Dr. Margaret Mead Crowned Woman of the Month by Society
World features writer notes Dr Mead as top rank anthropologist aided by industry and brains. Her studies of children among South Seas tribes earned the Society of Women Geographers Gold Medal. She has long faced attacks on adolescence theories and has traveled extensively to study human development.
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Mead
Society of Women Geographers
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Cambridge University
England
Dr.Mead
Anthropological Tech
Beist
New York
Samoa
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New Guinea
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Women’s uniforms and femininity in postwar dress
Ruth Millett argues women should balance practicality and femininity, noting men favor long dresses for formal events while slacks suit workdays. She urges not to overlook style, as appearance signals identity even when daily duties demand utilitarian attire.
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Ruth Millettyyeason
Army
Sugar Rationing Registration Dates Set by County Board
R. C. White chair of the Nevada County Rationing Board announced official sugar registration dates for wholesalers retailers restaurants hotels bakeries and candy manufacturers on April 24 28 and for individual consumers on May 4 5 6 and 7 further details will be announced as available Also noted various social items from Texarkana garden club and a birthday gathering at the Broadway Hotel with local families and friends
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R. C. White
Nevada County Rationing Board
White
Local Society Notes Highlight Texan Weekend Visits
Mrs Edina Spriull left Scwrday for a few days visit in Flenderson Texas Mr and Mrs G Prewitt of Arkadelphia were the weekend guests of relatives and friends Mr and Mrs J B De Lamar had as their Thursday guest Miss Doris Dawson of DeLight Prep Al Daniel who is stationed at Cuno Robison and Mrs Daniels were the weekend guests of WM EB Dapigls 3 DB Zick of Shreveport La was a Saturday business visitor to Brescott Mrs T Co MeHae Jin Mey
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Scwrday
Flenderson
Texas
G. . Prewitt
Arkadelphia
Frignes
J. B. de Lamar
Alurdhy
Doris Dawson
DeLight
al Daniel
Cuno Robison
Daniels
WM. EB. Dapigls
Zick
Shreveport
Brescott
T. Co MeHae Jin
Mey
Fragmentary voice on fashion and morals in private life
A fragmented passage discusses fashion, modesty and personal behavior, contrasting daily toil with pretend morality. References to femininity, secrecy, and time imply a social critique of display and rules. Names, places, and clear events are not present in the readable text.
Rotary Club Meets at Broadway Hotel April 28
Calendar item notes a Rotary Club meeting at Broadway Hotel 12715 on Tuesday April 28 with the time indicated as o'clock. Another note mentions Wednesday April 29 and the Sunday school Council but lacks further details.
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Rotary Club
Broadway Hotel
Remember Pearl Harries Rug Gift by Armenian Sender
A Persian rug gifted to President Roosevelt bears the inscription Remember Pearl Harries and is auctioned with proceeds to the war chest. An Armenian immigrant, unsigned, donated the rug after expressing gratitude for American freedoms and tolerance. The piece likely cost about $1,000.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jship
Treasury
Walt
America
Buble
Wist Presbyterian Elited Meeting At Church
A Wist Presbyterian group will meet at the church at seven p.m. to discuss church affairs and upcoming activities.
Fragmented lines spark confusion in old newspaper item
A garbled OCR fragment references a dozen stray topics from sports camps budgets and a Tennessee woman to idle musings on youth and aging. The unreadable passage shows stray names and phrases with no clear event or outcome.
Flying Tigers Down Five Japanese Planes Near Bursa
Chinese headquarters in Burmay say Flying Tigers shot down five Japanese planes Saturday near Lollem on the Bursa battlefront. The report notes additional terrain figures in North Carolina.
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Flying Tigers
Chungking
4 H Clubs Buy Defense Bonds Campaign
David Edwards leads Blevins 4 H club as 22 members buy defense stamps and bonds and pledge full support. At the April 23 meeting members vow maximum effort to educate all citizens on benefits of wartime savings and scrap iron drives led by Hempstead clubs.
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Blevins 4-H Club
Tt Clik
Hempstead Cowmy
Blevins
Ded
Piney Grove
Sonia Toole
Jack Samuels
Birdie Samuels
Ardell Bennett
Prabk Willis
Jack Wills
Ralph Crider
Donald Walterson
Harold Thompson
Kenneth Newton
Venson Jones
Aaron Smith
Carl Thornton
Doris Dillard
Car Seed Peanuts Arrive for Farmers
McMahon, county administrative officer of the AAA office, announced Monday that a carload of soul peanuts has been received for farmers in the county who intend to grow peanuts for oil. The seed can be offered for cash or on credit. The peanuts are in storage and must be moved at once.
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McMahon
AAA
T Moday
O Cn
Soul
Exodus of Non War Agencies
Government moves toward decentralization as non war agencies begin a large exodus. About 14,000 workers start leaving, with Moyers urging farmers relying on peanuts for oil to move to the AAA office in the courthouse immediately.
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Jack Stinnett
Wasitington
IL Moyers
Ece
Eno
AAA
Harrison in Hollywood on Ratoff and Footlight Serenade
Hollywood dispatch describes director Boris Ratoff in a tense rehearsal for Footlight Serenade at 20th Fox. The NEA scribe notes Ratoff’s volatile energy, precise blocking, and rapid camera integration as actors improvise around his commands and staccato delivery. Vic Mature compares Ratoff’s cadence to Ronald Colman.
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Gregory Raloff
20Th Fox
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Piest
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Buntee
John Payne
Jolniece
Victor Minture
Veektir
Honkay
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Baron
Johnee
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Ronald Colman
Government offices move as unions push decentralization
Washington faces rapid agency relocation as about 20,000 employees and families depart in six months. Space, transit, and water and sewage limits strain capacity while field offices expand. The Veterans Administration caps payroll. moving operations rely on huge trucking, rail moves, and the decertification service oversees family relocations with few losses.
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Kansas City
Columbus
Richmond
Wow Pling
Washington
Veterans Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Philadelphia
Cyclist’s Turn to Laugh in Long Bicycle Life
NYACK N Y Jimmy Collins jokes about never buying a car while recounting a life of cycling since 1807. He rode as a boy delivering fish, then spent 24 years delivering mail for Uncle Sam. He claims to have covered over 301 000 miles on his bicycles.
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Nyack
N. Y
Jimmy Collin
Uncle Sam
Jimmy
Bee Sting No a Jap Bullet Heart Injury
HONOLULU Navy officer Dean Grant Darrow believed a bee sting occurred in his back but during an appendectomy doctors discovered a 25 caliber Japanese bullet had entered his heart muscle.
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Honolulu
Dean Grant Darrow
Navy
Photographer deploys to fort mixup in Meade Belvoir scramble
A Washington photographer rushed to Fort Belvoir after receipt of an assignment sheet misread Fort Meade. He arrived the same day and captured the event despite the mixup. Submobile light bulbs burning out are blamed on loose electrical connections.
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Fort George G. M Meade, Md
Washington
Fort Belvoiy
Fort Meade
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