Red Army Band and Soviet Life in Novosibirsk
A vivid travelogue recounts the Red Army band aboard a boat, cultural exchanges with Russians, and a factory tour at Lenin Optical Plant No. 69. It details travel permits, dining banquets, and a farewell toast, then shifts to a analysis of the Soviet Communist Party and Russian governance, noting party membership, leadership, public opinion, and postwar aims.
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Red Army
Russia
Mike
Dacha
Bob Magidov
Associated Press
Lenin Optical Plant
Leningrad
Tammany
Zeiss
Germany
Komsomol
Eric
Moscow
Urals
Mike Kalugin
Magidov
Novosibirsk
Siberian
Soviet Union
Traiors
Communist Party
America
Marshal Stalin
Red Guards
Wrarshar
Johnston
Bolshevik Party
Marx
Genghis Khan
Komsomols
Young Communist League
Joseph Stilin
Lenin
Zinoviev
Kaminev
Bukharin
Trotsky
Stalin
Kremlin
Tne
1917
Gallup
Change from Want to Do Brightens Women’s Lives
Kathleen Norris urges women to replace a negative view with a clear plan of what they want. A reader’s letter describes a family escaping debt and achieving independence by focusing on goals. Separate piece notes colleges bar women from study as veterans return, urging access for female students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Miller
Tess
Koh-i-noor
A New Attitude Toward Life and Marriage
The article notes many women feel dissatisfied and contrasts a complaining letter with a couple who followed Miss Norris advice. After adopting the plan, the family moved toward debt freedom and later bought a small country home, illustrating attitude changes improving happiness.
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Miss Norris
Graceful Frock Pattern No. 8979 in multiple sizes
A simple graceful frock designed for a wide size range with extended shoulders and a slim waist. The panelled skirt falls straight and a novelty button finish completes the look. Pattern No. 8979 available in sizes 14 16 18 20 40 42 and 44. Size 16 requires 354 yards of 35 inch material.
Biggest Loafer in Japan Baked into English Sign
An amusing note from postwar Japan features a tradesman sign reading A. Kashinaru Biggest Loafer in Japan. The sign, seen by Allied occupiers, highlights a baker's storefront and the playful mistranslation of English.
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Japan
A. Kashinaru
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W. L. White
Europe
Baltic States
Poland
Curzon Line
Finland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Kathleen Norris
By Kathleen Norris
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