Six 4-H'ers Win Scholarships For Electricity Course
Six national winners in the 1944 4-H Rural Electrification contest received $200 Westinghouse scholarships. Frances McMillen of Enid Oklahoma and Walter MacEvoy of Lockport New York were among the top honorees, with four other youths from Michigan Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota also earning national status for innovative farm electrical work.
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America
Chicago
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
National Committee On Boys
Westinghouse
Frances McMillen
Enid
Okla
Frances
United States
Lockport
N. Y
Walter MacEvoy
Walter
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Jesse Nemechek Jr
Humboldt
Neb
Breoder
Rodney Hall
Turner
S. D
Harlan Dietzel
Bay Port
Mich
Raymond Schafer
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
First Fire Insurance Company in U S Founded 151 Years Ago
Early American colonists insured against fire and other risks in London. The first share capital fire insurance company was established in 1794, 151 years ago. The new republic’s two home state charters began a lasting industry that now includes 24 long-running American firms.
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U.S
London
Share Capital
New Republic
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Gay Gadgets and Secret Signs at School
The piece describes a chill of fad fashions and coded signals among girls and boys. Thumbprint signatures, colored handprints, lipstick lip marks, and wax pins reveal a curious culture believed to hint at secret clubs and friendships, with FBI rumors adding suspense.
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FBI
Song Title Talk at the Soda Fountain Hits the Parade
Readers chatter over ice cream orders reveal a rapid list of song titles from Woody Herman Roy Rogers and others as they discuss lyrics and dating signals in a nostalgic soda shop setting. The piece ties popular tunes to dating cues and mood.
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Woody Herman
Janie
Roy Rogers
First Gal Blossoms in Spring Fashion
Trixie Teen touts advance spring styles as cures for midwinter blues. Be first in print with pastel backgrounds, a pastel suit, and a light fascion. Everyone notices the first bloom and the first gal in spring fashion.
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Trixie Teen
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle Build Up Your Beauty Defense
A compact beauty feature explains quick daily rituals for skin care. It suggests a one minute morning and night regimen using astringent to clear and tone dull skin and a brief eye cream patting to smooth fine lines.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Sixteen new daily papers approved in Italy
Rome announces sixteen new daily newspapers approved by the National Press council. Twelve will be published in Rome and four in Naples. Eight of the Rome titles are entirely new, four are transformed from weeklies, and three Rome papers will focus on financial and business news.
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Rome
Italy
National Press Council
Naples
Open Diplomacy Drive Aims at United Nations Outreach
Washington Digest reports Archibald MacLeish of the State Department pushing open covenants and public publicity for the San Francisco UN meeting. He argues foreign policy needs public understanding, with plans including simple explanations of Dumbarton Oaks outcomes and future UN roles.
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State Department
United Nations
San Francisco
Archibald MacLeish
Lafayette Park
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rococco State Department
MacLeish
Pacific
Woodrow Wilson
Board of
Dumbarton Oaks
Teheran
Yalta
Bretton Woods
International Economic Council
Credit For Reconstruction
Parliament of Man
Tennyson
Yalta Conference
Congress
Army
National Opinion Research Center
University of Denver
Barbs and War Notes On Wine and Wood Shortage
The piece cites a 37 percent cut in German wine supply amid wartime talk. It notes Marshal Petain in southern Germany facing scrutiny and praises his intellect while doubting French popularity. The WPB offers lumber aid for farms facing emergency repairs as shortages bite. In under two weeks in February, 468 convention applications were denied by ODT, illustrating wartime disruption.
Corner Section for Unit Book Shelves
Readable text explains building corner unit book shelves for small spaces. It notes corner units fit awkward angles, can be built with simple hand tools, and uses patterns 271 for curved shelves with materials list. Sections A and B use Pattern 270. patterns cost 15 cents postpaid.
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Insurance Department of New York
Maharajah
Las Vegas
Nev
Lawler Holkar
Maharajah of
Indore
Laguna Beach
Calif
Telefact
Alaska
Elle Dell
By Nancy Pepper
Gabrielle
Mopsy
Gladys’ Parker
Washington Digest
U.S. State Dept
Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Bankhage
G.i.s
Marshal Petain
WPB
ODT
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Post
Ainis
USA
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