4-H pledge shines in 22nd congress gains and services
The article notes 4-H clubs with 1.5 million members pledging heads hearts hands and health to victory. It cites $14 million in war bonds sold, 309 million pounds of scrap collected, and 5 million bushels of garden produce, highlighting democratic power from discussions and programs. Also describes sewing pattern details and costs from the Sewing Circle Pattern Department.
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Quiz Time Queries From a Historic Newspaper
A reader’s trivia list asks about daguerreotype material, the age of the Statue of Liberty, Toussaint L Ouverture, Pocahontas, longest and shortest Bible verses, largest US seaport, dry ice, the Nineteenth Amendment, the Greek peninsula, and the restoration of the commodore rank.
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Toussaint L’ouverture
Pocahontas
United States
U. S
Greece
The Answers Quiz Item Highlights Various Facts
The list notes copper, the Statue of Liberty height, Haiti’s liberator, no royal Indian families, Esther 8 9 as long verse, John 11 35 as shortest, New York as largest seaport, solidified carbon dioxide, women’s suffrage, Balkan region, and the year 1899.
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New York
Balkan
Chrysanthemum Award for Mussolini Noted by Press
When Hirohito awarded the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum to Mussolini last summer the Italian press and foreign releases did not name the decoration because the chrysanthemum symbolizes death in Italy.
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Mussolini
Italy
Lazy Cuckoo Hatches by Deposited Egg in Other Bird’s Nest
A European cuckoo lays a small egg on the ground then transfers it to a host nest. The clever brood parasite relies on the unsuspecting host to raise its chick.
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