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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1948
Page
2
Mezz Gerhard Oris Day recalls a rapid rise from dancer to singer after a 14 month leg cast. She test-tested for a Technicolor musical and signed a motion picture pact with Michael Curtiz, plus a high profile appearance with Sinatra on the Hit Parade.
A compact portrait of Cyrus Baldridge and his 400 page autobiography Time and Chance showing how varied environments and wartime experiences shaped his career and beliefs. The piece traces Baldridge from a farm boy in Arkansas to international artist, teacher, and writer, underscoring his view that time and chance mold character and vision.
Wallace announces as an independent candidate from Chicago pledging a new peace party to soften U S stance toward Russia and oppose universal military training. He risks splitting Democratic votes in key states while courting left wing voters and facing Communist backing. In Romania King Michael I abdicates ending a 1866 dynasty as Communist republic takes hold. U S farm prices hit record highs mid November to mid December with prices paid also rising amid broad increases in farm commodity costs.
Historian Arthur Bryant reports four pairs of British government ordered braces failed within three months each. The Times editorialized that the Four Freedoms are a hollow mockery if braces burst, threatening a nation’s dignity and ability to hold up its trousers.
An optimistic look at electric vending machines reshaping American meals. Newark laboratories plan Los Angeles store using automated food and dry goods machines, with hopes for nationwide spread by 1950. Deep freeze and hot meals machines loom, but high cost limits early use.
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