Cadet nurses aid hospitals under wartime strain
The article explains how student nurses perform vital duties in hospitals, from maternity wards to operating rooms, under supervision. It notes a national shortage of graduate nurses and details the U S Cadet Nurse Corps push for 65 000 young women to enroll in 24 to 30 month programs, highlighting wartime usefulness and postwar value.
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Sam
Det
Berg
Uate
Army
Navy
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
War Department warns on discussing soldier status and security
The War Department urges families and friends of soldiers to avoid repeating or sharing details from letters or overheard information. Officers say even training, clothing, and medicine details can reveal destinations or deployment plans. Officials stress that discussing such information jeopardizes soldiers and the entire division, despite parents’ natural wish to share. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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War Department
Orgazines
Army
Strong
Western Newspaper Union
New England Woman Keeps Home Front Spirit Strong
Newton Massachusetts Mrs John renbaum vows family strength while her husband serves in the navy fourteen months ago. She runs a drug store single handedly to support them and keep his home.
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Newton
Mass
John Renbaum
Postwar Homes Promise Practical, Not Futuristic Design
Builders and material dealers can start producing improved postwar homes as soon as hostilities end. Practical Builder predicts a $30 billion spend over ten years on better kitchens baths and living spaces with plastics aluminum and lightweight materials. Homes will be better designed, more compact, safer and cheaper, though not radically styled.
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America
Practical Builder
Gay Gadgets and Fashion Fads Before the Uniform
A cheeky column lists boys dyeing corduroy slacks in bright colors and bleaching hair, with girls urged to join wartime ration rules. It notes knee-baring styles, yellow palette trends, and suggests slumber parties for girls as older boys head off to serve.
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Jackson
Uncle Sam
Teens Plan Salvage Themed Parties For War Effort
A wartime youth column suggests salvage parties as a social activity. Host prizes for guests who bring the most salvage items such as metal rubber fat silk nylon stockings or similar goods. Guests may be charged admission to fund collection.
When Travel Becomes Difficult and Delays Loom
Travelers are advised to plan ahead for rail journeys as troop movements and crowded conditions cause delays. Reserve a Pullman or chair car if possible and prepare for interruptions while railroad companies strive to maintain traffic. Ledger Syndicate. WIN Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WIN
French population decline cited by wartime group
London report states the French population fell by two million due to war executions and starvation. B Townroe on behalf of the United Associations of Great Britain and France cites a 60 percent rise in tuberculosis deaths since the war began and an epidemic of infantile paralysis.
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London
B. Townroe
United Associations of
Great Britain
France
Glamour on screen and radio legends in old stage notes
A retrospective look at Ginger Rogers on screen in Lady in the Dark and the mink gown incident, Gail Russell rising to fame with The Uninvited and Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, plus Dinah Shore’s radio beginnings and the annual Edwin C. Hill Thanksgiving piece Fear and All or Nothing at All referenced as a potential Dinah theme.
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Gertrude Lawrence
Jenny
Ginger Rogers
Ginger
Dinah Shore
Dinah
New York
Film and radio stars move between screens and scripts
Loretta Young seeks film adaptation of her CBS Lost Yesterday role. Michael O’Shea rises as a screen star with Hunt Stromberg backing. he headlines Man From Frisco and two Fox pictures yearly for six years. TV guests join Bright Horizon. Sammy Kaye’s project shifts title. Katina Paxinou and Paul Muni picks noted. Lassie Come Home captivates New York audiences.
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Hunt Stromberg
Michael O'Shea
Jack London
Henry J. Kaiser
Frisco
Darryl Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
Dick Haymes
Katina Paxinou
Ginger Rogers
RKO
Mamma
Paul Muni
Lassie
New York
Old Salt Turns Tables on the Captain
A village youngster visits a retired sailor each morning to deliver a mock summons. The old sea dog replies with a banterous rebuke, telling the captain to go jump into the briny deep. The ruse earns the boy a dime with each visit.
Postwar Certification Rush for 350000 Air Miles
More than 100 firms have applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for certificates or permits to operate about 350000 miles of new domestic and foreign air routes after the war.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
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Ospitals
Hosils
United States Navy
Noms
U.S.S
Mr. Chips
The
Chips
Attu
Kiska
America In Action
Gabrielle
Pinkedger Syndicate
WNU
England
Spirit of Home Front
Associated Newspapers
By Nancy Pepper
Party Spirit
Telefact
U.S.A
Phyllis Belmont
Staci
Virginia
WIU
Gail Russell
Cinderella
Edwin C. Hill
Loretta Young
CBS
Bright Horizon
Wayne Clark
Fifth Army
Clark
Ben Wain
Sammy Kaye
United Artists
Kaye
Jimmie Dorsey
Dorsey
Hollywood
Afi
Utei
Montana Cereal CO
Billings, Montana
Dr. Werner
Ethel Brett
U. S. Navy Yard
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