Notable World War II Air Hero and Music Pioneers Profile
A condensed tribute piece highlights Brigadier General Strickland, famed for leading bomber forces against Rommel and praising crews after a key strike. It also surveys conductor Barlow’s American-centric rise from ranch work to CBS orchestra leadership, and ends with Dr Eduard Lindeman urging parents to answer children's questions honestly amid wartime concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Casey Strickland
Strickland
Rommel
United States Army Air Forces
Dox
Eduard C. Lindeman
New York School of Social Work
Michigan Agricultural College
Detroit
Lansing
Basque Front Jumper Pattern For Young Girls
Patterns sewing circle describes Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1681 B for Basque front jumper and blouse for ages 3 to 8. Jumper buttons down the back ties at the waist. corduroy for jumper and batiste or broadcloth for blouse. Size 4 calls for 1 1/2 yards 35 or 39 inch material for jumper and 1/2 yard for blouse.
Save on Slips Pattern No 1686-B for Barbara Bell
A sewing pattern offers a smooth fitting gore slip with a top and optional wide or ribbon straps, plus panties. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1686-B formats sizes 36 through 52 with yardage details for 39 inch material and ribbon straps.
Uncle Phil Says on Greatness and Perseverance
A collection of quips on greatness, perseverance, humility, and social tact. It contrasts strong will with obstinacy and urges restraint in sharing troubles and judgments, noting gendered views on housekeeping and daily life.
Practical kitchen tips and home care guidance
Quick home science style notes cover cooking steak bacon loaf placement parsley storage and general food preservation. Also advice on geraniums baking techniques and pantry shelf practices with simple methods and safety tips.
Second Contestants Sing Off Ends in Humorous Judgment
Two rivals argued over who had the better voice and doubled down with a recital before a professor. After the performance the professor declared the first contestant the worst singer he had heard while the second demanded payment, prompting a pause as the judge clarified the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrah
Wartime Red Cross mobilizes sewing for military dressings
Since 1939 the American Red Cross organized over 500 chapters to produce surgical dressings for the army and navy. By October 1942 more than two million women nationwide had made over one hundred million dressings and the program expanded to nearly every county and chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Europe
United States
Army
Navy
WNU
Quiz questions about history and geography
A set of four trivia prompts asks who died a hero in a war, who built the Tower of London, the name of a narrative heroic poem, and which state contains the United States' highest and lowest points within a short distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Crocket
Tower of London
United States
Quiz on historical facts about military, people, and inaugurations
Question set asks when an army bugler sounds tattoo when Friends are called Quakers what year the Presidential inauguration moved from March 4 to January 20 and who Virginia Dare was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Friends
Virginia Dare
Remaking a Battered Side Chair in Home Front 2 Series
Ruth Wyeth Spears guides readers through refinishing a battered chair using sandpaper enamel and fringe trim. The article notes materials like delphinium blue enamel plywood and ticking, with 24 hour drying and new upholstery details. Books 5 and 6 in the series offer more furniture refinishing instructions with copies postpaid for 10 cents each.
Notable facts from historical prompts and trivia
The list includes the Texas War of Independence and William the Conqueror among topics. It notes Mount Whitney in California at 14 501 feet and Death Valley at 300 feet below sea level, and mentions the 20th amendment in 1937. It also references the first white child born of English parents on American soil and the Quakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
Porpoises as Omens of Sailor Luck in Old Sea Lore
Sailors long believed porpoises portend luck for a voyage. The idea stems from an ancient sea god at war with wind spirits and attended by dolphins. Porpoises, resembling dolphins, signaled the sea god’s temporary victory over storms, promising a prosperous voyage.
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WHO
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
New York
Jimmy Doo
General Strickland
Buckaroo
Ike Francis X. Bushman
Braggs
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic College
Regular Army
Army Flying School
Tactical School
Agle
Joemonic
Arecy Ren
Pie Ng
Barlow
Carnegie Hall
CBS Orchestra
National Association For Composers and Conductors
Plain City
Ohio
Colorado
Denver
University of Colorado
Oregon
Reed College
Columbia University
Peterborough
N. H
AEF
American National Orchestra
CBS
Philharmonic
Phil
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Wacker Dr
Chicago
Kellogg's
America
Kellogg’s
Goethe
Aureres
Pti RO
Poro Olne
Heinrich Heine
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Lucky Porpoises
Prince Albert
Prince
Albert
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
Patty
Fleischmann's
Fleischmann
Standard Brands, Inc
Washington Street
N. Y
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