Eisenhower warns Congress to bolster Western Europe defense
Five years after urging demobilization, General Eisenhower again challenged Congress and the American people to send men and materiel to Europe to deter Soviet aggression. He warned against demobilization, urged sustained defense production, and criticized contemporaries for resisting his plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Senate
Library of Congress
Europe
Congress
Washington
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Russia
Secretary of Defense
George Marshall
Cooked Fish Lures with Delicate Flavor and Quick Recipes
Many readers dislike fish odors but proper cooking eliminates unpleasant smells. The feature offers several recipes such as Creole Salmon, Spanish Style Fish, and Baked Fillet of Fish, plus variations like Lobster Tails, Lobster Fries, and a mustard hollandaise sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Chambers
Wood Ford Farm Builds 100 Cow Ayrshire Dairy Barn Avon Conn
The Wood Ford Farm at Avon Connecticut completed a modern 100 cow dairy barn after a prior fire. The six year milk record Ayrshire herd is housed in a fireproof building with vermiculite filled walls asbestos shingles and peak ventilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Ford Farm
Ayrshire
United States
Wood Ford
Avon
Conn
Wood Farm
New Burley Strains Near Free of Wildfire and Nicotine
Agriculture department plant scientist Dr. E. E. Clayton developed burley tobacco lines highly resistant to wildfire and with lower nicotine content. The new strains grow more vigorously but will take two to three years to reach growers as they are refined for local conditions. The resistance originated from a wild species after 15 years of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
E. E. Clayton
Protect Bags From Rodent Damage With Suspended Pipe
Farmers can prevent mice and rats from damaging empty feed sacks by hanging an iron pipe longer than the sack width from the ceiling with two wire lengths. The rodent cannot descend the wire to reach the sacks, saving money over a year.
North Carolina youth wins 1950 4 H sweet potato contest
Dickie Batten of Selma NC harvested 2131 bushels with 1431 grade U S No 1 on 43 10 acres. He grossed 3652 from a 4 H club project and after 724 71 expenses netted 2927 29 or 6680 76 per acre, winning the state 4 H sweet potato contest for 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie Batten
Selma
N.C
U.S
Workbench Extension From Stock Sizes and Workshop Pattern
The article notes a workbench extension built from stock sizes to fit a compact shop and lists pattern numbers 338 for the bench and 337 for the extension with a price of 25 cents. It also mentions a Workshop Pattern Service in Bedford Hills New York. It then provides a homemade ink eradicator recipe using one part bleach to ten parts water kept in a labeled bottle with a rubber stopper and glass applicator.
Health Hint and Quick Quips From The Swim Hole
A collage of kid snippets and jokes at a swimming hole. Banter touches on health tips from Bob and Bill, a pinochle quip about money, a lecturer noting a dense crowd, and a bystander’s sharp read on nerves. Jerry declines to swim citing his mother’s Saturday bath rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Restoring Ink From Old Bottle Sediment
A dry ink bottle with settled sediment can still yield usable ink by adding a small amount of cold water to revive the residue. The simple process recovers pigment and reconstitutes the liquid ink for writing.
Topeka Woman Wins Cooking Sweepstakes at Free Fair
Mrs. R. C. Carr of Topeka captured the cooking sweepstakes at the 1950 Kansas Free Fair, marking her second consecutive top honor after a first and second place in 1949. The feature notes yeast as key to delicious baked treats and promotes Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast as easy and fast to use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Free Fair
Kansas
R. C. Carr
Fleischmann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patoka Register
H. K. Pike
Ruby D. Pike
Patoka
Illinois
Ilinois
Marion Co
Pepor Dorter
Waltershead, WN Correspo
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Office of Defense Mobilization
CML
Lynn
Ada
N. C
Bedford Hills
New York
Bob
Bill
Dan
SANO
Nota
Wleming-Ball Tobacco CO
ING
Cork
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!