UNRRA Seen as Transitional Aid For War-Torn Europe
The UNRRA program is presented as a practical, temporary mechanism backed by 44 nations to relieve postwar shortages. It aims to avoid debt burdens by distributing aid in a two-tier system and using local currencies like drachmas in recipient countries. Former Governor Lehmann leads efficiency goals, while Sen. Vandenberg and other noninternationalist lawmakers supported congressional authorization.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D.C
Europe
America
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Congress
UNRRA
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Vandenberg
Ohio
Morse Salisbury
Farm and Home Hour
Department of Agriculture
New York
Herbert Lehmann
Lehmann
White House
Atlantic City
France
Holland
Belgium
Norway
Greece
du Pont
Connecticut Avenue
Mr. Salisbury
Washington
Salisbury
UNRAA
Brief notes on trucks, plastics, dogs, and delinquency
Brief items report 19 percent of trucks are at least a century old and 8 percent over 15 years. Nylon's high service temperature around 275 degrees F aids wartime use. Trained dogs carry vital Marine messages when phone lines fail. Juvenile delinquency cases disposed rise 31 percent last year per Katherine Lenroot of the Children's Bureau, U S Department of Labor.
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Katherine F. Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Sevenith Ernie Pyle at the Front London Dispatch
Ernie Pyle writes from London about American soldiers relaxing in the city, meeting Italian and British hosts, farewell rituals before departing Italy, and reflections on war weariness. He praises a quiet cadre of army public relations men who support reporters, highlighting Don Jordan’s multifunctional role and cooking skills.
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Italy
Sergi
Harry Cowe
Svom
Pvt
Don Jordan
Army
Delmar Richardson
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Paul Zimmer
Oakland
Calif
Jerry Benane
Minneapolis
Corp
Thomas Castleman
Albuquerque
Don
New England
Welles
Attleboro
Mass
Brown University
Our Place
Pattern orders delayed by high demand and war conditions
Due to unusually high demand and current war conditions, some popular pattern numbers take longer to fit. Please send your order to the indicated address for processing and updates.
Mother and Daughter Pinaforme Fashions Pattern No 8615C
The feature shows matching mother and daughter outfits in pinafore plays dresses using polka dot chambray flowered muslin candy striped cotton or gingham. Pattern 8615C offers sizes 2 3 4 5 and 6 years with fabric and trim yardage.
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Ric Rae
Answers to a historical riddle set list
The items include a set of numbered clues: 1 Answers to a historical riddle, 2 sixty days sixty five days, 2. Sixty feet five inches, 3 Thomas, 4 Alluvium, 5 The beetle Morocco, 7 The olive, 8 The siege of Troy by the Greeks.
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Thomas
Morocco
Troy
Mascots and Orphans: Italians and U.S. Troop Bonds
In wartime Italy, soldiers take in dogs as mascots and often adopt local boys, sometimes orphans from bombing. The piece notes hundreds of Italian children reportedly joined by troops, who invite them along by choice, with no home or family to return to.
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America
Woodrow Wilson
Italy
Not Unusual Quote Reflects Social Attitude
A brief quotation highlights a dated remark on female beauty with the line I think she is as pretty as she can be followed by Most girls are. The fragment suggests a misogynistic stereotype typical of a past era, reflected in a short, marginal newspaper item.
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Italy
England
Europe
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Colo
Pee Dee
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Firestone
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Richard Crooks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
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Haht
Firestone I
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