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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
5
A guide to fall wardrobes emphasizes cotton fabrics for coeds. Versatile outfits include coordinated skirts and blouses, a velveteen suit with fur trims, corduroy dresses, and a velvet formal in olive, rust, purple, or black. Rain wear features water resistant cottons and chintz with hooded cape.
Melrose Massachusetts, a residential suburb of Boston with about 28 000 residents, boasts it is debt free after paying its last 12 000 in bills. The city has under 300 employees, a tight 4 9 mile footprint, 800 vacant lots, and a tax rate of 42 per 1000 valuation.
UC forestry assistant professor Harold H. Biswell reports brush is taking over California range land, crowding out grass in 76 percent of surveyed areas. A state Fish and Game survey finds brush invasion threatens grass within years, with burning as a possible control if brush has not fully taken over, though erosion risks exist if burning is used.
The University of California at Davis reports its pure bred Merino ewe yielded 18.4 pounds of wool, enough for three suits after shrinkage. The staff aims to cross Merino with French Tambouiliet to combine body and quality. Farm accidents rise during harvest time as safety steps emphasize equipment upkeep.
Washington dispatch reports Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the mint, said a Franklin likeness prepared for a three cent piece was shelved during World War II as copper was diverted to pennies. The design later became the Franklin half dollar with the liberty bell on the reverse.
Vance L. Morrison, a forester, reports use of newly developed chemicals 2-4D-Animate and 4D-Esters with flame throwers to clear roadside brush in Oregon. Applied under 1000 pounds pressure, results are described as very satisfactory. Brush is burned under guarded conditions to prevent fire spread.
Olive canners explored new uses at the 1948 olive technical conference tasting canned products flavored by olives. Samples included beans rice spaghetti and noodles with olives used as sandwich spreads and meat sauces. Dr William V Cruess urged thorough experimentation and sales trials before any large scale canning of olive specialties.
University of Nebraska professor E W Mussehl notes Nebraska lags in chicken farm operations with six million pounds imported last year from Delaware Maryland Arkansas and Virginia. He says eastern producers keep costs low while Nebraska farms shrink production by 10 percent. He adds many Nebraska poultry workers move to cities seeking steadier income.
A culinary expert outlines plans for a golden wedding celebration with festive dishes. The piece describes a pineapple gelatin salad, a bridal chiffon cake, and related party preparations, interwoven with notes on a couple's upcoming anniversary.
Soichi Soko of the YMCA Topic states Bible reading grows in Japan with 78 million people. He says Bible teachings help explain American progress. In Tacoma a 17 year old dispute between tenant and landlady ends as the tenant moves out after a heated argument.
New York real estate broker J DeWitt Acker 51 was fined 102 for 16 parking charges in traffic court. He previously paid fines on 12 parking charges in December last year.
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