Wartime Rural Winters Threaten Our Highway Traffic
War shortages threaten rural traffic safety as essential workers must travel in severe winter weather. Prof. Ralph A. Moyer warns of increased accidents, limited snow removal, and scarce anti skid chains. Recommendations urge nonessential travel bans, prepared farm autos, and vehicle readiness to reduce tieups and crashes.
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America
Ralph A. Moyer
Iowa State College
Moyer
National Safety Council
Nature
Sary Public
Anniversary Gifts List for Fifth Year and More
A reader asks about the fifth wedding anniversary. The article lists anniversary materials by year: first paper, fifth wooden, tenth tin, twelfth leather, fifteenth crystal, twentieth china, twenty fifth silver, thirtieth ivory, fortieth woolen, forty fifth silk, fiftieth gold, seventy fifth diamond. It notes many families observe all, with quarter century celebrations common for larger gatherings.
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China
Vssible. Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Quotable Lines From History and Letters
A collection of aphorisms and quotes explores themes of civilization, language, and society. Notable lines touch on farming founding civilization, sharpening wit, the origin of the word news, Puritan attitudes to bear-baiting, and civilization measured by the character of its people.
Homemade recreation grows in New England families
Massachusetts extension specialist Lawrence Loy says homemade recreation is rising as family fun on a war bond budget. Homes host games, parlor piano singing, hikes, and cookouts, with towns forming neighborhood groups and free leaflets from the college offering ideas such as table games and outdoor cookery.
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Lawrence V. Loy
Massachusetts State College
New England
Massachusetts
Massachusetts State College Extension Service
Charades as Family Fun From Miss Abbie Condit
An instructional piece from the National Recreation Association detailing how to organize and perform charades as a family activity. It explains dividing players into groups with leaders, dramatizing syllables of words, and guessing the word. Examples include penmanship and themed word lists with tips on costumes and extending to themed sets.
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Abbie Condit
Washington
Delaware
Columbus
America
Minute Make- Ups By Gabrielle
Practical beauty tips guide readers on reshaping brows with center plucking to alter forehead width. Apply light rouge and powder matched to skin tone for a natural look without harsh lines.
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Gabrielle
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Old Fashioned Christmas Cookies and Menu from Lynn Chambers
Festive home article offers recipes for Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies Oatmeal Drops Raisin Bran Ginger Snaps Pecan Crispies and Chocolate Crumb Cookies plus a victory vitamin note and a holiday menu. It invites readers to decorate with cookies and send boxes to loved ones while Lynn Chambers answers kitchen questions.
Marine Landing Tactics in Modern Pacific Warfare
The article outlines planned amphibious assaults in the Pacific, detailing air reconnaissance and fighter support, airborne troop transport, and naval bombardment. It describes coordinated air sea landing, rubber boats, smoke screens, and onshore assault by Marines toward beach defenses and enemy positions.
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Navy
Union
Notable 19th Century Authors and Works Listed
A display lists five authors and sources: Daniel Webster Remarks on Agriculture 1840, Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle, Thomas De Quincey Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England, and Ralph Waldo Emerson Civilization.
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Daniel Webster
Washington Irving
Rip van Winkle
Thomas de Quincey
Thomas Babington Lord Macaulay
England
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bombers Over Mt McKinley Press Onward Against Ja panese
U S army bombers wing over snow capped Mt McKinley in Alaska during an operational flight. The raid aims at Japanese positions in the Aleutians, with air power driving the enemy from several recently invaded islands.
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MT. Mckinley
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Handy cushions from remnants on the June front
Readers learn how to craft two 18 inch cushion tops and bottoms from a yard of satin or brocade with five eighths yard for the fold, and to refill old cushions by replacing ticking. Notes suggest silk and cording options and advertise Mrs Spears homemaking booklets at ten cents each with address.
Lynn Says The Score Card On Meat Sharing Program
The article urges readers to join the meat sharing program as an assignment. It notes suitable options like stuffings stews pies loaves soups turnovers and curries while excluding certain organs from the adult allowance and mentions spices herbs and emulsion flavors for baking and desserts.
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Lynn
Shelters Belts Guard Farmland From Wind Attack
Collier's reports more than 100 million trees grow in 17 000 shelter belts across dry Midwestern states. Some belts rise to 50 feet and can lift the wind up and over leeward fields for a protective distance about 20 times the trees height.
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Collier’s
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Phyllis Belmont
Hawaii
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Western Newspaper
Mo É Moss
By Lynn Hambens
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Ill
Ruth Buyers Pears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Zimmerman
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