Flower Fortune of New York Florist Schling
Flower fortune of Schling chronicles a pre century rise in New York floristry. From first shop set up on an initial $64 stake to annual sales reaching a million in 1929, he supplied flowers for society and theater. He built canopies of roses over tables and staged woodland scenes for Barbara Itton’s debut, amassing a lasting legacy through bold, yet small scale ventures.
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New York
America
York
Stria
Ace
Schling
Barbara Itton
Japanese Women Trained and Ready for War Efforts
Japanese women play a central role in wartime mobilization. They man civilian firefighting squads, work in munition plants, road crews, and logistics while being trained to handle explosives and rescue operations. Rationing and material shortages reshape daily life as Tokyo enforces strict fabric bans and a single dress pattern regime.
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Russia
Pty
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Japan
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Excess Tire Check Disbursements Start After USPS Delays
The Boston Federal Reserve began sending out checks for more than 80 000 excess tires turned in last December to the Defense Supply Corp. Delays arose from the large volume and shortage of qualified appraisers to value the tires. Nearly all 80 000 tires in Worcester have been appraised except about 10 000.
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Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Defense Supply Corp
New England
Worcester
Army Emergency Relief helps soldiers families in need
A soldier requests aid from Army Emergency Relief for a wife and newborn needing hospital care after being unable to pay bills. The letter notes aid can cover medical costs and suggests contacting the Red Cross or Army Emergency Relief headquarters in Boston for solutions.
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ADR
Abe
Ami
Army Emergency Relief
Red* Cross
Headquarters
First Service Command
Commonwealth Ave
Boston
War Production Board extends curtailment on paper use
The War Production Board announced no further curtailments in the use of print paper by newspapers magazines and book publishers will be made at least until after July 1. WPB officials returned to Washington after talks in Montreal with Canadian officials who confirmed plans to supply 1 170 000 tons of wood pulp this year and 107 000 tons more in the coming months from Canada to support the pulp and paper industry.
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War Production Board
Washington
WPB
Montreal
United States
Boost Price of Newsprint in U.S. and Canada
Washington reports a joint move by the Canadian Wartime Prices and Trade Board and the Office of Price Administration to raise newsprint prices effective in March. OPA Administrator M. Brown says the increase is necessary as the industry cannot absorb higher costs from war conditions.
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Che Ne
Office of Price Administration
Canadian Wartime Prices and Trade Board
OPA
Prentin
M. Brown
Jap pillbox captured in New Guinea
A World War II photo shows U S troops exposing a Japanese pillbox in New Guinea. The tiny fortification built of earth and logs was seized by advancing Allied forces as part of the campaign in the South Pacific.
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New Guinea
Dust and History Quiz Answers Tally
Grammar and spelling errors aside the prompt asks to tally the score for a history quiz. The questions cover monuments at Mt Rushmore continental congress relics devices sweat shop terms Eli Whitney and early Bible printing languages and a truth question. The text is garbled but identifies a set of multiple choice items and a final true or false.
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Mt. Rushmore
California
Montana
South Dakota
States
Bath
Eli Whitney
Kit Carson
America
U. S
Polourr
World
Middlesex Probate Court Records Show 1687 Divorce Suits in 1942
Cambridge report reveals 1687 divorce petitions filed in Middlesex Probate Court during 1942. Most petitions from wives to end marriages citing cruelty desertion and other grounds with alimony rulings and long marriage histories noted.
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Glarby News Service
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Middlesex Probate
Oarditanse
Pak
Yorces
Middlesex Probate Court
Loring P. Jorden
Fathers May Expect Draft Call by May First
Washington officials indicated a draft call by May first may focus on men with children. Some married men with dependents could face induction only if they qualified under wartime rules. Officials stressed exceptions depend on dependents after December 8 1941 and authorization from the selective service act.
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Washington
Econ
Netra
Hendieactare
War Bond Drive to Help Ax the Axis
Citizens urged to buy war bonds as part of a national effort to fund wartime needs. Local organizations mobilize drives through schools, churches, and businesses to maximize bond purchases and support the Allied war effort.
Mass Public Safety reports gas defense kits amid aerial attack fears
Massachusetts public safety officials announced a three stage defense program including gas reconnaissance kits and protective clothing. The effort, led by state gas officer Theodore Large and Frederick Frost, aims to identify and shield workers from blister and vesicant gases using a portable field laboratory and chemical reagents.
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Igmit
Berlin
Factio
Boston
Pearl Harbor
Caer Eas
Massachusetts
Army
Coverg
Theodore C
Frederick Frost
PY Land
Defense Council
Sargent
Sesetts
Sudan
Worcester Polytei Institute
Pay-As-You-Plan Advocate Rises To National Spotlight
An executive of M4 York department store and director at the Federal Reserve bank in York becomes a visible figure as he champions the Pay-As-You-Plan of tax payments. He also serves as an advisor to the National Resources Planning board. The proposal suggests skipping plan 10 in a broader fiscal reform.
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York Department Store
Federal Reserve Bank
York
National Resources Planning Board
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