NRA Ransplanting Garden Wood Cut Outs Pattern Z8884
The notice advertises a simple woodworking project with three plywood cutouts a baby deer rabbit and squirrel to decorate outdoor spaces. Patterns are 15 cents and require a jig coping or keyhole saw for cutting with directions to color and assemble. Due to high demand and wartime conditions some orders may take longer to fill.
Night voyage of Robin and Angus as Jenkins seizes control
Robin Dale and Angus McPhail face a hostile takeover aboard a fishing cruiser bound for Labrador after Jenkins abducts them. They endure threats and deliberate engine failures as Pat struggles to fix the carburetor while Jenkins plots, awaiting a chance to escape.
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McPhail
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Vacation gas questions and answers on travel limits
A humorous Q and A explains wartime gasoline rules for vacation travel. It covers rounding trips to cottages, certification requirements, alternative transportation questions, and what constitutes valid vacation use of gas. The exchange pokes fun at lack of straightforward answers and the wartime OPA position.
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Ration Board
OPA
Hitler's Uniform Woes Prompt Tailor Chat in Wartime
A humorous dialogue imagines Adolf Hitler visiting a tailor in 1939 to address a worn uniform and awkward fit, with quips about shrinking pants and shorter lengths. The exchange reflects wartime humor and era slang, including references to manpower shortages and shifting gender roles, set against 1941–43 musings.
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Germany
Hitler
Herr Hitler
Hiitler
Izzat
Blackleg in Cattle Caused by Soil Bacteria
The widespread cattle disease blackleg is caused by a spore forming germ living in soil. It reappears yearly in pastures, mainly hits cattle four months to two years old, and causes lameness swelling high fever and rapid death. Vaccination in winter or early spring is advised, though serum treatment can save some animals.
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Range
Mississippi Valley
Japs Yamada Shrines Draw Mecca Like Reverence
A fragment describes shrines at Yamada as a holy center for Japanese people comparable to Mecca for Roslems or Jerusalem for Christians, signaling deep cultural reverence.
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Yamada
Mecca
Jerusalem
Meaning of captain and Camel cigarettes in Army life
The piece notes that captain derives from caput head and highlights Camel cigarettes as a favored item among soldiers. It mentions sales data from service men's stores, gifts from home, and postage restrictions while affirming Camels can be mailed to soldiers nationwide and to Navy Marines and Coast Guard personnel abroad.
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Ost
U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Lengthy X-ray Tube At London Hospital
An X-ray tube in St Bartholomew's Hospital London is described as thirty feet long and ten tons. A patient under treatment communicates via microphone with doctors who monitor him through a mirror system.
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St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
London
Aid to Agriculture in War Effort Outlined
Government agricultural division will advise farmers on needed production, assist in advance planning, and provide all possible help to overcome obstacles.
Trees Grow From House in Georgetown Historic Eyecatcher
A Georgetown house draws attention as trees sprout from its walls. Built in 1 by Benjamin Stoddard, the first secretary of the navy, the structure stands as a curious landmark in Washington.
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Halcyon
Lighting and color guide for wartime interior finishes
A wartime advisory from light experts, cited by the Federal Housing Administration, recommends white or light ivory ceilings to brighten rooms. Walls and horizontal surfaces should use lighter and slightly darker tones to maximize reflection and conserve energy and materials.
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Hous Administration
Japanese Wrestlers Describe Training and Displays
A compact overview notes that fat Japanese wrestlers are typically men who eat heavy rations of meat, beer, and wine. It mentions their shows include chest thumps thigh slaps and water spouting to impress spectators with their physical grandeur.
Move From Farms A Checkup On Rural Youth
In O county a survey of 1 602 rural young men shows about 40 percent in the armed services and 320 percent had moved to nearby industrial centers.
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Armed Services
Industr
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