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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
7
A large paper bag over a furnace pipe helps keep dirt from escaping. Glue cork to picture frame corners to prevent wall dust lines. Use a mop to clean floors for quick, all-at-once dirt removal. Wallpaper borders can alter perceived door size. Nylon robes offer easy care and laundry. No ironing needed. finger-press folds. Paint flower pots black to contrast bright blooms. Dip thread in glue before bead stringing for easy threading.
The settlement house founded by George A. Bellamy in 1896 celebrates its golden jubilee and Bellamy’s 50 years as director. From early struggles at 143 Orange Street to 2723 Orange Avenue, the institution built programs in Americanism, child development, and community services. Bellamy helped found the Babies' Dispensary, Juvenile Court, Legal Aid, and the Cleveland Community Chest. More than 90,000 people have joined Hiram House clubs, with annual registrations peaking near half a million.
A mid-century football analysis weighs returning stars and emerging talents across top programs. It highlights Blanchard, Davis, Wedemeyer, and Gilmer as leading backfield contenders, debates others like Fenimore, Buddy Young, Trippi, and Tucker, and notes strengths at Alabama, Columbia, Illinois, Notre Dame, Yale, Oklahoma, and Army while warning Navy faces talent losses and tough schedules ahead.
Cambridge report describes a Neanderthal skeleton found in Mt. Carmel cave now at Harvard's Peabody Museum. Dr Theodore McCown notes the bones date about 100000 years, with deer and wild ox remains. the finder says the specimen resembles modern humans but is not an ancestor.
George Henry Lamb, 60, heads the Queens County Abandonment Bureau and has tracked down more than 2,000 fathers who deserted their children. He has pursued suspects across 48 states plus Cuba Canada and Mexico and recently nabbed nine during a California trip. Sixteen others settled by providing support payments.
Chicago man James J. Ingels is named No. 1 charter member as the National Safety Council forms a national club of safe women drivers called Wonder Wives. A wife driving 10,000 miles or more without accidents or tickets may join with her husband’s signed statement.
Gov Vail Pittman halted distribution of a state tourists map after Boulder City Nevada with 5200 residents complained it left out the town. The guide was ordered reprinted in corrected form and all erroneous copies destroyed.
Simple to make inexpensive Pattern 7244 toy includes a transfer pattern and directions. Materials list outlines what is needed to craft the toy, aimed at handy hobbyists and crafters seeking quick projects.
In June 1938 the Macnab-Snyder Safari in the Kenya Colony filmed the first albino giraffe. The Kenya Game Department issued an edict prohibiting hunters from harming the snow white animal.
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