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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
3
Advises that newcomers should wait to be approached and emphasizes friendliness. Suggests informal courtesy rather than formal calls and offers practical help like lending items. Recommends applying the Golden Rule to guide interactions with new neighbors.
Aviation experts say pilots for the P-47 Thunderbolt must act instinctively with split second coordination. The P-47, a high altitude heavy fighter, can exceed 400 mph and 40 000 feet, dive faster than 700 mph, and has a 1000 mile ferry range. It carries eight 50 cal machine guns with over 100 rounds per second.
Fourth of July party games to entertain children and adults include Who Was I Pin the name of a Revolutionary War figure on players backs and guess identity. Jumbled Presidents asks players match scrambled names to presidents with seven minutes. Questions and Answers quizzes July linked facts. Flags game tasks players to draw a correct American flag with colored ribbons and stars, challenging accuracy. Western Newspaper Union release.
The article traces the birth of mechanized warfare in the United States at the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. It cites Col Royal P Davidson as designer of early armored vehicles including a three wheeler later converted to four wheels and a mobile Colt gun carrier. It notes 1898 demonstrations, 1900 steam car, and academy teams like Balloon Destroyers on the Glidden tour. It also mentions a 1910 2800 mile cadet caravan to Dallas and a test trip to Los Angeles with an early armored car.
Prepare for beauty with compact, partitioned boxes to store cosmetics. The system helps conserve space cosmetics and time by keeping lipstick eyebrow brushes and other items organized for quick access in a small package.
The article details how sheet metal workers and aircraft welders in the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command are trained to repair and recondition planes after raids. It outlines basic instruction, specialized coursework in sheet metal and welding, and hands on tasks like fabricating simple parts, splicing cables, repairing radiators, and welding with gas and electric equipment to keep fighting aircraft in the air.
Navy officials require all flying cadets to pass basic swimming tests and endure extensive water drills. About 70 percent can meet the standard, while the remaining 30 percent receive additional instruction in the University of Iowa pool including afloat techniques using inflated clothing to stay buoyant.
On an American army transport nurses crossing the equator for the first time join King Neptune's court. A pollywog becomes a shellback after dunkings in a water tank and comic rites, while another nurse spanks a colonel during the transformation.
Household memo notes summer entertaining tips by Lynn Chambers. Includes cool foods and simple refreshments, a citrus Orange Ring Salad recipe, Orange Ice Salad, Tiny Tim Cakes, Grapefruit Swizzle, Fruit Freeze and Cheese Sandwich fillings with step by step instructions. Ends with invitation to write for help at Western Newspaper Union in Chicago.
Lynn outlines practical salad tips focusing on keeping ingredients cold by chilling bowls and plates. She describes skinning tomatoes over flame, flute cutting cucumbers, sieving egg yolks or whites for garnishes, and decorating lettuce with paprika for color.
J SESE kitchen towels add color to any kitchen with natural coloring. The easy cross stitch mimics gingham applique and will be admired. Pattern 2984 includes six motifs about 5 by 7 inches with stitch illustrations and materials. High demand and war conditions slow a few popular patterns. send your order to the mentioned address.
Between 1939 and 1942 civilian aircraft ownership rose from 10 000 to 25 000 planes.
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