America to Lead Postwar World In Education
Four Columbia University professors forecast the United States becoming the world’s great intellectual center after World War II, attracting foreign students to its colleges. They cite Europe’s loss of scholars and America’s superior universities, business education, and research as key draws.
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United States
Columbia University
America
Harry J. Carman
Columbia College
France
England
Germany
Europe
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
California
Midwest
Sorbonne
University of Berlin
Oxford
Cambridge
Robert D. Calkins
Columbia School of Business
Calkins
George B. Pegram
Russia
Scandinavian Nations
Pegram
U.S.S.R
Gay Gadgets for Teen Pockets and Patches
Patch pockets cover worn spots with contrasting fabric and can be autographed by friends. Flower pot pockets cut pockets in plant shapes with embroidered stems. Glovely pockets sew old mittens to skirts to form side pockets. Clothesline capers attach doll clothesline between pockets with pins, drawing comments.
Antique Ford Keeps Rolling Despite 1905 Age Near Colorado Springs
Private Anthony Pfister a flight maintenance mechanic stationed near Colorado Springs Colorado tends to drive home in a Ford coupe from 1905 that has appeared in movies. The car with a four cylinder engine 28 by 3 tires and acetylene gas headlights tops out at 20 miles per hour. He notes the 2200 mile trip to Clinton New Jersey will take longer than typical trips.
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Anthony Pfister
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clinton
N. J
Ford
Pfister
New Jersey
Marines Favor Souvenirs From New Britain
Staff Sergeant Donald Hallman reports Marines on New Britain prioritize souvenirs in a list led by an officer's saber with an inlaid mother of pearl hilt. The note reflects preferences of combat correspondents and service members stationed there.
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Donald Hallman
New Britain
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle in the Jungle War Memo
A wartime trivia list details personal gear and portable items for jungle campaigns including cosmetics care, weapons holsters, flags, radios, field glasses, ritual knives, luck belts, Japanese money, name stamps, chop sticks, socks and canned heat with notes on cleanliness and practicality.
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Union
Jewelry from everyday trash sparks quirky necklace trends
A humorous look at how youths assemble accessories from discarded items. Flora and fauna finds include burnt-out light bulbs, chicken rings, toothbrush handles, umbrella tips, and domino pieces repurposed into necklaces, with playful tips and challenges.
Rhyming Phrase Exchange Among Teenagers
A playful survey shows teens debating rhyme favorites and nicknames. They trade cheerful lines like Soup, Droop and Shoot your troubles to me while greeting each other with quirky monikers.
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Bubbles
Flesh-eating sea plant traps diver in Aleutians
Navy diver A F Wigel and four teammates explored Aleutian waters to right a 7 million dollar ship when Wigel’s foot tangled in a red carnivorous plant with brown specks and tentacles. He freed himself with a knife after witnessing the plant devour a starfish and learned the bizarre danger.
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Seabee
A. F. Wigel
Aleutian
U. S
Wigel
Housing demand after war calls for a million homes yearly
A Twentieth Century Fund survey forecasts postwar housing demand of about 1.3 million nonfarm units annually in the first decade. It cites deteriorated stock, 1940 vacancy patterns, and need for replacements plus new construction to meet market needs and farm housing, with urban and rural deficits and vacancies shrinking after war conditions.
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America
Twentieth Century Fund
New Antilouse Powder Fights Typhus in Allied Effort
In Algiers the Allied medical conference heard Brig. Gen. Leon Fox announce that the army’s antilouse powder DDT, used on a mass scale, has arrested the spread of typhus in Naples. Fox is field director of the U S typhus commission.
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Algiers
Algeria
Naples
Leon Fox
Birmingham
Ala
United States Typhus Commission
Allied Medical Conference
Makeover Your Linen Closet With Simple Touches
Clean out the closet and line shelves with quilted chintz then trim with plain color. Lavender scent helps preserve the odor, and glazed chintz cleans easily with a damp cloth. Consider kitchen closet edging, hangers, and better lighting for easy item finding.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Army’s Wasp Wagon Has a Wonderful Sting
In Cleveland the army unveiled the M-16 a mobile anti aircraft weapon nicknamed the wasp wagon after three prior campaigns. The half track carries four .50 caliber Browning machine guns in a four pronged turret and can fire up to 2 x shots per minute in any direction.
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Cleveland
Army
Savory and Garden Salads With Cream Cheese Dressings
A guide to composing salads with fruit, fish, fowl, or vegetables, plus cream cheese dressings to elevate flavor and nutrition. Recipes include Savory Salad with macaroni ham and apples, Garden Salad with lettuce and tomatoes, and Jellied Chicken Salad with gelatin and peas.
Lynn Chambers' Point Saving Menu and Dressings
A culinary clipping presents a Lynn Chambers menu featuring Salmon Cutlets Egg Sauce Garden Salad and Citrus Chiffon Pie. It includes mold recipes with gelatin based Egg Salad Mold Rhubarb Salad Ring and several dressings with vinegar oil and mayonnaise notes.
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Lynn Chambers
Garnish Ideas to Elevate Simple Dishes
Lynn suggests enhancing any simple food with attractive garnishes. Use sieved hard cooked yolks on soups, cut egg whites into petal shapes for bouillon, and shape baked custard into decorative forms. Daisy garnish ideas and egg yolk fillings add color and nutrition.
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