Who's News This Week Consolidated Features
A feature of notable figures highlights General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and his wartime record, along with diplomat Ray Atherton and Admiral Alan G. Kirk. The writeup praises Wilson as a capable commander, outlines Atherton’s multi-post career, and profiles Kirk’s naval service and academic leanings.
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York
Henry Maitland Wilson
Balaclava
Waterloo
New York
Sir Henry
Wilson
Hitler
Balkans
Italy
Henry
Fuehrer
Vardar
Greece
Harvard
Paris
Tokyo
Peking
Manila
Athens
London
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Ottawa
Our
State Department
European Affairs
Alan G. Kirk
Acadm
Kirk Lean
Kirk
Atlantic Fleet
Wild Bill Hickok
Linen Closet Design Converts Waste Space in Kitchen
Homemaker notes space wasted by cupboard doors in a kitchen. A small sketch shows a compact linen closet with a high plywood door above shelves and a curtain on a shade roller for easy access. Mrs Spears provides complete working sketches Design No 256 with dimensions tools and an itemized materials list.
Transcribing Battle Noises With New Recording Device
Collier's reports a new back carrying recording device used on fronts to capture battle sounds and on site descriptions. The battery powered machine records magnetically on a four hour wire, allowing radio stations to transcribe noises and broadcasts for later use.
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Collier’s
Ruth Wyeth Spears Design No 256 Enclose 15 Cents
Mrs Ruth Wyeth Spears seeks orders for Design No 256 from Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 and asks enclos ing 15 cents. Address details appear in the notice.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Here at Least We Have A Man of His Word
A dialogue shows Jones praising Smith for keeping his word after borrowing five dollars. Smith acknowledges the change in opinion and recalls the promise to be indebted forever, highlighting trust and exchange between friends.
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Ray Atherton
Paris
Canada
Denmark
Luxemburg
Jones
Smith
Naval myths and wartime facts quiz questions
A reader quiz listing ten World War I and military related trivia items. Questions cover naval battles population under Washington era pilot training costs time zones meal durations ship terms hospital capacity crop production vellum and submarine immersion times.
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Washington
U. S
New York
San Francisco
United States
Jutland Population and War Era Facts
A collection of wartime notes: Jutland population 3 929 000, for a trained pilot 27000, 4 p m, meal times for soldiers, a drinking fountain, Holloran General Hospital on Staten Island with 383 acres and 43 brick buildings, potato, parchment, and a note on American submarines submerging in 40 seconds. It also urges sending Camel cigarettes to overseas troops with Post Exchange and Canteen sales data.
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Jutland
Holloran General Hospital
Staten Island
Uncle Sam
U. S
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Booth St
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