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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1943
Page
3
This wartime sketch shows a foldable cot tucked in a hall with a denim skirted cover and a flowered chintz trim. A medicine closet with spool feet and a lighted mirror door provides a compact, practical guest area. The note promotes Book 7 in a home making series costing 15 cents.
U S Army Eighth Air Force mess hall in Northern Ireland runs a waste tight program led by Staff Sergeant Stewart from Hammond Louisiana. Each diner serves themselves but names go in a book if they take more than they eat, with cooks and storage staff focusing on ordering leftovers, proper storage, and salvage of every item to aid the war effort.
A playful column suggests drying seeds from melons squash and fruits to craft necklaces and bracelets. Readers are urged to dye seeds with Easter colors or wear them plainly, pairing with South American or Mexican style blouses and skirts. The piece ends with light humor about rainy weather.
New coast to coast teen lingo spreads through schools and streets. Youths strap corks from bottle caps into crafty gadgets like purses and sweater buttons, making cork zipper bags and decorative pieces while trading slang such as You Me and Up Your Flaps.
A series of scent ideas suggests using perfume in hair rinse water and pillow sachets to create lasting fragrances. It includes applying perfume to gloves and storing them in a sealed box for a forest-like aroma.
A string of odd, humorous lines plays with misdirection and simple exchanges. The narrator riffs on childish impulses and peculiar actions while likening the river to a playful confidant, ending with a cheeky greeting between water and current.
Captain H Wheeler owner of the Casca painted a 40 foot wide dark strip on a Yukon river ice sheet using lampblock oil paint to create a sun driven melt channel. The blackened surface absorbed heat and carved a one foot deep channel shortening navigation ice-bound time by weeks.
Phyllis Belmont advises defense workers still to include a luncheon when hosting Red Cross sewing units. Serve hot cream soup followed by sandwiches on individual trays to save work and keep the gathering informal.
In North Africa the Women's Army Corps handles soldier mail with precise carding. Captain Sol Gershon notes every entering soldier gets a card, and WACs ensure mail follows wounded personnel from hospital to rear to home unit. Card systems streamline forwarding and tracking.
Thousands of tons of battlefield salvage and scrap are being returned to the United States. The War Department reports that ferrous and non ferrous scrap including wrecked weapons and engines are processed to support the war effort. A segregation yard at a port handles growing volumes with May and June shiploads listed, plus repairable airplane engines and other technical items.
A dental guide explains gingivitis as a body disturbance not an inevitable precursor to pyorrhoea and stresses proper treatment. It outlines causes such as faulty contact points and calculus buildup, and prescribes a diet including juices, proteins, vegetables, carbohydrates, and dairy to support gum health.
A medical explanation notes Vincent’s angina involves fusiform bacillus and Vincent’s spirillum found in all cases. Local causes include poor dental hygiene and faulty restorations, while general causes involve vitamin deficiencies B and C and gland substances.
A cheerful description details an apron with a green clover leaf applique. The pattern notes a bit more than half a yard of material for the apron, featuring light and dark dotted or figured fabric.
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