Ten Rules for a Productive Victory Garden You Can Grow
The Office of War Information lists ten basic principles for planting a Victory Garden in yards or community plots. Priorities include choosing rich soil, sunny spots beyond tree roots, planting high nutritive vegetables by a color key, staggering plantings for all summer harvests, thorough soil preparation, ample fertilization, weed control, insecticide readiness, using all harvests including canning tomatoes, and seeking expert guidance from the agriculture department and local gardeners. Images an everyday worker can apply to ensure steady yields and efficient use of scarce resources.
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Office of War Information
Department of Agriculture
Victory Gardens
Box Lunch Social for Club Fun and Service
A guide for planning a box lunch social for youths and service members. Girls bring attractively wrapped two person meals such as fried chicken and cake, attach a name, and hopes to draw a date. Guests gamble with play money, an auctioneer raffles boxes and dates, then supper and games follow for a social evening.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Felt Craft Ideas From Wartime Wardrobe Repairs
Miss Abbie Condit offers practical felt craft projects to repurpose hats and other pieces for wartime dressing. Tips include reshaping felt with steam, new hats from crown and brim, felt decorations for sweaters shoes and gloves, and creating a felt booklet and lapel pieces using embroidery beads and buttons.
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Abbie Condit
National Recreation Association
Minute Skin Care Routine For Dry Skin
The guidance suggests steaming the face for one minute over hot water after cleansing, applying a rich lanolin base cream overnight, then patting with cold water for one minute before foundation. Daily protection is advised for dry skin.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Orphanage Mansion to Be Remodeled for Housing
The government leases an orphanage mansion a Danish village replica and armory for remodeling into family housing under the National Housing agency Home Use service. NHA Administrator John Blandford Jr. says leases signed by March 1 add over 1,300 living units for war workers and families with thousands more at leasing stage.
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National Housing Agency
Weaver of Air Forces Command Has Long Distinguished Career
Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver commands the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. A career Army officer since 1908, he has held multiple infantry and air corps roles, earned air service ratings, and prioritized enlisted welfare and recreation for his units. Born February 23 1885 at the Citadel, son of Maj. Gen. E. M. Weaver.
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Walter R. Weaver
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
United States
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
11Th Infantry
Signal Corps
Air Corps
Weaver
Air Service
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
March Field
Riverside
Calif
Kelly Field
Texas
Mother and Daughter in WAAC Beat the Axis Team Up
In Daytona Beach Florida a mother daughter WAAC pair at the Second training center in Indianapolis are sworn in and training. Madelyn Trueblood a former Hoosier Athletic Club softball player and government inspector, and her mother Lola Trueblood a former restaurant manager, joined the WAACs January 25 and February respectively. They plan to work in the motor transport corps after training and meet on weekends to discuss mutual problems and relax by ping pong or bowling.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
WAAC
Indianapolis
Ind
Axis
F. Madelyn Trueblood
Motor Transport Corps
Lola K. Trueblood
Hoosier Athletic Club
Madelyn
Waacs
Worn Fish Nets Donated for Army Camouflage at Ford Ord
At Ford Ord California Colonel Roger S. Fitch reports additional thousands of square feet of worn nets from Monterey Bay fishermen turned over to the post engineers property office for camouflage use. The donors include Italian Americans and naturalized Italians who previously contributed up to 600000 square feet. The worn nets, finer weave than standard issue, save the government money though once valued at five to ten thousand dollars when new.
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Ford Ord
Calif
Post
Monterey Bay
Roger S. Fitch
Army
Fitch
Giant Wooden Hangars To House Navy Blimps On Coast
The navy plans vast wooden hangars along three coasts to house an expanding anti submarine blimp fleet. Fire resistant timber arches span 246 feet and reach 17 stories high, with 1 000 foot long structures and 3 000 000 feet of lumber used. Large rolling steel doors measure 33 by 120 feet.
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Navy
Easter dinners planned under ration points guidance
The article offers ration friendly menus for Easter including Fricassee of Chicken with rice, Lamb Shoulder with barbecue sauce, Orange and Greens Salad, Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake, Lemon Sponge Cups, and simple table decorations. It invites readers to submit household queries to Lynn Chambers at Western Newspaper Union in Chicago.
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Lynn Chambers
Heroblem Clinic
Western
Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Illinois
Ant
Lynn Says How to Save Ration Points
Advice from Lynn on stretching ration points by substituting brown gravy for tomato products and using fresh fruits in place of canned. Recommends seasonal fruits, water from cooked vegetables for soups and gravies, omitting dried fruits in cookies, and limiting chili sauce catsup and chow chow.
Showing the Panel Type of Slip Cover
The article describes making slip covers with panel motifs centered on chair parts. It gives measurements for fabric, seam allowances, and tuck-ins, plus steps for pinning, basting, and welting. It notes use of a right-toe cording foot for bulky welting and mentions BOOK 9 in Mrs. Spears series, available for 15 cents.
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Spears
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OWI
Phyllis Belmont
Western Newspaper
Gabrielle
America IN Action
Lynn
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Japan
Net “Ee Fortress
Yu-Lee
S. Wi
VO Cma
Bfgoodrich
Wiz
McNeil
Price McNeil Drug Co, Inc
Broad Street
Jacksonville
Florida
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