War on Campus Shapes Student Life at Michigan
University of Michigan students treat war as a distant factor in daily life. Most 11,279 students focus on love learning and social life with only gradual intrusion by Second Front campaigns. Enlisted reserves and ROTC promise future officer roles, making many view service as a personal obligation rather than collective sentiment.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Egypt
Solomon Island
Army
Navy
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Naval Roc
Armed Forces
College Life Under War Pressure and Changing Roles
Bores of college life shift as war looms with Ford Willow Run B 24 bombers overhead. Col Ganoe criticizes culture but praises the new hardening program. Women engage in Red Cross nursing and technical courses while housing and student life adjust to wartime realities.
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Navy
William A. Ganoe
Colonel Ganoe
Ganoe
Red Cross
Ford
Shawls and wraps set winter fashion tone in 1940s style
New York reports fuel ration era shifts as shawls, mufflers, and bashlik dresses emerge from designers. Features range from Cossack inspired bashlik to oversized scarves and babushkas in rayon, wool, and blends. Birth notice for David John Gilchrist and WSCS meeting announced.
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New York
Mary
Outdoor Defense Post
Glensder
Cadet Brides Budget Lives Quietly at Goodfellow Field
At Goodfellow Field five cadet wives share a tight budget averaging 32.12 dollars weekly for rent, groceries, light and heat, and incidentals while husbands train. They manage on six dollars forty-two cents per bride and spend evenings listening to radio calls from their husbands during night flying. They sew, read, write letters, and enjoy a communal life in a six room bungalow near San Angelo.
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Goodfellow Field
Tex
San Angelo
Eileen Kimball
Frances Dutton
Barbara Musy
Mariann Abrahams
Mildred Phillips
STARK
Save Small Items On The Home Front
Watchword save extends to everyday chores including clothespins and washlines. Wash rope lines monthly in a machine, remove between uses if possible, wipe wire lines with soapy cloth before use, wind and store after drying. Clean clothespins yearly with warm soapy water and air dry.
Wives group dessert supper and church potluck notice
The Wives of the Young Married Couples meet at the Presbyterian Manse Tuesday at 6 30 p m for a dessert supper. Telephone reservations to 417. The Queen Esther Class of the Central Avenue Church holds a potluck supper in the basement Tuesday at 6 p m with all girls ages 11 to 15 invited to attend or join and bring a favorite dish. Officers will be elected.
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Woman's Music Club
A. R. Kresge
Northwood
Women's Council of the First Christian Church
H. T. Phillip
H. M. Bennett
Montrose Ave
Presbyterian Manse
Queen Esther
Central Avenue Church
Pitfalls of Love and a Secret Espionage Plot
A tense scene in New York follows Aunt Madge guiding Ronald to confront Carolyn Bristow as she hides with Nurse Whitlock. Carolyn's plight under suspected espionage pressures unfolds through whispered messages and a guarded room, with a continuation promised.
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Madge
Ronald
New York
Underwood
Madge Graham
Nurse Whitlock
Carolyn Bristow
Charles Spencer
Secret Service
Marion Morton
Lilling
Carolyn
Marion
Miss Whitlock
Child Study Club Meeting Notice
The Child Study Club will meet Friday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Ernest Baughman of 13 Stewart St. Lieut and Mrs Patrick D White and baby son Michael arrived from Fort Benning Ga Saturday to visit their parents in Athens and Nelsonville. Mr and Mrs Edward J Quinn of Cincinnati were weekend guests of Mrs Quinns parents in Grosvenor St.
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Child Study Club
Ernest Baughman
Stewart St
Patrick D. White
Michael
Fort Benning, Ga
Harry Elkins
Athens
Leo White
Nelsonville
Edward J. Quinn
Cincinnati
Jitterbrat the New York feline vaudeville star
A feature on the show cat Jitterbrat, aka Bombay, owned by Ted Rogers of New York. The Indian blue ribbon winner is famed for a jitterbug like dance on beat, spins on hind feet, paw waving, and playful antics from shipboard birth to show ring glory.
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New York
Rogers
Bombay
United States
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By Burton Benjamin
NEA Service
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Fira Benenson
Miss Benenson
Wilson Folmar
ETON
Arthur W. Gilchrist
David John
Clarks Chapel
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Him
Adele Garrison
Carol
Carolyn Rebellious
Ferdinand
Postfes
Mushe
Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Cotte
Slick Sleuth
Mike Shayne
Lloyd Nolan
Marjorie Weaver
Phil Silvers
Libya
Colonial Finance CO
Berry Hotel
Bidg
Monty Woolley
Man
Roddy McDowall
Otto Preminger
J. Carrol Naise
Lupe Velez
Leon
Errol
Cee de Lael
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