K Ration Aims and Use in Pacific War Front Line Food
The article explains the K ration as a frontline combat meal used from Guadalcanal to Japan. Each 43 ounce daily set provides breakfast dinner and supper in separate cartons with canned meats, biscuits, beverages, and cigarettes. Packaged to endure harsh conditions, K rations are moisture and insect proof with waterproof bags and color coded units for quick selection.
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Pacific
Guadalcanal
Japan
Gudalcanal
Army Quartermaster Corps
G.I. Joe
Hiram Walker
Peoria
Wreckers of Fabrics Hunted Down in This Laboratory
Investigators pin crimes on acids drugs termites in a fabric crime detection laboratory. Case studies include a naval officer coat hole from permanganate corrosion and termite damage to shirts confirmed by entomology experts.
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U. S
American Institute of Laundering
South Carolina
Institute Textile Laboratory
Africa
Nebraska
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Minute Make- Ups Fashion Rose Theme
A fashion note highlights pink rose accents on long black gloves and suggests wearing a rose in the hair and roses on the cheeks. It mentions rose perfume as mid Victorian in feel and feminine, tied to Ledger Syndicate WIN features.
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Ledger Syndicate
British Troops Capture Japanese Guns in Burma Mopping Up
British 14th Army troops driving through Burma seize enemy guns and equipment at Tenanama, 27 miles south of Minbu on the Irrawaddy, about 250 miles above Rangoon, as they press to clear thousands of Japanese soldiers.
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Calcutta
14Th Army
Burma
Tenanama
Minbu
Irrawaddy
Rangoon
Nowadays Hunters Go Out to Get Meat Not for a Good Time
The piece states that food shortages shift hunting from sport to necessity across the United States. It notes ducks in California threaten crops and that species like pheasants rabbits and deer provide meat with ecological and economic value. It cites the 1942 edible wildlife meat total of 255,404,055 pounds.
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United States
California
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gay Gadgets Associated Newspapers Features
Nancy Pepper asks readers across the coast what they seek in a boy. Top traits include personality, dancing, conversation, humor, manners, and movie interest, with looks least important. The piece notes girls outnumber boys in some high schools and warns against too smooth or fast behavior.
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van Johnson
Junior
Lauren Bacall
John Hodiak
Bob Hutton
Teen Canteen Crowd and Courtesy Rules
A cheeky glossary and guidance about teen canteen use and conduct. It emphasizes attendance to keep the venue active, urges youth to support the canteen, and warns that absence may lead others to abandon the effort. It notes the need for inclusive appeal to teens from age thirteen up.
Hitler order to loot Polish treasures found in Warsaw dispatch
A Tass report from Warsaw says a document signed by Adolf Hitler ordered the crowns and scepters of Polish kings taken to Germany for his collection. The report notes Germany looted Polish art and museums and destroyed Egyptian mummies during the occupation.
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Moscow
Tass
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reconversion Outlook Highlighted by Inventive Grit in Peru
Washington analyst notes reconversion will be smoother than wartime change. Burl E. Sherrill, a Peru Indiana inventor, expanded a small shop into a 125 worker compass factory for military and civilian use, illustrating postwar production resilience and civilian demand potential.
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Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
John Q
Washington
Burl E. Sherrill
Peru
Ind
Sherrill
University of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Navy bulletin bans transporting monkeys to India
An official navy bulletin forbids transporting monkeys to or from India. A congressman notes the country’s vastness, joking that delays may stretch from the Hudson to the Mississippi. Reports also say horse meat sales rise, gasoline shortages linger, and a high officer earned a medal for saving a woman from a runaway horse two decades ago.
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Navy
Navy Personne
India
Gay Party Dress For Little Girls Pattern 8856
Fabric patterns for sizes 2 to 6 years. Pattern 8856 lists 134 yards of 35 or 39 inch material, panties 34 yard, 5 yards ricrac for trim. Send your order to:
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Ricrac
Sewing Circle Pattern Request Ad
Enclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired Pattern No Address Size Chicago pattern department at 530 South Wells Street invites requests for its sewing patterns with payment and mailing details.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Londonderry
Microscopic pantograph writes 32 million words per inch
A micro pantograph, created about twenty years ago by two New Yorkers, copies writing at an extraordinary scale. Its diamond point traces over a glass plate producing legible text on the order of 32,000,000 English words per square inch, equivalent to about 400 full-length novels.
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Trixie Teen
Hitler
Washington Digest
By Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Erts
Carnegie Institute
Army Engineers
War College
Okeh
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Ted Gamble
Treasury
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Mississippi
Howard
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