Golf Returns to Form as Spring Revives Old Players
The piece notes golf reemerging with spring as players from all walks join clubs near transit hubs. It highlights a rising participation among middle-aged to older players on municipal courses, while trading tales of professional stars for a broader base. It also references a baseball debate between Cardinals and Yankees and comments from Leo Durocher on pitching and pitching depth.
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Cardinals
Yankees
Leo Durocher
Rdinals
Dodgers
Farm Aides: Girls Assist Harvest Efforts Under Leaders
Volunteer leaders are sought as Camp Fire Girls YWCA Girl Reserves and Girl Scouts publish Farm Aides guide. The program directs girls ages 14 to 18 to work on farms only when adult labor is unavailable, with health, parental consent, and supervision requirements. Work includes berry picking, fruit gathering, and packing, plus in farm households training in domestic tasks. Local offices of the three organizations coordinate placements and leadership.
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Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Girl Reserve
Girl Scouts, Inc
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire
Minute Make Ups By Gabrielle
Minute Make Ups by Gabrielle advises spring facial cleansing with emulsified soap to remove dry skin, followed by rich cream for a velvety base. It recommends cream rouge for dry skin and powder rouge for oily skin, plus a brief eye and lip grooming.
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Gabrielle
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Photo trained bomber on Lowry Field underscores war winning power
Col Willard R Shephard, director of the Air Forces Photography school at Lowry Field, says pictures win wars. Aerial photography guides bombings and intelligence, turning cameras into the eye of command as air shots form mosaics revealing enemy positions, while a B 18 serves as a photo trainer rather than a bomber.
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Lowry Field
Kentucky
Col
Willard R. Shephard
Air Forces
Coral
Midway
France
Union
New Mexico Features Diverse Life Zones and High Sunshine
New Mexico holds six of seven life zones in North America, offering vast climatic variety. The state enjoys 75 to 80 percent potential sunshine in most regions, highlighting its sunny climate.
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New Mexico
Increase in hardwood lumber to meet 1943 demands
Urbana Illinois. J E Davis extension forester and wartime timber chair says 1943 minimum six billion board feet of hardwoods must be produced to satisfy army aircraft and vehicle needs navy ships and lend lease suppliers require hardwoods for ships, railroads and farm equipment, and textile and food production depend on lumber for equipment and packaging.
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Urbana
Ill
J. E. Davis
State Natural History Survey
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Illinois Wartime Timber Marketing Committee
Army
Navy and Maritime Commission
Davis
Transforming an unused porch into a private vacation spot
Phyllis Belmont explains turning an unused porch into a comfortable retreat with low effort and cost. A stockade of rolling shades anchored to poles provides privacy while letting in breezes. An open patio can be screened with porch shades and an awning ceiling, creating a second living room with cool, private space.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Crayon Craft Ideas For Family Art At Home
This Western Newspaper Union notice suggests salvaging scrap crayon ends for children’s art. It covers making stained wood blocks with oil blends, painting on cloth, and creating homemade liquid paints using kerosene or turpentine for toys and blocks.
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National Recreation Association
Sash and Mill Works
Western Newspaper Union
Bible Tops World Book Sales Despite Global Turmoil
The Bible remains the world’s best selling book through 1941 and 1942 with American distributions reaching over 8 million in 1941 and Gideons supplying 4 million volumes for armed forces. It has been translated into most languages, with nine Solomon Islands versions noted. A 500 year old Chinese Hebrew scroll describes Genesis to Leviticus on sheep skin once owned by Jewish settlers around Kai-Fung.
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America
American Bible Society
Christian Commercial Men's Association
Gideons
Solomon Islands
China
Kai-Fung
Yankees Still Favorite To Win A.L. Pennant In 1943
The article analyzes how the Yankees, despite losing stars like DiMaggio and Rizzuto, still boast a strong pitching staff led by Bonham Chandler and Borowy. It surveys Boston Cleveland Detroit St Louis Washington and Philadelphia as potential contenders, notes White Sox and Senators weaknesses, and concludes the Yankees hold a solid margin for the American League pennant amid wartime uncertainty.
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Browns
Red Sox
Joe McCarthy
Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
Phil Rizzuto
Red Rolfe
Buddy Hassett
Red Ruffing
Ernie Bonham
Ailey Donald
Hank Borowy
Marvin Bruer
Spud Chandler
McCarthy
Bonham
Chandler
Borony
Luke Sewell
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland Indians
Lou
White Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Senators
Bob Johnson
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Athletics
Connie Mack
A’s
General Quiz Questions From A Page Puzzle
A reader asks a quiz covering geography and history. It lists seven questions including the littoral of a country, an army pursuit squadron in planets, George Washington’s party, a city nicknamed the Russian Pittsburgh, pounds of V film for a ton of letters, the largest single printing job, and the length of the longest major league baseball game in innings.
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George Washington
Pittsburgh
Twenty-Fifth Plane Noted In Coastal Region
Twenty five planes observed over the coastal region as authorities monitor air activity. The report lists the event as a federal matter involving potential security steps and regional coordination with federal oversight.
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Federalist
Kharkov
Brooklyn
Boston
Siamese Twin Stars Reconsidered by Astronomers
Dr. Bancroft W. Sitterly of Wesleyan U. Van Vleck Observatory reports that some twin stars may be physically joined like Siamese twins, with several examples showing behavior as they would theoretically.
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Bancroft W. Sitterly
Wesleyan U.’s van Vleck Observatory
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