War and Cupid Speed Courtship
New York report about a young medical student and a secretary who marry during wartime while facing imminent deployment. They weigh marriage timing, pregnancy, and family life as the 1942 era brings faster courtships and wartime uncertainties with expert commentary from Evelyn Mills Duval of the Association for Family Living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John
Frances
Evelyn Millis Duvall
Association For Family Living of
Chicago
Briton cured of paralysis after bomb blast in Wingham
William Albert Bowden, 54, bedridden for a decade, regains movement after a nearby bomb during the blitz. He describes a tapping sensation in his spine that progressed to leg movement within 10 days, ending years of immobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingham
England
William Albert Bowden
Bowden
Woman scientist threads root hairs under microscope at Texas
Prof. Hilda Rosene of the University of Texas demonstrates a threading technique that isolates and threads fine root hairs into capillary tubes. Her work proves root hairs absorb water and enables future studies into electrical properties, a breakthrough long sought by science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Hilda Rosene
University of Texas
Rat Hunter Confesses Fear of Mice in Hunt
Mrs N J Kilvert of Welshpool England the first female professional rat catcher in Great Britain admitted after a successful hunt on a 400 acre farm that she was afraid of mice. She is described as an attractive brunette and was trained by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
N. J. Kilvert
Welshpool
England
Great Britain
Convicts Buy Defense Bonds by Skipping Luxuries
Sing Sing prison inmates earning five cents daily have purchased 925 dollars worth of defense stamps and bonds since Pearl Harbor. Warden Robert J. Kirby said some prisoners spend 25 cents weekly on stamps and must give up cigarettes and other luxuries to do it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing Y Prison
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
Pearl Harbor
Robert J. Kirby
Red Range advances a young cowhand into Wild Horse
Con Cameron travels from Chicago to join the 20 Bar outfit heading for Wild Horse. He earns respect, dodges danger in a saloon melee with Lowes and Brock, then rides toward the hills with allies from Hogpen and Triangle Tail outfits. The tale hints at a vast frontier ring controlling Wild Horse and ends with warnings about Fronteras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Cameron
Chicago
Wld
Con
Wild Horse
Buzz Upperman
Caramba Vear
Drovers
Asa Brock
Nevil Lowe
Brock
Dynamite Downes
Marshal
Caramba
Nobby
Keith Yoker
Lowe
Janet
William
Don Cameron
Meroba
Alforja
Baldy
Pancho
King of Hearts
Easy
Muchacho
Cameron
Fronteras
Button front shirtwaist dress in Pattern 1539 B
The pattern offers a chic spring staple the champion of classic styles the button front shirtwaist dress. It features shoulder yokes easy fitting with bodice fullness from gathered sections and a neat, understated design suitable for a refined wardrobe.
Also Mentioned on This Page
War
D. Cupid
Rat Hunter
E.S. Gardiner
Austin Street
Houston, Texas
Red
Eugene Cunningham
Eugene Cunni
W.N.U
Odeon
Downes
Muchadho
Slick
Muchaco
Colt
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Wacker Dr
Big Cannon
Dr. Scholl
DS Scholls Zino Pads
Is Fleischmann
Soggion
Fleischmann
U.S. Defense
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
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