Diplomats, leverage, and postwar planning in 1940s politics
The piece surveys international diplomacy, noting US figures like William Phillips and Walter Nash shaping postwar aid, housing reform, and potential fronts. It contrasts European leaders and church figures such as Konrad von Preysing with broader aims for reconstruction, peace, and alliance strategies beyond immediate conflicts.
War Worker Class and Home Front Duty in Wartime
A call to every American to act as a war worker by rationing, saving, and supporting the Lend Lease program. Emphasizes housewives guiding family food plans, home gardens, and channeling excess funds to war bonds to sustain Allies and military needs. Warns against hoarding as sabotage to victory.
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Mechanics Behind the Wings of the Air Forces
Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver lauds the Technical Training Command shaping the largest and fastest growing American education system. From one school in 1938 to over a hundred bases coast to coast, ground crews are trained to sustain planes and keep pilots on target.
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Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Technical Training Command
Army Air Forces
Walter R. Weaver
Chanute Field
Europe
Gulf of Mexico
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Pioneer Play Party For Families At Western Recreation
A pioneer themed event idea for family enjoyment with decorations such as hay bales wagon wheels and lanterns. Guests wear colored yarn tags representing settlements Dead Man's Gulch Split Rock Crossing Cow's Horn Creek and Gold Nugget Pass with games like Corn Shelling and Cantankerous Cattle and simple refreshments.
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Pioneers of America
Buffalo Bill
Dead Man's Gulch
Split Rock Crossing
Cow's Horn Creek
Western Newspaper Union
Wedding Address Card Etiquette for Announcements
The proper method is to enclose a wedding announcement card engraved with the couple’s address. For example Mr and Mrs John Jones will be at home after September first 17 Main Street. If living out of town, add the city below the street. A shared visiting card may note At home after September first and state the address if not engraved.
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Machiavelli
Richelieu
William C. Phillips
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New Delhi
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Mussolini
Xis
Foreign Office
Europe
Harvard
London
Joseph M. Choate
John Jones
Main Street
Dry beans offer inexpensive nutrition and energy
Hazel Phipps of the A and M extension service promotes dry beans as a cheap energy source with fair protein quality and iron. She advises soaking beans before cooking, using the soaking water, using soft water, avoiding soda, and cooking slowly. For baked beans a slow oven around 250 degrees is recommended with added liquid as needed.
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Hazel Phipps
A. and M. College Extension Service
Miss Phipps
U S Signal Corps Opens Far North Telephone Link
The U S Signal Corps completed a 2060 mile telephone line from Edmonton Alberta to Dawson Creek British Columbia linking with Helena Montana. Despite a 40 year storm and temperatures 28 degrees below zero workers finished in under eight days beginning November 22 and service began December 1 with a call from Brig Gen Frank E Stoner to Col Heath Twitchell in Dawson Creek.
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Washington
Army
Dawson Creek
British Columbia
Robert P. Patterson
U. S. Signal Corps
Edmonton
Alberta
Helena
Mont
Boston
Signal Corps
Corps of Engineers
Frank E. Stoner
Army Communications Division
Heath Twitchell
Minute Make Ujas
Gabrielle offers cosmetic tips to brighten eyes using blue shadows for lighter or blue eyes, vaseline on lashes to soften them, black mascara for redheads, green shadow for brown eyes, and rouge on earlobes to appear dainty. Warm salt water refreshes tired eyes. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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U S Coast Guard Expands Horse Patrols Along Coastline
Coast Guard units are expanding horse patrols to cover broad sandy beaches from Maine to Florida. In Currituck North Carolina volunteers stride along a wide beach to inspect and deter along the Outer Banks region as horse patrols become a staple on the eastern seaboard.
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Florida
Stages Screen Radio Highlights and Industry Buzz
Virginia Vale reports on share-a-ride fame for a star at Columbia studios and a new stunt with a coin box. RKO discusses sequels to Casablanca with Bogart and Greenstreet, while Douglass Drake and Jean Porter return to screen testing. Wayne, Barry Wood, Woody Herman, and Kate Smith feature in radio to screen crossovers and talent shifts.
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Columbia Studios
Ross
Lum
Abner
RKO
Douglass Drake
Columbia
Rita Hayworth
Brian Donlevy
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Carnegie Hall
New York
Fold-Up Coffee Table Made Without Nails
A simple low coffee table design uses three by four foot half inch plywood with no hardware. Cut into three sections and slide to assemble, saving space when stored. The note mentions catalog copies and a forthcoming Book 9 with 32 thrifty home ideas.
Hollywood Talk Sparks New Film Pairings in 1940s Era
The note cites Anita from the Tommy Riggs show merchandising on roller skates. Daniel-Jean Johnson receives a retro contract. Edgar Bergen and Kay Kyser may co star in a film musical Keep Em Singing. Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman set to lead in Saratoga Trunk at Warner Bros. Harriet Hilliard eyed for a leading role in The Falcon Comes Back.
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Saratoga
Harriet Hilliard
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