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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
2
Washington officials publish a guide for draft medical examiners to detect fakers seeking discharge by feigning illness or disability. The book outlines medical standards, 17 million questionnaires, and class 1A 1B 4F designations with strict diligence against malingering and deception.
Americans donated 21 million dollars to the Red Cross for wartime relief in Europe. Funds supported European aid, repatriation, garments and dressings, and local chapter materials, with large later allocations for France and Britain as the war evolved.
Texas farm families still render high quality lard says Roy W. Snyder of Texas A&M Extension Service. Quality fat from grain fed hogs, no internal fat, cut in one inch cubes, cold start, slow rendering, cracklings golden brown, strain through cloth, cool quickly, store in clean airtight containers.
The article explains light conditioning as a three part recipe of sufficient light correct quality and good distribution. It follows Joan a young student as she upgrades a bedroom with indirect ceiling lighting wall lamps and refined fixtures to reduce glare and shadows.
Austin health officials urge motorists to inspect exhaust systems for leaks and defective connections before winter driving. Dr. Geo W Cox warns that closed cars in cold weather risk CO poisoning from leaky manifolds mufflers and hot air heaters. He notes headaches drowsiness and fatigue may signal CO exposure and stresses regular checks of heating equipment to prevent deaths.
New York reports that Americans average over 100 pounds of sugar annually. A century ago consumption was about ten pounds per person. Wm J Robbins notes sugar was sold with spices and drugs in 1822 and that refined sugar today is promoted as pure food, removing many dietary impurities.
The text imagines a man evolving plant like traits to photosynthesize. Ears 7 to 8 yards wide and fingers 30 feet long with webbing would absorb sunlight. Green skin would reflect chlorophyll based sugar production, requiring 80 to 100 square meters of leaf area daily versus a human’s 1 to 2 square meters. A final note suggests crust wafers with sugar and cinnamon baked as dessert.
A home method describes making a strong solution of epsom salts and vinegar to frost windows. Apply with a paint brush and let dry, then optionally seal with white varnish to make the frost last longer.
An Exchange piece contrasts million and billion. It notes the vast difference in sums, explaining a billion equals a thousand million and estimating that counting to a billion at 300 per minute would take 15 years, 5 hours, and 34 minutes, while a million ends in six days.
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