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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
3
ICC analysis shows brake defects caused more accidents than any other mechanical fault and produced the most property damage. The report notes mechanical defect accidents rise in total numbers while their share of all motor carrier accidents declines.
The Wisconsin Conservation Department reports 10 000 deer weight records from the last decade. Deer from central Wisconsin weigh less than those from northern areas, tying to poorer soils. Weighed after dressing, weights decline on poor ranges but not on good ranges. good-range deer outperform those from poor ranges across the state.
The Agriculture department urges a record peacetime spring pig crop to raise meat supplies. The 1949 goal is 60 million pigs, up about 17 percent from 1948, requiring roughly a 21 percent rise in sows farrowing. The plan targets 150 pounds per person annual meat intake by late 1949 and 1950, with hog-feed prices favorable and normal weather anticipated.
Insulating the top floor is usually simple if you keep insulation near the heated area and add a vapor barrier with a ventilation space above it. Older walls are harder to treat, with solid masonry being costly, while frame or brick veneer cases can be filled with mineral wool between studs.
Wales grows busy after interwar slump as pits mills and furnaces resume full work. Margam on the South Wales coast becomes the heart of a vast industrial revival, with a colossal steel project rising from sand dunes and marshland to become the world’s largest single steel initiative.
A psychiatrist at a convention argues that driving behavior reflects current personality not childhood. He cites drivers who moralize in daily life becoming reckless behind the wheel. A counterpoint by Elmer Twitchell challenges the view with vivid case histories of accident prone drivers driven by present motives rather than early life.
A reflective vow to meet the year with courage and kindness. The speaker resolves to banish fear, speak kindly, and hold faith that old grief may yield to laughter and relief. The year will keep its promise if the heart does its part.
Actress GwRLE TEMPLE uses mimicry to learn dialects and sustain child stardom. She handles southern, Scandinavian, and Irish accents though the Irish brogue challenged her for Warners Always Sweethearts. John Dall and the King brothers pursue rights to Jonathan Latimer novels. A recent American Federation of Radio Artists relief fundraiser drew 3000 dollars with Lum and Abner coordinating bingo and dances. Jane Wyman reports seasickness on route to Stage Fright but notes new anti seasickness pills from Canada.
In Glenville during June and July a wave of daylight bank robberies by Duke Insabato and accomplices unsettled small towns. Terry Oakes, Glenville Trust Company president, posted security signs to reassure customers as a high powered sedan arrived July 15, unleashing a dramatic bank raid.
Terry Oakes observes two bandits approach the bank door then hurry back to their car and drive off. Loungers rush across the street as the crowd learns Sheriff Irons is tracking Duke and his gang at Jepson Corners. Oakes calmly reports no entry and quips sheriffs will catch them.
Terry explains why his hold up at the local bank succeeded and how Duke Insabato’s familiarity with small towns aided the prank. The sign outside read Bank Closed Out to Lunch Return in One Hour as bewildered citizens read and tried to comprehend.
A crossword puzzle snippet provides across clues with multiple missing letters and typos. Clues include Crust on a sore, Butts, Buddhist monument, Medicinal, Simian a, Immense, Edible mollusk, Places of lodging, Mischievous person, Distant, A hat slang, Ventured, Expressed juice of apples, Cornered as in a tree, Place ae plant, By way of, Bovine animal, Past.
Step by step directions outline how to build an outdoor fireplace for picnics. Before buying materials, check local fire laws and place the fireplace away from trees, shrubs, and neighbors with wind directions in mind. The pattern covers foundation and starting brick courses and requests 25c for Pattern 73 from East-Bird Pattern Company.
Mr. De Kwickrich values his Fortune estimated at 1 530 942 52 from labor and world travel. His wife, a skilled swimmer, nearly drowned in a hotel pool and artificial respiration was being used. He dismisses the method saying he can afford the real thing.
In a terse exchange, Old Crony questions the absence of OCallahan who has reportedly grown rich. The other says he never visits, then notes his sudden wealth and obsession with grooming before golfing.
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