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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
8
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Among troops who helped drive the Italians from Ethiopia in 1940 were native Gold Coast soldiers. The British refrain from interfering with their customs. Wives in barracks are rationed by rank: one for a private, two for a sergeant, four for a sergeant major. The Gold Coast soldier is average height, educated briefly, and lives in bright cement barracks.
A large air raid over London in June 1917 involved twenty planes and caused 162 deaths, marking a major World War I air raid event.
On the Home Front features Ruth Wyeth Spears describing light pine wall pockets for ration books grocery lists and door keepsakes. The piece notes these pockets' origins as letter boxes and invites readers to cut them by hand with a coping saw and request Pattern No. 281 with complete directions for making and finishing.
A tourist gawks at an enormous salt display outside a country store. The storekeeper jokes he rarely sells salt, but recalls a buyer who could sell salt. A chemistry demonstration quip about acids ends with a student’s cheeky reply.
In a light exchange Alfred boasts he produced the best plan for postwar reconstruction while his grandparent asks about school subjects. A second joke shows a husband noting women earning men’s wages, with the wife replying humorously.
Light exchange panels feature a playful Q and A about domestic life. A mother-in-law quips about pork and beans and a wife asks about resting china on hands while thinking, inviting a brisk, humorous exchange.
The article explains why Marines are called Leathernecks due to the leather collar on the uniform. It notes Camel is the favorite cigarette among service members across Army Navy Coast Guard and Marines. It mentions sending Camels to soldiers domestically and abroad within Post Office rules.
Fragmentary passage argues artists who painted angels as women may have viewed only men as creators. The speaker suggests painters of the era likely knew male figures more than female roles.
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