Tin Cans To Be Plentiful For Essential Foods
Hempstead County farm homemaker Miss Mary Claude Fletcher reports War Production Board limits on tin can use will free more cans for essential foods. Restrictions target luxury items including corned foods dog foods and preserveable goods. Phased limits aim to cut tin use by about 40 percent in nonessential packaging.
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Hempstead
Mary Claude Fletcher
War Production Board
Mary B. Loughead
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Fletcher
Mexican Masquerade By Cecil Carnes
Allan Steele narrates a tense roadside encounter as three bandits place a harmless man in the road to provoke a confrontation with a Mexican officer. A car horn signals danger as Allan halts the sedan and fights to reach the scene. The officer, calm and diplomatic, explains the ruse and intent to clear a dangerous misunderstanding.
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Allan
Rand
San Diego
Ly Three
San Saha
Canning Rules Emphasize Food Types and Metal Conservation
Extension specialist Miss Loughead urges limited canning of basic foods with no other preservation method and not readily available fresh. Homemakers should conserve metals by canning only items not preservable elsewhere, while drying brining freezing and year round gardening aid the program. Hempstead County home demonstration women report progress.
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Dustry
Miss Loughead
Hempstead
Spring Styles for Easter Hair in War Years
Easter season hair guidance focuses on simple styles that suit war work and daily routines. Shorter cuts are popular, with teens embracing shoulder-lengths, soft waves, and straight bangs. A V-neckline patters, front curls, and a petal-like poppy bob are highlighted by stylist M Louis for careerists and busy homemakers.
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M. Louis
New York
Hempstead County mobilizes farm food for war effort
The county reports a 1500 woman labor mobilization growing and preserving produce. Measured totals include 932,917 quarts of fruit vegetables meats preserves pickles relishes valued at 1 064 493 40. Stored root crops 200 000 bushels, 10 000 hogs hatched, 40 beeves, 20 lambs, and 9 000 gallons of brined vegetables. The note praises county effort to feed all residents.
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Hempstead
Crown Garden
California man seeks birth certificate in Beckley West Virginia
A California resident writing from Beckley West Virginia says I was burned on Piney’s Creek and got my education in Raleigh County. He left there at age seven and recalls his father living opposite the C. C. de Bot, who is deceased.
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Beckley
W. Va
Piney’s Creek
California
Raleigh
Barbs Memory and Weather Echoes in Spring Tiny Tropes
The passage blends odd memory cues with weather and spring imagery. It notes Easter eggs, rain storms, sunburn for swimmers, and sunshine as a rare value. It contrasts grim humor with daily seasonal musings, highlighting small pleasures and trivial costs amid changing weather.
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Dwan
Geb Dean
Jilly
Comfort
Vickle
Dickia
Fabrica
Dickie
McDowell
Perkison‘s Jewelry Store
Cecil Carnes
Altan
Menton Bower
Ponthanin
Allin
Alan
Senor
Hollywood
Allan Steele
San Saba
NEA Service, Inc
Hall Bros
Hall Bros. Cleaners & Hatters
Betty Clarke
Somerset
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Nashville
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