High School Politicians Battle for Student Presidency
At Vinton High, Lloyd Martin faces a campaign challenge from Doug Landis as junior Larry Willis and the Quintuplets plot a bold push to break the Torchers’ grip on student politics. The plan centers on Doug’s scholarship prospects and a unified campaign with war-work achievements as the backbone. To be continued next week.
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Larry Willis
Vinton High School
Duck Truman
Lloyd Martin
Larry
Torch Club
Duck
Vinton
Lloyd
Victorian
Quints
Sid Hellman
Truman
Tarry
Doug Landis
Doug
Martin
Jack Freeman
Quinis
Willis
the Quints
Landis
Quint
Mr. Palmer
Council
Fruits and Vegetables Make A Thanksgiving Centerpiece
A home craft piece describes making a Thanksgiving centerpiece using an eggplant as a driver in a pumpkin cart. Red pepper hat, carrot eyes, cranberry nose, lemon wheels, and toothpick rack create a whimsical edible display. Turkeys made from pine cones or pipe cleaners are hitched with ribbon reins.
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Ima Waltner
Jolly Mr. Eggplant
Defense Blunders Question Hidden in Page Image
The page asks what action or scene depicted in a photo is dangerous to national defense and directs readers to find the answer elsewhere on the page. It presents a prompt rather than a report of events and lacks identifiable people or organizations.
Tips to Help Girl Readers Care for Clothes
Katherine Houison offers practical fashion care tips for girls. She advises brushing jewelry with toothpaste and an old toothbrush, using white chalk with dry cleaning solution to lift stains, and practicing modest dress etiquette. Guidance covers avoiding tight skirts and securing shoulder straps with sewn tapes for proper fit.
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Katherine Houison
Defense Blunders Warn Bicycle Safety
Damaged tires and parts may be impossible to repair or replace. It’s patriotic to play safe and keep your bike running for the duration.
Riddle Answers and Call for More Riddles
RIDDLE ANSWERS list explains puns for nostrils cent scent and tired nose. It notes a noisy noise annoys an oyster and hints that 7 is last while 6 says the others are Lent. The note invites readers to send riddles to the Riddle Man care of the newspaper.
Riddles Submissions Lead Girls Over Boys This Week
The girls publish three riddle submissions to the boys two with the line play hinting the boys will seek revenge. Names include Alice Goss Evelyn Smith G H Shultz Charles A Boyle and Helen Boos with questions about faces wheels oysters and alphabets.
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Alice Goss
Evelyn Smith
G. H. Shultz
Charles A. Boyle
Helen Boos
War Work Praise From Greenville Boy
Harold David Whieldon Jr of 29 First Avenue Greenville Pa reports a productive summer on a farm aiding in feeding stock mowing hay shocking wheat and oat sheaves and helping load wagons at 13 he earned a dollar in War Stamps for his efforts praising youths for supporting the war drive and inviting others to contribute via Your War Work in the Boys and Girls Page column
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Harold David Whieldon, Jr
First Avenue
Greenville
Dave
Pick It Up Overview of Home Injury Risks
The editor urges readers to prevent injuries by avoiding careless behavior at home. Falls from toys and clutter cause more harm than any other home hazard, with children and adults alike risking serious injury from items left on floors. Urges picking up toys and belongings to prevent accidents.
Magician Demonstrates Head-Through-Postcard Trick
An illustrated instruction explains how a boy can pass his head through a hole in a postcard using a heavy writing paper. By cutting along lines to form two circles and a connecting strip, the reader creates a circular neckpiece that slips over the head.
Wings for Youth by J R Hegel profiles Air Scout leaders
The article spotlights Paul Litchfield and Ward Van Orman of Goodyear Rubber, pioneering figures behind the Air Scouts movement. It recounts Litchfield’s role in forming the Air Scouts and Goodyear’s wartime balloon work, and Van Orman’s balloon racing career, including a 1929 lightning accident and return to competition. It invites readers to inquire about aviation lessons offered by National Clubs and to contact I R Hegel.
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Air Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Paul Litchfield
Boy Scouts
New
Order of Air Scouts
Goodyear Rubber Company
Paris
Scotland
Goodyear Company
Army
Navy
Paul Litchfeld
Goodyear
Ward van Orman
First Air Scout Squadron
Mr. Litchfield
van Orman
Air Scout
I. R. Hegel
Boys and Girls
Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe Wins War Stamp Prize
Jean Towers, 12, of Tulsa Oklahoma, is weekly winner of the dollar in War Stamps for a reader recipe. This old favorite fills large green peppers with butter milk rice and cheese then bakes in tomato soup with water.
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Jean Towers
Tulsa
Okla
Thanksgiving puzzle and word list from a newspaper page
A playful turkey day page shows hints for a word ladder, a crossword puzzle set, and a jumble of common words and clues. It includes items like Restaurant, Shoemaker's tool, Fraud, Pedestrians, City in Egypt and more, plus a quip about a Ford and a brainless freshman exchange.
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Egypt
Answers to last week's puzzles 1 crossword solution
Answers to last week's puzzles shown by chess style letter pairs and wordplay. The fragment lists items such as WAR HIRE SIRE SORE SORT and Soot SH 3 V VIP raced victory and names Russia Germany France with Jan Mist missed, indicating a puzzle answer key.
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Gun Pan
Pan
War
Hire
Sore
Sort
Victory
Russia
Germany
France
Jan Mist
Pedestrian and dog debate over laziness and habitat
A passerby questions an owner about their dog's condition. The owner replies with laziness as a factor, while the pedestrian contends laziness alone cannot explain the dog's strange behavior. The owner then notes the dog is stuck on a sand burr.
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Lloyd Glanced
Yolly AR
Klighthood
Doggy
Ralph
Beulah
Hanigout
Marster
Bronx
Duke OF
England
Bheef
Lavice
BY Calvin Fader
Tralph
Associated Editors
Wings For
J. R. Hegel
Peggy
Hanksgiving
Bel
Lain
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