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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1943
Page
2
The maritime service trains crews rapidly using life suits that enable floatation and emergency rations. A 13 weeks course covers deck duties engine room operations lifeboat handling swimming gunnery and safety seamanship on a movable concrete ship replica.
The article urges 50 000 additional WAVES and SPARS to support the Navy with women skilled in parachute rigging sewing and fabric work. It describes duties from packing chutes repairing gear designing cargo chutes and crafting life saving equipment. Enlistees undergo five weeks at Hunter College followed by 13 weeks at service schools with officer training possible after six months.
Classic outdoor games listed include block grab races barrel roll and air line race with cups and strings. Also bottle filling relay farmyard animal imitation and variations for social gatherings released by Western Newspaper Union.
Quick up to date makeup tips from Gabrielle. The article suggests using three silk envelopes to organize beauty items by color blue for rouge and lipstick red blue red tones and rust red in brown. Uses Ledger Syndicate WNU Features framing.
The piece lauds safety gear on U S merchant ships and 5000 sailors who returned to sea. It notes lifeboats with compasses, water tanks, charts, air tanks, signals, and medical kits. It cites War Shipping Administration projections of 120000 sailors needed by year end and urges former seamen to rejoin via U S Employment Service or War Shipping Recruitment and Manning units.
A family attic salvage combines a chest and dish cupboard from an old dresser with a dresser top shelf. Painted furniture in bright Dutch designs, echoed by chair seats and cracked mirror frames, creates a cohesive living room look. Patterns and color guides for authentic Dutch designs are offered.
Government guidance via Wayne Chatfield Taylor promotes shifting civilian goods toward smaller retail outlets to shorten distribution to neighborhoods. Stores report wider selections from gloves to baby pants and fresher stock as family incomes rise with multiple earners.
With clothes rationing looming, focus on laundering washable garments frequently. Mending and darning will rise in importance as perspiration and dirt degrade fabrics, and patches may become stylish. Mend before washing to minimize visible repairs, and disguise worn spots with clever patches or pockets.
Office of War Information reports civilian weekend travel by train and bus is largely eliminated to avoid hindering war transportation. Rail and intercity bus firms agree, urging midweek travel and reduced weekend recreational trips. Furloughs for service members peak on weekends and holidays. A New York preview shows barrage balloons rising as a defense measure.
The curious orchid bee swarm orchids grow on tropical tree trunks rather than in soil. They live exposed roots in air, sunshine, and rain in Mexico and Latin America. Travelers may spot plants clinging 20 to 30 feet up with numerous roots visible.
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