Gay Gadgets and Fashion Tips for Teens
A cheeky 1950s column by Nancy Pepper mixes teen trends with fashion hacks. It notes boys collecting lipstick kiss scrap papers, wearing conspicuous bow ties, and signs like Taken or Available, plus Sew N Sew ideas for black taffeta dirndis, hand painted trims, and fabric paints to brighten summer outfits. It also cheekily advises on slips and juke box dance motions.
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Wolf Pack
Donald O'Connor
Massachusetts
New
Trixie Teen Says Fun to Be Frightened Before Party
A lighthearted teen column describes party jitters. It explores hopes for romance, popularity, and attention from dates while pre party nerves peak and a playful fear of awkward moments looms.
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Joy Boy
Stags
Foreign Lands May Condition Soldiers To New Ideas for Postwar Homes
A column from Elizabeth MacRae Boykin notes that wartime travel and foreign scenes will shape postwar American homes with color and design. Italian landscapes Moorish and Egyptian architecture English cottages African gardens Far East screens and India fabrics influence taste.
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Elizabeth Macrae Boykin
Italy
Africa
Far East
India
Yuesday
Sicily
California
Homemade Racks Enable Fruit and Vegetable Drying Over Kitchen Heat
Norman C. Teter of North Carolina State College explains that simple wooden trays and a ceiling or stove top rack can dry fruits and vegetables by capturing waste heat. He notes cardboard can seal the rack for sulphuring, wood trays prevent sticking and discoloration, and electric dehydrators and a campus dehydration plant are advancing home drying research. With canning jars scarce, home dehydrating offers a practical alternative.
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Norman C. Teter
N. C. State College
Teter
State College
Around the House Basics for Care and Cleaning
The article offers household tips on defrosting a mechanical fridge, cleaning ice trays with soap and warm water, and refreezing clear cubes. It warns not to leave medicines uncovered in sick rooms and describes upholstery restoration with castile soap. It notes sugar equivalents and a method to remove iodine stains with ammonia in water.
Letter Writers in China Fuel Education Drive
In China a large number of illiterates sustains a thriving industry of professional letter writers. Chiang Kai-shek seeks a broad educational program dubbed the new life movement, though war disrupts progress.
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China
Chiang Kai-shek
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Nancy Pepper
Trixie Teen
Pan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hitler
Kellogg's
Clarion
America
Main
Armed Forces
Warwick Manufacturing Corporation
Harrison Street
Chicago
Illinois
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