Postwar revival of hydroponics and chemical farming urged
Amid talk of a postwar farming comeback hydroponics and chemical farming are promoted as revived methods. Air force wards in Florida and a White Mountains New Hampshire farm are cited to push soilless growing with sand and water, nutrients, controlled temps and light, promising higher yields and earlier harvests.
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Victory Gardens
Air Force
Younds
Coral Gables
Fla
Ospital
W. F. Gerickef
University of California
Knop
Gericke
America
Pearl Harbor
Middle West
White Mountains
N. H
Society of Chemical Horticulture
Plcs University
Borrowing a Dress for a Special Occasion
Question if I may borrow a dress from my girlfriend for a special occasion. Answer advises against asking for a personal item and suggests approval depends on her. If borrowed, she should see the dress and set terms. If not possible to borrow or replace if damaged, avoid borrowing.
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Morgenthau - Clemenceau
Morgenthau
Clemenceau
Keynes
Germany
France
Stimson
Hull
Central
Europe
Wilson
League of Nations
Roof Top Coop Lets Toledo Boy Raise Chickens
Eleven year old David Dennis of Maumee Ohio keeps twenty five chickens atop his father’s garage in Toledo because his mother and two sisters object to the yard being spoiled by the birds. The unusual setup reflects a family debate over backyard poultry.
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Toledo
Ohio
David Dennis
Maumee
The Family's Postwar National Debt Share
The average American family bears about 8200 of wartime expenses with over 1400 paid since Pearl Harbor. It owes more than 6800 as its share of postwar debt, has invested about 910 in war bonds, and paid over 500 in federal income taxes since 1941. The postwar debt costs over 100 annually and veterans benefits around 80 per year.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
Alaska Salmon Pack Ends Half Peak Year
The Alaska cannery season closed with a pack near 4.9 million cases, far below 1936’s 8.44 million and about a half million under wartime levels. Pink salmon led with 2,038,116 cases, red salmon 1,566,150, with Alaska accounting for about 90 percent of U S fishermen’s catch. Columbia River and Puget Sound remain key centers.
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Alaska
U. S
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Hydroponics and the Rise of Soilless Farmingrights
The article discusses hydroponics as a successful wick culture, a soilless method that boosts home and commercial production. It notes University of Reading’s promotion of chemical farming and Britain's need to maximize food output with vast unprofitable lands, pending access to required chemicals.
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University of Reading
England
Britain
The Rambling Rhymster 72 Bill Jones Marries Again
The poem recounts Bill Jones, a picky matchmaker who sought beauty, wit, education, and poise in a wife. After many flings he marries a homely, plain woman described as dense in wit but content with love, declaring he was easily pleased at last.
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Bill Jones
Bill
Cheesecake and quirks of teen style notes
A breezy collage of playful teen slang and fashion tips hauntingly mixed with jokes and mini stories. It mentions non skid leg lotion for rayons, white wool socks, cuffed sweaters, appliques, leg lapel pins, and light quips about romance and trends from a youthful lens.
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Legart Photography
Betty Grable
Romeo
Push It and Say I Love You Palm Message Gag
A fragment describes a gag where a button causes a wrist ink mark and reveals I love you on the palm when opened fingers. It teases a circle of ink for a joke meant to amuse a stag party crowd. The piece ends with a prompt asking if others heard the story.
Fragments of a dated social advice note on dating etiquette
The passage counsels avoiding insincere dates and treating awkward suitors with distance. It weighs whether to accept bids for dances, notes a manipulative tone, and argues for keeping reliable, glamorous suitors at arm's length while navigating social expectations.
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle
A quick guide to achieving hair glamour with simple tricks. Spritz perfume then brush to distribute scent. Dampen cosmetic tissue with hair lotion before wrapping for a home made curl. Lacquer pads keep stray hairs in place for an up style. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Got a Franc Yank French Kids Chant
A World War II era note reports French children adapt marching humor to Americans. Sergt Adolph Schott of Saginaw Michigan recalls French kids now chant Got a franc Yank as troops pass through France while English children once asked for sweets with Got any gum chum.
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U. S
France
England
Sergt
Adolph Schott
Saginaw, Mich
Morgenthau Plan Debate Reflects Postwar Germany
Washington digest reviews the Morgenthau plan to deindustrialize Germany, weighing economic and political consequences. Keynes's critique and Clemenceau’s prior approach are cited to contrast punitive peace with postwar stability. Labor earnings data through mid-1944 are noted, highlighting continued wage gains despite possible industrial decline.
War drive and draft details appearing in brief notes
The Girl Scouts nearly a million join the War Production Board salvage drive for tin paper and rags. Age drafted youths include fifteen year old German boys and sixteen year old girls. Industrial life expectancy in 1943 is 63.56 years, with white men over 35 and white women showing small gains while white men aged 20 show a larger drop.
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Girl Scouts of America
War Production Board
America
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Phyllis Belmont
Corp. Art Wagner
New Haven, Conn
Army
Rhymster
Nancy Pepper
C.A.D
Air Corps
Sinatra
Kitten
Mewin
Goofy
Elefact
U.S. A
Trixie Teen
Arthur Murray
Gabrielle
Washington Digest
By Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Quebec
Mr. Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Churchill
Anthony Eden
London
Maynard Keynes
Lloyd George
Harcourt, Brace
Clemenceau-Morgenthau
Bankhage
Reich
Vicks Va
Vapora
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Isabel
Mae
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