War Era Delinquency Rise Prompts State Child Welfare Action
War disruptions trigger higher youth delinquency especially among girls and in urban war industries. States expand welfare services, probation supervision, foster care, and juvenile court studies while localities address liquor sales curfews and expanded school programs for working mothers.
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New York
State Board of Social Welfare
U. S. Children’s Bureau
American Public Welfare Association
Council of State Governments
Alabama
Colorado
Indiana
Tennessee
Utah
Louisiana
Department of Welfare
State Department
Florida
State Welfare Board
Oklahoma
Washington
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Department of Public Instruction
What to Do By Phyllis Belmont
Girls, keep morale high for the men in service with cheerful letters from home. Share light news about your garden, recent movies, and social games, but avoid mentioning other dates. Reassure him about what he enjoyed and skip complaints about shortages or rationing.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Names Are Different On Her Ration Books
A San Diego woman found three prior ration books issued between May 1942 and June 1943 with different names. The registrar questioned the mismatch on her application for book 4. The woman quipped about divorce courts and remarriage, prompting local humorous remark.
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San Diego
Bone Money Sends Dead Chinese Home
Chinese expatriates around the world save funds to transport their dead back to China, a practice called bone money. In Australia 750,000 pounds yearly is set aside for this, funded by emigrants and sometimes by war loans.
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China
Australia
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Malaya
Sumatra
Java
New Guinea
Students Learn Tricks Of Plane Maintenance
STATE COLLEGE PA More than 400 students pursue vocational courses in airplane maintenance at Harrisburg under sponsorship of Pennsylvania State College industrial education department the state department of public instruction and the state school of aeronautics Trainees aged 18 to 45 study sheet metal work electrical connections propeller servicing engine repair final assembly parts inspection instrument repair and parachute packing and repair.
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State College
Harrisburg
Industrial Education Department
Pennsylvania State College
State Department of Public Instruction
State School of Aeronautics
Army lawyers aid wounded troops recovery at Fitzsimons
Brig. Gen. O. H. Quade notes free legal aid for military personnel speeds healing by relieving financial and other worries. Army and civilian lawyers visit wards and offices, providing counsel to patients, with support from the War Department and the American Bar Association, started March 1943.
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Army
United States
War Department
American Bar Association
Judge Advocate General’s Department
O. H. Quade
U. S. Army
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
General Quade
Western Newspaper Union
Gay Gadget Tricks for Teens Pocket Jewelry and Lapses
A how to guide lists teen novelty fashion items made from match cases and other odds and ends. Projects include waistline whimsy belt case autographs and glitter bottle-top jewelry, with cautions about safety and discreet wear for stylish flair.
Observing the Back View of a Dressed Woman
The speaker comments on a woman's rear appearance noting curled hair, polished shoes, and leg makeup. Criticism focuses on back details: ends, heels, patches, streaks, a missing button, a sagging hem, and slouching shoulders. The tone is admonitory and brisk.
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Chick
Minute Make Ups By Gabrielle
If you have changed your hairdo this fall you should redesign your makeup. Eyebrows need reshaping or new pencilled accents. Rouge will require new placement. Take minutes here and there to try ideas that complement the new hairstyle.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Employer Puts Up Bail Pays Fine to Keep Cook
In Baltimore Dudley C Short, head of a restaurant firm, paid a $50 fine for a cook convicted of stealing ham and posted $500 bail on a lottery charge. Short said he must keep his cook despite the shortages.
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Baltimore
Dudley C. Short
Short
Pattern No. 8465 and 8470 for Girls Dresses
Colorful frocks with defined midriff sections attract junior shoppers. Pattern 8465 offers sizes 9 to 19 with yardage for 344 yards of 39 inch fabric and 9 yards of braid. Pattern 8470 covers ages 6 to 14 with 244 yards of 35 inch fabric and 342 yards of incrac. Send your order.
Quiz questions for a game show archive
A set of trivia prompts covers national political parties harp strings authorship of religious freedom draft classifications and a mythic figure who stole fire from heaven. It also asks where the ancient Pitts lived, implying a historical or legendary context.
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United States
Isosceles Triangle Sides Equal Two Sides
An isoceles triangle has two equal sides. The base is the third side and the two equal sides meet at the vertex angle.
Puzzle Clue Answers and Historical References
Items list diverse facts including thirty five with five presidents, forty six strings, Thomas Jefferson, class 1 C Prometheus, Britain, and two equal sides. The fragment hints at a quiz or educational puzzle enumerating figures, affiliations, and symmetry concepts.
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Thomas Jefferson
Prometheus
Britain
Camels Best-Selling Cigarette Among Soldiers And Sailors
Army officials credit cigarettes with boosting morale as soldiers in camp or behind lines smoke. Soldiers say a carton from home is welcome and Camels lead sales in Post Exchanges and Canteens across services. Mail restrictions aside, Camels can be sent to troops in the U S and to sailors Marines and coast guardsmen overseas or at sea.
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U. S
Coast
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