WAACs Teach Army New Realities Of Women Soldiers
Daytona Beach reports from a WAAC training center show female soldiers adapting to Army life. Officers learned to address WAACs as Maam or Miss, while recruits like Katherine Gregory faced discipline and rules on cosmetics and dress. WAACs prove healthier and better educated, many aiming for officers, with strict entry standards and a prevailing patriotic motive.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
U. S. Army
Army
WAAC
Here
Katherine Gregory
Daytona
Phooey
WAACS
Don CL Faith
Bataan
Club Calendar Opens Week With Meetings Across Town
Monday events include Circle Three at 66 Central Ave hosted by Mrs J E Kern with Miss Winifred Jones assisting. Alpha Delta Pi Auxiliary meets at 65 Fairview Ave 8 p m Bring sales tax stamps. Wesley Service Guild meets March 1 at 10 S High St with Miss Anna Pickering and Mrs A L Vandeveer reviewing a new Latin America book.
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Central Ave
Methodist Church
J. E. Kern
Winifred Jones
Alpha Delta Pi
Laverne Lausche
Fairview Ave
Wesley Service Guild of the Methodist Church
Circle Ten
Anna Pickering
S. High St
A. L. Vandeveer
Latin America
Codfish Chowder For Lenten Meals
Codfish chowder recipe listing 2 to 3 pounds cod fillet of salt pork onions hot water potatoes evaporated milk and fresh milk. Cut cod into two inch strips and brown pork then saut onions. Simmer potatoes then add fish and flake before adding milks and reheating.
Red Cross aid on frontlines moves grateful POWs in New Guinea
AP correspondent Dean Schedler described American Red Cross workers in New Guinea delivering small comforts to wounded soldiers. He witnessed grateful scenes as Red Cross women handed out combs toothbrushes and cigarettes to men recovering from jungle warfare. A wounded soldier expressed relief at finally seeing American girls amid the relief effort. Kathryn Finsterwald, a White Cross Hospital nurse, visited her parents on a Saturday night.
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George L. Moorad
Australia
Red Cross
New Guinea
Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Schedler
Kathryn Finsterwald
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Elmer Finsterwald
Hocking St
Mrs Lucia Bing Highlights County Welfare Bill In League Meeting
Former Athens resident and assistant chief of the Ohio Division of Public Assistance Mrs Lucia Bing spoke to the League of Women Voters on the Social Security Act and HB140 County Welfare Bill. She outlined act divisions and stressed aid for the aged dependents mothers child care and unemployment insurance to support families and curb delinquency. The group discussed bill H B 140 now in committee and possible rewrite to unify county welfare programs under a single director.
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Mrs. Lucia Bing
League of County Welfare Bill
Social Services
Lucia Bing
Ohio Division of Public Assistance
League of Women Voters
Fred E. Lucis
Bing
England
Mabel W. Sprague
Athens County
F. L. Krecker
H. R. McVay
League
Roberts
Canton
Babka
Cleveland
Bacon
Youngstown
Fats Salvage Drive Reports Growing County Totals
Athens County reports 8 600 pounds of fats collected since November 1 with stores contributing 2 590 pounds and schoolchildren less than earlier drives. OWI warns glycerine shortage endangers war production and urges household fat collection for ammunition and equipment needs.
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Athens
Isaac E. Ash
Athens County
United States
Office of War Information
OWI
Pitfalls of Love We Shall Go into Conference Immediately
Mary directs Noel to generate ideas while Steve’s role is affected by a planned accident. The narrator returns home to an imminent dinner prepared by two teams of servants as a private self service meal unfolds. Father praises a “good lad” as plans develop for a quiet interlude and a rest for Mary.
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Mary
Noel
Katharine
Steve
Georges
Mr. Milner
A Sequel to Marriage Meddlers by Adele Garrison
A household intrigue blends espionage and theater as Charlies Spencer pressures Philip Veritzen to keep Steve Redfield in the cast. Mary Veritzen pretends an accident to quit the play, while Madge Graham coordinates with Noel to set up the ruse. The scene ends with a tense knock at the door as suspense mounts.
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Charlies Spencer
Secret Service
Philip Veritzen
Steve Redfield
Ring
Veritzen
Steve
Mary Veritzen
Mary
Spencer
Madge Graham
Noel
Madge
One Woman to Another on Rationing and Dinner Time
A wartime rationing column argues the main change is earlier dinners and planned cooking. It notes women must start meals early, prepare vegetables, and simmer soups through the day, with point counting driving domestic routines.
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M.B.R
Glycerine Supply Tied to Domestic Kitchens in War Effort
The government seeks large glycerine supplies from fats greases and oils within the United States as imports are cut by war. Pvt. Thomas H Littler of Fort Benjamin Harrison and Mrs Littler of Columbus visited their parents at 130 N Congress St. and were joined by their daughter Mrs Robert Davidson.
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America
Thomas H. Littler
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
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