FROM HOME SOUTH OF EQUATOR REPORTS LIFE IN SAMOAN ISLANDS
Mrs Nessly writes from Tutuila island about life with Lieutenant Nessly. They live in a tent house near Fata mafuti and describe food shortages, salt usage, coconut milk, and limited fresh produce. They enjoy shows, cards, and dances while describing coral, mosquitoes, rain, and the long wait for mail ships. They mention a new tropic radio, local markets, and a Castaway party with a native-crafted costume.
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Gwinn Henry
Samoan Islands
Jack Nessly
Nessly
Tutuila
Fatamafuti
Ovation
Navy
Jack
Islands
Nesslys
Honolulu
United States
Dallas
Omaha
Epidemics Foreseen After War in Europe
Geneva based League Nations and Red Cross plan to stockpile serums vaccines and medicines in Geneva to counter possible large scale disease outbreaks. Health bulletins note rising disease levels after years of hostilities and experts fear epidemics may appear next spring.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League ‘Nations
Red Cross
Europe
Marriage Is Announced Photo by Hixon
Mrs. Harvey J. McArthur announced their marriage earlier in the and Miss Madge Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Jones. Both McArthur and Jones were KU graduates in June. They live in Rockford Illinois where McArthur serves in the U S medical corps. He formerly lived in Salina.
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Hixon
Harvey J. McArthur
Madge Jones
Daugher
George W. Jones
McArthur
University of Kansas
Rockford, Ill
United States Medical Corps
Salina
Home Canners Find Abundant Fall Fruits and Veggies
Readily available at markets this late summer, home canners stock jars with peaches pears and tomatoes and prepare pickles jams and preserves. Recipes include Pickled Peaches Gingered Pears Pear and Orange Conserve Peach Preserves and Watermelon Pickles using pears peaches and citrus to extend harvest.
Mrs A B Mitchell Visits San Francisco Embarkation Center
While in San Francisco Mrs. A B Mitchell visited her son Lieut. Alex Mitchell of the Coast Artillery who sailed Monday for a Hawaiian detail. She stayed two and a half weeks at Fort Mason’s Hostess House with officers and families arriving or departing. She met former Lawrence residents and friends including Col. Karl Baldwin and the Koenigs, and learned of evacuees arriving from the Philippines and sailings to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Alex’ Mitchell
Coast Artillery
U.S
Taft
A. B. Mitchell
Fort Mason
Faustinines
Cleveland
Phillipines
Honolulu
Mitchell
Lawrence
Karl Baldwin
Camp
Winfield Scott
W. C. Koenig
Daughers
Ed Conant
Sproul
Koenigs
Koenig
Boston
Seattle
14Th Coast Artillery
Fort Flagler, Wash
Lieutenant Mitchell Deploys to Hawaii Coast Artillery
Lieutenant Mitchell, a 1940 University of Kansas School of Engineering graduate, has moved from civilian post to active duty in the 14th Coast Artillery at Fort Flagler Washington. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A B Mitchell of Lawrence and grandson of Mrs A C Mitchell and the late Congressman Alex Mitchell.
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Coast Artillery
Mitchell
School of Engineering
University of Kansas
Ihita
Sedgwick County
14Th . Coast Artillery
Fort Flagler
Wash
A. B. Mitchell
Lawrence
A. C. Mitchell
Alex Mitchell
This City
Preserved Citrus Rind and Tomato Catsup Recipes
Instructions describe boiling vinegar syrup to preserve citrus rind with ginger and lemon or orange, plus a tomato catsup method. For rind use 6 pounds of rind with 1 orange, 1 lemon, 1 ounce ginger or 4 tablespoons preserved ginger. Tomato catsup uses 3 pounds tomatoes, juice strained, then seasoned with salt cayenne celery salt cinnamon mace vinegar and sugar, thickened and jarred.
Ice Cream Making Steps From Aged Instructions
The text describes freezing a mixture with ice trays and a cold chamber. It instructs whipping cream to soft peaks, folding into a partially frozen base, returning to the freezing chamber, and stirring after 30 minutes until the mixture begins to freeze. After it firms to a scoopable stage, set the cold control to normal and let ripen about two hours before serving.
Peach and Cream Cheese Cups with Pecans
Peel peaches and halve them to remove pits. Soften cream cheese with cream and mayonnaise, then fold in chopped pecans and salt. Arrange peach halves on lettuce, fill centers with cheese mixture, and serve with French dressing.
