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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
3
A crochet fascinator pattern offers a triangular open work top in multiple colors. It requires two ounces of yarn and is sold as Pattern No 5491 with instructions available for 16 cents plus name and address.
A late 19th or early 20th advertisement touts making a home cough syrup using sugar and water with Pinex bought from a druggist. It promises affordability, easy preparation, and strong relief by loosening phlegm, soothing irritation, and aiding sleep, with a money-back guarantee if not satisfied.
The Social Security Board reports reconversion waves after WWII, with 6 million out of work at first and 8 million expected in a second wave. Skilled workers and women lead claims as veterans return, prompting a crisis by 1947 if jobs remain scarce.
The speaker cites Louis Brownlow, former DC commissioner and civic expert, and Watson Miller, head of the Federal Security Administration, noting neither finished grade school to argue that formal schooling alone does not measure capability.
Discussion grows around General Spaatz former U S air forces in Europe as a possible 1946 Pennsylvania governor candidate. Report notes about 18 million men were employed on V J Day and remarks that youths and older workers would leave for work if employment issues are resolved.
The Washington Bureau answers reader queries on veterans affairs with guidance on discharge rules, pensions, schooling, and benefits. Readers are invited to send questions to the Washington office to be addressed in future columns.
A Christmas pattern offers a complete circus project with elephants giraffes lions and clowns to cut from plywood or heavy cardboard. It includes a muslin tent with a BIG TOP title and life like painted figures and foldable storage. Order No. 289 costs 13 cents from the sponsor.
A compact trivia item notes a general knowledge quiz playfully labeled Ask Me Another. The card hints at light entertainment and quiz style questions without detailing rounds or hosts.
The quiz answers identify arsenic as a silvery brittle metal and say the governor is appointed. Oklahoma is listed for the state with the most tribes. The rainbow colors are seven. Stenographers earn high pay due to many dialects. War costs split 53 cents to the war department and 29 to the navy. oil and water mix with soap.
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