Birth registrations urged as Child Health Day focus
The campaign marks May 1 as Child Health Day urging universal birth certificates. It cites Pearl Harbor era needs, 59 million unregistered at birth, and the crucial role of local registrars and health agencies in ensuring citizenship papers and access to federal programs.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Bureau of the Census
State Vital Statistics Offices
Armed Services
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mothers’ Congress
Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Minute Mask Promises Quick Skin Makeover
A beauty note from Ledger Syndicate promotes a vanishing cream minute mask. Spread a generous layer on dull dry skin, massage into lines and furrows, relax a minute, then wipe away with tissues leaving a light film for powder.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
War costs in Africa predicted at 1.4 trillion dollars
Lt. Col. John J. Dobson president of the Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa estimated total armament spending for the war against Germany and Japan would exceed 1.4 trillion dollars. He noted this amount excludes reconstruction costs for ruined areas.
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Johannesburg
John J. Dobson
Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of
South Africa
Germany
Japan
Have More plan yields self sufficient country life for family
A city family recounts moving from a New York apartment to a two acre Connecticut farm near Norwalk. They grow most food, commute to the city, and save about $900 yearly, with eggs, milk, pork, poultry, and vegetables produced in spare time.
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New York
Ed Robinson
Norwalk
Conn
Gay Gadgets Promising Sterling Silver Party Fashions
A nostalgic feature promotes sterling silver accessories for personal expression. It suggests wearing multiple bangles from wrist to elbow, engraved name pieces, engraved barrettes, pins, rings, and even modified spoons as bold fashion.
Slang and Nicknames Parade in a Pop Culture Gloss
A playful collection defines colorful 1950s slang and nicknames. Entries include Boomer, Gertie, Eleanor, and phrases like pass the feather and take it easy breezy, reflecting era humor and social language shifts.
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Boomer Boy
Dapper
Gravel Gertie
D. Tracy
Eleanor
Diary Notes On Social Life And Farm Tips
A column invites readers to keep diaries to compare social life weekends with prior years. It discusses goat milk taste, a family’s lunch anecdote, and farm yields from two inoculated pigs produced 460 pounds of pork at 22 cents a pound. It also notes rabbits from two does will yield 30 to 40 young per year, with simple care and costs of 8 to 10 cents per pound.
Navy Health Force to Aid Greeks in Athens Mission
The Navy will dispatch a 14 member public health unit to Athens at the Greek government request. The group will curb disease restore sanitary facilities and improve living conditions among a population long subjected to enemy occupation.
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Washington
Navy
Athens
Okinawa Journal Dispatch by Ernie Pyle from the Navy
War correspondent Ernie Pyle describes Okinawa as surprisingly American in climate and landscape with small cultivated fields and dirt lanes. He details civilian poverty, camp detention of locals, and the harsh insect conditions of a night spent in a foxhole, ending with onset of atabrine for malaria prevention.
Okinawa Beachhead Stillness Before Invasion Forces
In a desolate Okinawa landing scene, the speaker recalls a near silent beachhead with no casualties, medical crews idle among supplies, few vehicles on shore, and assault waves still inland, as if early explorers. The contrast shows the calm before the expected churn of war activities.
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Okinawa
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