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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
7
Practical advice on laundry sorting by room, removing soot from rugs with dry salt, serving grapefruit with honey, substituting maple syrup for honey, using denim as a bedspread for a boy’s room, choosing dark blue with bright piping, and adjusting boiled frostings in a double boiler to prevent gloss and hardening.
The article argues most Hall of Fame stars hail from isolated towns, not big cities, noting Gehrig Frisch and Cardinal stars rose from lesser locales. It contends crowded cities limit opportunity while street play and limited access to fields hinder urban youth. It also discusses player fitness, citing coaches who say football players often stay in better shape than many baseball players.
Paris receives a wave of AWOL American soldiers numbering about 2000, fueling postwar crime. AP reports one-fifth of European theater AWOLs drift to Paris, with about 10 arrests daily in the city. Crimes include robberies, hold ups, and burglaries amid men in American uniforms.
Ernest Parton a 40 year old Memphis veteran was rescued from a sealed steel boxcar loaded with corn shocks after 60 hours without food or water Train crew heard him pounding on the car roof and freed him He was hospitalized in good condition after a hot meal Parton says he was drugged robbed of 34 dollars and dumped in the car with two companions in Memphis
London police aided by American and British MPs conducted a citywide dragnet in central London and the West End to locate U S deserters. About 2 000 officers questioned patrons in theaters clubs stations and venues catching nine servicemen absent without leave and detaining others for identity checks.
In Boston three teenage boys questioned about stealing a new 1946 model from a dealer’s show window offered up a striking verdict. When asked what they thought, they called the car splendid but noted it starts to tip at 80 miles an hour on corners.
Reuters dispatch from Karachi reports about 4000 people killed and 40000 homeless after a tidal wave hit the Karachi Bombay coastal belt. Relief workers say seven villages were washed away.
Tokyo report says a Japanese radiowave death ray could heat and destroy tissue to disable engines and planes. Scientist Hidetsugu Yagi cites Shibaura plant tests and says GE and RCA own half of the firm. He notes shielding metal plates would prevent the weapon from working.
The Pontchartrain curve spans nine and a half miles between Ruddock and Tunity in Louisiana, making it the longest railway curve in the country. Built to ease grade, it reshapes local rail travel and freight routes.
Work resumes at Caltech optical shop on the 200 inch Mount Palomar telescope mirror the world's largest The $6 million instrument will be finished and installed at Palomar Observatory in San Diego county within 18 months Dr John A Anderson supervisor since 1928 said Since 1936 about 4% tons of glass have been ground from the face now weighing 15 tons The mirror will provide vision into galaxies over one billion light years away beyond present instruments.
Charles Maxey a 13 year old Boy Scout lay on a cliff ledge for 27 hours with a broken ankle after slipping during a hike with other Scouts in North Hollywood California. Rescuers reached him yesterday and lowered him from the 100 foot cliff by ropes and a wire basket as his father kept vigil all night.
In Hereford, Germany, 109 U S airmen were exhumed at the Baltic port of Lübeck. At least 35 are believed murdered after bailouts or forced landings during Kiel raids. A U S war crimes investigator said Germans used existing cemeteries and falsified grave records.
CHANUTE KAN Two rural banks were held up within 45 minutes. The Helper Bank 24 miles east of Chanute was robbed at 11 am. Shortly after, the Stark Bank 17 miles east of Chanute was robbed. W E Craig cashier of Stark said an armed man escaped with a woman in a car driving west toward Chanute.
A traditional home cough syrup blends 2 cups granulated sugar with 1 cup water, dissolved without cooking, then adds 4 ounces Pinex to a pint bottle. The mixture reportedly loosens phlegm, soothes irritation, eases breathing, and aids sleep, with money refunded if not satisfactory.
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