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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1948
Page
3
Pattern No. 8303 offers a summer frock in sizes 12 to 20. It features a scooped neckline brief sleeves and a full dancing skirt. Size 14 uses 4% yards of 39 inch fabric with % yard for yoke and sleeves.
A brisk tour through New York cultural quicktakes and sly jabs at public figures. The column blends anecdotes about Walt Whitman inspired journalism, Melville’s fate, John Masefield, W C Fields, Ernes Truex, and a string of showbiz vignettes with light satire of the press and Broadway life. It notes a stalled Superman strip deal, a Commitee on un American Activities update, and witty street scenes from Delancey to the Stork Club.
A historical critique argues big business must reveal production costs and sales distributions to win public trust. It contends workers and consumers deserve concrete evidence of material, labor, taxes, and profits, not generalities or hidden figures, to avoid being misled.
The piece compares national political conventions to congressional sessions, noting delegates largely follow directing leaders. It argues party leaders from each state hold real influence while many delegates act as window dressing. It emphasizes community roles and the steady replacement of office holders in rural areas.
The article discusses whether flies can become resistant to DDT after years of use. It cites entomologists acknowledging possible resistance, notes laboratory experiments producing DDT resistant strains, and suggests that farm failures may stem from poor products or neglected breeding sites. DDT acts slowly.
New insecticide pyrenone proves effective against flies on livestock and is already used in sprays. Protein supplements in rations become more attractive as grain costs rise, making them profitable now. Pullet care now predicts stronger laying next fall, while benzene hexachloride for hog lice is added to hog oils for dipping and rubbing use.
Tests from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station show tung meal as an unsatisfactory protein source for chick rations. Raw or processed forms caused high mortality at 10 to 15 percent inclusion and reduced feed utilization and growth at 5 percent and higher levels.
Practical home fixes cover painting and leaks. Inspect walls for leakage around windows and doors, as rainwater can seep inside and strip paint. Also advise flushing boilers lightly each season with a cleaner every 2 3 years, and use dry Portland cement to lift grease from cement steps before washing. Coal ash, when used correctly, can benefit gardens.
Good Precaution ATEMUS WARD, traveling on a slow Southern train after the Civil War, asks the conductor if passengers may offer advice. He proposes detaching the cowcatcher from the engine and hitching it to the rear to avoid overtaking a cow, in a gruff exchange.
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