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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1946
Page
5
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
A reader column by FRANK COLBY presents a string of language queries and playful notes from readers across the United States. It covers pronunciation of Saint-Saens, discipline, hacienda, reservoir, Texian versus Texan, and a French phrase misread in France, with expert brief explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Saint-Saens
F. W
Colby
Saint
Saens
Saint-Sah
Fresno
The Return of Stocking Caps as Pin Fashion
A playful fashion note on postwar style features stocking caps repurposed as accessories. Readers are guided to attach pins and charms with safety pins, creating anklets and chatelaines, while noting how many pins signal dating status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesteryear
Minute Make-Uns By Gabrielle
Makeup tips on lipstick shades teeth whitening pink powders and eyeshadow tones. Suggestions include darker lips enhancing white teeth pink powders over suntan gray eyeshadow under violet for subtle shading and avoiding black eyeshadow. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Cedar Rapids Woman Learns Buried Body Is Not Hers
Mrs. Bernice Evans arrived in Cedar Rapids, learning a body buried last August in a family plot was identified as hers. The deceased, registered in Chicago as Mrs Roy Arnold, caused a mixup with authorities and a refund offer from the local mortuary. Investigations implicate Chicago police, Cedar Rapids officials defer to Chicago for disinterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bernice Evans
Chicago
Roy Arnold
Burns
Shiloh
Tom. Condon
Cedar Rap
29 Year Flight of Slaver Ended by Homesickness
Simon Doyle, 72, a fugitive for 29 years, said homesickness brought him back to Rapides Parish where he was convicted of murder in 1915. He awaits return to Angola State Penitentiary after escaping in 1917. He used an alias, lived in Oklahoma, worked 21 years for an oil company, and his wife accompanied him before surrendering in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Simon Doyle
Rapides Parish
Doyle
Angola
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Okla
Promptness at Mealtime Saves Life of This Hubby
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Benjamin Desko a 58 year old Pittston man is rescued after his wife finds he has not returned for lunch She had warned a bulldozer operator who called a rescue crew from the Pennsylvania Coal company Two hours of digging save him from a collapsed coal shaft opening and he is not harmed by the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Benjamin Desko
Pittston
Desko
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Professor Weatherby Ended Life Using Self-Mired Poison
In Los Angeles chemistry professor Leroy Samuel Weatherby 66 left a suicide note and a poisoned formula after leaving UC Southern California classes. He was found dead at his home about an hour later. friends cited poor health as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Leroy Samuel Weatherby
University of Soutern California
Modern alibis replace old excuses in Carroll college survey
In a Waukesha Wisconsin report, Carroll College alibis reveal new student excuses tied to economy and family life. War veterans cite absent records and housing issues recur with eviction court and housing searches noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
Carroll College
G.I
Veterans’ Administration
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lighthouse grave tribute fulfills 54 year old deathbed wish
In Spruce Head Maine a group honors Abbie Burgess America's first woman lighthouse keeper by placing a miniature aluminum lighthouse on her grave near White Head. Capt Joseph Noden of Saugus fashioned the replica, seen from Matinicus Rock 32 miles at sea, fulfilling her note that her gravestone be a lighthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Burgess
America
Joseph Noden
Saugus
Mass
Abbie
Matinicus Rock
White Head
Edward Rowe Snow
15 Million Evergreens Will Brighten Holiday
Washington report states more than 15 million Christmas trees will brighten homes this season. Forest Service officials and Agriculture marketing specialists coordinate to prevent regional market gluts. Most trees come from the Northwest with Montana supplying about one sixth and Canada shipping five million to the United States. Forester Arthur M. Souder notes the cutting acts as a weed out process to keep young growth from crowding salable timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Northwest
Montana
Canada
United States
Arthur M. Souder
Mother Goose Aids In Teaching Safety In Oakland
In Oakland California Mother Goose is used to teach children safety in schools. The piece shows how simple rhymes emphasize looking left and right before crossing and being aware of traffic dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Goose
Oakland
Calif
Jack Horner
Aviation Notes Highlight Latin America Vacation Boom
Vacations surge as European and Asian travel slows with Americans flocking to Latin America. Gateways like Miami and Los Angeles offer easy access to Havana Nassau Mexico and Brazil as wartime ties boost tourism. Doctor Louis Leonpacher uses planes to deliver veterinary care to remote marshlands and riverine areas. Wartime pilots gain improved vision through riboflavin enriched milk in Canada. December test flights for the Bell SX 1 promise speeds above Mach 1. Airport officials urged revenue facilities to unlock airline profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Orient
Latin America
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Brownsville
Texas
Los Angeles
Havana
Nassau
Mexico
Exuma
Grand Cayman Island
Cayman
Brazil
Population estimates of Bulgarian cities in 1942
The article notes Sofia as Bulgaria's capital with about 400000 residents and Plovdiv, aka Philippopolis, around 100000. It highlights that only a few large cities existed in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Sofia
Plovdiv
Philippopolis
Hatching Eggs and Altitude Tolerance in Birds Experiments
The article notes that laboratory hatching eggs withstand altitudes up to 80 000 feet in experiments while chickens tolerate around 17 000 feet. It states no permanent harm would likely occur if flights reach 20 000 feet.
Ipecac Root Medicine and Helvetius Legacy
The ipecac root first used by South American natives reached Europe with Adrien Helvetius of Paris who kept its formula secret. He treated dysentery and gained royal attention after curing the Dauphin, selling his remedy to Louis XIV for about 4000 dollars. The root is still used today as an expectorant and diaphoretic though largely supplanted by newer treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Europe
Adrien Helvetius
Paris
Helvetius
Parisian
Louis XIV
Dauphin
Louis
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France
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Hartford
Sphere Aviation Notes
Louis Leonpacher
Louisiana
Leonpacher
Royal Canadian Air Force
Kenneth F. Fee
Albany
N. Y
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California
Army
Bell Aircraft Company
Leigh Fisher
Detroit
Walton Wheel Co
Miles Nervine
Miles Laboratories, Inc
Elkhart
Ind
American Moto-Scoot CO
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