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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
3
Pattern instructions describe an actual size pattern used as a dress pattern to lay on material and trace cutting lines for a Handy Spice Chest labeled drawers. The text emphasizes the pattern technique and how to transfer markings to fabric.
Postwar America gains innovations in home and farm appliances with refrigerators offering collapsible shelves and vegetable bins, coffee makers that brew multiple cups and auto keep warm, lighted waffle irons, and compact toasters. New washers combine washing and dishwashing with adjustable cycles, plus a three and a half pound iron. Also featured are a radio phonograph combo, heatless floor lamp, electric churn for butter, and an electric hand truck enabling veteran workers to lift heavy loads.
ETHLYN MO Farmers may enroll in Blue Cross through their county farm bureau for themselves and families. Mrs Paul Palmer notes dues may be paid quarterly with farm bureau dues. The Blue Cross card grants access to 3 600 hospitals in the U S and Canada and early hospitalization aids recovery. Farmers urge rural health facilities and support for surveys and hospital construction in rural areas.
Eddie Dyer, manager of the Cardinals, notes two returning pitchers Grodzicki and Munger as key assets who could have led the team if not for war injuries and duty. He cites Grodzicki as a former standout with 19 wins and a shredded leg, and Munger as a top Cardinal who posted 11 and 3 in 1944 before serving in the Far East.
Dodgers owner Larry MacPhail argues baseball will become the national game in Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba as Latin youth embrace the sport. He cites deep, widespread interest and calls it a key factor in improving regional good will.
Washington reports rural areas suffer doctor shortages, with one physician per 1 700 people prewar and as few as one per 3 000 to 5 000 during the war. The Agricultural Department notes doctors and dentists avoid rural counties for better urban opportunities and that states hinder rural medical education. World War II sees rural youths with more physical defects than urban peers.
Central City resumes its drama festival at the historic opera house with a two play program. Mozart Abduction from the Seraglio and Verdi La Traviata open the festival, set to begin Saturday July 6 and run three weeks, honoring founder Anne Evans and drawing interest from Colorado and beyond.
In a Collier's style note the whale shark Rhincodon typus is highlighted as harmless and inoffensive, despite its 60 foot length and 12 ton weight. The piece states this giant feeds on small organisms and neither attacks nor is attacked by others.
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