Japan's Secret Weapon in Wartime Morale and Rations
A wartime profile describes Japan's moral resolve as its secret weapon. It details drastic rationing, cloth and shoe shortages, crowded transport, long workweeks, heat limits, strict utility controls, student labor, and mass scrap drives aimed at sustaining war effort.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Domei
Crocheted Accessories Spark Smart Home Fashion
A look at crochet as a stylish, affordable trend driven by gas rationing era limits. Highlights include envelope bags with matching collars, crochet jewelry, flowers, belts with velveteen backing and zipper pockets, and decorative hearts and panda motifs for gifts and adornments.
Plaid Styles for Spring Dresses Highlight Cotton Plaids
The article notes bright spring plaids for girls, sewn in smart cotton that launders well. It emphasizes home sewing with children as a focus this season, featuring a windowpane plaid and an effective bias-cut use of plaid for a daughter's dress.
Navy and Brown Vie For Color Honors
Navy and Brown vie for color honors in a midseason fashion feature. Navy shades appear with white and pastel accents, coral red dress worsteds and twills, plus green and white prints. Rose pink hats are sponsored by top milliners while lilac tones gain popularity for hats and accessories. White hats and gloves with midseason coats trend.
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Navy
Lacy Head Scarf Among Favorites for Evening
The shawl and head scarf vogue for evening has taken fashion by storm. The favorite head covering is a shawl like scarf in black net or chenille crochet with a lacy open stitch. Filmy black coverings with jet or sequins are worn with artistic flair.
Nightgowns Parade Delightful Capes and Laces
The article showcases a lively display of cape nighties and night shirts with pockets laces and ribbons. It paints the garments as amusing eye catching and prettily fussed to attract readers.
Humidifying Homes and Fireproofing Repairs in Wartime Guide
Roger B. Whitman-WIN features a wartime home care column advising practical humidification methods to improve air, ventilation fixes for damp cellars, insulation options between floor joists, calcium chloride moisture absorbers, and steps to protect water pipes. It also covers radiator sizing, roof insulation effects on heat, and removing oilcloth from leather chairs. It ends with guidance on cement block garage waterproofing using cement base paint with a waterproofer.
Winter Breakfasts for Busy Mornings
Household memo by Lynn Chambers urges a hot balanced breakfast to start the day. It highlights citrus fruits and vitamin cereals, quick cook hot cereals, coddled eggs, fried mush, toasted English muffins with poached eggs, and omelets.
Butterscotch Pecan Rolls and Omelet Variations
A home breakfast feature outlines omelet variations with ham, jelly, or chicken liver fillings and explains a basic omelet method with folding and oven finishing. It then provides a butterscotch pecan rolls recipe including dough, filling, shaping, rising, and baking, plus a quick coffee cake with a nutment topping and a note inviting reader questions to Miss Lynn Chambers of Western Newspaper Union.
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Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Illinois
Quick Leftover Meal Ideas From Lynn Says
Saute onion and green pepper with leftover meat in pastry squares and bake until brown serve with gravy. Alternate eggplant and meat in a casserole with tomato soup and grated cheese heated to serve. Hollow onions and potatoes to fill with hash or potato mash mixed with meat then reheat and serve with gravy or tomato sauce.
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Kellogg's
Barbara Bell Pattern 1648 B for Several Sizes
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1648 B designed for sizes 14 through 42 with busts from 32 to 42 inches. Size 16 (34) features short sleeves. Requires 4 yards 39 inch material and 29 yards 54 inch material. Send your order to the listed address.
Miss Liberty Holds Book Marking Liberty Based on Law
The statue in New York harbor carries a book inscribed with the date July 4 1776. The inscription conveys the idea that liberty rests on the rule of law.
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Miss Liberty
New York Harbor
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Collier's Weekly
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Roger B. Whitman
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Lynn
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
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