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Show L'gv; Electrical Appliances Big Improvement Over Old By AL JEDLICKA WNU Features Electric gadgets will make postwar America a better place in which to live and work, in the home, on the farm, and in factory or warehouse. Inventions and innovations held back for the past four years because of war are now coming out to make your acquaintance. The principal Improvement in-; postwar refrigerators is in the increased in-creased storage capacity, with one unit providing collapsible shelves to permit the placement of larger Items in the bottom bins, and another an-other converting the bottom panel j- tu i i ( ( Lkuii S I ...,L;, . tji-..vi.i..-v:.:.-: A plug-in radiator, "elcc.tro-steem," "elcc.tro-steem," can be moved anywhere In the house and used where it Is needed. i Into a receptacle for vegetables. Efficiency and economy of effort feature smaller appliances like coffee cof-fee makers, toasters and waffle irons. One coffee maker, for instance, in-stance, capable of brewing from one to eight cups, shuts off at 204 degrees, de-grees, tests having shown that boiling boil-ing brings out the bitter flavor In the beverage. With the coffee made, enough temperature is then maintained main-tained to keep the liquid warm. A new toaster will allow the bread to pop' out when crisped or retain it if desired and maintain its warmth, while a new waffle iron flashes a light to advise the home-maker home-maker when it is . sufficiently hot and possesses four grids to eliminate elimi-nate waiting for multiple servings. serv-ings. Other interesting new innovations innova-tions include a small electrically-heated electrically-heated beanery for the preparation of foods needing slow treatment and a mixmaster which automatically automat-ically separates the beaters from their sockets. A revolutionary combination washing machine and dish washer promises to dispel blue Mondays for homemakers. Of eight-pound capacity, capac-ity, the washing machine can be transformed into a dishwasher by a change of tubs, with racks provided pro-vided for placing wares to be cleansed by a squirting action. Made especially for apartment houses or laundry stations, another washing machine with nine pounds capacity can be set for a light, heavy or average wash and then started off with a coin. With studies having shown that a homemaker lifted hundreds of pounds during each ironing with the old, heavy units, a new three and one-half pound iron has been produced. pro-duced. Other new postwar innovations include in-clude a combination radio-phonograph, with records inserted into a side drawer for automatic setting and playing, and floor lamps with an incandescent tubing running around the ordinary reflector to throw increased in-creased reading light without any heat. Butter and buttermilk for home consumption are available at the flick of a switch in the rural home equipped with a new electric churn. The portable machine weighs only 16 pounds, has a high speed motor, mo-tor, a glass barrel and several other wartime improvements, according ac-cording to its manufacturer. The glass barrel, which permits the operator op-erator to watch the churn's progress, prog-ress, comes in three- and five-gallon sizes. Its V-shaped aluminum agitator is suspended from the motor mo-tor by its drive shaft, and is easily removed for cleaning. War veterans who lost arms In combat will soon find electrically operated devices to help them in handling autos and tractors. By pushing a button, a disabled veteran may be able to hold a job in a factory, fac-tory, or shop, or in a warehouse. One Chicago manufacturer has brought out an electric propelled hand truck which will handle a 6,000-pound 6,000-pound load through fingertip control. I V; ' j Compact electric churn, equipped with an aluminum agitator agi-tator and a clear glass barrel, can turn out about one and a half pounds of butter in a few minutes. i V ft xV k ss" -te i P " : New lamp features a "circline" fluorescent tube as well as a conventional con-ventional bulb, eliminating sharp contrasts and providing color warmth. I 1 ' 51 1 I V - , s - " 'v ,3 P , ' W .x- . . , I x , . 1 . " I I x v " " s v ' I ? . . - 3 x J 1 O 1 J r ft - ' J f v x J j Using finger-tip controlled electric truck. Standing on transporter is Pfc. Ernest O. Palmicri, Warren, R. I.; seated, T4 Paul Regon, Johnson City, N. Y.; operator, Pfc. John J. Bennicoff, Kutztown, Pa.; right, looking on, Pfc. Lawrence Cotugno, South Boston, Mass. |