Quick Home Craft Tips for Everyday Shine and Style
To restore gloss on dark furs rub lightly with a brush dipped in brilliantine. Twelve used jar rings sewn together make a handy sink mat. crocheted, they become table mats. Oil your sewing machine regularly applying lubricant to all rubbing and turning parts to avoid squeaks. An old funnel can be glamorized by painting to match kitchen color and hung as a twine holder.
Youths Encouraged to Enter U S Merchant Marine Cadet Program
The U S merchant marine cadet corps invites young men to apply for cadet midshipman appointments with concurrent midshipman status in the Naval Reserve. Tests are conducted nationwide, next on April 3, 1946, with applications due by March 1, 1946. The four year program includes cadet school, merchant vessel service, and training at Kings Point.
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Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Washington
U.S. Naval Reserve
Merchant Marine
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
War Shipping Administration
D. C
Pass Christian
Miss
San Mateo
Calif
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Long Island
N. Y
U. S
U. S&s
To the Stars Topeka aviation notes and stories
In Washington a tale contrasts the rise of atomic power with a pilot’s despair and a monkey couple. A B 17 crew battles fused bombs as a tower quotes a prayer. An omni directional radio range aids pilots while Kansas expands airports and air bases with bonds and development.
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Washington, D. C
CAA
Kansas
United States
Army
Navy
Topeka
Industrial Development Commission
Model airplane builders persist with World War I crates
Jet propulsion and other developments of World War have failed to dim model plane builders' urge to keep on constructing crates of World War I vintage.
Farmers New Year Marriage Bid Seeks Cow Milker
Arthur Birnstengel of Grantsburg Wisconsin vows to marry in 1946 if the woman will help milk 14 cows and perform farm chores. He lists criteria from honesty to health and humor, and says he received many replies from across the country.
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Grantsburg
Wis
Arthur Birnstengel
Birnstengel
Alvin E. O’konski
Arthur
New York
Chicago
Georgia
Alaska
Arnie
Filling Station Robbed 26 Times World Record
Belair Maryland report notes William H Holmes run station at Stepney two miles south of Aberdeen burglarized 26 times since Pearl Harbor. Most loot during midnight to nine am when closed. After war Floyd Pitts hired to operate the station at night. About 3500 dollars in cash and goods taken. 14 arrests 10 convictions. 1000 dollars of property restored. Holmes lacked burglary insurance since the first break in.
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Belair
Pearl Harbor
William H. Holmes
Stepney
Aberdeen
Harford Gazette
Holmes
Floyd Pitts
Eleanor Roosevelt proposes world language for schools
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt declares the language barrier a severe threat to international peace and proposes one internationally understood language to be taught in the schools of the world.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Grandpa Bags Deer With Pocketknife
Detroit Lakes resident John S. Pretts known as Grandpa tops local hunting list after bagging three deer last season with a pocket knife. He initially tried a shotgun, chased by a hunting neighbor and dog to glare ice, where the deer fell and were finished with a knife.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
John S
Pretts
L. Penshoof
Grandpa Pretts
Pan Gold From Mud on Helena's Main Street
Helena Montana crowds watched Henry Kasman pan for gold as contractors excavated downtown. A tiny black sand showed gold was present but a full strike was avoided, with an estimated value of 1.75 dollars per square yard. City officials and contractors resumed work after the find.
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Helena
Mont
Henry Kasman
John J. Haytin
Kasman
Oil soaked birds die in vast numbers during war
The Interior Department reports thousands of seabirds including auks murres puffins gulls and ducks perished due to oil on the sea during the war. Oil penetrates feathers ruining their waterproof coverings and killing wildlife.
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Department of the Interior
Sewing Circle Patterns Home Frock and Blouses Trio
Sewing Circle presents a simple side-button home frock with slimming lines and decorative novel scalloped pockets. A trio of blouses complements suits. fabrics include bright cottons rayon crepe spun rayon or shantung. Pattern 8928 available in sizes 34 through 48. size 36 uses 4 44 yards of fabric. High demand may delay filling orders. send orders to the listed address.
Through the Suez Narrow Canal Ship Gets Rudder Enlarged
A vessel passing the 100 mile Suez Canal needs an extra rudder section clamped on to its small rudder to alter course at slow speed, ensuring immediate maneuverability through the narrow waterway.
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Suez
Suez Canal
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