Faces and Follies From Townsmen and Stars
A collage of 1940s social glimpses features Mrs. Andre Gromyko exiting the Colony with captains of industry and politicians like Dwight Eisenhower, Barbara Nunn in Broadway lore, Lana Turner’s farm joke, and witty street observations from Manhattan Murals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre
Gromyko
Powers
Gregg Sherwood
Trousseau
Wilma's
Walter Sherwin
Powersirens
N. Y. Yankees
Dwight Eisenhower
Paramount
Wendell Willkie
Gross voices criticism of Truman on farm policy and living costs
Pennsylvania Congressman Ches ter Gross denounces the Presidents farm policy attacks as double talk. He cites a Lakeland Florida housewife and cites asparagus and dandelions as greens. The piece notes his past remarks on consuming plentiful foods. It also reports on graft and fraud probes involving G I loans in Temple Texas and justice department action. It discusses gag rules in the 80th Congress and Knutson's tax cuts and trade bills.
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Tubby
Chester Gross
Pennsylvania
Symphony of Truman
Congress
Gross
Lakeland
Fia
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
York
G. I
JU S
Justice Department
Temple
Tex
Gordon Duncan
Duncan Homes
R. M. Newton
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans In
Wilson M. Pressley
Duncan Home Real Estate Office
Duncan
Veterans' Administration
G. L
E. C. Berry
Berry
Florida
Vetterans' Administration
Senate
House
Rules Committee
All Important
Ways and Means Committee
Czar Knutson
Knutson
Ways and Means
New Stamp Design Honors Poultry Industry
A humorous dialogue outlines Postmaster General and designer debating a three cent stamp honoring a chicken figure. They contemplate featuring a hen with a brood of chicks but avoid food-themed imagery to prevent controversy and possible conflicts.
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Wallace
P. G
Congress
Plymouth Rock
New England
Canning Fruit Tips and Seasonal Food Notes
Readers get guidance on canning fruit with or without sugar, budgeting jars for 40 weeks, and choosing varieties for best texture. The column covers equipment, processing steps, storage, and soil tips, alongside playful notes on politics and local anecdotes.
Canning Terms Explained by Lynn
Lynn explains acid foods include fruits tomatoes peppers sauerkraut and green peppers. Non acid foods are vegetables meats fish poultry game and soup mixtures. Precooking means boiling foods briefly to heat through. Head space is the empty space at the top of a filled jar.
Understanding home canning methods and equipment
The guide defines boiling water bath or hot water bath as a large vessel with a rack to hold jars during processing and a fitted cover. It explains sealing as closing jars airtight. It distinguishes cold pack from hot pack by whether jars are filled with raw food or hot food after precooking.
Excessive Lime Use Hurts Soil Fertility Says MU Specialist
University of Missouri plant expert Dr. William A. Albrecht warns that heavy liming exhausts soil fertility unless balanced with other plant foods. He notes lime raises crop yields but depletes nutrients like potash, stressing that plants need potash to convert carbohydrates into protein.
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William A. Albrecht
University of Missouri
Dr. Albrecht
Albrecht
Steel Farm Trailer with All Steel Frame
A two wheeled farm trailer features an all steel welded frame to prevent rattles and loosening bolts. The reinforced tongue design aims to improve service life. The trailer was designed at Colorado A and M college.
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Colorado A & M College
Johnson Grass Control Emerges as Community Task
Purdue University notes Johnson grass control is a community job requiring neighborhood involvement. Monitor for new growth in cream fields and remove by pulling or hoeing before roots form. Grass spreads via seeds and root pieces, carried by water hay cultivators and wind.
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Purdue University
Sleep Well Nightgown Pattern No 5565 Cutting Checklist
Request for complete cutting pattern in sizes 14 16 and 18 with tracing and color chart for Sleep Well Nightgown Pattern 5565. Includes request to send 20 cents coin and provide name address and pattern number.
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Broadway
Gottwald and
Zapotocky
Barbara Nunn
Monte Proser
H'wood
Heaven On Earth
Lily Pons
Monte
Studio
Lum Fong
George Jean Nathan
Lana Turner
Irving Hoffman
Club 78
Joops
Coney Island
Shneakin
Manhattan
Delancey Street
St Patrick’s Steps
Jack Pearl
42Nd Street
Richard Widmark
The
Mag
Outer Mongolia
C. A. Lejeune
Kidd
Douglas Fairbanks
John Newton Baker
Paul F. Fitzpatrick
Truman
Aaron Burr
United States
Paris
Ay Ley
Bop Mt
Ruse Goggins
Buckport
Garret Yan
Lynn Chambers
Henry Wallace
Glen Taylor
Philadelphia
Ball Park
Bull” Pen
Tory
Hank
Glen
Havana
Havana Institute
Joseph J. Koenig
Oak Ridge
Mundt
the Mundt
Mets
Lynn
Steel Farm
Johnson
Emmery
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Chicago
St.Joseph Aspirin
California
Sunkist
Almple
U. S
Carri
Ambos
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