Rural Free Delivery marks 50th anniversary milestone
The rural free delivery program began in 1896 with four men on horse back and a boy on a rover and has grown into a $100 million enterprise. By the 60th anniversary year it operates 32,161 routes, delivers to nearly eight million families, with average route length 44.8 miles and total daily travel over 1.4 million miles.
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Post Office Department
West Virginia
R.F.D
Antonito
Colo
Glenshaw
Old Revolutionary Mine Discovered in New Jersey
In Picatinny arsenal grounds Dover New Jersey two guards found an iron mine while posting no gunning signs. Abandoned workings span Morris Warren Sussex and Passaic counties with possible Copperas or Green Pond mine names. Ore once supplied cannonball production for Washingtons Continental army.
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Dover
N. J
Picatinny Arsenal
Arsenal
New Jersey
Morris
Warren
Sussex
Passaic
Arsenal Engineering Division
Chester Iron Company
Copperas
Green Pond
Washington
Continental Army
Patterson Celebrates 82nd Birthday By Cycling
Miss Martha M. Patterson marks her 82nd birthday with a bicycle ride in Hastings Nebraska. She no longer pedals to downtown due to heavy traffic but still cycles for pleasure and small errands.
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Hastings
Neb
Martha M. Patterson
12,000 G. L. Abandon War Brides
New York report cites 12,000 wartime marriages between American soldiers and foreign women that have ended in abandonment. R. G. Mastrude of the International Migration Service says many brides were left without contact as soldiers returned home. He notes false addresses and bigamy, and calls international divorce law agreements unfortunate.
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New York
R. G. Mastrade
International Migration Service
United States
Europe
Mastrude
G.I
America
Vermont Village Pinpoints World Peace Symbol
Pownal Center Vermont, a tiny farming town of 150, gains global notice as a peace model. The full page profile notes its church steeple, lack of urban amenities, wartime service by 11 men and one woman, and residents’ hope that the atom bomb threat spurs world peace rather than destruction.
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Vermont
Pownal Center
United States
United
U.N
Union Church
Virginia
Bomb Anniversary Marks Atomic Age Birth
Washington reports December 2 1942 as the day the Manhattan Project secured a working nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago. Maj. Gen. Groves and Argonne Laboratory will lead a Chicago memorial with 25 universities observing the milestone in science.
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Washington
Army
Staggfield
University of Chicago
Manhattan Project
Leslie R. Groves
Atomic Energy Organization
Chicago
Argonne Laboratory
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Police Seek Hub Cap Collector In Baltimore Craze
Police in south Baltimore plan to arrest a hub cap collector after he gathered eight caps in one night. The story notes locals collect stamps pipes or war souvenirs and implies officers may join the hunt for the cap thief.
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Baltimore
Christmas Club Fund Reaches Peak Figure
The National Association of Mutual Savings Banks reports a record $124,557,464 to 1,961,377 depositors from Christmas club accounts this year. The amount is $13 million above 1945 totals with an average distribution of $70.72 per account.
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New York
Mutual Savings Banks
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
Aviation notes show veteran pilots club and new air ventures
Former combat fliers form a Philadelphia area pilots club to share aviation advances and participate in hangar flying air carnivals and barnstorming tours. New hangars rise in Montrose Colorado 8-plane capacity. Iowa Clarinda airport approved by the Civil Aeronautics Commission. Sundance Wyoming opens non commercial marker. Nevada Missouri dedicates a municipal hangar with junior chamber tours and contests. Married Seattle pair wed in a plane above Lake Washington. Growth of rural airports planned with 3,050 new sites and 1,625 improvements plus open-plan designs to boost revenue. New naval trainer Fairchild XNQ-1 makes first test flight. Airmail field post offices grow from 1 unit in 1927 to 31 with 1,013 clerks.
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Philadelphia
Glenwood
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Montrose
Colo
Clarinda
Ray Schenck
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Sundance
Wyo
Wyoming
Nevada
Junior Chamber of Commerce
America
United States
Cleveland
Leftovers Made Interesting in Home Cooking
This Western Newspaper Union feature promotes turning leftovers into quick meals. It advises planning portions to reduce waste, then outlines recipes using chicken, turkey, vegetables, and sides with steps for storage, preparation, and serving.
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Western Newspaper Union
Lynn Says Soup Serving Hints
A home cook offers tips for easy soup making. Use a well cooker to simmer ingredients on low while you shop. When mixing milk or white sauce with tomato, add tomato gradually and stir constantly to prevent curdling. Use a double boiler for heating.
How to store leftover cream soup and bone a roast
The note advises refrigerating leftover cream soup after it cools to prevent spoilage. It suggests asking for the bone when boning and rolling a roast. It mentions using bones as a base for fine vegetable soup and pairing canned soups for variety.
Quaint Salt Box and Spoons Rack Pattern 251
A handy hand crafted kitchen pair: a salt box and matching spoon rack cut by hand with coping saw or jig saw. Brads and glue hold pieces, decorated by stenciling. Pattern 251 provides full size cutting guides, stencil designs, color guide, and step by step directions. 15 cents plus name and address to obtain pattern.
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Tural
Navy
Dixe
WNU
Jefferson County
W. Va
John O'Donnell
Michigan
Congress
Teddy
Iners
New York Post Office
Herodotus
G.L
WIU
Arthur H. Bourke
Powhal Center
Hoosie Valley
Ethan Allen
Christmas Club
Opheles Aviation Notes
Clayton Myron
Pearl Westerman
Seattle
Lake Washington
Boeing
Fairchild Aircraft Division
BOF
Lynn Chambers
Lynn
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Aero Tech
Aeronautical — Aircraft and Engine Ica
School For
Aero Industries Technical Institute
Oakland Municipal Airport
Oakland
Cal
TECH
Tinues
Miles Laboratories
Elkhart
Indiana
Creomulsion
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