1941 Is Shaping Up as Ersatz Period For People of America
Cleveland dispatch analyzes how late 1941 foreshadows wartime substitutions across consumer goods. It cites shortages driving design shifts in appliances, clothing, autos, rail cars, kitchenware, plastics, and metals, with aluminum and nickel constraints impacting trains, cans, pipes, sinks, and revolvers amid defense-driven economic change.
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Cleveland
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Housewives Told How To Boil An Egg
Harold Rotzel of the New England Fresh Egg Institute told the Maine Poultry Association that nine of ten housewives miscook eggs. He urged placing eggs in lukewarm water and bringing it slowly to a boil to avoid practically indigestible results.
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New England Fresh Egg Institute
Maine Poultry Association
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Stomach cancer toll linked to delaying physician visits
San Francisco medical expert Dr. T F Mullen warns stomach cancer kills nearly 100 Americans daily, with 27,000 curable cases existing at any moment. He cites only 3,000 stomach cancer surgeries in 50 years and urges immediate medical consultation for sudden dyspepsia, upper abdominal pain, appetite loss, weakness, or strong family cancer history.
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University of California Medical School
Roosevelt Seeks Formula to Expand Social Security Benefits
President Roosevelt said he is seeking a formula to extend the social security program and equalize benefits for aged persons under the federal state system. He predicted spring developments and stressed gradual broadening year by year, aiming to reduce state matching limits and address disparity where rich states pay four to five times more than poorer ones.
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World languages by speaker counts and ancient university
A historical note cites 2,769 languages per French Academy estimates. Chinese dialects top with 488,573,000 speakers, followed by English at 250,000,000 native speakers and about 50,000,000 as a second language. Hindu tongues total 216,000,000, then Russian 166,000,000 and Spanish 103,000,000. it also asks about the oldest university under the American flag, Santo Tomas in Manila, founded in 1611 with roughly 4,500 students.
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Frances Perkins Daughter Suzanne Hare Married to David Hare
Frances Cora Perkins secretary of labor has one daughter Suzanne now married to David M. Hare. The article notes over 100 dollar a year men serving the government under the defense program. Some rely on other incomes, others claim extra compensation while all receive $5 a day in Washington plus travel expenses.
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President endorses federal aid formula tied to state wealth
The President proposed a wealth based federal funding plan that would boost poorer states without penalizing richer ones. States would contribute a fair share of their per capita wealth while the federal government increases allocations to assist the less affluent.
Cheese consumption rises nationwide with cheddar lead
The 1930s saw a 36 percent rise in American cheese consumption, totaling 567 592 000 pounds in 1930 and 770 003 000 pounds in 1939. cheddar accounted for 67 5 percent in 1930 rising to 72 5 percent by 1939 as process cheese development aided growth.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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