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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
1
A playful astrology prompt invites readers to decode a weekly fortune by converting numbers on their birth line into letters. The gimmick promises fun through a simple letter mapping aligned with the zodiac period. The text reads like a brief, light horoscope teaser.
A reader forwards and comments on usage guidance about safe versus safely. examples show when adjectives or adverbs fit. The note also critiques ain’t as a corrupt contraction and explains its dialectal stigma and limited acceptability.
The piece recounts tense closed door talks over the railroad strike involving A F Whitney and President Truman. It notes California's primary law allowing candidates to run in both parties, highlighting Earl Warren's cross ballot strength and potential path to the Democratic and Republican nominations. It also mentions the civil service writing pamphlet and labor relation dynamics around John L. Lewis and L B Schwellenbach amid government and industry friction.
Baton Rouge reports Louisiana 4-H clubs implement a wildlife project teaching trapping fur handling fishing and bird study. Led by W E Simmons the program trains boys from marsh areas to trap muskrat marsh rabbit and other wildlife for market. The effort aims to preserve bird life and give youths practical skills tied to local culture.
Stevenson Washington reports over 9 million Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees produced at Hemlock nursery distributed for replanting across the Northwest. More than 58 thousand firs sent to Olympic national forest. about 3 million trees replanted yearly after wartime slowdowns. Seeds gathered annually for nursery growth.
Bemidji plans move of fair grounds to open space fueling residential growth around a new high school. A revolving fund will cover costs for curbing paving and parks. County officials fund most costs from property sales for a larger fair site. Also planned is a million dollar airport spanning 1350 acres linking to the Twin Cities Alaska route. Jaycees lake shore project adds water sports seaplane rides and a 300 foot breakwater plus bathing facilities and parking. City keeps Babe and Paul Bunyan statues as landmarks.
Marvelous ideas from a 32 page booklet Make Your Own Curtains show how to cut yard chintz into posies for bath decor. Tip includes tinting mats applying large roses to curtains towels and shower curtains with clear illustrated directions. Reader copies 15 cents postpaid. Wood-working pattern 255 for spool shelves also 15 cents.
Enclose 15 cents for booklet and 15 cents for pattern from Ruth Wyeth Spears at Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 for order details and delivery information.
Collier's describes a rigid system of citizen tracking in Nazi Germany. Police stations kept up to date registers of every person in their precincts with details of activities and whereabouts, aided by hotel and hospital reporting. Citizens were required to carry a Certificate of Conduct indicating any police record.
In Vancouver Washington Justice Paul Elwell fines Attorney Booth McAbee ten dollars for contempt after a heated exchange. The attorney retorts Yen dollars would not begin to express my contempt of the court as the judge raises the fine to fifty dollars. The attorney remains silent.
La Casa Abierta a 16 room show place built by Kathleen Norris and Charles Norris has been sold to C. L. Cummings of Columbus Ohio. The Woollcotts publicized croquet battles there and the house was a gathering place for the Norris and Thompson clans.
State police and bloodhounds chased a barn fire near Santa Fe but the arsonist scattered red pepper to mislead the dogs and break the trail. The incident underscores a bold attempt to hide evidence as investigators pursue clues.
Mrs Ray Pickett formerly Georgette Horts of Belgium arrives in Greensburg Kentucky to join her husband. She notes Belgians build with brick and sees frame houses for the first time. She is surprised by Americans eating corn and hot bread but grows fond of corn bread biscuits and American women's clothing and shoes.
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