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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
7
Article stresses accident prevention as crucial to wartime productivity. It cites $4,000,000 annual costs and 102,500 deaths, 350,000 permanent disabilities, and 8,950,000 injuries, urging individuals to avoid placing hands near moving gears and cutters to reduce risk.
The veteran promoter Ill Brady, who once handled Jim Corbett and directed Jim Jeffries, reflects on boxing’s past and weighs the uncertain future amid war. He notes the war’s length could affect fighters like Joe Louis and Billy Conn, fearing a dull edge on peak sharpness but not ruling out comebacks.
Other precautions are listed as follows Do not cut toward yourself when using a knife Do not climb a ladder until it is properly placed firm and steady Use a safety rope or strap when climbing a tree for pruning Drive tractor and car carefully Field machinery will last longer if operated at moderate speed Farm machinery and equipment as well as industrial machinery are now provided better than ever with safety devices.
Dr. David Fairchild secured tung nuts from China in 1904 which led to a thriving American oil industry. A 1940 bumper crop yielded 5,000,000 pounds of nuts and growers earned about one million dollars. A southern belt 50 to 100 miles wide is ideal for tung trees which bear in three years. Nuts contain three to seven seeds inside woody hulls and the oil trade grew as imported Chinese oil faded during wartime. Mills for dehulling and crushing operate in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Population figures show ap petites vary. average food per person would be 1422 pounds yearly if divided from 1920 to 1924. In the prosperity years 1925 to 1929 the average rose to 1474 pounds, an increase of 52 pounds.
The speaker argues this war changes boxing as 18 and 19 year olds train en masse and fight more, predicting strong growth but notes champions may need years postwar. Gene Tunney’s path illustrates the long arc: marine to heavyweight after eight years, amid brutal setbacks from Harry Greb.
Bill Brady and Jack Dempsey discuss boxing lessons across the country camps. They say many youngsters learn basics, with only a small fraction becoming top fighters, but early training may yield future champions as youth start younger. The truth of these claims will be proven in time.
ARSHA HUNT and Ann Rutherford on personal trips in New York miss each other. Marsha seeks Ann’s location among fans and a floor above tip leads to comic autograph pursuits tied to Virginia Weidler and The Youngest Profession.
In 1940 Margaret Hayes earned top spots as artists and photographers model and led feminine roles in In Old Colorado and New York Town. Goldwyn cast her in They Got Me Covered. She travels to New York for three radio shows and a Broadway run while Dick Powell teaches navigation to sailors in training between scenes at Paramount.
Claudette Colbert and Rudy Vallee avoid eggs in the raw in a scene from The Palm Beach Story with a substitute apricots and root beer. Warner's Air Force may become a star-maker picture, with John Garfield and Harry Carey as time tested leads and a young supporting cast. Arch Oboler releases Plays for Americans for radio groups, royalty free during the war, and Jack Pearl jokes about being the World’s Second Greatest Liar while urging bond purchases.
Brenda Marshall and Osa Massen of Background to Danger each have a parent in an Axis occupied nation. Massen’s mother, sister, and brother are in Denmark, while Marshall’s father managed a plantation in Negros when the Japanese occupied the area.
The note recalls Ida Lupino as possibly the only star born during an air raid in London during a Zeppelin raid in World War I. It mentions George Raft negotiating for a motorcycle and Warner Bros. hesitating to let him ride one, tied to his studio commute. Judith Anderson learns the ambulance she donated to the British army is in use in Bristol.
The article cites the Food and Health book funded by Canadian insurers and a US film Hidden Hunger about balanced meals. It lists daily portions including egg milk vegetables fruit bread butter and meat. It also details Mrs Spears hooked rug patterns with beginner guidance and an order offer for a homemaking book series.
A historical report explains that bad breath can stem from mouth and nose infections but also from the small intestine. Doctors Crohn and Drosd show that undigested fat in the small intestine, not the mouth, may cause oral odor, with peppermint and wintergreen tests supporting the finding.
A reader asks if eating a raw potato daily is harmful. Experts say it does no harm when eaten daily and recommend one raw vegetable or fruit per day. Another reader asks about fatigue causes. Common causes cited are nervous or emotional upset and low infections or issues in teeth tonsils sinuses or intestines.
Questions cover rainfall volume per acre, the Cradle of Liberty building, spider leg pairs, legal tales in court, cross shapes, and Croesus’s ancient kingdom. Answers specify: inch of rain yields about 27154 gallons per acre, Independence Hall, eight legs, a writ, the plus sign cross, and King Lydia.
The list presents six items with concise facts: one hundred tons. Faneuil Hall. a spider has four pairs of walking legs. additional jurors are summoned. a Greek cross. Lydia.
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