Mr Winkle Goes to War in a Small Town Tale
Forty four year old Wilbert Winkle runs a repair shop behind his home and is called 1 A. He tells his wife Amy and heads to Camp Squibb a thousand miles away where he meets Mr Tinker who seeks vengeance for a nephew killed at Pearl Harbor. He returns home on furlough before both men head back toward embarkation.
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Wilbert Winkle
Amy
Mr. Winkle
Camp Squibb
Mr. Tinker
Pearl Harbor
Penelope
Mr Pinker
Tinker
Mr Winkle
Pop
Army
Australia
The
Solomons
Hawaii
Winkle
New Guinea
Pacific Ocean
Freddie
Alphabet
Jack
Winkle Joins Warbound Voyage Aboard a Troop Ship
On a crowded troopship Mr. Winkle and fellow soldiers depart to war. They endure drills on deck, bunkless quarters, and the camaraderie of Tinker and the Springville crew. Anxiety blends with resolve as a patrol split from the convoy signals imminent action.
Changing View of Women in Saloons and Its Dangers
Kathleen Norris argues that bars and roadhouses attract women and girls, harming futures and family life. She cites mothers fearing loss of virtue, noting 14 and 15 year olds exposed to danger, and warns the public may push for prohibition to protect womanhood.
Grave Peril at Roadhouse Entry Ends in Scarring
A 15 year old girl Angela attends a road house with school friends where a party leads to danger after adults arrange a visit to a studio. Angela’s mother condemns the incident as destroying her child’s body and soul and ruining her prospects of an honorable life.
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Angela
Stay in High School Encouragement for Returning Teens
A wartime drop of one million in high school enrollment underscores the need to urge teens back to school. Many jobs held by high school students are nonessential, so communities should develop better part time school and work programs to draw them back to education and preparation for constructive work.
Needlework Pattern 933 for Doll and Clothing Transfer
Transfer pattern 933 provides complete directions for decorating a doll and its clothes. Includes instructions for transferring designs and finishing touches for a neat, coordinated look.
Quiz questions from a General Knowledge segment
A collection of ten trivia prompts asks about a unanimous presidential electoral vote the brilliancy of stars in astronomy the plural of madame the vice president under Coolidge masculine and feminine wood nymphs a state named for Ute Indians who laid the Capitol corner stone the meaning of pantheon the Plumed Knight in U S political history and the definition of paraphrase
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United States
Calvin Coolidge
U. S Capitol
Plumed Knight
Answers to Ten Trivia Prompts
Yea George Washington Magnitude Mmes for mesdames There was no vice president Masculine satyr feminine dryad Utah George Washington A temple of all the gods James G Blaine Repetition of a statement in different words
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Yea
George Washington
Mmes
Dryad
Utah
Temple of All the Gods
James G. Blaine
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen to Germany
An Irish song often heard on programs has no Gaelic link. It was written about 70 years ago by American composer Thomas Westendorf as a vow to his wife Kathleen to return her to her old German home.
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Kathleen
Thomas Westendorf
Germany
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Mr. Tink
New Zealand
India
Czeiceskrowski
Sii
Goodby
Tare
By Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate
WNN
Sewing
Sewing Circle Needlecraft
San Francisco
Calif
Lavseaaeen
Ata Ai Ky
Ben-Ga' Dey
BSC DU Ory
Uae
Milo Ben-Gay
North Africa
Aetlan
B. F. Goodrich
Tai
Begoodrich
Busuel
Bottis
Sonewriters
Hollywood Sheet Music
Nordyke Publishing Company
Nordyes Sul Iding
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
California
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