Women Can Sew Children’s Clothes At Home Saves Budget
A homemaking column urges women to sew for children, arguing at home outfits save money and improve fit. It covers fabric choices from cottons to seersucker, patterns, cutting strategy, and practical construction tips for pajamas and nightgowns.
Indictment of Mothers in Beverley Norville Letter
A letter from Beverley, a 19 year old wife, reveals lifelong jealousy and fear of rivals as she grapples with her marriage to Dana, a navy veteran now running a department store. She admits anxiety, controlling behavior, and the belief that maternal jealousy runs in her family as a potential danger to their happiness.
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Everley
Dana
Navy
Beverley
Mother to Blame and Vienna Waiting for Men
A newspaper column argues mothers are morally lazy for neglecting character building while grooming children for society. It cites Beverley’s marriage strain as a caution and questions maternal influence on jealousy and stability. The piece then notes Vienna faces a gender imbalance with 938,501 women to 663,736 men in 1946.
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Dana
Miss Norris
Beverley
Vienna
Austria
Meat cookery habits for better meals and smart buying
A guide to reviving meat cookery and maximizing flavor on a budget. It urges learning different cuts, asking market staff for tips, and saving bones for soups and sauces. Detailed recipes for pot roast pork chops lamb curry tongue and lamb shoulder dishes follow with prep and cooking steps.
Plan to tour nation with historic documents train
Washington reports Attorney General Tom Clark plans a special train across the 48 states to display sacred American documents like the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation. Rosenbach backs a full train with guards, state exhibits, and school displays, while later sections note U.S. aims to pierce the Iron Curtain and a new preemptive wage policy to head off strikes in maritime industries.
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Tom Clark
Clark
Org
Lincoln
Abraham Rosenbach
Philadelphia
Rosenbach
Library of Congress
Bill Benton
Moscow
Benton
Chester Bowles
Berlin
Paris
Russia
State Department
USA
Japan
Schwellenbach
Maritime
AFL
CIO
Knitted Lingerie Care And Ironing Tips
Guidance on preserving knitted lingerie by careful laundering and ironing. Iron on the wrong side, follow the grain, avoid stretching, and use a padded board. Press lace and embroidery over a towel. start with a warm iron and raise heat gradually for unfamiliar fabrics. For rayon crepe and satin use a moderately hot iron.
Fashion Flashes Look for less tailored dresses in casual line
The column notes a shift to easy fitting one piece dresses with surplice necklines fit for busy afternoons. It predicts simpler cuts for winter inspired classics and linen dresses with white bases and prints like batik and paisley will flatter wearers of all ages.
Lynn Chambers Menu Notes Bran Muffins and Desserts
A brief recipe note lists bran muffins and baked custard with caramel sauce as part of Lynn Chambers menu items.
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