Advice on Christmas gifts for service members abroad
Washington instructions from Third Assistant Postmaster General Ramsey S. Black urge mailing Christmas parcels to armed forces outside the continental United States by October. Parcels should be limited to six pounds, shoe-box size, clearly addressed, insured for censorship, and bear suitable holiday messages. No food or clothing. only sturdy boxes and strong wrappers.
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Washington
Continental
United States
Ramsey S. Black
Postal Bulletin
Post Office Department
War and Navy Departments
Alaska
Service
Bulletin
Lights of New York column of L L Stevenson
The column recalls New York city lore from old red brick houses on Fifth Avenue to the Collyer brothers near Harlem and 57th street, noting foreclosure scare and late recovery. It recounts social bits from the Hotel Delmonico Open House to British officers and a nightclub anecdote. The tone matches a nostalgic, lightly humorous column.
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New York
Wendel
Fifth Avenue
39Th Street
Ella Wendel
Collyer
128Th Street
Homer
Langley Collyer
Harlem
Hotel Delmonico
Texas
Small Siren Horn for Air Raids Is Adopted
Washington reports the Office of Civilian Defense adopts a quart sized air horn named the V horn to supplement the big victory siren. It can warn over a quarter square mile and runs from an ordinary filling station compressor. It requires two ounces of steel and about five pounds of cast iron to manufacture and relies on electricity.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Pepper rationing in France restricts pure pepper sale
Vichy enforces mixed pepper purchases as France adjusts August food rations. July and August bread and fat allowances remain similar, with 809 grams of meat monthly. Vegetables and fruit are available but hard to obtain.
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Vichy
France
Enclosures Barred From Air Force Letters
London Ontario post office officials announce that the new armed forces air letters may contain no enclosures of any kind. The form is a combined letter and envelope and absolutely nothing may be enclosed. If an enclosure is found, the letter will be sent by ordinary mail, not by fast air service.
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London
Ont
Post Office
Armed Forces Air
Australian Soldiers Receive Alfalfa Ration Update
Canberra reports Lucerne alfalfa will be mixed into soldiers' food. B. E. Isley, food council chairman, says the nutrition committee recommended lucerne for its high vitamins A and C content.
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Canberra
Australia
B. E. Isley
The
Food Council
Nutrition Committee
Digestive Habits To Prevent Ulcers And Disturbances
A Canadian Medical Association Journal summary outlines daily eating practices to avoid peptic ulcers. Dr Daly advises avoiding coarse fibers, salty or spicy foods, fried dishes, and strong stimulants, plus tender meats and moderate portions. He also urges regular meals, no alcohol, light bedtimes, chewing well, and six small feedings daily.
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Canadian Medical Association
Joseph Daly
Toronto
Daly
Drugs by Mouth And by Injection
A concise medical note explains why physicians use injections for certain drugs. It contrasts immediate blood delivery and greater efficiency of injections with oral dosing, noting reduced digestion impact and the need for higher oral doses. The text cites heart attack and asthma as cases needing rapid relief.
Medicine to develop chest and shaving irritation causes
A reader asks about medicine to develop the chest. an answer notes gland extracts may be used by a physician. The second query on facial irritation after shaving suggests allergy to soaps or creams. try another brand even with quality products.
Book notes critique and wartime reportage roundup
A condensed review roundup discusses Howard K. Smith in Last Train From Berlin and Goebbels' lies, noting editorial attitudes in Naziland. It highlights Sabotage by Benedict Arnold supporters evading law, and urges defense workers to read They Were Expendable. Wallace Carroll foresees postwar European upheaval, while See Here Private Hargrove offers light satire.
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Shirer
Flannery
CBS
Berlin
Howard K. Smith
Knopf
Goebbels
Smith
Naziland
Benedict Arnold Camp
W. L. White
Harcourt, Brace
Wallace Carroll
UP Foreign
Russia
Houghton-Mifflin
Europe
Hargrove
Henry Holt
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected for October 11
A note on the lesson for October 11 lists subjects and Scripture texts chosen and used with permission from the International Council of Religious Education.
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International Council of Religious Education
Loyalty to Christ Lesson Text and Call to Devotion
A sermon on loyalty as a Christian duty drawn from Mark 2 14 17 John 6 66 69 and Philippians 3 7 11. It stresses following Christ faithfulness forsaking worldly status and persevering in faith, with Peter’s confession and Paul’s all out devotion as models.
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Christ
Jesus
Matthew
Levi
God
Peter
Paul
Jesus Christ
Clare Boothe Campaign Prospect Sparks Earthward Aim
Clare Boothe would shake up Congress by cutting windbags from the flying trapeze to the earth and ending demagoguery. Her first speech railed against Franco and Laval and their wish for bad luck. John Mason Brown previews his Insides Out operation. Jolson, fresh from Britain, notes high morale and a Nazi blitz newsreel provoking derisive laughter in London audiences.
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Clare Boothe
Congress
Franco
Laval
John Mason Brown
Jolson
Britain
Public relations on war news and wartime tech in Midway film
The text notes PR executives push for victory stories over routine war updates and hints at peacetime benefits of inventions once secret for war. It also reveals familiar narrators voiced by Henry Fonda and Donald Crisp in The Battle of Midway film.
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Henry Fonda
Donald Crisp
MacArthur backs Garand rifle as top battle arm
In lively anecdotes the article recalls General MacArthur praising the Garand as superior and contrasts various wartime quips. It notes a Fort Dix incident with a private whose father is a Treasury official, and a joking White House sequence where President Roosevelt amiably agrees with differing callers.
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MacArthur
Fort Dix
Pvt
H. Morgenthau
Treasury
Hollywood
The Major and the Minor and Battle of Midway at the Magic Lanterns
The government backed Battle of Midway in color dominates the week with vivid footage of Japanese action. Ginger Rogers appears in pigtails and pinafores in The Major and the Minor, while Ray Milland and R Beaghey provide light relief as audiences laugh.
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Midway
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
R. Beaghley
Break Away Dialogue Sparks Witty Exchange
A playful exchange features a speaker pondering longevity, replying with a sharp taunt about age. The humor hinges on quick banter and a mock challenge to endure aging. The two voices showcase a lighthearted rhythm characteristic of period humor in newspapers.
Seize the Hour Motivational Quote Noted in Tale
A polished old play line urges seizing the moment when fortune smiles and duty points the way, describing a timeless maxim about opportunity and action.
Pull the Trigger on Constipation with Dr Caldwell’s Laxative
The ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin as a stomach friendly remedy for constipation. It claims fast relief and gentle action on bowels, noting doctors use pepsin in prescriptions and that even children enjoy the taste. Get genuine Caldwell's when advised.
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Dr. Caldwell
Fortune's Whim in Brief Affection Ties and Fades
A succinct aphorism by Baltasar Gracian notes that Fortune's favors come with intensity yet endure only briefly, illustrating a paradox of desire and luck. The quote reflects on the transient nature of rewarded favors and the cost of their swift departure.
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Baltasar Gracian
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