British Housewives Learn From Conflict How To Cook
London reports a government led food revolution to help households stretch scarce supplies. Lord Woolton's campaign, led by dietician Lydia Horton, promotes carrots oatmeal and potatoes with 101 prep ideas, teaching raw carrots, savory soups, and wartime porridge while urging thrift and morale. Kathleen Rankin is to head 18 regional demonstrations. Households laugh at onion shortages as fund raising aids and hostesses savor practical dishes and humor amid rationing.
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Rosette Hargrove
London
Britain
British Isles
Lord Woolton
Thal
Lydia Horton
Scotland
Food Ministry
Ministry
Kathleen Rankin
England
Reading
Berkshire
Boise Boy Wins Legion Oratorical Contest
Frank Church Jr a 16 year old Boise Idaho high school junior won first in the American Legion American ism oratorical contest with the speech Our American Way of Life. finals were at The Citadel Charleston S C. Second prize went to Harris Proctor Durham North Carolina and third to James Mee Bath Watertown South Dakota. Miss Phylis Andersen Moorestown New Jersey was also a finalist.
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Charleston
D. C
American Legion
Frank Church
Boise, Idaho
Citadel
South Carolina
Military College
Harris Proctor
Durham
N. C
James Mee- Bath
Watertown
S. D
Phylis Andersen
Moorestown
N. J
Sacred Concert at Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock will feature a sacred concert at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The event, a regular spring feature, offers sacred and classical music among blooming dogwood trees. The program lasts about 45 minutes and includes The Old Rugged Cross, Trees, and Melody in F, with the names of selections and artists announced to the audience.
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Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Nelson Eddy
Seven Cars Derail Near Rocky Mount No Injuries Reported
On April 19 in Rocky Mount North Carolina seven of sixteen cars on the Atlantic Coast Line Havana Special derailed about 300 yards from the South Rocky Mount station. No passengers or crew were injured though cars left rails and rested on ties. The Miami to New York train continued after a new train was formed, with Yard Master Paul Roberts noting soldiers rode aboard but no troop cars were involved.
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Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
South Rocky Mount
Miami
New York
Paul Roberts
Dance Halls Closed in Changchun and Mukden
Officials shut all dance halls in Changchun and Mukden Manchoukuo calling them Occidental imports linked to sex frivolity and decadent jazz. Efforts will help reassign hostesses and musicians left unemployed.
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Changchun
Mukden
Manchoukuo
Guardians of Public Morals
Automotive share of U S retail and wholesale trade in 1939
The automotive business including motor fuel accounted for 20 percent of retail trade 13 percent of wholesale trade and 13 percent of the service sector in the United States in 1939 according to the Census report.
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United States
It Is Possible To Live On 21 Dollars At Fort Jackson
A survey of 6000 draftees in training with the 20th Division at Fort Jackson reveals that a $21 monthly pay is stretched to cover essential needs. After $2 for laundry, soldiers have $19. They spend about $1.50 per four evenings in Columbia on meals, movies, and snacks. Post exchange meals run about $6 monthly, leaving $7 for toiletries stamps and newspapers. Many send money home via postal orders.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Selective Service
20Th Division
Columbia
Post Exchange
Colonels Metzgar and McClelland Confer at Fort Screven GA
On April 19 at Fort Screven Georgia Colonel Earl H. Metzgar arrived from Atlanta to meet Colonel R. S. McClelland commander of the 252d coast artillery stationed there. They discussed training activities as thirteen selectees arrived from Fort Bragg and were assigned to the first battalion headquarters battery and ammunition train. The 252d coast artillery was inducted from North Carolina last September from Raeford.
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Fort Screven
Earl H. Bietzgar
Atlanta
R. S. McCleLland
252D Coast Artillery
Metzgar
McClelland
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Raeford
Soldiers pay scales at Fort Jackson disclosed
The report explains that soldiers earn more than the basic two dollars in their first three months. After three months a private earns 30 dollars monthly and a first class private 36 dollars. Uncle Sam’s soldiers are described as the highest paid in the world based on the Fort Jackson survey, noting their ability to maximize wages.
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Uncle Sam
Fort Jackson
Modern Etiquette Q and A on eating and overheard talk
The guide advises handling crowds with light eating, suggesting ordering a small item. It also addresses overheard conversations, recommending silence and pretending you did not hear, and emphasizes avoiding further commentary.
Frank A. Ogburn Named Justice of the Peace
Frank A. Ogburn of this city was appointed by Joseph P. Shore Guilford Superior Court clerk as justice of the peace for High Point Township to fill the unexpired term of the late Col. D. H. Milton Colonel Milton died last Tuesday announced yesterday.
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Frank A. Ogburn
Joseph P. Shore
Guilford Superior Court
High Point Township
D. H. Milton
Milton
Hat etiquette for a hostess at home
The guidance states that a hostess should not wear a hat at home during occasions such as a formal reception. It notes that the hostess and those pressed at the tea table do not wear hats.
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Boise
Idaho
Legion
Lake Erie
Ua Caratex
Plarilee
Flarilee
Harllee
Coats
Fiawatha
Hiawatha
Jlarllee’s
Justice OF the Peace
Sala Deste
Jlarilee
Hare
Spis
Pharllee
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