hopeless and a new thermometer is the remedy.
A wartime joke about a Bulb snatcher conserving fats waste paper and dead bulbs for blackouts. An instructor’s class receives a bizarre riddle about a four legged white chair and a student answers 44. The student adds his brother is 22 and half crazy.
The quiz provides brief responses: 1 milk yield rises 10 to 25 percent with three daily milkings. 2 corn is the largest U.S. crop. 3 goats have tails up, sheep tails down. 4 pin prick felt about one hundredth of a second. 5 weather generally moves west to east in temperate zones.
The best home remedy for a child’s cold is Vicks VapoRub, applied at bedtime to ease distress. It works while the child sleeps and often the worst symptoms fade by morning. Get the one and only Vicks VapoRub.
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