Orchard frost control with Friez thermostat setup described
E Lee Goldsborough rigged his cherry orchard to fight late frost after an 85 cent crop loss. A thermostat wired to trigger in his bedroom warns at 30 degrees, allowing lighting 400 heater or Smudge pots to protect the crop, designed with engineers from Friez Instrument division of Hendix Aviation in Baltimore.
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E. Lee Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Ne Friez Instrument Division
Hendix Aviation Corporation
Balore, Md
Felt fashions for teens spark DIY accessories
Teens can salvage old hats into felt fashion tricks now sold as ready to sew bits in department stores. Create butterfly shapes with beads for hair or lapels, make toe trimmers from flower felt, patch torn clothing, and craft belt pocket purses. Wear a vegetable Warsage on a lapel.
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SO-0-0
Victory Warsage
Warsage
Tin Salvaged From Cans Helps Fill War Demands
American Can executive J A Stewart reports civilians and armed forces in 1943 consumed millions of cans daily. Submarine tin comes from civilian use, while military needs rise to about three and a quarter billion cans this year. Paper conservation is urged with practical war uses and tips for reducing packaging waste.
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J. A. Stewart
American Can Company
Washington
Minute Make-Ups Wear Blue Mascara for Glamour
Advertises blue mascara and blue red lipstick with blue eyeshadow for a soft lash look. Suggests application motions and notes mascara may not stick. Ledger Syndicate WIN Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
Polor Blind Yank Finds His Defect Has Its Uses
Camp Elliott California Marine Sgt. Warren B Garrett may be color blind but the defect aids him as a scout and sniper, letting him spot movement in rough terrain from great distances with aid of his unit.
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Polor
Yank
Camp Elliott
Calif
Warren B. Garrett
Doily Decor Tricks For Hairstyles And Walls
A vintage guide suggests painting paper doilies in multiple colors to wear as hair bows or pins. It also shows making a nosegay with a doily, framing photos inside lacy edges, and creating a scalloped border around a mirror for a delicate lace effect.
Laced Up The Back Hair Idea For Slumber Parties
A playful hair style idea for all girl gatherings suggesting two rows of pin curls down the back to resemble eyelets. Attach a long ribbon to each curl and lace them together with a bow at the bottom for a decorative finish.
The Rambling Rhymster Roots in Home
A poem by Les Plettner extols roots as a universal anchor. It contrasts nature's roots in soil with man's unique rooting in home, linking stability and peace to domestic origin. The verses repeat the idea that all things have roots, but humans seek rootedness in a stable home.
Leatherneck Bath Shadowed by Dragline Shower Scene
Lieut. Arthur Carter, a Marine photographer who covered the Cape Gloucester front, uses a dragline shovel scoop as a shower tank in New Britain. The improvised wash setup highlights wartime hardship and resourceful daily life for front line service members.
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Arthur Carter
New Britain
Carter
Cape Glouster
Rotation Rules for Victory Gardens Protect Health of Crops
Annual rotation of garden plots reduces winter soil diseases by moving crops of the same family each year. Cabbage, tomatoes, peas, and melons should shift spots. cab bage with broccoli is discouraged due to club root. Seeds should be disease free, often treated. Even small yards can host a few annual flowers for beauty and cut arrangements.
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Victory
Weathering military moves with smart packing tips
Phyllis Belmont advises on preparing for life at a military post or navy base. She suggests packing duffel bags for seasonal changes, shopping at the commissary to save money, and keeping travelers' checks for emergencies, reflecting veterans’ practical guidance.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Moscow Donor Yurii Kurshin Sky Celebrated for 141 Donations
Moscow railway worker Yurii Kurshin Sky is hailed as the world’s top blood donor by TASS for 141 donations totaling over 60 liters. Nurse Vera Lizaeva ranks second with 128 donations among thousands aiding transfusions and plasma production.
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Moscow
Tass
Yurii Kurshinsky
Vera Lizaeva
Window Washer Bans Dirt Spurns Job
A Cleveland housewife asked a window washing firm about dirty windows. The representative refused the job saying it would take too long to clean dirty windows these days.
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Cleveland
My crew of two officers and three enlisted men in a B 26 base England
Ernie Pyle portrays a B 26 bombing crew in England as they face long missions and two week leaves. The two officers and three enlisted fliers fly in a tight team. they plan for a heavy invasion schedule, with days starting before daylight and ending after dark. The men seek homecomings and two week leaves, travel to London and other towns, and maintain friendships with British locals. Chief, Red Dog, Gaines, and others are highlighted as driven, loyal, and ready for the next mission.
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England
America
France
Mediterranean
London
Scotland
Edinburgh
Wales
Ireland
Jack Arnold
Red Dog
Army
Bombardier
Collins
Crewmen Include Student Cowboy From Arizona
Radioman-gunner Sgt. John Siebert of Charlestown Mass learns to fly before the war and has 800 hours as pilot though a defective eye kept him from cadet school He is 23 and plans to finish at MIT after the war Tail gunner Sgt Kermit Pruitt is a talkative Arizona cowboy who sings on bomb runs over the interphone.
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Bill Collins
Chief
America
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Eugene Gaines
New Orleans
Gaines
Pearl River
John Siebert
Charlestown
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sgt
Kermit Pruitt
Arizona
Pruitt
States Use Party Symbols on Ballots Across Nation
Collier's notes that 14 states use party symbols on ballots. SixStates favor the rooster and eight the star for Democrats, while six favor the elephant and eight the eagle for Republicans. Some Southern ballots strike out opponents’ names rather than marking a cross.
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Collier’s
Southern
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