Hundred Percent War Work
Robert St John describes volunteering in a British munitions factory to aid wartime production and shares reflections on the demand for total war. He details long hours, news gathering, lectures for troops, and the daily grit of workers, stressing collective sacrifice and the need for universal effort.
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WNU
Core
London
Chicago
Philippines
Europe
Romania
Gestapo
Balkans
Poland
America
Britain
Messerschmitt
Greece
Ministry of Labor
Fot
England
Rural Folk Rally to Sorghum Boiling in Sugar Ration Year
In North Carolina many farmers and rural families prepare sorghum as sugar rationing tightens supplies. Oxen and presses, home cooked syrup, and revived old recipes revive memories of pre refinery days. Sorghum syrup cleverly sweetens biscuits and breads, with recipes and examples of how to store and cook using this traditional crop.
Long Sweetenin Time in Carolina Sorghum Press
Round and round treads the mule turning the press that grinds juice from sorghum reeds. Syrup aids Tar Heel farms during sugar shortages. Sorghum is boiled down, skimmed, and stored in jars or kegs for household use by the whole family.
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Dobbin
North Carolina
Carolina
War research urged as vital to national war effort
Dr. A W Gauger of Pennsylvania State College council on research argues that university research is essential to the war effort. He says inventive minds speed production of materials and processing methods and that cooperative research shortens the war. He urges colleges to pursue untrodden fields to keep knowledge alive for national policy.
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A. W. Gauger
Pennsylvania State College Council On Research
Gauger
Sam
Minute Make- Ups By Gabrielle
A short feature describes brushing hair with fragrance and tonics, rolling sections on cosmetic wads, pinning close to the head, and using a net or veil to create deep fragrant waves. The longer you leave it up, the deeper the wave becomes. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Who Said This Quiz 19th Century Thoughts
Five famous aphorisms are presented to identify their authors. Justice as earth’s interest, a fireside as opiate, writings revealing character, life’s aim as action, and a movement as departure from old norms. Determine speakers from the clues.
Army ordnance allocations rise to billions daily
Washington reports war department orders for army materiel totaling about 20.66 million dollars daily over five weeks. At 717.42 dollars per second, eight hours of work yield 2.58 million dollars per hour and 42,145 dollars per minute. The 1,200 item program includes ammunition, small arms, artillery, tanks, control devices, and signaling pyrotechnics. Total early war spending hits 12.643 billion dollars, exceeding World War I levels by more than 5 billion, with allied allocations included.
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Washington
Army Ordnance
War Department
U. S
Sea Gull Cricket Eaters Now Have Taste for Fish
SALT LAKE CITY Officials say the city sea gulls are on probation for failing to uphold their ancestors dignity after stripping goldfish from the Sea Gull monument pool. The pool will be restocked to tempt the birds to again honor the gulls who saved Utah pioneers crops from a 1847 cricket invasion.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Halloween party games you can try this year
A collection of simple Halloween party games for all ages. Bean guessing, apple bobbing style challenges, charades on superstitions, and a passing story around a circle with escalating actions. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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Ters
P.S
Western Newspaper Union
Py. Baron
L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Fire Prevention Every Day in Rural America
Wartime farm safety urged by Rutgers expert W C Krueger on National Fire Prevention Week. He stresses daily prevention, proper lightning rods, and vigilance to protect farms from lightning and hay storage fires reducing losses and aiding the war effort.
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W. C. Krueger
Rutgers University
Krueger
What to Do By PHYLLIS BELMO
Daily home care tips emphasize maintaining appliances, floors, and furnishings. Clear advice covers cleaning carpets and vacuums, defrosting and washing refrigerators, servicing washing machines and ranges, waxing floors, cleaning screens with kerosene, polishing and rotating furniture, and airing cushions to prevent wear.
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Phyllis Belmo
Swank Pool Belonging to Copa Club Sought by Bert Williams
A swimmer Bert Williams of Washington DC seeks the Beverly Hills Copa Club Swank swimming pool. He asks anyone who finds it to report back. Williams is noted as active in 1940 and 1941.
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Copa Club
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bert Williams
Washington, D. C
Growth in Grace and Christian Growth Discussion
Growth in grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ is urged as a normal expectation for Christians. The message outlines natural child growth and spiritual growth, urging parents to guide development and believers to cultivate virtue knowledge self control patience godliness and brotherly kindness, leading to fruitful lives in Christ.
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Peter Golden
Jesus Christ
Peter
Christ
God
Satan
House of God
Notable 19th Century Thinkers Across Law, Literature, Science
A list of prominent figures with lifespans and roles: Daniel Webster 1782-1852, Leigh Hunt 1784-1859, Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-1895, and Frank Moore Colby 1865-1925, highlighting their contributions to rhetoric, philosophy, science, and journalism.
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Daniel Webster
Leigh Hunt
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Henry Huxley
Grantland Rice Questions Conn and Louis On Army Fight
Grantland Rice talked with Private Billy Conn and Sergeant Joe Louis about how each contender feels ahead of their army relief benefit bout. He sought candid views and reflections on preparation, strategy, and the stakes of the charity event.
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Grantland Rice
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Rice
Man on escalator apologizes after collision at department store
In a busy metropolis department store a man hurried onto a moving staircase and tried to walk down an escalator. His foot slipped, sending him toward the bottom where he collided with a package-laden woman. They tumbled. she sat on him dazed as he apologized.
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Metropolis
Ain't It God What Is a Buccaneer Price for Corn
A clipped exchange hints at a buccaneer term used satirically to condemn high corn prices. The fragment suggests discontent with price gouging or demand in the market. No clear date or named entities are identifiable in the readable text.
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Grandfather Mountain
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America IN Action
Abbie Condit
Mary Jones
Williams
Frank Moore Colby
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Louis
Council of Religious Education
E. F. Schafer Mfg. Company
East Berry
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Thomas Jefferson
T. B. Macaulay
Lydia E
Pinkham
Pitt
Nature
Kider
Dean
Doan
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