Martha and Bill in wartime romance and isolation
Martha navigates loneliness and a growing separation as Bill serves in the army. She finds limited weekends with him, then becomes entangled with Paul Elliott at the country club, balancing duty, desire, and social expectations in Amarillo.
Night at the Tortilla Club Ends in Midnight Runaway Tease
Martha dances with Paul and a flirtatious crowd at Club Tortilla as rivals claim her. Jack Grace asserts rules are broken and escorts her to the veranda while a red haired flirt invites a runaway. Dawn finds Martha home and a late call from Bill ends the installment.
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Unstuffying ideas on trade and literature in one voice
A collection of essays argues that fair exchange should balance gains in international trade, critiques misused barter, and defends money as a trading medium. It cites Herr Hitler, Colombia, and Germany while reflecting on literary critics who devalue classics like Dante and Paradise Lost. The piece ends with remarks on steel output and a wartime stance by Senator Carter Glass.
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10 Ways to Lose Money In Tax Time
A humorous outline listing ten common tax mistakes to avoid. It covers failing to claim dependents and credits, missing deductions for church gifts mortgage interest travel and business expenses, and forgetting to file by March 15. It notes penalties and possible refunds from the internal revenue bureau.
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Chicago
Joe Zilch
Internal Revenue Bureau
Slum Clearance Cited as Defense Element in Speech
C F Palmer defense housing coordinator says slum clearance is a real defense element though not a Defense Housing Office responsibility. Dr Earl C Kelley Detroit secondary education supervisor adds educational democracy remark.
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Mud cement blocks offer cheap farm buildings
Prof. W. C. McNown of the University of Kansas says a soil cement block made of 90 to 94 percent earth can build mud barns silos sheds and even homes. University labs will use mud blocks with two walls and concrete. Material costs are estimated at 6 to 10 cents per cubic foot versus 15 to 25 cents for standard cement.
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City College Faculty Linked to Communist Activity Hearings
The Rapp-Coudert hearings in New York expose City College staff as major sources of Communist influence. William Canning testifies 34 instructors named as party members, with ties to the College Teachers Union and plans to rewrite history.
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Katherine Dunham in Cabin in the Sky the Broadway dancer
Katherine Dunham, an ambitious mulatto from Joliet Illinois, studied anthropology at the University of Chicago earning Rosenwald fellowships that funded research in Jamaica Martinique Trinidad and Haiti. She discusses American dance origins and authentic movement while preparing for a future theater performance at the Martin Beck.
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Swiss Novelist Gottfried Keller Honored in 1940 Stamp Set
Stamps reveal Keller, a Zurich native born 1819, pictured on the 1940 For Youth semi postal. He left art studies in Munich, then studied in Heidelberg with a pension. His novels elevated him among German writers and his poetry ranks with the century’s greats.
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