Boys Learn to Be Railroadmen in 19-Week Course
Illinois Central trains 16 and 17 year olds in a 19 day program to become switchmen firemen brakemen or flagmen. A Carbondale school teaches rule books safety and operations then ten days in the yards precede field training. Most students stay with ICR, salaries and living costs covered, with careful selection by district superintendents and principals.
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Iron Horse
Illinois Central Railroad
ICR
Illinois Central
Fred Comstock
What to Do by Phyllis Belmont
Men know what they want and expect a lot from their new brides. Brides should anticipate pleasures and run homes their way whether in a 12 room mansion or a boarding house near an army camp. Stay neat, weed out unused items, file recipes and bills, keep equipment running, and create a home ready for emergencies with week ahead menus.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Science Licks Dread Typhus in Army
Typhus, a historic army scourge, is said to be licked by the American armed forces. A new vaccine removed it from death lists and a delousing agent DDT in powder and liquid forms is used to combat the disease.
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Washington
Paths of Endeavor for a Young Person
A reflective verse urges a young person to follow the heart when choosing a life path. It contrasts temptations of fortune and practicality with personal conviction, advising endurance and perseverance to ultimately succeed by staying true to one’s inner drive.
Fashion Notes: Gory Accessories From Dinner Remains
A playful column warns women to decorate outfits with bone and meat remnants from meals. Suggestions include chicken neck necklaces with a wish bone center, claw pins, dried bone kerchief clasps, and nail polish finishes. Also mentions jodhpurs, ascot scarfs, drawstring blouses, and Eton caps as school fashion items.
Aprons and fashion notes for warm climate girls
In warm climates girls wear cotton dresses to school and trim them with homemade aprons. A CALLING ALL GIRLS issue shows how to make an apron without a pattern. Also mentioned are Jodhpuri riding breeches.
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Calling All Girls
FBI Fingerprint Bureau Reaches Ninety Million Records
The FBI identification division marks its twentieth anniversary as the world’s largest fingerprint and criminal- records clearinghouse. Director Hoover notes over 90 million cards on file, up from 800 thousand in 1924, with tens of thousands added weekly from police agencies and foreign sources.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Federal
Leavenworth
Kaw
Washington
United States
Armed Services
Mueller Extends Catching Streak to 134 Games
Cincinnati Reds catcher Ray Muller surpassed the 133 game mark set by George Gibson in 1909 with a 134 game consecutive games caught streak. Muller chalked up 62 games in the prior season.
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Ray Mueller
Cincinnati Reds
George Gibson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mueller
Fingerprint Files Cut Search Time at FBI Armory
The FBI identification division at the District of Columbia National Guard armory in Washington has reduced search time in fingerprint files to 36 hours. Since 1943, cases show arrests or identity finds for arson, robbery, explosives violations, amnesia cases, and government job checks, illustrating fingerprints as reliable identity proof.
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FBI
District of Columbia National
Merchant Marine
Pearl Harbor
New Jersey
Washington
Hoover
Adequate Water for Stock Essential for Grazing
Adequate water for livestock on range and pasture is crucial to full utilization of forage and better meat and dairy output. Development of wells, springs, and ponds must be coupled with proper water distribution to access livestock across all pasture areas. Stock water facilities aid farm pastures as well as ranges, with government programs offering assistance in conservation and grazing improvement.
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WFA
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Broken English Word Quiz From High School Slang
A playful English classroom list maps puzzling phrases to humorous or literal clues. It pairs words like ARREST with study hall behavior and DENIAL with a river in Egypt, creating a lighthearted treatment of language quirks.
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Nertz
Egypt
Makeover Cot into Daytime Sofa on Castered Box
A flat box on casters stores bed d ing for a simple cot and slides out of sight. Slip covers and matching cushions dress the cot to resemble a real sofa. A handy improvised table from odds and ends completes a dual role for day and night use.
Going Steady With Boys Means Less Time For You
It is better to go steadily with many boys rather than commit to one. Steady dating resembles an engagement and delays future chances. A No Trespassing tone signals limits to others and to you. Having others to compare helps you learn who you truly like.
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C. O
New Aid for Surgeons Cuts Down Amputations
In New York doctors describe a technique using metal enclosed cadaver veins to bridge severed arteries. Dr. Arthur H. Blakemore presented the method to the Johns Hopkins Medical Society as a potential to reduce battlefield amputations.
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New York
Johns Hopkins Medical Society
Arthur H. Blakemore
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Quick General Knowledge Quiz Items
This page lists ten trivia prompts covering metals, language symbols, historical phrases, animal classifications, military slang, nautical flags, reptiles, a world leader, seabirds, and seas. It asks for definitions locations and identifications across varied topics.
Fertilizer Demand Tops Records for 1944
Farmers will use more than 11 million tons of commercial fertilizer this year, a new high and about 0.5 million tons above 1943. Adjustments in fertilizer mixes aim to maximize use of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, with nitrogen content up about 35 percent from last year, while supplies remain allocated by the War Production Board.
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War Production Board
Phenothiazine shown to curb internal parasites in pigs
Experts note internal parasites raise feed needs by twenty percent for infested pigs. About half of US pigs are affected, with worms causing one in ten deaths. Phenothiazine proven to control nodular worms and roundworms, given with dry feed or as pellets tabs or drench under veterinary guidance.
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United States
Answers to World War II Quiz Items
A compact answer list identifies tungsten as the element, the short land sign, provost marshal MPs in London, a mammal, a tank transport, a banderole, a large tropical lizard, Haile Selassie’s rule and exile, the albatross, and various seas and regions in and around Africa Asia and Europe.
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London
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
White Sea
North
Russia
Black Sea
Yellow Sea
East Asia
Red Sea
Africa
Asia
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