Nurse's Aide Corps recruits volunteers for Red Cross war effort
The American Red Cross seeks 100000 Nurse's Aides to relieve nursing shortages at home. Citizens 18 to 50 with high school education train 80 hours and commit 150 hours yearly to hospitals and clinics under supervision, with first aid course required and potential assignment to Civil Defense units. More than 12000 already in training or trained. contact local Red Cross chapter for details.
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American Red Cross
Walter Lippmann
Red Cross
WNU
War Effort Strengthened By High School Graduates
Executive Secretary of the National Education Association argues that over one million graduates will aid the war effort in 1942. He notes graduates may join armed forces, enter Navy programs, work in war industries, or pursue college training, with civilian defense and food production also emphasized.
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National Education Association
Army
Artillery
Tank Corps
Air Corps
Signal Corps
Corps of Engineers
Navy
Washington
War Production Board
Evolving Meanings of Old English Words
The passage notes how several English terms shifted in meaning over the last two to three centuries, including girl once referring to children of either sex hussy meaning housewife villain once meant boor and lumber denoting discarded items.
Victory vs Luxury in Youth Struggles Through War Time
The piece contrasts youths like John and Susan with older siblings, noting 1941 and 1942 high school graduates adapting to wartime frugality. It highlights limits on travel, fashion luxuries, and general refinements as sacrifices during the broader struggle.
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John
Susan
Problems of Education Aired at Conference
At the annual meeting of the American Council of Education in Chicago Roscoe L. West from State Teachers College Trenton NJ says education should prepare people to live better in their communities and for the nation and the war. William J Hamilton Oak Park IL superintendent notes postwar public school support may not improve as social security gains priority and public education faces legislation.
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American Council of Education
Chicago
Ill
Roscoe L. West
State Teachers College
Trenton
N. J
William J. Hamilton
Oak Park
New Tea Towel Designs Inspired by Fruit Jars
Jere presents new tea towel designs featuring grapes and jampots oranges and a juicer apples and a fruit jar with cross stitch triangle backgrounds. Four more designs follow in this decorative batch.
Tea towel motifs with two panholder designs pattern 29362
A brief note describes a set of tea towel motifs featuring one fruit panholder and one vegetable panholder. The pattern 29362 is offered at 18 cents and can be stamped multiple times with iron transfer. Orders should be sent to the specified address.
Ponderous Duelist Declared Out of Bounds
Two Irishmen arranged a pistol duel. The stout man argued he should stand farther away because he is a bigger target. His lean partner drew chalk lines on the stout man’s coat and instructed that only shots within the chalk lines count.
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Bedad
Ansy
Jingle Jones and James Laugh sobre Alimony
Dialogue features Jingle and James joking about music choices and a mock definition of alimony as a fine on matrimony. The tone is humorous and playful with mock debate over becoming a soloist on the cash register.
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Jingle
Jingle Jones
James
Teacher Tests New Pupil With Riddle
A fragmented classroom exchange shows a teacher prompting a pupil named Willie with a prompt about Aries and then noting a triumphant reply. The garbled dialogue hints at a wordplay or riddle exercise in a school setting.
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Willie
Unclear fragment hints at fall and unconsciousness
A fragment describes a fall last night causing six hours unconsciousness. context and full details are missing. No names, places, or events are identifiable from the readable text.
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Garfield Tea
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