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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
3
A mad elephant in Goa, India, killed men in a market until it found a child whom a local woman had fed. The animal gently picked up the child with its trunk and placed it on a shop counter, sparing the youngster.
After the completion of America eight World War cemeteries and ten memorials in France England and Belgium in 1929 nearly 6700 Gold Star mothers and widows visited the graves of their sons and husbands as guests of the United States government.
The first movie shown on the Normandy beachhead after D-Day was Columbia’s color film Cover Girl shown to invading forces on June 16. Col. BE Munson, chief of the Army Motion Picture service, reports the troops loved it. Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly starred, marking a historic screen moment.
Hog cholera is a viral swine disease causing fever loss of appetite and diarrhea. It spreads via contaminated feed water bedding and soil and through movement of sick or unvaccinated hogs. Prevention relies on vaccination at six to seven weeks old and proper disposal of carcasses to limit spread.
Sewing Circle offers Princess Charming patterns for teen age dresses in ginghams checks and florals. Pattern No 8662 fits sizes 11 to 18 with size 12 sleeve option needing 33 yards of 39 inch material. Pattern No 8664 covers sizes 12 to 20 with a dress needing 212 yards of 35 or 39 inch material and a jacket needing 14 yards.
Gary Cooper plans his first ally produced film for International Pictures The American Cowboy described as a super western set in the last century The story mentions Bob Haymes in Mr Winkle Goes to War who finds a note from Victor Mature in a rented jacket and tries to imitate a hero.
James Melton, now heard on CBS Sunday nights, is elevated to stardom by Metro for his lead in a musical Cim maron. After a Connecticut farm vacation and Oklahoma recordings with Jeanette MacDonald, he will tour October through March and perform six operas at the Metropolitan.
Metro reports Clark Gable's first postwar film will be Strange Adventure based on The Anointed, with Myrna Loy as the female lead. Columbia prepares Kids Go to War, spotlighting former child stars in military service, and stuntman Jimmie Dundee discusses toughest career moments.
Marlene Dietrich sent a coral necklace to Maria ponies on return from Italy a gift from Jean Pierre Aumont. Paul Henreid leads the remake Of Human Bondage with Elena Parker and Bette Davis not in the role. Diana Lynn stars in Paramounts Out of This World with Paulette Goddard nearby on Star Row. Lee Tracy signs with RKO for Betrayal From the East his first picture since army discharge.
Researchers led by Dr. O R Sweeney at Iowa State College develop corn cob plastics from waste stalks and cobs. Farmers could earn about 20 dollars per ton with small regional mills and a planned drying and grinding plant serving a six to eight mile radius.
Milkweed yields edible oil similar to soybean oil and rubber gum from leaves per acre ranging 200 to 300 pounds. Floss can be made into a kapok substitute used in life preservers and flying suit linings. Floss should be harvested early September after seeds brown and before pods open.
Feeding two pounds per head daily of soybean or cottonseed meal can sustain satisfactory wintering on forest ranges in the southeast. The supplement increases appetite and improves use of native forage, with a small required feed quantity relative to beef output.
Coast to coast fashion features sun back strapped designs with practical, cool appeal. The new look emphasizes bareback style for women, blending bold lines with wearable comfort.
A cork in the kitchen cutlery drawer serves as a tidy receptacle for nails and screws. Add jam to dough to keep cookies fresher. Parrafin helps on a sticky window cord. Spritz starched clothes and roll them from the line. Sawdust in a hen nest keeps hens from scratching.
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