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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
12
Old fashioned knife box patterns popular with home craftsmen now copied in modern shops. The design includes an Early American stand with tiny brass knobs and leaf pieces. Full size diagrams, cutting directions, materials list, and oil wax finishing guidance are provided. Pattern price 15 cents postpaid.
Collier's notes harness racing has thrived at county fairs since the 1800s and emerged as a top rural sport. It reports 1946 meets rising from about 850 to 1,100, attendance from 15 million to 20 million, and purses from 2 million to 4 million, marking a sharp wartime expansion.
The Agriculture Department projects high domestic food stocks with ample meat and dairy output for the next year, though meat to per capita consumption may dip and fats stay tight. OPA pricing policy and subsidies move toward the Agriculture Department as price controls wind down, with subsidies mostly ending by April 1, 1947. A filibuster ends paving the way for final action on extending OPA authority and reallocating price controls.
The war department reveals final WWII casualties from May 27 1941 to January 31 1946 totaling 308 978 dead and missing from over 10 million mobilized with a 2.98 percent overall fatality rate. New York leads with 31 215 killed followed by Pennsylvania Illinois California Ohio and Texas. Maryland records the lowest rate at 2.20 percent.
The Council of State Governments reports large sums go unclaimed each year. In New York over $200,000 in pari mutuel winnings were turned over to the state last year. Illinois uses unclaimed race winnings for a veterans rehabilitation fund.
Professor Farrington Daniels of Chicago suggests using uranium as the basis for a new monetary system to replace gold. He argues atomic energy development could stabilize prices and reduce fluctuations.
A set of trivia questions covering Canadian provinces and territories, geology, Roman naming of California, U S state department history, animal testimony in court, ostrich behavior, a Bryant poem bird, ballistics on moving aircraft, Newton’s laws, and lunar versus Earth temperature factors.
The items list general knowledge style questions covering geography and science topics. Provides concise phrases including political divisions, geology, calendar, government department, and classic scientific concepts.
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