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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1948
Page
3
A March 28 1948 devotional notes Easter as proof of eternal life through Jesus Christ. It cites John 21 1 14 Colossians 3 14 and 12 17 and John 17 3 to explain belief in Christ brings life eternal and fruits of the Spirit as evidence, urging trust in the risen savior and lasting hope.
A reflective quotation by Henry Van Dyke extols the Bible as a universal treasure guiding life and memory. It portrays the Bible as motherly to the penitent and a universal comfort entering lands and dreams, enriching love and friendship.
A New York Supreme Court justice ruled that An toinette, a four-year-old girl, is the legitimate child of Mrs. Julie Straad and her estranged husband Antoine. The decision allows Antoine to visit the child, rejecting claims she was not his offspring after a separation and custody ruling last October.
The Atomic Energy Commission posted a Danger Keep Out notice covering about 39 000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean around Eniwetok Atoll. Hazards will exist in a rectangular area roughly 173 miles by 226 miles. The danger will continue throughout 1948.
An Australian flying boat carrying 29 passengers and a crew of 6 landed safely in Sydney after a 380 mile Tasman crossing with one engine dead. Passengers included Episcopal Bishop G Ashton Oldham of Albany New York and his wife.
In Romania a band gasped passengers to sleep in a Bucharest to Iasi night train and robbed the car. The Natiunea newspaper reported the passengers woke at Iasi station to find all their luggage missing.
Soretone Liniment promises quick relief from fatigue and muscle strain with warming rubefacient ingredients that purportedly draw blood to the surface. It advertises a price of 50 cents or a dollar for economy size and claims to kill fungi on contact for athlete's foot.
Omaha report notes 20 million more acres harvested than 1940 with three million fewer workers and 200000 fewer farms. Joseph A Hoban of B F Goodrich cites tractor population doubling since 1940 and estimates 1947 exports of 392 million bushels wheat 88 million bushels corn 328 million pounds meat. Rubber tired tractors cut rolling stock costs saving 24 days and 675 gallons per 150 acres.
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