Wartime Baby Care In 1943 Rationing Edges In
WPB outlines wartime essentials for infants noting frills trimmed but core needs available. Items like electric bottle warmers and sterilizers may be scarce, crib springs reduced, diapers in short supply, safety pins weakened, and cellulose toys replacing rubber. Guidance stresses boiling sterilization, wooden cribs, and substitutes while maintaining stock on baby food cans and standard bottles.
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Washington
WPB
South Dakota Bills Propose Funding for Agencies and Projects
South Dakota legislators introduced multiple measures including SB 96 to honor the 200th anniversary of Verendrye plate planting at Fort Pierre with 1500 dollars. HB 104 would fund poultry research at State College with 6000 dollars. HB 105 seeks 7500 dollars for a steer feeding barn at State College. HB 108 proposes 4000 dollars for a research greenhouse. AB 107 and HB 109 cover artesian well and gas plant at the Capitol and a mixed hunting fishing license for residents in military service, with free hunts for those in service and a one dollar license.
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McCann
Brookings
State College
Swenning
Joint
Capitol Building and Grounds Committee
Capitol
South Dakota State College
Goodman
Walworth
Durate
Manchester Club Meeting Postponed
The Manchester Extension Club Meeting scheduled for Thursday at Mrs. Stewart Moore's home has been postponed to an indefinite date due to severe weather conditions.
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Manchester
Manchester Extension Club
Stewart Moore
WAAC Contingent Arrives In Africa And Boys In Khaki
A WAAC detachment arrives overseas for noncombatant duties to free men for Tunisian fronts. The group includes 50 states and DC, with American soldiers, British sailors, French troops, and Canadian airmen aware of their mission. Dances welcome the WAACs. informal dating rules spark grins and grumbles among officers and privates alike as the first day on duty unfolds.
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Ruth Cowam
Algiers
American Women’s Army Auxiliary
WAAC
Atlantic
Africa
Herb Jarvis
Cumberland
Liene Aaskergaard
Comstock Minn
Thomas Wallaee
S. A. Willoughby
Cale
Washington
Manchester Man Haul Ice From Lake
Manchester Feb 4 Special Ed Wallum led a crew to haul ice from Lake Iroquois to his ice house near the filling station at four corners. The story notes the first Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to an Indian Air Force officer, Acting Wing Commander K K Mahjumdar, for bravery in the Burma campaign.
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Manchester
Lake Manchester
Ed Wallum
Lake Iroquois
Four Corners
K. K. Mahjumdar
Burma
Merchant Sailors Lose Most Heavily
Washington reports that American Merchant Marine losses in dead and missing during the first year of the war totaled over 3,200, about 3.8 percent of the crew, far higher than the armed services rate. Office of War Information director Elmer Davis said seamen showed patriotism and dedication.
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Washington
Armed Services
Elmer Davis
Office of ‘War Information
Davis
America
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