Emergency Service Corps trains Escouts for emergencies
Boy Scouts from Troop 208 Bronx join the Emergency Service corps preparing youths to cope with floods fires and storms. Escout training lasts seven months with all day woodland expeditions and skill tests. Alpine Scout camp near New York hosts outdoor practice under Red Cross supervision.
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Emergency Service Corps of Boy Scouts
Emergency Corps
Emergency Service Corps
Escouts
Red Cross
Scouts of
Minute Make Ups By Gabrielle Summer Skin Checkup
A magnifying mirror helps assess skin during a summer checkup. Cleanse with a creamy soap lather using fingertip massage to awaken circulation. An overnight lemon juice treatment purges muddy skin. Seeger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Seeger Syndicate
WNU
Parachutist Surprises Cousin in Flight Over Texas
Pvt. Barney J. Thurman on duty in England was descending from a parachute jump when he spotted a passing plane carrying his cousin Lieut. Clint Cowden. The near collision occurred near Kilgore Texas as the two relatives reunited after two years apart.
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Chute Kilgore
Texas
Pvt
Barney J. Thurman
England
Pvt. Thurman
Lieut
Clint Cowden
Puff Fashion: Powder Puffs Become Lapel Ornaments
A playful guide catalogs lapel puff pins and gadgets for Easter style. Features include nine pastel powder puffs forming headbands, a yellow puff chicken with a war stamp, plastic scissors pins, two tied spools for stamps, and strawberry pin accents for needle pins.
Measured steps and thimble trinkets for sewing clubs
A reader suggests crafty ideas for Reed not mad the sewing bee. Measures for varied shoes use a halved tape measure tied with a bow at the bottom. Multicolor plastic thimbles become lightweight necklaces and bracelets with drilled holes and braided yarn.
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Reed
Loyalty Amid Fault and Failing Love
A poem reflects a devoted partner who tends the sick and defends her mate. Despite fault and poor manners, she remains steadfast from start to end, clinging through hardship and social scorn and defending him against any challenger. The speaker notes she endures a marginal status but stays loyal “to the last mile and road.”
Bayeux Tapestry and Cathedral Highlight Normandy Town History
Bayeux, a 7000 resident Norman town near Caen, is noted for the Bayeux Tapestry a 230 foot long needlework depicting William the Conqueror and for its ancient cathedral. The tapestry formerly resided in the bishop’s palace and later the town library while Napoleon promoted its display across France.
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Bayeux
Channel
France
Caen
Europe
National Geographic Society
England
Normandy
William the Conqueror
Bishop’s Palace
Matilda
Napoleon
Absurd Glossary Of Odd Definitions
A playful list of humorous definitions for terms like orange leaf loose leaf and banana peel. The entries poke at language with quirky explanations and mock the idea of learning more than one knows.
Mirror Reflections Speak Hard Truth About Self Image
The piece urges self scrutiny to see real flaws not imagined in the mirror. It warns that friends notice imperfections the viewer masks with cosmetic care. By honestly assessing faults one can begin to improve and avoid false rosy portrayals.
Baby hippo born at Brookfield Zoo weighs 40 pounds
A baby hippo born to Bebe at Brookfield Zoo weighs 40 pounds. The birth occurred under water and zoo visitors are invited to suggest a name for the newborn hippo.
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Bebe
Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield
Friendly neighborly welcome tips for new residents
It advises a simple friendly approach after new neighbors move in. A personal call isn’t required but a gesture helps, such as talking, offering tools, or arranging a bridge evening once couples can meet. Treat others as you wish to be treated for smooth neighborly relations.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Marine officer uses gelatin dessert on bandages
From the Marshall Islands comes a Marine medical officer report by Lieut. J. W. Stevens describing using ordinary gelatin dessert as a substitute for paste in fracture bandages. He says patients can choose flavors with raspberry preferred and orange next.
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Washington
Marshall Islands
J. W. Stevens
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1995 Dress and Jacket
Barbara Bell pattern No 1995 lists sizes 12 through 20 and 40. The size 14 dress uses 44 yards of 39 inch fabric while the sleeveless jacket requires 134 yards.
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Barbara Bell
Household Tips For Everyday Care And Safety
A collection of practical home hints covers protecting curtain rods from rust and easing curtain movement, using paper towels to absorb moisture in the refrigerator, securing poison bottles with crosswise pins, preventing stockings from tangling with dropped marbles, and achieving frost effects on glass with white lead and oil.
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Yodora
Tropics
St. Jos Teoh
B. F. Goodrich
Ocr
Bfgoodrich
Wyle
el Q Saks Ree
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Brooklyn
Carlo Freddi
Gabrielle
By Nancy Pepper
Rhymster
By Les Plettner
Telefact
Germany
Ecres
Trixie Teen
Marine
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Ongar
Laas
Hitler
Palmer
Sam
Oun
Dept. A
Fred
Kellogg’s
Kes
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
America
Tookout Mountain Orchestra
Lookout Mountain Hotel
Teno
Jon Lit Tllorsen
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