Postwar Dreams: Autoplanes and Tech Advances
A Senate subcommittee report cites early postwar possibilities from wartime tech. Auto planes with folding wings for private use may be developed, along with lightweight plywood cars, packaged prefab housing, and welded wall panels. Kilgore calls the study a guide to economic opportunities. Perkins urges adapting innovations without causing unemployment.
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Washington
Senate
Bureau
Kilgore
West Virginia
America
Perkins
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Precarious Position for Franklin's Marriage Warned by Mother-in-Law
Before his marriage Benjamin Franklin faced a skeptic in his future mother-in-law who doubted if the young printer could support a family. She noted there were already two printing shops in the United States and feared the country could not sustain a third.
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Benjamin Franklin
United States
Tire wear rises in Texas heat warns association
The Rubber Manufacturers Association warned that over 300,000 tires in Texas could be ruined in the next 90 days of hot weather driving unless motorists slow down and check tire pressure regularly. They cautioned drivers to take precautions and noted more new tires will be available for B and C card holders by fall.
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Dallas
Farmers Federal Insurance Forum By Ernest L Tutt
Mary Martin a college senior faced losing her degree after her father died leaving bills. A Social Security Board visit led to a lump sum of 259.20 dollars, enabling her to stay in school. The piece notes farmers cannot claim under Old Age and Survivors Insurance and calls for an amendment.
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Mary Martin
Dallas
Social Security Board
Mary
New Coal Stoves Promise Smoke Free Heat With Less Fuel
An exchange column notes coal stoves from 27 manufacturers claim to be smokeless and to use about half the fuel with less maintenance. The piece emphasizes postwar material gains but cautions the new products won’t arrive tomorrow for the seven million homes still using older stoves.
English Matrimony Law Parody From 1870 Ladies Magazine
The quoted passage from a 1870 Ladies Magazine piece recalls a 1770 English statute forbidding luring men into marriage with cosmetics and contraptions. The writer jokes about re-enacting the law as a critique of social expectations and fashion. The item mixes legal history with satirical commentary.
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England
Ladies Magazine
Fleming Saved Churchill By Penicillin Miracle
A half century ago a Scottish farm boy saved a London youth from drowning and funded his medical education. The same youth, later known as Winston Churchill, aided Fleming by supporting his research, and penicillin later revived Churchill during a pneumonia crisis in the Near East, demonstrating the lifesaving power of the antibiotic.
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Scotland
London
Alexander Fleming
Fleming
Near East
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
England
Winston Churchill
NTA
Household Hints from a Past Era
Practical kitchen and laundry tips cover dyeing, ironing, pressing, and sewing. Advice includes testing fabric matches with thread, avoiding wringing corduroy, renewing artificial flowers with steam, and cooking an apple and meat patties together. Care for enamel pans and wringer rolls is also noted.
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