Britain mobilizes midwives for home birth boom
amid a record postwar baby boom Britain calls certified midwives and nurses aged 25 to 65 to register for emergency service. 161 answered the call and may be redirected from war work. refresher courses are opening as officials weigh a mobile midwife service.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Labor
Great Britain
England
College of Midwives
Edith May Pyle
International Federation of Midwives’Unions
Miss Pyle
Circle and Club Meetings Decorate Monday Schedule
Many local groups post Monday and Tuesday gatherings at church and private homes. Circle Three and Esther Class host meetings at members' addresses while Circle Nine meets at Five Oaks with 6 30 pm gathering and potluck. Other events include WEA Review L O O F Hall session and a Congregational family meeting.
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Circle Nine
W.s.cs
Methodist Church
Edith Wray
Five Oaks
Lemon Rinse Promises Lustrous Hair Says Pat Ogien
Pat Ogien, a Honolulu born model in Manhattan, says brushing nightly for five minutes and a lemon rinse yields ultra lustrous soft hair. She mixes lemon juice with water as a third rinse after shampoo and follows with plain water. For very dry scalps, an oil sham poo with lemon rinse is suggested using warm peanut oil rubbed on the scalp overnight.
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Pat Ogien
Manhattan
Pat
Alicia Hart
Shortening Shortage Cuts Home Baking in War Economy
Wartime fat rationing affects biscuits and cake as bakers shift to breads and wheat products. Government agencies promote patriotic recipes, while industry studies seek ways to stretch fats. Commercial bakers report rising cake demand in defense areas despite home baking declines.
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Russel M. Wilder
Food Distribution Administration
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Peter G. Pirrie
Bakers’ Weekly
Victory Gardens
OPA
War Food Administration
Sheridan Ervin Wedding Set For Tuesday Morning
A nuptial mass will be read at St. Pauls Catholic Church Athens Ohio at 8 00 a m Tuesday June 8 for Miss Helen Sheridan daughter of Mrs John Sheridan Rock Riffle Road Athens and Pfc Walter R Ervin United States Army Gilroy California son of Mr and Mrs James B Ervin Corning The bride’s only attendant is her sister Mrs Rita Jones Dayton Ohio John L Sheridan brother of the bride serves as best man The Messenger notes other local engagements and club meetings including Nabby Lee Ames DAR June 12 gathering and First Christian Church civil defense adjusted schedule.
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Helen Sheridan
John Sheridan
Rock Riffle Road
Athens
Walter R. Ervin
United States Army
Gilroy
California
James B. Ervin
Corning
Father Kelly
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Ohio
Miss Sheridan
Rita Jones
Dayton
John L Sheridan
One Woman Suffers Through Ration Shortage In Athens
An Athens woman, unable to cover weekly ration points, endures a frugal morning with no butter bread bacon eggs fruit juice cereal crackers or cream for coffee. She makes weak coffee and smokes a lone cigarette while a neighbor comments on her life of Riley. Thomas K Littler, Fort Benjamin Harrison instructor, transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps May 31. he visits his parents with Mrs Littler in Columbus as his father celebrates his 80th birthday with family and neighbors.
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Athens
Riley
Thomas K. Littler
Bakers and Cooks
Fort Benjamin Haarison
Thomas Littler
N. Congress St
Littler
Columbus
Robert Davidson
W. State St
Littlers
Adams
Olina
Milner
Initiation Held by Sigma Phi Gamma Sunday
Alpha Tau chapter of Sigma Phi Gamma held formal initiation Sunday afternoon at four thirty for six women Miss Dorothy Hunter Miss Pauline Grim Miss Dorothy Frank Miss Marianne Bailey Miss Ruth McBee and Miss Betty Henderson Mrs Douglas Spaulding led arrangements Participants included Mrs Pryce Dunlap Miss Katherine Haller Miss Marjorie Herdman Mrs David Trasin Mrs Herman Herron Miss Edna Kasler and Mrs M D Worley A dinner followed at the Cottage Tea House with toastmistress Miss Sue Blair Welcomes were given by Mrs M D Worley and Miss Betty Henderson Miss Lois Mariner president elect welcomed the new members Miss Gillogly received a gift and prepares for SPARS service.
