Textile blending era predicted by Philadelphia dean
Mr. M. Earl Heard of the Philadelphia Textile School told the American Home Economics Association the country faces the greatest era of blending driven by wartime shifts. He spoke of rayon and cotton fabrics nearly replacing wool, improving wear and drape under rigid government fabric specs, and noted tobacco products will remain during the war.
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M. Earl Heard
Philadelphia Textile School
American Home Economics Association
Mr. Heard
City issues bicycle rationing regulations for war effort
Officials at 135 East 9th Street released rules defining who may buy a bicycle. Applicants must prove gainful occupation tied to the war effort and a need for cycling three days weekly, showing travel time saved and distances to work. Requirements include three miles of walking, two and a half hours travel, and no recent sale of a bicycle.
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ORI
Oomation Hoad
East 9Th Street
Grocer James Gates Dies in Union City
Marl Gates a 40 South Main Marl Union City grocer with 35 years in the trade died Tuesday night after being stricken at about 2 am Monday in his apartment. He had long served in civic affairs and was an ex elder of the Presbyterian church and a member of the I O F lodge.
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Union City
South Main Street
Marl
R. Gates
Gates
I. C. 0. F. Lodge
Ehuyeh
Local man found unconscious after gas issue in cellar
Orin Millett, 32, of 215 South Union Street, was found unconscious in his cellar after a gas incident on Wednesday evening. He was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and placed under observation.
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Orin Millett
South Union Street
Bt. Prancis Hospital
Firemen Rescue Man After Doorway Escape
A man was revived by firemen with help from a girl named Mary aged 12 and her companion Mary Bane who pulled through a doorway to save him.
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Mary
Mary Bane
Next Winter's Radiator Teaches About War and Blood
Washington reports an Office of Prime Administration plan to freeze anti-freeze sales for next winter at a capped price of 268 6 gallon or 70 canis quart for permanent non evaporating solution. The piece then shifts to wartime mood, blood banks, and warnings about German threat, with notes on blood plasm and public policy by Timer Devis.
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Washington
Office of Prine Administration
Frost Belt
Max
Witter
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From Journal Files
Items from July 17 1922 include Eugene Kinny flying to meet Captain Tiffany and a return trip planned. a July 16 marriage of EU Barlow and Mary E. Parks with a New England motor trip. Captain Dan Mitchell’s sudden death in Corry after 30 years in Dune official work. a horse stolen near West Church Street later recovered by Officer Foley. a birth at Corry hospital. and the Independents’ two weekend victories over Endeavor Club and Johnsonburg.
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Journal Today
Atlantic City
EU Barlow
Corry
Mary E. Parks
Dan Mitchell
J. W. Campbell
Horace Wet More
West Church
Boley
Dunkle
Foley
Independents
Endeavor
Johnsonburg
Giant clams of Kivisma Matro Bay noted as unique
A fragmentary item reports that giant clams at Kivisma Matro Bay Beach California exist nowhere else in the world. The text claims a 25 mile area hosts them and mentions digging them out like notes. It also references a U S Cyclops disaster with 209 aboard.
War morale and honesty amid global conflict
Fragmentary remarks caution against overoptimism and eagerness to downplay losses in war coverage. The author argues that a reckoning boosts morale only if truthfulness accompanies reporting, warning that complacent belief in invincibility can crash when facts emerge.
Czech Ace Kuttelwnader Strikes Night German Bombers
Wide World reports from London describe Karel Kuttelwnader known as Old Kuttel the Czechoslovak ace famed for night fighting. He has shredded German bombers at night, with 16 destroyed at night and 21 in ten days, using high altitude hovering then diving on landing lights to strike.
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Wide World
London
Karel Kuttelwnader
Air Ministry
Britain
Uke
Yold Kuttel
England
Bob
Keller
Kuttel
RAF
Raj
Daily Dozen Notes on Tennis Elbow Care
The article warns about new tent balls with little bounce and increased arm action risking tennis elbow. It defines tennis elbow as elbow joint inflammation and advises rest and heat for relief, with massage avoided and splint or cast only for severe cases.
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al Guy
Femuous
Daily Quiz Questions From Classified Page
A scrambled list of test questions asks about WWII era figures, war information offices, war declarations, language names, unit conversions, cooking temperatures, astronomical terms, mythic birds, food classifications, and commercially grown mushrooms.
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Mame
Libya
Tobruk
Office of
War Information
United States
Ofurope
Pani
Troy in Asia Minor and early sugar history notes
The record mentions Troy in Asia Minor named Tor King Troas founded before 1500. It notes a sugar industry first manufactured in Australia in 183d and adds a note on common usage errors regarding the phrase wait for me.
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Troy
Asia Minor
Troas
Australia
Bank assets sold for one thousand five hundred dollars
The remaining roughly one hundred thousand dollars in assets of the defunct Jefferson County National Bank of Brookville were sold at public sale for 1500 dollars to Simon, agent for a Buffalo firm. The receiver expects to finalize distribution soon after resuming business. The bank had repaid sixty one percent to depositors and expects at least six percent more. Department store sales have risen twenty four percent since 1939.
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Brookville
Jefferson County National Bank of
Simon
Buffslo
N. Y
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Devis
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Jommnal Files
Eugene Kinny
Prowiklin
Tiffany
Trisouit
Mra
William Armstrong
Gorry Hospital
Tell “Ihe Barbies
West Indies
Ares
Czech
Daily Dozen
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Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
TCU
Green Peppers
Watson’s
Apple Grove
Loblaw
Lamb
Chuck
Heiman’s For Diamonds
N. Center Corry, Pa
U.S. War Bonds
Heywood Wakefield
Opera and Radio
James
Melton
Chautauqua, N. Y
China
Stock Heywood-Wakefield
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