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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
7
The article notes beeswax to be vital in munition coating and ordnance, in medical ointments, and in aircraft lab work. It highlights bees’ wartime production, with four million pounds of wax annually and efforts to boost yields through research and beekeeping. Pollination by bees supports crop yields and seed production essential to war needs.
A Miss Abbie Condit item profiles a watermelon season activity list. Games include Seed Relay, Seed Scoop, Seed Blow for Accuracy, Seed Snap, Seed Snap for Distance, Frog Derby, and Seed Fortune Telling with playful fortunes. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Four Chinese quadruplets born on Armistice Day 1939 in a Canton refugee camp now bear two names each. Their Cantonese birth names Kwok keung Kwok ying Kwok yuen Kwok hing became United Nations inspired names: Quads Born on Armistice Named for Allies United States Chiu Great Britain Chiu Soviet Chiu and China Chiu. A Chinese woman doctor at Hackett Medical College delivered them. their mother, in her thirties, could nurse only two, while a Chinese midwife tended the other two.
The quartermaster general Maj. Gen. E. B. Gregory says U S military food use rises with fighting life but total army purchases barely affect civilian shortages. He notes high civilian demand and reduced production from autos and home goods push canned foods higher, while troops require nine months of overseas supply and a 90 day home stock for steady wartime provisioning.
The Office of War Information offers guidance for homefolks to write to soldiers sailors and marines. Suggests including family progress anxious to return community news and clippings while avoiding complaints doom and financial woes to keep letters helpful and hopeful.
Women can serve by conserving food clothing and money to aid the war effort. They should buy wisely save in stamps and bonds and make over garments while learning new recipes for leftovers. Keep morale high for the men by staying cheerful and uncomplaining.
On a Pacific transport returning from Guadalcanal to AustraliaAmerican sailors played a phonograph to entertain themselves. The prisoners sang along loudly with Jade phrases and the Kate Smith hit God Bless America as they disembarked, loudly chanting God Bless America.
The Cubs remain near the NL cellar as General Manager Jim Gallagher and Manager Jim Wilson navigate a season of uneven results. Pitching and hitting fluctuates, defenses crumble at times, yet the club shows resilience and optimism for a pennant push in October.
The United States Golf Association museum preserves Gene Sarazen’s heavy flanged sand iron a device he created after disputing Bobby Jones’s concave sand club. He credits it with lowering scores, aiding his 1932 British Open victory in a record run and a 286 National Open total, while asserting it improved bunker play and consistency.
Instructions and a chart for cloth and scarf patterns accompany illustrations of stitches. Materials needed include threads and tools specified to complete the project. The pattern outlines stitch techniques and step by step guidance for constructing the items.
Practical notes cover speeding jelly setting with cold water, avoiding thawing frozen meat, lemon in cream for whipping, staining moist wood, oiling linseed finishes, keeping onions white with almond oil, rhubarb shortcake and rosy sauce, thick mayonnaise, baking bacon-wrapped potato skins for flavor and structure, and eating the skins with the potatoes.
The globe’s largest bus, built for Camp Carson near Colorado Springs, can carry 260 persons. Its load matches 52 five passenger cars.
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