Married in California Jim Dick and Betty Lu Williams
Jim Dick, a marine on the U S S Honolulu, and Betty Lu Williams wed in California. Jim Dick is the son of Mr and Mrs D A George of Amarillo and Betty Lu is the daughter of Capt George Williams U S Army. The couple’s fathers joked about a shared wartime acquaintance.
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Jim Dick George
Betty Lu Williams
California
Jim Dick
U.S.S. Honolulu
D. A. George
Amarillo
Betty Lu
George Williams
U. S. Army
Betty
George
Capt. Williams
Washington Off the Record on Army Mess Lunches
Feature on Miss Mary Barber expert food consultant to the Secretary of War detailing Army feeding policy. She approves all menus for nine corps areas and explains why draftees eat more, prefer hamburgers and coffee, and how milk portions and field rations work to keep soldiers fed. She notes costs of feeding a man and the role of the savings fund.
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Lucrece Hudgins
Washington
Mary I. Barger
Secretary of War
Miss Barber
Quartermaster Corps
Quartermaster Corp
Army's Honest YeggmEn
Ralph Martin explains the Army nickname yeggmen or dynamite dans as combat engineer demolition squads. In Louisiana third army war games they map bridges dams and stations and destroy only enough to slow enemies while leaving portions standing for future repairs. They creep behind lines plant mine strings on highways and use simulated mines to disable tank tracks.
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U. S
Louisiana
Third Army
Army
Army Engineers
Louisiana Corps
Cracker Qs reveal historic clashes with Russia
Editorial notes on Napoleons Moscow march in 1812, Crimean War 1853-55, 1240 Kiev capture by Tartars, 1904-05 Russo Japanese War naval and land battles, and Russia s wars with Turkey in several 18th and 19th century conflicts.
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Napoleon
Moscow
England
France
Russia
Crimean Peninsula
Tartars
Kiev
Japan
Baltic
Pacific
Turkey
Rules to avoid used car scams from warning agencies
Washington readers are urged to test drive used cars for 50 to 100 miles and inspect oil and gas use, engine noises, brakes, tires, and battery. Inspect guarantees and contracts, verify the title, and beware gimmicks like misleading mileage and “money back” promises.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Manners Quiz on Neighborly Interactions and Toys
A quiz on social etiquette for neighborhood children. Answers: 1 yes with parental permission, 2 no avoid disobedience, 3 tell parents not punish, 4 yes supervise pets, 5 no prefer asking mother about toys with option (b)
Epigraphs and Biblical Passages in a Civil War Era Page
A fragmentary anthology page presents quotes from Homer II Corinthians and Queen Elizabeth about faith strength and bread. The items appear as brief literary reflections without narrative tying. The text evokes religious and classical allusions in a historical print style.
PICTURESQUE PUZZLER VENTURES THROUGH CLUES
The page presents a themed crossword puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues. It lists numbered entries for a female jungle explorer Getts and many cross references such as At, Dove shelter, Call for help, and data terms, inviting solvers to fill a grid with words matching the hints.
World Today analyzes Stalin stance and Russian winter war
The piece notes winter's grip on northern Russia, Stalin's potential openness to religious freedom, and Hitler's strategy amid German strain. It argues Russia can weather the season with reorganized troops and Allied supply, while religion and morale play a role in endurance.
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Col
Frederick Palmer
Washington
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Lenigrad
Leningrad
Hitler
Ice
Stalin
Ukraine
Middle East
George Washington on 1939 Brazil World Fair stamp
Notes on Brazil honoring George Washington with a 1939 stamp as part of the New York World's Fair series. Also mentions Washington's Virginia birth, Mount Vernon residence, roles in survey work, Continental Congress, and as first U.S. president. Includes Liberia airmail stamp overprints and other new issues in Paraguay and Union of South Africa.
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George Washington
Brazil
Washington
Westmoreland County
Virginia
Mount Vernon
Lawrence
Allegheny Mountains
Mt. Vernon
Continental Congress
England
United States of America
France
United States
Liberia
Monrovia
Commonwealth
Paraguay
Spanish
Morocco
Union of South Africa
Airpower and the push for universal training in wartime
Major Williams argues for government-sponsored pilot training open to all who pass physical and mental exams. He cites Adm Hinckley and the Civil Pilot Training program, notes British Gibraltar water efforts, and discusses Nazi air raids and rising airfields fueling a Flying America amid Europe’s war.
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Williams
America
Groton
St Paul's
Choate
Yale
Columbia
Robert H. Hinckley
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
CAA
Hinckley
Gibraltar
High Command
Europe
Moscow
Dancer Ann Miller Prefers Balance Over Endless Dancing
Hollywood star Ann Miller explains she dances sparingly, about once every three weeks, to stay limber while focusing on acting. She contrasts her approach with Eleanor Powell and discusses training methods, muscle tone, and the demand for dramatic roles versus musical parts in films like Columbia's Go West Young Lady.
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Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
Cafe Society
Glamour Girls
Ann Miller
Miss Miller
Columbia
Powell
Reading a country preacher changes a farm boy’s future
In 1900 Canada a farm boy toiled digging post holes when a traveling preacher in a horse and buggy urged him to pursue education. The boy, inspired, later became Dr Locke of Williamsburg Ontario, renowned for treating fallen arches and running a worldwide practice.
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Canada
Conly
Mr. Conly
Scotland
Dr. Locke
Williamsburg
Ontario
Leon Henderson Profile Shows Inflation Brink Warnings
United Press profile traces Leon Henderson known as defense price stabilizer and memo writer. It recounts his early New Deal rise from NRA adviser to Capitol Hill economist and SEC member and notes his predictions on business upswings and recessions. Henderson, born 1895 in Millville New Jersey, built a career with Swarthmore Penn ties and WWII era service. He enjoys bridge and exudes confidence in debates.
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United Press
Leon Henderson
Henderson
NRA
White House
New Deal
Capitol Hill
Senate Committee On Manufactures
Democratic National Committee
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
Securities and Exchange Commission
Defense
Millville
N. J
University of Pennsylvania
Swarthmore
Ordnance Department
Wharton School of Finance
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Russell Sage Foundation
Washington
Books on South America by Crow and Dalgeish
Carl Crow offers a travelogue style survey of South America mixing discovery with warnings about Nazi influence and praise for American explorers. Wings Around South America by Alice Dalgeish and Katherine Milhous adds vivid illustrations and accessible text for younger readers, broadening North American understanding of the region.
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South America
Carl Crow
China
South Americas
Harpers
Crow
United States
Scribners
Alice Dalgeish
Katherine Milhous
South
Census Report Highlights U S Domestic Manufacturing
Census Bureau figures show domestic output across several sectors. Heating blankets total about one million yearly, dairy milk cans exceed one million, flax yields expand with 1930 and 1940 data, and electric waffle irons and griddles surpass 700 000 annually.
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Electrical Alliances
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Charlie) Bean
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Bill Lovan
Frank Stubbs
Frank Brown
Jim Somerville
Post Exchange
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High Hill
Dove Shelter
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