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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
6
A bustling roundup covers entertainment headlines from Bel mont to Times Square. Sonja Henie anchors the Them Never Learn parade while stars Louis Calhern and Jennifer Jones appear in film notes.
Hollywood actress Ann Richards sent her first fan letter after seeing Cornelia Otis Skinner in The Searching Wind on Broadway. She praised Skinner’s performance and said no one else could play the role. The film adaptation will be released soon with Skinner in the part.
A collage of New York nightlife vignettes recounts sightings and quips from Sardi's Mocambo and Swing Street the Hale of Broadway. Ezio Pinza clarifies an understudy claim while gossip tracks a war veteran dancer at Havana Madrid and barroom barbs from Ellery Barrymore and Maurice Barrymore.
Bea Lillie, while playing chemin de fer in a Paris casino, hiccupped causing the croupier to hear banquet and award her 150000 francs in winnings.
WNU Washington Bureau discusses global unity and the shift toward a one world concept. It notes food distribution as the top priority for half the human population and suggests impending future aid needs beyond domestic concerns.
The article links a string of postwar international efforts from the Labor Congress to the UNO and IMF as steps toward collective thinking and world government. It warns that failure to curb mistrust could lead to another war and cites the July 1 military test of the fourth atomic bomb in the Marshall Islands as a proving ground for defense and peace.
Pamplin City Virginia with a population around 300 hosts the world’s largest plant making Indian stone clay pipes. The facility, using a 200000 capacity kiln, operates with four regular and up to 70 part time workers. The Powhatan pattern pipe remains the prized product. The town promotes tourism and hosts 20 businesses and a lumber mill alongside the pipe plant drawing visitors seeking authentic Indian pipes.
Arkansas clippings spotlight large claimed agricultural feats. Cotton stalk with 85 bolls, 91 pound pumpkin, 5% pound sweet potato, 19 ounce apple at 14 inch circumference, and two bass over five pounds caught on one hook illustrate remarkable yields.
Ronald Reagan born in 1943 faced a severe early growth challenge. He weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces at birth and measured 11 inches long. After two and a half years his health improved and he now weighs over 25 pounds.
In Hamilton Missouri a town of 1600 people built prefab houses in the 1850s due to a carpentry shortage. A. G. Davis sent plans to a St Louis firm and received lumber, doors with predrilled holes, and assembly instructions. Otis Richardson followed later. his house remains standing and in use after remodeling.
BECKLEY, W V More than 50 percent of original top soil on West Virginia land has been washed away according to Walter C Grum bel a soil conservationist Where soil conservation methods have been practiced crop yields have increased anywhere from 10 to 25 percent He said an intelligent conservation program would protect and stabilize the land and water supply restore plant food increase farm income prevent floods and restore forests and wildlife
S D Bishop of Bamberg South Carolina built a trap he intended as a fish trap. It was left at a feed store overnight and when tested next day five rats were caught and 19 more within days.
Beaverton Oregon reports T M Weed a former GI and local lawyer claims a specially built device prevents snoring by stopping the fluttering of the soft palate and uvula. Weed says the idea came from barracks mates complaints in 1942 and 1943 and he used it during the remaining army years to make friends.
Tests at the Omega plant farms in Omega, Georgia, show that aerial dusting of peanuts costs about half as much as tractor spraying and is more efficient. A single plane can dust about 1,000 acres per day, marking a first in the region.
Allegany in New York was planned as Allegany City to be a regional hub for culture industry and trade. Construction halted when Erie route shifted and the Genesee valley canal ended at Millgrove, causing the paper city dream to be abandoned but it nearly rose to prominence.
This newspaper offers a weekly column on veteran and sereretarian fame issues from the Wash Bureau at 1616 Eye Street, N Washington DC. Questions go to Tess Merce salen Siltence and will be addressed in a future column. No direct mail replies.
The Veterans Administration clarifies GI Bill unemployment and readjustment allowances. Veterans may take temporary jobs without losing benefits and may file claims within two years after discharge or after the end of the war, whichever is later. Benefits cannot be paid later than five years after the war. Letters answer questions about contact with missing relatives, early release, and dependence cases.
A plain two piece dress for the slightly larger woman with waistline darts and shoulder shirring for a neat fit. The panelled skirt is slenderizing and graceful. Suggested styling includes a flower bouquet or jabots. Fabric requirement about four yards of 35 inch material.
The cornerstone of the White House was laid during George Washington's term. The electric eel uses a radar like process to locate food. Sotto voce means speaking in an undertone. The flag hoisted before sailing is blue with a white center. A burnout is worn by an Arab cloak garment and hood. We start dying at birth. July is named for Julius Caesar. The old Constitution was a frigate.
The article notes that constitutions provide succession for vacancies in the governor's office. It states that 44 states name one to three successors, Alabama and Washington name as many as seven. Surveys show states rarely lose more than one governor to resignation impeachment disability or death.
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