You Never Know Mike Devlin
Mike Devlin smuggles a crutch using hitchhiker in a tense ride with a gunman that ends in a crash. After a brutal chase a copper blockade and a leap from the speeding truck Mike survives and learns he will be famous for a killer on crutches. The morning paper tags him as the killer serving life on crutches.
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Devlin
Mike
Buddy
Santa Claus
Mike Devlin
Madge
Galestown
Huber
Midwest Trucking
Wardlow’s
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Indiana Man Proposes Electric Mousetrap Invention
Indiana inventor H L Ratchford of Muncie has created a miniature electric mousetrap with metallic plates on the floor and sides and a bait holder at the end. A mouse completes a circuit when touching the bait, is electrocuted, and expelled from the trap ready for the next catch. Patent 2420723 has been granted.
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H. L. Ratchford
Muncie
Ind
Brandon Sun
Lacombe 38th annual bull sale tops and reserves
Champions and sale toppers at the Lacombe 38th annual auction of registered bulls included Andrew Johnson’s Hereford bull leading at 1370 dollars, a reserve Hereford at 885 dollars, a reserve Angus at 600 dollars by D C Bradshaw and Sons, Bowden, and a reserve Shorthorn at 525 dollars by J A Morison, Innisfail. The champion Hereford bull was sold by Geo Calder, Innisfail, for 675 dollars.
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Lacombe
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
D. C. Bradshaw and Sons
Bowden
J. A. Morison
Innisfail
Geo. Calder
Darling drawstring rock pattern 4751 for girls
Anne Adams promotes pattern 4751 a simple sew for girls ages 6 to 14. No buttons placket armhole or seams required and a 90 minute project. Size 10 uses 2% yards of 36 inch fabric. Order by mail with name address and style number and 25 cents.
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Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Winnipeg
Mesmupeget Union
McDermot Ave. E
Man
Vitamins and minerals rise with diet shifts since 1935
The increase in vitamins and minerals since 1935 39 stems from greater consumption of leafy green and yellow vegetables citrus fruit and whole milk and from enrichment of grain products.
Market Garden Industry Thrives In The West
Market gardening expands across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with Winnipeg as a hub. About 600 Manitoba market garden farms near Winnipeg produced most 1946 sales while Saskatchewan and Alberta also show growing outputs. Exports rise, with Manitoba turning to Eastern markets and increased canning capacity boosting the industry overall.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Winkler
Moose Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lethbridge
Taber
Brooks
Toronto
California
Vancouver
Ontario
Sour Cream Cookies from a Vintage Recipe
A classic cookie method using 414 cups sifted flour with baking powder soda salt and nutmeg. Cream shortening with sugar, add eggs, then alternately add flour and sour cream, finish with vanilla. Chill, roll, cut with a 3 inch cutter, bake 375 to 390 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about five dozen cookies.
Daisy Sue Flinn Heroic Save for Brother in Cistern
In Festus Missouri eleven year old Daisy Sue Flinn saved her three year old brother Larry by diving into a six foot cistern holding his head above water for two hours until help arrived. Neighbor Judy Moore summoned aid after Daisy Sue directed her to fetch help as two telephone repairmen pulled the children from the cistern. Daisy Sue said she acted to protect Larry when their mother worked. Later note mentions Hopi rain snake dances as a separate item.
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Judy Moore
Daisy Sue
Fred Reece
Herman Cody
Larry
New Automotive Engine Demonstrated at Postwar Meeting
Charles F. Kettering announced a new engine tested in Oldsmobile showing 30 to 40 percent fuel savings with a 14 to 1 compression ratio. He claimed higher compression is possible and practical, challenging beliefs of a peak in fuel economy. Tests scaled in Detroit and Dayton supported the gains as hundreds of automotive engineers attended at French Lick.
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French Lick
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Corporation
Kettering
Oldsmobile
Research Laboratories
Society of Automotive Engineers
Detroit
Dayton
To Wash Painted Walls Or Ceilings
Simple cleaning recipe uses washing soda vinegar and brown sugar mixed with warm water. Apply with a cloth wipe and rinse the cloth for a clean result. Half a pail suffices for one ceiling.
Tide-forecasting Machine Aids Indian Ocean Studies
A machine in India predicts sea tide behavior with accuracy through 1950. Researchers note potential for long term oceanographic insights and coastal planning, with implications for navigation and weather forecasting in the Indian Ocean region.
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India
Indian Ocean
Gems of Thought on Rest and Duty
A collection of quotations about rest through activity and harmony. Authors include Cowper Robertson Lavater Longfellow Mary Baker Eddy Lavater and Matthew 11:28. The piece links duty, struggle, wisdom, faith, and divine rest in a concise, reflective format.
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R. W. Robertson
Mary Baker Eddy
Russian scientists map vast Tian Shan mountain chain
Moscow radio reported that Russian scientists mapped a huge mountain chain in Tian-Shan China, a region long noted by geographers as highly inaccessible.
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Tian-Shan
China
Moscow Radio
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Longfellow
Mitte Moise
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