Inside recipient housing drift and wartime experts
Lemuel F. Parton profiles officials shaping postwar living. John B. Blandford Jr. leads the housing program moving 278000 war housing units in 12 months while Stevens Institute acclaimed figure works to guide policy. Dr Walter H Eddy notes rationing won’t harm health as wartime experts discuss diet and sleep. Holdy rises as Institute of Dietetics chair and Army consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Utopia
Yans
John B. Blandford Jr
Blandford
Stevens Institute of Technology
Roosevelt
Walter H. Eddy
Colum- Side
Bia
Institute of Dietetics
Dr. Holdy
Army
Sled and Snow Games Handbook From Recreation Union
The article outlines winter activities for families including sled racing using push and coast methods, crab and swimming-style sled races, shuttle relays, towing, and sled parades. It also details snowball games like snow battles and bombardment, loop-the-loop stunts, follow the leader, and pushball with mixed-gender teams. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Recreation Association
Merian Cooper Lived a Life of War and Adventure
The profile traces Merian Cooper from early meals at Hannon's in Minneapolis to airfighting in France, barnstorming across Europe, and explorations in Asia and India. It notes Hollywood fame, a string of sons, and his 49th birthday amid varied roles, including service in the new war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merian C. Cooper
China
Washington
Nooubt
Cooper
Brig
Theresan
Ginza Thernault
Hannon
Minneapolis
Abyssinia
Haile Selassie
France
AEF
Europe
Russia
Asia
India
Hollywood
Aney
Smally
Mina
Opel Cooper
Ercie
Chennault
Etiquette for Introducing Yourself on the Phone
The piece advises callers to identify themselves promptly when asking for someone else. If contacting a friend, say your name and ask for the person. With a servant, use titles. In business, a secretary may name her employer or her role, stating business if direct contact is not possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith
Jane
Miss Smith
Miss Jones
Prominent English and American Writers listed
The note cites five literary figures with lifespans and birth years: Thomas Hobbes, William Somerset Maugham, Willa Cather, George M. Cohan, and Don Marquis, implying a reference source or anniversary context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hobbes
William Somerset Maugham
Willa Cather
George M. Cohan
Don Marquis
Quotations About Humor and Love From Classic Authors
A set of five aphorisms attributed to literary figures exploring laughter glory love and poetry. Each line presents a distinct idea on human emotion and creative perception, inviting reflection on how fame and speech shape our view of art and social behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Worth Watching Mrs Jane Lester Near Her Husband
Mrs Jane Lester, formerly of Cleveland and Louisville, keeps watch on her husband a watchmaker who enlisted in the navy and is at the instrument school in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lester
Navy
Chicago
Ill
Cleveland
Ohio
Louisville
Rubber boats power Marine landings in offensive campaigns
A detailed look at rubber landing craft used by United States Marines. In inflated form they resemble a doughnut with a pointed bow and flat bottom. A single craft carries a squad with weapons and a 60 mm mortar, drawing a foot of water when loaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Massive Australian explosives factory rises in rural heartland
In a remote Australian area about 3,000 workers are building a vast explosives complex costed at £4,500,000. Within a year a miniature city of over 1,000 buildings will employ 14,000 people, including 8,000 women, with specialized plants for ammunition, signals gear, bombs and propellants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slepy
Air Force
Two Colds Yearly Is Average for American People
The article notes Americans average two colds per year, with one in four experiencing four or more. It links susceptibility to fatigue, poor sleep, nutrition, drafts, chilling, wet clothing, and diseased tonsils. It argues taking time to recover from a cold can prevent longer downtime and limit spread among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
G. Gould Lincoln
Washington Star
Dewey
Albany
Calvin Coolidge
Lincoln
the Star
Washington
Corps of Washington
Arms for Armor at Fort MacArthur Scrap Drive
Lieut. Col. Donald C. Hawley, training officer at Fort MacArthur California, donates his war collection to the scrap drive. Items include a German World War I Uhlan saber a Philippine bolo Haiti swords an American cavalry saber an Igorote Head Hunter knife and a Scotch Highlander skein blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Hawley
Fort MacArthur
Calif
Haiti
Surgeon Removes Live Shell From Patient Thigh
London air raid leads to a dramatic operation as a surgeon extracts an unexploded armor piercing shell from a man's thigh. The risk to life and sight was immense, yet the team, including an assistant seeking promotion, completed a delicate extraction and the patient returned to bed within half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Journal of American Medical Association
Donald Hall
Royal County Hospital
Minute Make- Ups By Gabrielle
A compact beauty tip piece advising lip care and makeup technique. It suggests using pomade on dry lips, then lipstick, with shade guidance for different lip sizes. It cautions about outlining beyond the lip line and notes not to overemphasize a Cupid’s bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
War reporter works through night under flies and bugs in Liberia
A war correspondent in Liberia battles darkness and insects to file a report on the landing and operations of the American army engineers task force. His miner’s lamp lights the typewriter while a net shields his face and hands from pests as he works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberia
Two Friends Earn Purple Heart for Moroccan Action
Sergt. Ernest H. Rodson of Orange New Jersey and Private Rocco B. Perrotti joined the army January 24 1941 and fought side by side. They were wounded in the same action at Safi Morocco and were brought home on the same transport. They now rest in adjoining beds at Walter Reed hospital Washington D C with Purple Heart decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest H. Rodson
Orange
N. J
Rocco B. Perrotti
Safl
Morocco
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Debating postwar peace and the League's Article X
The piece contrasts the League of Nations Article X with U S attitudes, noting its intended collective force and the historical failure to act. It cites Wilson Bryan Lodge reservations Cecil Stimson and predicts future leaders must ensure willingness to enforce peace. It discusses Thomas E Dewey and G Gould Lincoln on presidential candidacy plans and noncandidacy certainty.
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Washington
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Particular Lodge
United States
Wilson
Senate
Robert Cecil
League
Stimson
Britain
U. S.S
Japan
Manchuria
Italy
Mexican figures inspire home crafts by Mrs Spears pattern
A reader describes using Ruth Wyeth Spears Mexican transfer motifs to decorate tea towels, pot holders, curtains, and a corner shelf. The note praises the gay figures, mentions more than 20 designs, and offers Pattern No. 203 for 10 cents direct from the author.
World's Largest Chinese Dictionary Planned in 40 Volumes
A forthcoming Chinese dictionary will be the largest, bound in 40 volumes and covering 60 000 Chinese characters. Its creation will take ten years, beginning with the character yi and the 11 000 words and phrases associated with it. the first volume holds 478 pages.
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Who's. News
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
Dr. Eddy
Babe Ruth
Miss Abbie Condit
Western Newspaper Union
America In Action
Higgins
Western
Union
Australia
Arms For Armor
Gabrielle
International Army
Ewey
Bell Syndicate
Wiley
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Bones
Welsh Mineral CO
13Th and
N. P. Crossing
Billings, Mont
Billings Poly Academy Polytechnic
Mont
Coyote
Q. Bunch
Welch, Minn
Leggat Hotel
Butte
Creek Bottom
Fred Russell
United Farm Agency
Clarksville
Arkansas
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