UNRRA a Transitional World Relief Plan Backed by 44 Nations
The UNRRA program, funded by 44 nations led by the United States, aims to restore normalcy after World War II with a simple principle of justice. Nations with resources contribute 1 percent of their 1943 GNI, while poorer or war-damaged states receive aid in drachmas to be spent domestically, supporting rebuilding and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Europe
America
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Congress
Butt
UNRRA
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Vandenberg
Ohio
France
Holland
Belgium
Norway
Greece
Prnternor Lehmann
ANRRA
UNRBA
Lfe
du Pont
Connecticut Avenue
Salisbury
Washington
Australians Like Americans We Meet In War Bond
Americans find Australians resemble home folks through wartime exchanges. The piece notes Torres 1606, Australian landforms, climate, and food shortages under war, detailing farm labor, equipment, livestock, and austerity measures from 1942, with emphasis on shared forthrightness and ruggedness.
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Elliott Pine
Union
Virginia
New Guinea
Australia
Torres
U. S. Army
Japan
States
Western States
U. S
Americans and Australians Grow Friendly in War Bonds
The piece notes strong social ties between Americans and Australians and reports crowds, pay differentials, romances, and cultural contrasts. Australian women find Americans courteous, while local customs and Sunday restrictions shape social life. future migration to Australia is discussed amid wartime effects.
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U. S
America
New Zealand
Australia
U.S
Big Island
San Francisco
Curtin
Briefs on aging trucks nylon heat and juvenile case rise
The report notes 19 percent of trucks are at least 10 years old and 8 percent exceed 11 years. Nylon offers high service temperature near 275 degrees F aiding war use. Marines rely on trained dogs when phone wires are cut. Juvenile delinquency cases disposed by representative courts rose 31 percent in 1943 from 1942 per Katherine Lenroot of the Children's Bureau U S Department of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine F. Lenroot
Children's Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Navy Couple Weds in Armadale Australia Our Lady of Lourdes
Chief Petty Officer Lowell Rudy and Miss Alice Drew united in a formal Armadale wedding at Our Lady of Lourdes church two weeks after his arrival. Attendants were Petty Officer Waldo Gustafson and Miss Lila Drew.
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Australia
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Armadale
Lowell Rudy
Alice Drew
Ofiter
Waldo Gustafson
U. S. Navy
Lila Drew
Things New Yorkers Never Knew About New York
A quirky tour lists oddities across the city from a 600 resident Indian community to a lighthouse at Fort Washington Point. It notes notes on streets changing names north of 59th Street, stock exchange quirks, a 90 ton vault door at the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Bowery Diamond market amid poverty.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Front Street
Manhattan
Fort Washington Point
Nassau Street
Tenth Street
Second Avenue
B'way
190Th Street
Sheridan Square
Battery Park
Wall Street
59Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Central Park West
Ninth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
West End Avenue
New_York
Dept. of Welfare
Woodlawn Cemetery
Hudson
Public
RCA
Gov't
Radio City
Carnegie Hall
New York Central
Quaint wooden duck and duckling wall decor pattern
Wp APPY describes a versatile birg figure over 13 inches tall with ducklings, cut from scraps for toys weather vanes or lawn decor. The note offers an actual size pattern 253 with full directions color guide for applique work and wheel barrow pattern, price 15 cents, Mrs Spears address.
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Appy
Happy
Wake up with lemon juice and water, a healthy wake-up drink
A reader is urged to quit harsh laxatives and adopt a morning habit of drinking the juice of one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water on an empty stomach. The note touts lemons as rich in vitamin C plus B and P, claiming they boost digestion and immune resistance.
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Sunkist
California
Sunkist Mons
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Morse Salisbury
Department of Agriculture
Herbert Lehmann
Lehmann
White House
Atlantic City
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Adelaide
Pvt
Albert Minarik
Milwaukee
Wis
Jasperoo Dempsey
Continental
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Rances Cox
Lily Fucci
Commonwealth
Baukhage
Federal Reserve Bank
Police Dept
LaGuardia
Weather Bureau
Broadway
Lexington
47Th
49Th Streets
73Rd Street
Riverside Drive
Charles M. Schwab
NBC
Brooklyn Bridge
Fifth Avenue
Mohammed Ali
Bowery
Ruth WY
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
Andee
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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