Soldiers Eat Plenty and Waste Little in U S Army Mess
In Northern Ireland the Eighth Air Force mess hall runs a waste-not program led by Staff Sergeant Stewart from Hammond Louisiana. Each served meal uses a self serve plan with a pad noting who takes more than they eat and weekly visibility on a public board to deter waste. The kitchen to storage cycle focuses on careful ordering, repurposing leftovers into soups and pies, strict bread and vegetable inspection, and salvaging all containers for depot return.
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Northern Ireland
United States Army
Eighth Air Force Composite Command
Hosey Stewart
Stewart
Hammond
E. H. Rouse
West Newton
Hosey
England
Louisiana
Seed crafts and fashion from seed knick knacks
A playful feature discusses drying melon and fruit seeds to make neck laces and bracelets and hints at coloring them. It suggests seed crafts to accessorize with South American or Mexican style clothing and teases new slang for decorating garments.
Fragrant Tricks and Craft Ideas from a 20th Century Page
The text describes scenting hair and pillows with perfume, storing gloves in a closed box, and small DIY projects using corks to make purses and sweater buttons. It also repeats jokes about morons and ends with a quip about a river and a stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger Syndicate
Painting Ice on Yukon River Cuts Ice Bound Time
Captain H Wheeler owner of the steamboat Gasca melts a 29 mile ice path on a Yukon river to free navigation earlier. He used lampblock oil paint on a 40 foot wide strip to create a sun heated channel a foot deep each day. The dark surface absorbs heat heating the ice and forming a clear channel within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Wheeler
Gasca
Yukon River
Entertaining Tips for Red Cross Seaming Units
Phyllis Belmont advises defense workers to host informal luncheons when hosting Red Cross sewing groups. Serve hot cream soup followed by finger sandwiches on individual trays to reduce table setup and please guests. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Defense
Red Cross
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Women Army corps drive mail tracking in North Africa
Captain Sol Gershon lauds WACs for organizing military mail in the North Africa theater. He notes each entering soldier receives a card, and WAC clerks file and cross check hospital and unit addresses to keep mail with the wounded soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Force Headquarters
North Africa
Sol Gershon
Central Postal Directory
North Africa Theater of Operations
Women’s Army Corps
Wacs
Western Newspaper Union
Battlefield salvage turns war scrap into U S fighting weapons
Thousands of tons of battlefield salvage and scrap are being returned to the United States. The army lists ferrous and non ferrous scrap, repairable airplane engines, oxygen and acetylene cylinders, ammunition containers, drums, shoes and clothing among items sent to war plants for reprocessing and eventual reissue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Department
Ingenious folding cot frame for hall storage sketch
A home craft sketch shows a folding cot stored in a hall using an ingenious frame with a denim skirted cover and a flowered chintz trim. It includes a medicine closet on top and spool feet, from a booklet of 32 handmade items costing 15 cents.
Soldiers' speech hides emotion in slang and Camel ads
A wartime ad notes soldiers fear emotion, citing slang like buzzards for colonels and Camels for cigarettes. It claims Camels are popular with Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel, with sales records from service stores and shipping rules for overseas and U S. soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Reissued World War I Serial Number Marking Policy
In the Second War era the letter R in a soldier’s serial number signified service in the First World War and indicated re enlistment.
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America
Africa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Europe
Camp Carson
Colorado
Gestapo
Tunisia
Quick
U.S
Associated Newspapers
WIN
Trixie Teen
Gabrielle
C. QO
Phyllis Belmont
America IN Action
Alene Drezmal
Hazel M. Belllove
Brooklyn
Telefact
Ruth Weth Pears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
West Mfg. CO
L West 5Th
Mitchell, S. D
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