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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1942
Page
2
Wert offers chic white organdie curtains with artificial flowers and easy DIY tips. A 32 page booklet guides readers through swags cascades fitted valances French pleats and other drapery styles with diagrams and pictures. Send your order to Address.
An advertisement invites readers with piles or fistula to write for a free valuable book by Dr C M Coe at 503 Pine Street St Louis Missouri. It promises payment for responses.
In Washington a profile honors Maj. Gen. George F. Moore and other harbor defenders at Corregidor, plus Brig. Gen. Drake and Gen. Jones for their roles in Luzon and Bataan. The piece also reports on leaks of wartime market information and political notes from Congress, including the Truman committee probe and GOP platform reflections.
Lieut. John D. Bulkeley and his squadron in the Philippines again torpedoed a Japanese light cruiser after a night dash between destroyers. PT 34 and PT 35 were lost, one beached on Cebu, the other destroyed. Bulkeley, already a Navy Cross recipient, awaits further honors as news from New York reports a newborn son.
Army adds new draft classification as war pressure mounts. Hero of Philippines stages a repeat role amid tension in Europe.EDITOR'S NOTE opinions belong to the columnist and, if relevant, to the newspaper. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
The army introduces a new I-A category Suspended I-A for men unfit for dental issues nasal blockage hernias correctible by dieting or stomach troubles. Reexaminations after hospital treatment could place them back into full I-A status.
The first Cinderella vessel, PC 505, 110 feet long with a wooden hull and twin diesel engines, set sail from New York on an Atlantic patrol. These boats are being built nationwide in small yards and eyed as a rapid solution to scarce scrap steel and U boat threats. London reports Sir Stafford Cripps returned from India. his mission is viewed as largely failed.
North Carolina State College advises that workstock remains essential on farms as tractors face shortages. Horses and mules supply major power for plowing harrowing and other tasks, with four good animals capable of handling 30 acres daily and generating replacement stock income. Pasture quality is crucial in feeding workstock.
Sailors on long clipper voyages relied on sauerkraut to stay healthy, a habit carried by descendants. A University of Oklahoma scientist reports success feeding infants with sauerkraut juice in milk, while physicians prescribe it for certain diseases. Cabbage is cured in wooden vats with salt to draw out water, yielding up to 88.8 percent, and lactic acid levels reach 8.5 percent before canning after several months.
Includes instructions for knitting slippers in three sizes with illustrations and stitching steps. Lists required materials and tools for each size and offers guidance on finishing techniques. The pattern emphasizes sizing fit and texture variations.
Unusual feed stock shifts show soybean oil meal surpassing cottonseed meal for livestock feed. Linseed oil meal remains affordable due to flax and Argentine meat supply. Regional farm notes also cover growth of part time farms near cities and clarify that peanuts are legumes, not true nuts, yet remain a staple protein source with high vitamin B content.
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