Health Of Nation Remains Sound Despite War Strain
The Office of War Information reports civilian health in the United States remains robust despite wartime strain. Dr Thomas Parran cites lower death rates in 1944, continued venereal disease control, and widespread penicillin success, while warning of physician shortages and mental health challenges among veterans and civilians alike.
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America
Office of War Information
Public Health Service
War Manpower Commission
Bureau of the Census
War and Navy Departments
Thomas Parran
United States
Pacific Islands
Army
Navy
Germany
Japan
Gay Gadgets Footwear Fads Stir School Style Buzz
A playful survey of shoe trends and quirky fashion notes at a student event. It highlights black suede loafers, stocking hacks, midriff socks, embroidered year numbers, ankle bells, and flirtatious banter among girls.
Expressive slang prompts and playful coinages noted
A compact note feigns instruction on new expressive phrases and slangy terms. It playfully urges trying them between classes and hints at social media gossips, drips, and youthful jargon without formal guidance.
Southern Hospitality For A Easygoing Date Night
Do you act as if your house is on fire when your date arrives. Before he steps inside you ask where to go and rush him past parents. Relax and let him propose the evening. Dust off old southern charm and good times await at home.
Urgent Rural Health Plan Proposed for Postwar Era
Dr. Parran outlines a nationwide system of base and district hospitals with medical schools, nursing schools, and regional industrial hygiene units. He calls for expanded public health nursing, infant and maternal clinics, venereal disease care, tuberculosis programs, child dental clinics, and nutrition services.
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Parrau
United States
Parran
Tavern Checks Hats For Owners at War
In a Chicago north side tavern 328 hats await owners home from war. The for the duration hat check began in 1942 when Sgt. Reid Ratcliffe, now in France, left his three brothers to run the Ranger Inn and hang up his hat.
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Chicago
Reid Ratcliffe
France
Ranger Inn
G.I
Rocky Trail in Burma Forces Boots for Army Dogs
A stretch of jungle march in northern Burma forces care for K9 dogs. Air evacuation ferries out injured canines while Sgt Clifton Holland from Ross Texas fits the remaining dogs with soft leather shoes to protect their feet during the 200 mile trek.
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Mystkyina
Burma
United States Mars Task Force
Rocky Mountain
Clifton Holland
Ross
Texas
Sewing Circle Pattern No 8767 for sizes 12 to 42
Pattern No 8767 designed for sizes 12 14 16 18 20 40 and 42. Size 14 dress needs 3 yards of 35 or 39 inch material and jacket with short sleeves requires 15% more yards. Due to high demand and wartime conditions some delay in filling orders for popular patterns.
Deadly Flame Throwers Safer Fire One Throttle 60 Yard Range
The flame throwers used by American soldiers were made more deadly and safer to operate by a battlefield jelly fuel. The jelly is made by stirring powder into motor fuel, producing a cohesive stream that sticks to and ignites any burnable material. It can be fired through small openings like tank slits and pillbox crevices at about 60 yards.
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Collier’s
Sewing Circle Pattern Request Enclosure 25 Cents
Pattern dept at 530 South Wells Street Chicago requests 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Four sizes available.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Signet Ring Linked to Disasters From 1833 to Versailles
The famous signet ring of Karl Naun dorf, linked to his exile after a 1833 throne struggle, passed to Jules Favre who used it to seal the 1871 armistice with Prussia. Favre later gave it to Clemenceau whose hands saw the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, a sequence deemed ill fated by Collier's.
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Karl Naundorff
Collier's
Jules Favre
Favre
Clemenceau
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