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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1943
Page
3
A playful piece describes fun lapel crafts for kids and adults. Ideas include fish flies lapel gadgets, a colorful cactus in a celluloid thimble, egg shells decorated as funny faces, and eggs resembling war figures to promote war stamp sales. It also suggests typing soldiers on pages and scrap happy designs from printed fabrics to decorate stationery.
Readers are advised to save for war stamps and try simple border ideas to craft letters for servicemen. The piece suggests affordable ways to elevate ordinary writing paper into a more refined, individually styled stationery.
American forces in India built an improvised bakery to supply bread to 20,000 men daily. Workers used salvaged oil cans as bread pans and blended 40 percent American flour with 60 percent local flour to achieve acceptable taste. A second bakery is planned at another base port miles away.
The note suggests practical gifts for a woman entering military service. It favors a tailored slip or nylon hosiery suitable for uniform wear, noting the need for non ironing items. If uncertain, sending money is advised so she can purchase what she truly wants.
Roosevelt endorses the 13th Religious Education week from Sept 26 to Oct 3 in a letter to Dr Roy G Ross of Chicago. Hoover Langlie and other leaders back the event, urging youth education, church outreach, and community building across the United States and Canada.
Chicago report details the USO circulating library system with over 15 million books in transit. Servicemen and servicewomen borrow on the go, depositing reads at depots and exchanging via routes from Philadelphia to Kansas City and San Francisco, ensuring constant availability and minimal returns.
Western Newspaper Union notes Giants manager Ott facing boos as New York sinks in the National League. Ott admits no replacement and blames the front office for weak team construction amid a declining Polo Grounds crowd and broader league downturn.
Henry Armstrong known as Henry Jackson, ring name from a St. Louis friend. Notes Louisville’s 1889 26-game skid. Cleveland unique among majors for bat boy outfits. George Bird and Hillyard Bird noted in Pennsylvania. 1943 tackles referenced. Roxie Lawson, former Tiger pitcher, recruiting for Navy.
Young homemakers transform junk furniture for remodeling. A 40-year-old buffet is reborn as a chest under a window in a sewing and guest room. The article notes sanding varnish, filling screw holes, and using putty or plastic wood. It mentions future sketches and additional DIY projects from odds and ends.
The article notes Camel cigarettes are the favorite among Navy Army Marines and Coast Guard based on sales records from service stores. It mentions Camels as a popular gift and that shipments to overseas soldiers face Post Office restrictions, but Camels can still be sent within the United States to service members.
A reader letter praises Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural remedy for constipation. It explains that the bran provides cellulose to encourage friendly gut flora, aiding regularity without harsh laxatives. The ad urges regular use and water intake, noting genuine All-Bran is produced in Battle Creek.
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