Lini Extension Division In War Time Education
The University of Illinois Extension Division brings 86 courses to war workers and servicemen, with 76 approved as Army Institute courses and 14 000 trained or studying in LSMWT across 50 Illinois communities. It funds campus courses in diesel and radio training for services, with only book costs to students.
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University of Illinois Division
University Extension
Illinois
Army Institute
U. S. Office of Education
Deral
Satiely
ESMWT
Navy
Army
Electric power powers women on wartime production lines
A vivid portrait links a woman’s dexterity to electric power enabling heavy lifting and factory speed. It credits electric companies for supplying over 80 percent of power at low prices, noting preparedness when war arrived and the surge of manpower and womanpower in America’s production effort.
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America
Elec
Tricity
Betatron Aids Medical Fight With Disease
University of Illinois physicist Prof. Donald W. Kerst discusses the Betatron as a potential medical tool. Tests suggest extreme energy x-rays could reach deeper tissues with less surface damage, and direct electron therapy at up to 29 million volts may penetrate about 4 inches. The device, still experimental, could become a major medical asset as control improves.
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University of Illinois
Donald W. Kerst
Kerst
Blush Unseen in a Hilltop Choreographed Ride
Comedy dialogue captures two lovers in an awkward moment on a hill. She and he exchange banter about appearance and attention as Bill and Will navigate pedaling effort and a near mishap.
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Will
Special War Courses At University Of Illinois
Forty two special war emergency courses are offered at the University of Illinois in addition to regular classes. Highlights include two courses to train women technicians for metallurgical labs and programs in airport design, aircraft structural design, map interpretation, military athletics, commando swimming, world regional geography, camouflage, and war economy studies.
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University of Illinois
Canary seller trades sly singer for dancer
A man buys a canary from an animal dealer and questions its singing. A week later he returns claiming the bird is lame. The dealer retorts that the bird was sold as a singer or a dancer, prompting the buyer’s dawning realization.
Dinner Plan Sparks Domestic Dispute
A man questions if his wife knows he will join them for dinner. She replies that she argued with him for an hour about it. The exchange hints at tensions over hosting and family expectations.
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Mr Smith
Quip in Hat and Snake Jokes From Local Column
A playful exchange features a wife showing a new hat and asking her husband to turn it down, the husband inquiring about the price and the wife replying ten dollars. A humor bit from Harry presents a riddle about snakes and fleas with a punchline about crawls and propriety.
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U. of Illinois
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Sunkist Lemons
Pioneer Coffee
Knox Gelatine
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Screenland
Vay Co
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