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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
3
OME FRONT: RUTH WETH SPEARS OME FRONT: RUTH WETH SPEARS HERE is a hooked hearth rug that may some day grow up to room size. The piece explains how females in the family have hooked squares from dyed scraps to form a decorative pattern of circles flowers and fruit. It notes a special pattern with beginner directions and references Book 7 in a homemaking series.
Beverly Smith describes the U S Army Air Transport command as a world wide air delivery system delivering planes, men, and material to fronts worldwide. She details rapid expansion from two officers to a vast force and compares ton mile economics to ships while touring an eastern US Air Transport command field transformed from a potato patch to a web of runways and facilities.
Royal Rothes, a young Shorthorn bull from Scotland, arrived in Chicago aboard the Empire Bittern on October 13 amid a rally by the American Shorthorn Breeders Association. Dorothy Bruce and Emily Krahn joined the event featuring Scotch Highlanders and patriotic flags. The group aimed to boost bond sales, pledging $25,000, with the drive projected to triple the bull’s cost to support farm production and meat supply for civilians and military.
Practical kitchen shower tips include shaping invitations from red oilcloth, printing in black, and mailing in large white envelopes labeled kitchen ware. Set the table in the kitchen with dish towels as place mats and create a centerpiece of two strainer balls tied with red bows. Serve a salad in a wooden bowl intended as a gift for the bride.
George T. Howe Jr. aged 21 and his 45-year-old father were inducted together. The son quipped about becoming his father's corporal while the elder Howe said he was thrilled to enlist, and the grandfather sighed at missing younger days.
A compact listing attributes lines to Edna St Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, Helen Hunt Jackson, Louisa May Alcott, and Mary Abigail Dodge known as Gail Hamilton with their birth and death years. The snippet presents a roster of prominent writers from 19th century American letters.
A National Geographic bulletin notes how Miss Muffet's curds and whey symbolize America’s wartime dairy shift. Skim milk surplus disappears as Europe Asia Allies buy evaporated milk and powder while casein is used in textiles plastics and cosmetics.
A 40 year idea becomes viable as casein treated milk fiber is produced for textiles. It is extruded like rayon, forms fine gummy threads, blends with wool rayon cotton mohair and fur, and yields strong dyes and durable fabrics for suits blankets draperies and upholstery. First used in felt hat making replacing rabbit fur.
A collection of practical household pointers. Wash Chamois gloves in water boiled with orange peels to keep color. Use cloth under bowls on tables to steady them. Clean burnt pans by simmering with soda water. Pick up broken glass with damp newsprint to trap shards.
Tis the season for making new ornaments from berries popcorn shells and found items. Gather mountain ash hawthorn bittersweet bayberry and other berries to shellac and string into bells stars dolls and crosses. Create garlands with popcorn seeded with bright enamel and craft mirrors from old cards reflect light with colored bulbs.
A set of five eclectic lines contrasts human resolve with animal memory and courage. Each line offers a compact reflection on pride mortality virtue and persistence using vivid imagery and aphoristic style.
A brief beauty guide extols quick daily routines to improve skin care and appearance. It recommends one minute for cream to reduce lines and dryness, an extra minute to blot lipstick, another to wash eyes with lotion, and one minute to blend rouge for a natural look.
Fireman Mack Hart and William Denver Owens confronted a Negro approaching with a shotgun. He said he would answer his draft board call and declared no army man would give him a gun he cannot shoot, insisting on the weapon as he walked away.
New nationwide draperies made from pressed wood cellulose fibers offer water fast, durable use without laundering. They resist rain, wash easily with cloth, and require simple hemming or shaping with ordinary tools.
Manchester reports farmers and farm workers across Britain have raised $4,000,000 for the Red Cross in two years. The effort reflects broad support from rural communities and laborers contributing to relief work and wartime aid.
The Army Air Forces has opened its largest radio operator mechanics school in Chicago at former Stevens and Congress hotels and the Coliseum. The facility trains radio operators and mechanics for combat duty, with graduates serving on four continents as vital crew members and communicators.
A South Carolina selective service board did not consider a $50 war bond essential. A young man requested 3-A classification arguing he was buying a $50 war bond on installments and purchasing defense stamps. He is now 1-A.
A Chinese proverb recalls the labor behind daily comforts. It urges readers to consider the efforts of those who weave clothes and farm bread for society.
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