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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1947
Page
6
A vivid panorama of New York at night describes Times Square glow, electric signs, and jostling traffic. Iconic sites like St Patrick’s Cathedral and Central Park are painted with moonlit beauty as ships, bridges, and foghorns animate the waterfront and skyline.
The piece surveys advances from the atomic bomb to earth crust hydrogen chain reactions and global science competition. It notes government freedom for research, hints at eerie power, and cites Truman art tastes and Marshall filibuster quips while listing foreign policy topics and relief goals.
An accessible guide encouraging mothers to host teen gatherings at home with simple, tasty menus. It details a Salmon Salad Bread Box and Owen Stew as main courses, plus easy desserts and make ahead prep. Emphasizes supervision and cooperative planning with neighbors for safe, supervised at home recreation.
Lynn Says suggests serving fruits and fruit juices for dinner. Canned raspberries and seedless grape halves marinated with orange juice form a grand combination. Equal parts orange sections and Tokago grapes promise to whet appetites.
Recipes and directions for poached eggs on toast scalloped spinach and mashed potatoes with vegetables, stew with biscuits baked, Dutch Apple Cake and Baking Powder Biscuits, Frozen Lemon Cream dessert, and freezing methods. Includes oven temps 350 to 450 degrees and durations from 12 to 40 minutes. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Western Newspaper Union dispatch surveys U S reaction to Soviet notes labeling Acheson slanderous. It argues Russia’s foreign policy is aggressive and expanding, reflects on Stalin and Molotov, and notes U S officials question Moscow’s motives while lawmakers debate labor law pressures and union power.
Nan Kennedy plots a bold course by placing a personal ad to meet a suitable partner. Lester Thompson counsels caution, but a single kiss and shared longing cement a plan to marry. They decide to pursue a life together despite obstacles, finding luck in a hopeful gamble.
The U S Bureau of Entomology updated cattle grub dusts during the war replacing sulfur with a mix of one part derris powder containing five percent rotenone and two parts tripoli earth or pyrophyllite or trianite. Sulfur previously assisted as a diluent but caused electrification and sticking to hair rather than reaching grub holes. Derris remains the grub killer.
A Texas rancher uses an old oil drum as a base to craft a weatherproof mail storage box. The base is cut with an arc welder, a door formed, hinges welded, and a draft sketch shows the opening. Packages placed inside stay dry until pickup.
A kitchen note suggests grape juice with ginger ale to tempt appetites and avocado slices paired with grapefruit or orange sections sprinkled with grapes. It also describes a method to enrich ice cream by whipping avocado with butter and folding it into frozen dessert before final chilling.
Dinah Lady a 750 pound Jersey cow owned by Walter Welkener of Jacksonville Florida was named the Ton of Gold award winner by the American Cattle Club. She produced 3 121 pounds of butterfat in 48 months while giving four calves. Welkener credits excellent permanent pasture and feeds cattle on lespedeza and Italian rye.
Tests at Hawaii University show a 20 percent molasses diet economical for pigs from weaning to 70 pounds. Higher molasses levels reduce gain rate and feed efficiency. Wisconsin studies find 10 percent molasses equals corn on total digestible nutrients basis.
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