Change or be left behind in wartime home life
Kathleen Norris argues Tom Smith must adapt as World War II reshapes family roles. Emily and Elinor join in ward work, canteens, and bonds while Tom resists, threatening to seek “better” women. The piece urges unity, sacrifice, and cheerful acceptance of altered domestic duties for victory and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Smith
Tom
Pearl Harbor
Bruce
Emily Smith
Elinor
Emily
Red Cross
America
Propaganda Wins on War Front Through Truth and Timing
The Washington Digest argues American radio and press propaganda strengthen with Tunisia’s fall and Tunis capture. It notes the role of MI and OWI staffers, the truth as a weapon, and the shift to targeted messages for occupied peoples and enemy civilians. It cites Dutch resistance signals and forecasts broader Allied broadcasts from Norway to the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tunisia
Tunis
Africa
Europe
Office of War Information
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Scandinavia
Low Countries
West
Herr Goebbels
Elmer Davis
Public Opinion Quarterly
Holland
Netherlands
Ecxservicemen
Italy
Casablanca
Norway
Bizerte
Cape Bon
Goebbel
Smart homemaker guide to protein rich meals with chicken chowder
The text promotes nourishing protein rich meals using meat alternates and fish, highlighting chicken as a complete protein. It provides a chicken chowder recipe serving six with diced chicken salt pork onions potatoes celery corn milk and spices, plus serving ideas and a Chef's Salad suggestion with lettuce tomatoes and scallions.
Lynn Says The Score Card Stamps Meat and Bread Rules
Lynn Chambers advises consumers to buy meat with proper stamps and permit numbers and to check price ceilings posted by butchers. Bread rules limit wrapping, varieties, and returns, while enriched white bread must contain milk solids. The column includes several recipes and a dessert idea, plus contact for meal planning help through Western Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Illinoiis
Tom Smith and the War
Tom Smith resists the war effort yet acknowledges the conflict. His daughter works at a defense plant and his wife volunteers four days a week in hospital wards, while the family weighs the need for shared sacrifice to make the war effort giant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Smith
Nurses in 1943 to join armed forces as one in four
The War Department urges soldiers to secure National Service Life Insurance by August 10 with a maximum of $10,000 paid to beneficiaries in monthly installments. Civilians may earn an official service bar as announced by Civilian Defense. Rural eastern rationed-area traffic fell 48 percent in March compared with 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Life
War Department
Armed Services
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Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate
WIN
By Kathleen Norris
Saving Spirit
Terre Haute
Ind
Minna
Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Truth
Washington
United States
Twentieth Century Fund
BOL
Lynn
Bankhage
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