Lights of New York narrated in bustling Times Square scene
A vivid vignette of Broadway life through a wanderer’s eyes on Times Square. Characters include a harmonica-playing bootblack, actresses, soldiers, sailors, and shoppers, all amid traffic, crowds, and city sights.
Hotels Tell Guests To Make Own Beds In Chicago
In Chicago a maid shortage forces over 150 hotels to require permanent guests to remake beds and tidy rooms on Sundays only. Managers report few complaints as guests adapt to the new policy across thousands of rooms.
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Chicago
Bees Forge Wartime Wax Into Munitions and Medicine
Wartime beeswax shines in factories labs and clinics aiding munitions, aircraft, and medicines. Civilians boost production with expert help from the Agriculture Department while pointing to bees as essential pollinators increasing yields of hundreds of crops. The honey bee, a mobile colony helper, links field work to the nation’s war effort.
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Department of Agriculture
Greece
Mount Hymettus
Watermelon party games for summertime fun and seeds
A Western Newspaper Union release offers watermelon season activities. Seed relay and scoop tests seed transfer speed, seed blowing and snapping accuracy, frog derby with a seed, and seed fortune telling guiding guests with charts. Includes playful fortunes and group competition notes.
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle
Tips on day wear accessories to suit darkest skin tones and evening shades to match lightest tones. Recommends Light Rachel powder for day and cream for evening. Suggests Rose powder daytime with shell pink for evening. Ledger Syndicate. WNU Features.
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Rachel
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Quads Born in Canton Adopt UN Named Identities
Four Chinese quadruplets born on Armistice Day 1939 in a Canton refugee camp now bear two names each. Their Cantonese names Kwok keung Kwok ying Kwok yuen and Kwok hing translate to strong country hero country self ruling country and prosperous coin. Their new names from the United Nations roll are United States Chiu Great Britain Chiu Soviet Chiu and China Chiu. The births occurred under Hackett Medical College staff in Canton with a mother who nursed two of the babies while a midwife cared for the other two.
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China
Canton
Kwok-keung
Kwok-ying
Kwok-yuen
Kwok-hing
Chiu
United Nations
United States
Great Britain
Hackett Medical College
Army food use and shortages amid war mobilization
The quartermaster general Maj. Gen. E. B. Gregory explains American troops eat more than civilians but the army’s purchases barely dent civilian supplies. War demands require nine month overseas reserves and a 90 day home stock to ensure steady food for troops, while civilian demand rises due to higher purchasing power and shifts in manufacturing.
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Quartermaster General
Guadalcanal
Africa
E. B. Gregory
Make Servicemen Happy With Letters They Enjoy
Office of War Information promotes letters to soldiers with guidance from servicemen surveys. Advice covers sharing family updates, finances, community news, and past memories while avoiding complaints and doleful forecasts. Include only useful, uplifting details.
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Office of War Information
Special Service Division
Army Service Forces
What to Do By Phyllis Belmont
Now more than ever before can women serve. It is up to them to save and conserve food clothing and money. It is up to many of them to buy cheaply but wisely so they can put the money in defense stamps and bonds to aid the war effort. Women and housewives must remake garments learn new recipes for leftovers and maintain family morale with cheerfulness.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Prisoners Sing God Bless America Aboard Pacific Transport
During a Pacific transport from Guadalcanal to Australia American servicemen aboard played a phonograph for amusement. The best loved record was Kate Smith's God Bless America. Upon docking the prisoners marched off the ship singing God Bless America in Japanese slang.
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Pacific
Guadalcanal
Australia
Kate Smith
Home repair Q and A roundup from a wartime column
A reader asks how to repair a worn roof and secure a leaky slate roof with minimal cost. Expert guidance covers roofing coatings, foundation for flagstones, dented pails, radiator painting, window sweating, washing machine cover touch ups, slate leakage fixes, and copper screen care with varnish.
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