Army boxers tour draws soldiers to shows across posts
Sergt Joe Louis leads a multi boxer group on a five month 20 000 mile exhibition tour for the army's special services division, boxing two to three rounds with staff sergeants and soldiers at camps nationwide. The favorably received program visits hospitals and stockades, with Sugar Ray Robinson among the team. Louis adapts to challengers and avoids one sided matches as fans cheer the Brown Bomber.
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Armed Services
Sergt
Joe Louis
Army
Special Services Division
Sergeant Louis
Joe
Corp
Walker Smith
Sugar” Ray Robinson
Private George
Jackie") Wilson
Louis
Nicholson
Corporal Smith
Smith
Edgar
Wilson
Brown Bomber
Opportunities in Social Work for Postwar Careers
Postwar social work offers growth despite modest starting pay. Salaries range from 1200 to 3200 dollars annually for beginners to experienced workers, with top earners reaching 5000. The field demands emotional stability, tact, imagination, analytical skill, and courage in the face of discouragement. Rural areas increasingly need qualified workers as welfare programs expand nationwide.
Social Work Training and Scholarships Highlighted
An article outlines three levels of social work education from undergraduate to advanced graduate study. It notes scholarships and fellowships across more than two dozen colleges, and lists jobs in child welfare, public assistance, group work, administration, research, and counseling. The piece links fashion to social work and mentions the Conover agency.
War Dogs Bowser to Return Home With Honorable Discharge
The War Department outlines a reentry program for K-9 Corps dogs returning to civilian life. Dogs receive thorough physicals and a certificate of faithful service, and they are readjusted through affectionate post visits. Some dogs are released due to shifting needs, with remaining animals reassigned or discharged as appropriate.
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Bowser
War Department
United States of America
K-9 Corps
Western Newspaper Union
Canneries Will Need Half Million Workers
Washington reports food production in 1944 will require recruiting 500,000 cannery workers across 25 states. Paul V. McNutt, director of the War Manpower Commission, said canned food quotas are larger this year than in 1943.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Flutterbumps and War Hero Photo Collecting Ideas
The text suggests making bow ties from scraps for Dads at picnics, collecting salt and pepper shakers as bric a brac, assembling scrapbooks of war hero pictures, and curating a collection of movie star pictures in uniform. It promotes bridal pictures and dog photos including Lassie Comes Home memorabilia.
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Hollywood
MGM
Lassie
Trixie Teen Warns Against On-Date Beauty Experiments
A teen warns against trying new makeup for big dates. She notes powder base can look peachy at first but may age poorly after dancing. Purplish lipstick may look lush at home but pale under club lighting. Hair goo can shine too much. She advises saving experiments for nights in.
What to Do By Phyllis Belmont
A guide to improving speech and voice tone for better charm. Practice aloud in private, listen to your own voice, and rehearse the desired delivery. Observe others and correct mistakes to refine enunciation and inflection. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
U S Sends Fish Eggs To Peru For Planting Gift
More than half a million fish eggs were airlifted from the United States to Peru. The shipment included 500000 whitefish eggs from the Great Lakes and thousands of lake trout eggs from Michigan to be planted in Lake Titicaca as a gift to the Peruvian government. Extensive experiments tested how the species would adapt to native fish in the world’s highest navigable lake.
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The
United States
Peru
Great Lakes
Michigan
Lake Titicaca
Strategic Cassino Losses Through Wars Highlighted by Geography
Cassino sits 85 miles from Rome on the Rapido valley road to Liri and has a long history of destruction due to its strategic position. From Casinum under Roman rule to Hannibal and later Lombard and Saracen invasions, the site endured earthquakes, ruins of a Roman amphitheater, and the Via Latina nearby. The Benedictine Monte Cassino monastery, destroyed by Allied forces for fortification, housed renowned art and texts before its loss and the abbey’s heritage.
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Cassino
Rome
National Geographic Society
Rapido
Liri
Casinum
Hannibal
Italy
Naples
Mark Antony
Cicero
Monte Cassino
St. Benedict
Minute Make Uns By Gabrielle
A short feature on portable beauty tips from the Ledger Syndicate offering a Minute Mask of vanishing cream to refresh skin during travel. Instructions include tissue removal, makeup application, cream rouge and powder for a rosy mouth and welcoming smile.
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Gabrielle
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Roosevelt’s Jeep Shot Out In Italy With French Army
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, American liaison to the French army, had a jeep blown from beneath him by a shell near the radiator. Shell fragments damaged the vehicle but no one was injured. Roosevelt and his driver continued after patching the radiator.
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Italy
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Lesson Subject and Scripture Texts by International Council
The notice lists lesson subjects and scripture texts selected by the International Council of Religious Education for March 19 and used by permission. The line indicates approved materials for a religious study session.
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International Council of Religious Education
Calvary Meaning and Redeeming Hope in Christ
A devotional sermon reflects on Mark 15 and Isaiah 53, stressing how Christ crucified opens the way to God. It contrasts believers and unbelievers, notes the forsakenness of Jesus, and highlights the veil’s rent granting access to the holiest through Jesus blood.
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Christ
Jesus
Luther
Paradise
God
Holy of Holies
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