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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1940
Page
6
Santa's middle men estimate a national toy bill of 183 million dollars for the year, similar to last year, with the average family expenditure around 62.50. Employment growth during the holidays may lift 1940 sales to about 40.9 billion.
A camel presents gifts to children in Syria each Christmas season. The animal, linked to the Wise Men as the Camel of Jesus, performs the yearly gift distribution.
A newspaper note reports Iceland experiences a weeklong period with no sunrise around Christmas time, highlighting extended darkness and winter darkness in the region.
An American columnist outlines a plan for a Federal Union of Democracies joining the United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand and others. The proposal would pool defense and economics while preserving self government and equal citizen rights within a united framework.
The fingerprint division of the FBI faces heavier workload as about 3,000,000 aliens are registered and 13.5 million prints are on file. New returns include 16,500 sets during busy days, with government agencies contributing thousands of prints from WWII and civil services. The system uses a numeric classification and cross referenced cards, aiding quick identifications, with about 26,000 fugitive tags and some individuals holding up to 160 related cards.
Stockmen and farmers from 35 states and Canada list livestock and crop exhibits for the 1940 International Live Stock exposition at the Chicago International Amphitheatre. The show runs November 30 to December 7 with total cash premiums of 100000 to be awarded.
Behind official secrecy the metal beryllium assumes a growing defense role. Army ordnance tests show beryllium alloys suitable for mass producing Garand rifle parts, with Whitney funding research that moved the material from laboratory toy to commercial and military use. Its light weight fatigue and corrosion resistance promise aerospace and ship hull applications while boosting metal fluidity for precise castings and demanding tool work.
Prof. W. A. Albrecht of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment stresses soil fertility as the foundation of healthy plants and livestock. He argues lime and phosphorus soil treatments boost forage nutrition, increasing protein content and yield, and reducing need to tinker with animal physiology.
U S bureau of dairy industry scientists devise a new food article from surplus skim milk and potatoes. A potato and skim milk mixture with salt forms wafers chips sticks or croutons baked until crisp. The products contain no cooking fat and keep well without rancidity. They suit soups and light luncheons like crackers or potato chips.
An agricultural roundup notes colony bee populations ranging from 10 000 to 75 000 workers. It discusses culling to cut labor and feed costs, tractor handling with tire changes, farm and rural population figures, and a new method by Dr Ernst Berl to produce high grade gasoline from molasses in two hours at low cost.
A feature explains how a crafty woman crafts a decorative afghan from crochet squares using puff stitch and double crochet. Pattern No. 2634 provides directions, illustrations, color schemes, square photograph, and materials. orders are requested.
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