Canning Your Summer Harvest Tips and Recipes
Household guidance from Lynn Chambers on safe home canning to stretch points and supplies. Steps cover cleanliness, jar prep, timing, and methods including water bath and pressure canning, with basic recipes for tomatoes peas and beets and a note on seeking help through Western Newspaper Union.
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Lynn Chambers
Western Newspa Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Illinois
Western Newspaper Union
Soldiers Benefit Office Keeps Home Front Secure
The Office of Dependency Benefits administers pay allotments and family allowances for soldiers dependents. Enlisted men may allot pay and join a joint family support program. eligibility varies by class A and B dependents, with payments starting the month after application. More than 20 million people are covered, and the program aims to maintain home security as the army grows to about 8 million.
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War Department
Office of
Dependency Benefits
Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Army Finance Corps
Army
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
Office of Dependency
ODB
Office of Depncy Benefits
Newark
N. J
Office of Dependency Benefits
H. N. Gilbert
46Th Engineering Regiment
Louisiana
Lynn Says Successful Canning Principles and Steps
The article promotes safe canning with the slogan two hours from garden to kettle. It advises using fresh firm produce, thorough washing, checking jars and seals, and organizing jars nearby to save time. Work at the range, fill jars from the kettle, then process in a water bath or pressure cooker.
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Victory Garden
ODB Says Children Not Evidence for Benefits
The Office of Dependency Benefits refuses to treat children as documentary evidence for family allowances. Mothers bring kids to the information office. names and birth certificates on the application suffice to prove eligibility.
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Office of Dependency Benefits
ODB
Modern Uses for Quaint Patchwork
Endless fascination with old fashioned quilt blocks spurs modern uses such as table mats luncheon mats and protecting upholstery backs and chair arms. The article outlines a pieced block lined with muslin and interlined with cotton wadding then quilted with diamond or running stitches and bound with bias tape. It notes borders for curtains and luncheon cloths and references Books 5 and 6 offering complete border designs and an old star pot holder pattern with booklets sold at 15 cents each.
Camel cigarettes and slang among service members
A wartime column notes soldiers mock slang such as calling colonel’s insignia buzzards and cigarettes Camels. It says Camels are popular with Army Sailors Marines and Coast Guardsmen and mentions sales records and overseas mail restrictions.
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U. S
Navy
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Small Jimmie
Larnin
Finance Corps
57Th
North Africa
Lynn
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
U. S. Bureau of Standards
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