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Philadelphia
Esther ‘Leigh
The
Kansas Electric Power Company
Fresh Peaches Recipes for Baked Desserts
Fresh peaches provide a range of dessert and breakfast options. The guide lists Peach Breakfast Cake, Peach Cobbler Roll, Peach Dumplings, and Deep Dish Peach Pie with steps for making crumb crusts biscuit dough doughs, fillings, and bake times. It emphasizes serving hot with butter or cream.
Peach and steak dishes from Esther Leigh and Mrs Enders
A vintage Kansas Power kitchen note shows two recipes. One dessert uses peaches with lemon and whipped cream, the other is a beef stew with tomatoes okra and green pepper served with boiled rice. Both include step by step guidance and measurements.
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Emery I
Wray Enders
Rhode Island St
U S May Double Supply of High Octane Air Gas
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced plans to double refining capacity for 100 octane aviation gasoline to prevent shortages for Allied and American air forces. Industry and government officials met to review surveys and determine initial cracking needs for expanded output. Iceland replaces Norway as chief source of medicinal cod liver oil, per Commerce records.
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U.S
Washington
Ickes
Russia
Britain
Office of Petroleum Coordination
Iceland
Norway
Department of Commerce
Red Cross quota reached with varied knitted items
The Red Cross reports completion of spring quotas including shawls socks stockings beanies mittens and afghans totaling 764 items plus 30 sleeveless sweaters sent to veterans hospitals Judges Hugh Means showcases 16 knitted blocks and cross pattern pieces The sewing room in Central building Junior High operates Tuesdays and Thursdays with materials on hand for December finish Demand calls for additional volunteers to assemble and finish garments.
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Red Cross
Veterans’ Hospitals
Red Grass Room
Hugh Means
Judge Means
CAN APPEAL THEIR CASES Draft Registrants Have Right
Topeka August 16. Kansas selective service registrants may appeal anew after any reclassification by local boards. Adj Gen. M. R. McLean said boards must notify and grant appeal rights when reconsidering deferments tied to civilian work serving national health safety and industry.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cavalry Units Begin Defensive Maneuvers at Fort Riley
Fort Riley Kansas August 16 The second cavalry division will take up defensive positions Monday to ward off a simulated attack by the fourth cavalry regiment moving on Fort Riley from Fort Meade After two days of maneuvers the two units will depart for larger war games in Arkansas and Louisiana The fourth regiment with 1000 men horses and mechanized equipment camps at Phillipsburg Kansas today
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Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Meade
Arkansas
Louisiana
Phillipsburg
Axis Supply Ship Sunk in Mediterranean
The Dutch submarine serving with the British fleet sank a 5,000 ton axis supply ship and a 1,000 ton axis sailing vessel in the Mediterranean. The action raises axis shipping sunk by Dutch submarines in the region to about 26,000 tons.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Netherlands
Axis ships sunk near Tripoli in RAF strike
Cairo reports RAF Middle East said Tuesday night air attack hit a convoy bound for Tripoli. Three axis ships were sunk or damaged including two 4,000 ton tankers and a destroyer guarding the convoy. Dutch submarines also sunk two more axis ships in the Mediterranean.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Tripoli
Fleet Air Arm
R.A.F
Middle East
Mediterranean
Netherlands Admiralty
London
Floranean
Peach Honey Preserves From Fresh Fruit
Peel and chop peaches. Grind orange and lemon rind and fruit. Combine with peaches and sugar. Cook until thick and transparent. Spoon into sterilized jars and seal.
Hopewell and Independence Peach Custard Recipe and Local Notices
A homemaking column details a peach custard recipe with milk flour sugar gelatin and lemon juice, plus a long list of local social notices from Hopewell and Independence. Names include Claude Jardon Ray Price Nell McCain Mildred Black plus many residents visiting relatives and traveling to Topeka Chicago and Kansas City. The Lost and Found note ends the page with phone contact.
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Claude Jardon
Baby
Joplin
Ray Price
Benserena
Kansas
Nell
Edith McCain
Independence
Yarl Black
Mr. Black
Robert Brown
George
Irvin Greer
Ben Hammonds
Tope
George Blacks
Mildred Black
Chicago
George Reynolds
Topeka
Evangelical Summer Assembly
Forest Park
Howard Purvis
Larry
Edgar Jardon
Kansas City
Roy Price
Henry Seele
Walter Jehle
Worén
Oren Owens
Memphis
Tent
Ottawa
Harry Barnett
Baldwin
Leona Powell
California
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Mrs. J. S. Nessly
Lt. Neasly
Julia Ruth Henry
Fawrence
Son
Hawaii
Lieut
Okra
Gumbo
Judge Meaha
Lappear
Jayhawk
Vermont
Ft. Riley
E. W. Young
ED Young
Hopewell
Yatover Mac C- Chke
Pine
Sax
Electei Power Company
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