Invasion of Adano opens with bells and a wary welcome
American Major Joppolo arrives in Adano with MP Sergeant Borth to assess needs. He meets locals including Giuseppe the interpreter and two Italian businessmen. They discuss food shortages and urge restoring the town bell, a symbol of history, as the first priority amid occupation and warning of Fascist remnants.
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Italy
Adlano
Victor Joppolo
Brooklyn
New Yorks
Leonard Borth
M.P
Adana
Barth
Major_Joppolo
Joppolo
Borth
Zito
Piazza San Angelo
Mussolini
Major Joppolo
Duce
Cleveland
Ohio
Buffalo
States
Ribaudo
Ribaudo Giuseppe
Just & Joe
Giuseppe
Cacopardo
Craxi
America
New Yor
Adano
San Angelo
San Sebastiano
Peconmttis
Pietro of
Aragona
Lucio de Ani
Modica
Roberto
Naples
Targout
Church of San Angelo
Modern Woman and the War Time Moral Debate
Kathleen Norris argues women must choose to be takers or givers as America faces wartime pressures. She cites a letter from Pvt Bates McVayne showing domestic breakdown and urges restoring faith hope and charity at home to heal national and global ills.
Practical Pinafore Pattern for Little Girl
Sewing circle notice offers pattern 844 with two pinafore motifs printed transfer of 12 motifs in 144 by 6 by 94 inches. Includes directions and stitches. Send your order to the stated address for purchase.
Bitter Homecoming Strains Soldier's Return
Bates Vayne faces heartbreak as his wife’s infidelity and his mother and sisters’ rejection complicate a much hoped for reunion. A baby daughter was born during his absence, and the other man presses for a divorce with payment. Bates laments he has no home or family to return to.
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Pvt
Bates McVayne
Pacific
Marylin
Bates cVayne
Bates
Famous Paintings Split and Sold as Separate Works
Collier's notes that many great oil paintings were cut in two and sold separately by greedy dealers to unsuspecting collectors. A London exhibition showed the two halves of The Finding of Moses by Tiepolo side by side, illustrating the practice. Sculpture has likewise been split, such as the Lemnian Athena with parts in Bologna and Dresden.
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Collier's
Moses
Tiepolo
London
Athena Io Bologna
Dresden
Practical home tips from old kitchen and repair guide
A collection of domestic hints covers cooking asparagus in a percolator, stiffening starch with epsom salts, protecting rubber heels with felt, crushing pills with spoons, repairing fiber mats, storing round containers for air flow, securing broom covers, washing linen towels, choosing unbleached stock, using linen rayon blends, reinforcing rubber gloves with cotton, and sealing jar leaks with melted paraffin wax.
Odd Fishing Method Uses Remora To Harpoon Large Fish
An unusual fishing method among 150 described uses a remora, a 12 inch tropical fish. The remora attaches to sharks and other large fish via a suction disc on its head and is tethered by a line to its master.
Berry Season Signals Fresh Harvest in Home Kitchen
Berry season brings ripe blackberries and dewberries in peak color. Plan to can or use soon as quality berries spoil quickly. Three quarters cup berries equal a medium apple in value while berry juice yields fine summer beverages.
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John Herse
C.I.C
Kathleen Norris
By Kathleen Norris
China
Europe
Red Cross
Kingdom of God
Sewing
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
San Francisco
Calif
SCM Citmert
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Begoodrich
Colar
Bry
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