Transportation Pools Requested in Farm Transport Plan
The Office of Defense Transportation and the U S department of agriculture urge farmers to form transportation pools and cut trips to conserve trucks and cars due to rubber shortages and parts scarcity. The program aims to conserve equipment and keep farm commodities moving to market while encouraging preventive maintenance.
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Office of Defense Transportation
United States Department of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Department
Joseph B. Eastman
Sugar Cane byproducts spark new industrial uses
The article explains bagasse from sugar cane, once waste, being pressed into long fiber boards and molded compounds. Chemists create cheap panels and floor tiles, enabling plastics to expand into furniture building materials and auto parts at a cost below the cheapest synthetic alternatives.
Farm Notes on Potatoes Diversion and Lamb Feed
The U S department of agriculture announces a program diverting up to 5,000,000 bushels of Irish potatoes into starch and dextrine. For lamb roughage, use half alfalfa and half Johnson grass or Sudan hay. ensure the hay is green well cured and free from mould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wool Conservation drives Red Cross spares in wartime effort
United States Red Cross runs a Wool Conservation program with 3700 chapters collecting new wool scraps from tailors stores and cleaners. Scraps are sent to reprocessing firms and profits support local war relief and civilian defense training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EWEST
Red Cross
War Production Boards
Met Cross
War Production Board
WNU
Play as Preparation for Fulfilling Tasks
Philosophical remark on play described as a pleasurable mental and physical competitive exercise that trains for more important future tasks. It notes that life’s law rewards proficiency in serious work achieved through childhood play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Hall
Dress Pattern Details for Youth Slack Suit
The text describes a smart slack suit with a bib top and back treatment exposing sun tan ning skin, including a matching bolero with decorative braid. Pattern No 8169 fits sizes 8 to 16 years. Size 10 requires 2 46 inch fabric and 38 or 39 inch width for the slacks and bolero.
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Rie Rael
Fashion pattern sells slim look for sizes 12 to 20
Pattern No. 8161 promises a straight and slim silhouette for sizes 12 to 20 including 40 and 42. For size 14 with short sleeves it uses 414 yards of 35 inch material and directs readers to send their order.
Two-Piece Dress RECKONED as Latest Fashion Breakthrough
A new two piece frock offers a suit like look with a blouse or dickey for wear as a suit. Made in washable seersticker gingham or chambray, it provides tailored tops for smartness, comfort and figure flattering fit, ideal for summer wardrobe.
Ideas on quilts and bedspreads with patterns
The article explains that most quilts are planned as bedspreads with coordinated color schemes and repeated colors for unity. It notes balance around the bed enhances the quilt, critiques a sketch bed’s high footboard, and advertises Mrs Spears Book 3 with eight booklets of 32 pages each.
Practical Frying And Food Prep Tips From An Era
When frying in deep fat use a heavy aluminum kettle that holds heat and won’t tip. A wire basket helps transfer food to and from hot fat. Red raspberry leaves are an old substitute for tea. They must be picked and dried first. Salads should be served cold and free from water. wash lettuce well and refrigerate. Spread orange marmalade on baked pancakes, roll, dust with sugar, and serve with pineapple syrup for breakfast or luncheon.
Nostalgic Home Craft Tips and Navy Camel Ads
Practical tips on sharpening lawn mower wheels with a rattail file and renewing hat nap with sandpaper or art gum. Includes a Navy themed ad promoting Camels as a morale gift and offering Camel cartons via local dealers to service members.
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Navy
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
Canaries turn wartime shortage into home business
Wartime shortages and import bans forced Americans to reframe canary keeping as a money making hobby. With limited foreign supplies, bird lovers shifted to breeding at home, starting with a small outlay and turning a pleasurable activity into a profitable domestic enterprise.
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Europe
Asia
Two Kinds of Discontent Quote About Action and Hope
The saying contrasts two forms of discontent. One prompts work and achievement, the other leads to passive worry and loss. It argues that only effort brings results, while mere handwringing offers no remedy. The quote attributes these ideas to Gordon Graham.
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Gordon Graham
Fleischmann
Susan
USO Seeks Contributions From Public Support
To aid soldiers and sustain morale the USO requests donations. The appeal asks readers to give through their local chairman or directly to USO at the Empire State Building in New York.
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USO
USA
USO Camp Shows, Inc
Empire State Building
New York
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American Red Cross
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ruth
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Ea Ielia
di Scholls
Tour Consort
Werx
Carliwillia
Mrs. Owen
Standard Brands, Inc
Madison Ave
N.Y
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