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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1948
Page
3
A Collier's campaign documented widespread misuse of the title engineer in the United States. It lists examples such as Pajama Engineer a manufacturer Exterminating Engineer a rat catcher and Appearance Engineer a beauty parlor operator highlighting the breadth of non engineering roles adopting the label.
Washington notes government publications cover cooking, homemaking, child care, home buying, farming, and crafts. Agencies publish basics from infant care to how to judge a house, with prices from 5 to 50 cents and titles like The Aleut Language and Album of American Battle Art.
Luciana Galli pani a 25 year old cigarette bootlegger, long thought paralyzed, miraculously regains movement during a police raid at the arsenal entrance. She rises and runs, escaping pursuers after a surprise interception of contraband American cigars.
Mrs Marguerite Whitting of San Diego flew to Fort Bragg to see her son Pvt Earl Whitting 23 of the airborne a mortos at the hospital. She reached at 3 35 a m after the death at 3 30 a m leaving the family and unit grief stricken and the leave not yet approved.
A nationwide Rural Life program seeks to improve living standards in small towns and rural communities through local action, diversified occupations, and cooperative efforts. It notes changing farming, income disparities, and urban migration as drivers, with aims including better rural health, recreation, and cultural outlets. Future articles will share successful community examples.
Charleston West Virginia sees savings as Mrs Adana Summers alters and mends state police uniforms. Each rookie receives 326 65 dollars worth of clothing and leftovers are repurposed saving taxpayers about 2000 dollars in six months per Captain Harry Meyers.
Eureka North Carolina reports Dr. Henderson Irwin, a country physician, keeping 84 cows as part of his practice. He lends cows to patients lacking livestock and profits from calf sales, claiming marriage licenses should require a couple to prove they own a bed a stove and a cow.
Elmo W Geppelt a 24 year old married veteran KU engineering student funds his education by running student owned car deliveries to 50 student houses. Each car has two operators delivering every evening Sunday through Thursday. Geppelt's wife Betty a former Ransen university student joins in.
A magnetic storm caused a telephone line to jump to a live radio line, broadcasting an intimate phone call without the participants' knowledge. The incident occurred in New York and was heard on a coast to coast program.
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