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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1947
Page
5
Howard Hughes comments on the airlift and war contracts while noting a 1944 Miss $200 contest. A letter to Averell Harriman, secretary of commerce, questions a nineteen member committee studying the nation's lending capacity. Hughes jokes about aviation losses and miscasts in Harvey film casting speculation.
Idaho senator Glen Taylor will ride horseback from San Francisco to the Atlantic coast this summer in a publicity stunt for peace. He aims to speak for the United Nations and world cooperation, planning a three month journey with two horses, one on a trailer.
Walter Winchell argues America is a melting pot with 256 religious denominations and a diverse origin of its people. He notes Virginia’s colonial roots, earlier labor struggles, and a largely immigrant makeup including Ireland, England, Germany, Poland, and Italy. He says foreign born Americans are about 10 percent and highlights the Statue of Liberty as a symbol.
Political commentary argues that federal agencies and their patronage jobs will persist regardless of party control. Bureaus created under a Democratic administration sustain jobs, which could be filled by a Republican administration after any shift in power.
North Carolina leads in handling surplus turkeys with near Burgaw processing into quick frozen steaks at Pender Cold Storage and Freezer Locker cooperative. Thousands of birds are converted daily, producing steady returns.
A collection of practical tips covers sharpening knives without overheating, cleaning coil springs with a radiator brush, altering a dirndl dress into a belt and aprons, and ironing curtains with attention to ruffles. The piece also emphasizes teaching children to show respect for the elderly and avoiding public criticism of older people.
The text describes converting a hand cultivator by replacing the steel wheel with a 26 inch bicycle wheel and attaching a V-pulley, washers, stove bolts, and welding an angle iron frame. A motor mounted on the frame is balanced two ways and extended to fit a jack shaft and belts for speed reduction.
A new preparation called phosphorobacteria from the Leningrad Institute uses bacteria as plant food. Each grain contains up to 200 million bacteria that transform organic matter with phosphorus into soluble salts usable by plants. The bacteria increased crop yields.
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