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Alpha Tau Chapter
Sigma Phi Gamma
Dorothy Hunter
Pauline Grim
Dorothy Frank
Marianne Bailey
Ruth McBee
Betty Henderson
Douglas Spaulding
Pryce Dunlap
Katherine Haller
Marjorie Herdman
David Trasin
Herman Herron
Edna Kasler
M. D. Worley
Pitfalls of Love unfolds in tense family intrigue
In a charged scene, a father and daughter discuss urgent forged notes involving Georges handwriting, Olina, Ruth Herrick, and Katharine. The plan shifts as they consider sparing Katharine from confrontation, while Adams is brought in to coordinate a covert telegraph cooperation.
Sequel to Marriage Meddlers in Transylvania Plot
Madge Graham confronts a forged note purporting to link Princess Olina of Transvania with exiled King Georges. Georges hides in Charles Spencer's Greenwich Village lair as espionage rings target funds and a possible kidnapping. Adams acts as a loyal agent while Milner looms. The plan hinges on a midnight telegraph and a staged performance tomorrow.
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Lansfield
Madge Graham
Charles Spencer
Olina
Transvania
Georges
Trees
Spencer
Greenwich Village
Jack Bickett
Madge
Steve Redfield
Ruth Hayes
Katharine
van Sittart
Adams
85 Percent of Hose Rayon This Year
Washington reports eighty five percent of hosiery worn by women this year will be rayon with no plans for rationing stockings. The office of war information announced the figures today.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Brooklyn and Long Island Bridge Championship Raises $962
Raymond J. MecGrover and the A C B S committee of Brooklyn and Long Island organized the Brooklyn and Long Island Championships to benefit Memorial Hospital's children's ward in New York. The tournament was very successful and netted $962 for the ward.
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Memorial Hospital
New York
Raymond J. MecGrover
Brooklyn and
Long Island
Brooklyn
Band from Albany to Hold June Meeting
The Albany Baptist Missionary Band led by Mrs. Clarence Vorhes will meet at Mrs. Perry Russell's home Wednesday at 2 p.m. EWT. The subject is "The Plan of Salvation." Edward Agan, who had surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital, has returned home to The Plains and is recovering.
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Naomi Bible
Naomi Bible Class of the Plains
Floyd Linscott
Albany Baptist Baptist Missionary Band
Albany
Clarence Vorhes
Perry Russell
Edward Agan
Sheltering Arms Hospital
the Plains
Agan
Basic Hat With Detachable Skirts for Costumes
Rosellen Callahan reports a versatile headpiece offering detachable skirts to adapt a basic hat for various costumes. The accessory aims to provide adjustable styling options for creative dress ensembles and themed events.
Wartime menus note margarine value and new fashion hats
The piece discusses margarine as a butter substitute in wartime meals and cites a 1943 New York Academy of Medicine report on nutrition and safety. It covers fashion tips by Sally Victor for versatile navy hats and detachable trimmings, plus two recipes using leftovers: meat balls with gravy and a potato and green pea soup, ending with a remark on memory in adolescence.
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Gaynor Maddox
New York Academy of Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
Get-Bal
Sally Victor
Sally
Fiat
Bicycle Wheel Sought To Repair Mrs McGraner Cart
Mrs Ernest McGraner asks for a bicycle wheel to repair a cart used to carry magazines to soldiers on trains. One wheel collapsed and volunteers may deliver to 79% W Unitn St Athens. Mr Arthur Boyles Sr offers to do the repairs after wheel donation.
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Ernest McGraner
McGraner
Athens
Australia
Hawaii
Washington
Tennessee
Unitn St
Arthur Boyles, Sr
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