Prison Camp Arts and Letters Lift POW Morale
Washington writer notes POWs in German camps read and publish papers and stage plays from Charlie’s Aunt to Our Town. The Kriegie Times details theater, sports, classes, and a daily routine as prisoners cope with captivity while seeking letters, food packages, and Red Cross aid from home.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Germany
War Department
Red Cross
Reich
International Red Cross
Kipling
Webster
Kriegie Times
Stalag Luft III
Sagan
Our Town
Tobacco Road
Stalingrad
Flieger
Kriegie
Army
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Marseille
Switzerland
Lisbon
Sewing Circle Patterns for Campus Frocks and Pinafores
Barbara Bell patterns No. 1972 and 1992 offer girls sizes 11 to 19 and ages 4 to 10 with yardage specs. Orders at 25 cents each require name address pattern number and size. war demands may delay processing.
Special diet kits reach POW hospital prisoners in Germany
Bankhage reports Red Cross capture kits for POWs captured in Germany and sent to transit camps. Normandy POWs volunteer to help with harvest in Britain. Youth organizations join the drive to recruit milkweed pod harvesters to supply floss for life jackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Red Cross
Kit
Normandy
Great Britain
Growth of Pipe Organ at West Point Cadet Chapel
The Cadet chapel organ at West Point expanded from 2,418 pipes in 1911 costing $12,000 to 13,529 pipes today. Funded by memorial contributions in graduates names, it is valued at $150,000 and is the largest church organ in the Western Hemisphere.
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West Point
Hemisphere
Sewing Circle Pattern Request Ad
Enclose 25 cents for each pattern desired from Pattern No. Name Address list printed by the Sewing Circle Pattern Dept at 530 South Wells Street Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Tall Tales and a Narrow Escape on the Road
Three youths boast of height while a doctor on rounds narrowly avoids a Home Guard lying in the road. The guard claims the road is a deep river and he can only swim on his back. A late worker explains eight people in the house and one alarm clock.
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Tom
Harry
Time jokes and patient promises in a pocketful
A humorous dialogue scene features Jasper complaining that watches lose time as Joan questions accuracy. A doctor boasts a simple remedy of sun and air to a shy patient who reveals she is not married. A woman tells Elmer she cannot marry him until the suitor is upright and square, while a voice quips about preferring a piano to a husband.
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Elmer
Farmer’s Wife Wires Button On Fat Husband
A farmer’s wife chastises her husband as she attaches a button to the rest of his body in a humorous exchange about moving up stairs. The scene mixes comic timing with domestic banter as the couple interact.
Jimmy Learns Four Cylinder Words at School
A lighthearted exchange shows Jimmy thriving at school as he jokes about learning words of four cylinders, reflecting a playful tone from the era.
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Jimmy
Political life risk advised by judge in aphorism
An exchange quotes a judge advising a young man about entering politics. The judge says he would recommend it only if the man could avoid getting himself into trouble, framing political life as a potential trap.
By All Means Dialog Reveals Shifting Marital Choices
A brief exchange shows Gladys doubting and then accepting a marriage to a man she initially disliked for his ways but admired for his means. The dialogue hints at social expectations and personal pragmatism in choosing a spouse.
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Gladys
Exception First Reporter Second Reporter
Two reporters debate punctuation with a pun about hyphenating headaches. The exchange juxtaposes a splitting headache against whether to hyphenate to convey the nuance.
Greatest Ballyhoo for Jane Russell Before The Outlaw
Between November 1940 and February 1943 the actress was publicized by about 65 magazine articles and 50 000 photographs during the production of her first and only film The Outlaw.
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Jane Russell
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Washington Digest
U. S
Yank
Pinafores
Bankhage
Cailpren
Graham Hunter
Old England
Jasper
Joan
Ballyhoo
Oasttunday
Reee Mutual
King’ S Heralds
Radio Bible Correspondence Coureet
Oramle
Spamieh
Granasi
KXYZ
ETBC
KRIS
KWBU
KWKH
KMAC
WOAI
ERGV
WNOE
Box
Los Angeles
Calif
Kellogg’s
Uncle Sam
Clarion
Warwick Manufacturing Corporation
West Harrison Street
Illinois
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