Col John Glubb Keeps Arab Line Safe For Britain
A former Near East officer portrays Colonel John B. Glubb, head of the Arab Legion, as Britain's steady force guarding the Iraq Haifa oil line and countering Axis influence. Detailing his calm, precise leadership since 1932, the piece notes his injuries in World War I and his Distinguished Service Order award in October, highlighting his blend of frontier tact and political acumen.
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Berlin
Pipe Line Patrol
Red Cross Trains Home Nursing for Every Family
The Red Cross aims to have one trained home nurse in each home to reduce wartime illness and casualty consequences. Since Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry, over 500,000 have completed courses and a quarter million more are enrolled in 3,000 chapters. Any group of 20 can form a class with a graduate nurse instructor appointed locally.
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Patterned waistcoat jerkin and beanie sewing pattern
Pattern No. 8258 offers a chest hugging waistcoat or scoop neck jerkin and a leaf decorated beanie. Available in sizes 10 to 20, the weskit front and beanie require 3? yards of 35 or 39 inch material, contrast back 1? yard, jerkin 1? yard.
Poppies and Patches Corner in a Smart Living Room
ERE is a sketch of a corner in a smart living room featuring an applique design with poppies cornflowers and wheat on linen. The piece is framed by a transformed desk and bookcases, with a hot iron transfer for additional patterns and gift possibilities.
The Guillotine origins in history
The article explains that the guillotine was not invented or executed by Dr. Guillotine. It notes medieval devices for beheading and that during the French Revolution in 1789 Dr. Guillotine suggested a humane method be adopted.
Drawer 10 Enclose 10 Cents for Appliqued Design
Ad asks readers to enclose 10 cents with name and address to receive an appliqued design pattern. No further details provided.
General Quiz Challenge Questions
A mixed trivia set covers confabulation the quote From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step the thumb another name for the thumb compos mentis meaning Narcissus in myth felled the walls of Jericho by trumpets the approximate kilometer to mile ratio and the founder of the military order of the Purple Heart.
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Narcissus
Order of the Purple Heart
Fragmented clues hint at a memoir quiz with named figures
A garbled dialogue lists items including Napoleon the pollex and Jericho with a five eighths reference and a note that George Washington was rewarded in 1782 for meritorious action, suggesting a scattered historical trivia snippet.
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Jericho
George Washington
Surely Neighbor Would Be Happy to Contribute
A neighbor delivers an angry tale about a boy who threw a brick through a window, narrowly missing a resident. Mrs. Jones responds with mock interest and asks to keep the brick for future amusement as a memory of the boy’s pranks.
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Mrs. Jones
Practical Household Tips For Safe Lifting And Care
A niche shelf design saves steps by guiding articles up or down stairs. Control oven heat by starting moderate and gradually increasing flame. Clean soiled playing cards with a camphor damp cloth. Remove mildew stains promptly by laundering. Store pins and needles in wartime metal receptacles. Use extra wide sheets and blankets folded for bed coverage.
Household tips and labor saving hints from the era
A collection of practical advice on hose care with paraffin to reduce darning, using onion skins to brighten gilt frames, heat contact to remove wrinkles, and a small fan to evenly distribute heat while ironing.
Eskimos Lesson Turns to Witty Exchange on Site
A classroom exercise on Eskimos yields a sharp exchange as a pupil calls them God's frozen people and a foreman requests an update on a trench collapse. The response from a worker frames the moment with brisk humor about digging the foreman out to inform him.
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