Who's News This Week Consolidated Features
Maj General Robert W. Crawford leads Middle East Service of Supply in North Africa focusing on keeping guns grub and gasoline rolling to American forces. Ambassador Clarence E. Gauss travels toward Washington from Chungking for consultations. Molotoff, Stalin aide and foreign minister, is described with background in Bolshevik origins and Prawda ties. profiles mix with Crawford and Gauss.
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Los Angeles
What is a philippic and other military terms
A philippic is a speech abounding in invective. In army slang a cavalryman is bowlegs while an infantryman is blister foot. A quack medicine is a nostrum. The three headed dog Cerberus guarded Hades. Army of the U S applies to all draftees and those who enlisted for the duration plus six months. U S army refers to the regular army. Telling time in the Navy uses a 24 hour system with afternoon hours 1300 to 2400 and 17 means 5 PM. Camel is the favorite cigarette among Navy and Army men per service store sales.
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Beautiful Crazy Patch Quilt From Scraps of Silk and Thread
An old time craft of crazy patch quilts is revived using silk scraps and embroidery thread. The article outlines stitching on cotton foundation, offers directions and designs for over 20 stitches in Book 1 and 42 stitches in Book 2, with each book priced at 15 cents.
Diner Remembers Umbrella Not Its Owner
A man in a diner claims to recognize a well dressed stranger from two weeks prior by an umbrella. The second man insists he has no memory of the meeting, humorously noting he did not own an umbrella then, while the first man adds he did.
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