Night airplane buoys aid postwar aviation dreams
Akron report details a Firestone Westinghouse duo’s rubber buoy for night seaplane landings. Light reachable from 4000 feet, visible over three miles, radio operated, shock immune, and capable of long endurance. It promises safer seadrome operations and year round inland landing sites.
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Akron
Ohio
America
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
John W. Thomas
Firestone
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle Eyes Right Eyes Left
Short beauty tips emphasize quick eye exercises morning and night to improve health and appearance. Apply eye cream on the eyelids after powder for a soft baby sheen. Use dark blue mascara to enhance a soft look. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Remove War Paint From Planes to Add to Speed
The War Department orders removal of war paint from nearly all Army Air Force planes to lighten them and increase speed. Combat commanders recommended the action. Only specialized planes used overseas will keep camouflage paint. In the United States most aircraft will leave assembly lines with a natural metal finish.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Force
United States
Captured Nazi and Japanese Signal Gear Analyzed
The Army signal corps identifies and studies over 10 000 enemy signal items to reveal German production delays and psychology. Japanese gear is often small, poorly made, and unreliable in battle, contrasting with Nazi equipment that is bulky yet sound. The unit trains others to utilize captured gear.
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War Department
Signal Corps
Army Service Forces
United Nations
U. S
Psychiatrist Urges Infants Needed More Mothering
Dr. Margaret A. Ribble argues infants suffer when care focuses on formulas and hygiene at the expense of emotional bonds. In The Rights of Infants, Columbia University Press notes that early neglect of affection can shape adult personality disorders, urging renewed mothering including rocking, cradle time, and tender daily acts to foster mental development.
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Margaret A. Ribble
Columbia University Press
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Ribble
What to Do by Phyllis Belmont on table manners
A guide on early table manners for children. It advises sitting properly in the chair, keeping feet off chair rungs, sitting upright, not leaning on the plate or elbows, avoiding playing with silverware or napkins, and learning napkin use after bibs. It also suggests teaching correct use and placement of silverware from the start.
Teens Craft Fur Lapel Gadgets Cast as Party Trend
A playful row of teen fashion ideas uses scraps of fur to craft animal shapes for lapel pins. Beads, buttons, and embroidered leather collars add flair as students describe a bold, personal style shift. The piece mocks popular culture milestones and chronicles a high school moment of romance and fashion.
Deer and Antelope Don’t Play for Meat
The 1943 annual grazing service report notes vast shifts on western ranges to support U S war needs. Deer and antelope scarce as cattle and sheep dominate forage, with 57 thousand more cattle and 50 thousand horses shipped from ranges to boost meat production.
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Department of the Interior
America
Grazing Service
Sippin Cider and Other Fancy Home Drinks
A quirky vintage guide offers festive drink ideas with playful names. SIPPIN CIDER uses hot cider, brown sugar, and cinnamon. PURE VELVET mixes maple syrup, milk, and ginger ale. BLACKOUT BEVERAGE tops root beer with ice cream. HALF N HALF blends grape juice and ginger ale with mint. HOLLYWOOD SECRET combines orange juice milk sugar and a whisked egg.
Dating Advice Echoes From Lost Era Slang
A playful social guidance piece uses colorful slang to advise on double dates and liken partners to birds and starlets. It mocks rivals described as Droilie and Wing and a Prayer types, urging readers to choose partners carefully and assess reputation.
Should Girl Pay for Date With Soldier
Boise Idaho sees a Gowenfield symposium asking if girlfriends should share costs with enlisted men. two soldiers favor the idea. Mess Sgt Michael O’Hara quips that a GI who supports such a girl should marry her, noting he already did.
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Boise
Idaho
Gowenfield
G. I
Michael O'Hara
Indian Arrow Head pieced quilt pattern
Patchwork quilt pattern offering color arrowheads and white diamonds held by diamond bouquets. Pattern No. 79594 creates a 101 inch quilt from 64 blocks with a six inch border. Complete cutting guides and directions mailed for 15 cents to the listed address.
Christening of Christine Named Vessel at Eastern Shipyard
A eastern seaboard shipyard christened a small vessel with a bottle swinging ritual. The machine nicknamed Christine performed the christening marking a milestone for the yard and its latest craft.
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Mechanical Christener
Eastern Seaboard
Ugg
Christine
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Lakehurst
N. J
Don Adams
Havre
Gabrielle
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Bell Syndicate
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Telefact
U.S
Martha
Westport Rd
Kansas City
Vicki VapoRub
VICK
Pacu Ay
Are
Wisconsin
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