Carol Coburn Returns North To Teach Indian School
Alaska born Carol Coburn arrives to teach Indian pupils at Matanuska but finds no home, moving into an abandoned shack. With help from Sock-Eye Schlupp and Doctor Ruddock, she rebuilds a life in the frontier, awaiting a dramatic encounter with Barbara Trumbull and a looming marriage to Sidney Lander.
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Carol Coburn
Eric
the Red
Lander
Trumbull Company
Coburn
Trumbull
Sockeye Schlupp
Carol
Matanuska
Barbara Trumbull
Anchorage
Sidney Lander
Sidney
Audrey
John Trumbull
Wee Trumbull
Matanuska Valley Teaches Resourcefulness in Hard Frontier Life
In the Matanuska valley the narrator recalls a harsh yet rich frontier, where soil yields prodigious crops and coal lies beneath. The region’s sparse homesteads, uncertain markets, and seasonal work forge resilience, with frontier life proving the mother of invention as settlers improvise tools like a water pall from a discarded gasoline can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matanuska
Old Sock-Eye
Sam Bryson
Sidney Lander
Valley
Soil Elements Vital Factor By Dr Albrecht
A Missouri university soils expert urges Americans to study soil chemistry like other tech fields. He outlines calcium, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash roles in plant protein, growth, and disease resistance, noting these nutrients are being depleted and must be managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Albrecht
Department of Soils
University Missouri
USDA to Buy Cheese on Wisconsin Exchange
The Agriculture Department will buy cheese through the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange at Plymouth to supplement bids from manufacturers. Purchases since March 15 total over 46.7 million pounds, mainly large styles for export, with prices around 22 to 23 cents per pound.
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Plymouth
Wis
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Department
Red Cross
Cornell Establishes First School of Nutrition
A school of nutrition, claimed as the first of its kind, has been founded at Cornell University with five colleges cooperating to offer instruction. The nation's poultry industry shows an unusually favorable trend in June, producing over 4,000,000,000 eggs, the industry's largest monthly total since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
Minute Man statue and civic defense roles noted
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the Minute Man sculpture by Daniel Chester French, its dedication in Concord in 1875, and the wartime civilian defense effort. She also reviews The Forgotten Village film by Steinbeck, praises medical relief in remote Mexican villages, and references a Pensacola housing project for African Americans with emphasis on civic education and community life.
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Defense Bonds
Daniel Chester French
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D. C
William Penn Cresson
Art Museum
Concord
Mass
New England
President Grant
Washington
Longfellow
Lowell
George William Curtis
Emerson
John Steinbeck
Hans Eisler
Mexico
Private Papers of a Cub Reporter Eddie Dowling Memoir
The piece recalls Eddie Dowling in White House circles with Broadway stars like Giovanni the pickpocket. Roosevelt jokes about gun safety and authority hint at Secret Service limits. It also notes historians errors after a Roosevelt Churchill meeting and teases upcoming books by John Gunther and Mack Gordon.
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Eddie Dowling
Eddie
White House
Giovanni
Secret Service
Nh-nh
FDR
Dowling
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Winston
Washington
Averill Harriman
New York
Averil Harriman
New York Heartbeat The Big Parade in Moving Cosmos
A playful urban montage features Nancy Kelly of the Moom-Pitchers strutting Madison Ave in a vegetable garment, Ingrid Bergman feeding park pigeons, Jay Kaufman quoting Beatrice Lillie canceling visits, Pancho the Riviera maestro discussing a draftee who dodged deferment by convincing a medic everything looked blurred, and a comical bus query after a movie.
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New York
Nancy Kelly
Madison Ave
Ingrid Bergman
Gamin
Pancho
Riviera
Memos and Musings From a Midnight World
A roundup of notes on film stage and radio hints. Woollcott to play himself in Babes in Arms with Rooney and Garland. Harper’s to publish Jay Allen’s first book in six weeks. Ed Murrow to return from London mid November. Procope readies Finland’s White Paper this month. A new Miami gambling syndicate feared this season. Feller eyeing October draft. ZaSu Pitts linked to Disney hit Dumbo. Broadway Byron reports on Ben Bernie CBS return. Paul Ash proposes scrapping old license plates for metal. 31 million cars registered last year yielding about 62 million pounds potential metal.
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A. Woollcott
Rooney
Garland
Harper’s
Jay Allen
Hitler
Ed Murrow
London
Shirer
Hjalmar Procope
Finland
Procope
Miami
Bob Feller
Broadway
Ben Bernie
CBS
Mr. Wrigley
Ben
Choongum
Paul Ash
Gov't
Parsley Easier to Cut When Washed in Hot Water
A compact kitchen tip notes parsley cuts more cleanly after hot water wash. It also suggests renovating a soiled couch with paint in desired color, two coats usually needed, and that spices stay flavorful when kept in a cool covered pan. A quick salad idea uses sliced tomatoes with dressing, sardines, chopped pickles and olives on shredded lettuce.
Soldiers Prefer Camels and Prince Albert as Service Gifts
Surveys of service members reveal cigarettes and tobacco head the list of preferred gifts. Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard stores report Camel as the top selling cigarette with Prince Albert in high regard as the National Joy Smoke. A carton of Camels or a pound tin of Prince Albert is welcomed, especially near month end, with local dealers promoting these brands as ideal gifts for men in the service.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Prince Albert
Adv
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Sock-Eye
Alaska
Joseph
Juneau
Chapter
USDA
Wisconsin
Eleanor Roosevelt
Women IN Defense
Pensacola
Fla
John Gunther
Latin America
M. Schuster
Mack Gordon
Gordon
Louise Atwill
Byron
Wetounda
Henry Mill
WaRto
ATIC
Horatius Bonar
Lacie Pinkham
Pinkham
Howell
Doan
Doans
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