Red Cross links Army with families through care and aid
Telegrams to soldiers highlight Red Cross help for those at home and in camps. Since 1905 Congress named the Red Cross the official connection between servicemen and families, acting as trouble shooter and worry buster. Local chapters coordinate updates, furloughs, and support to ensure soldiers stay informed and supported.
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Washington
Red Cross
O. K
Pete
Sam
Army
Navy
Congress
The
Chapeters
Armed Forces
United States Army
Daisy Bacon Readin est Woman Leads Three Magazines
Daisy Bacon edited three national magazines and the all fiction weekly. She reads about 1,000,000 words weekly to select print. she designs her own clothes and keeps around 200 cat figurines on her desk. Her Westward vacations and lineage to William Bradford and Sir Francis Bacon round out her profile.
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New York
Daisy Bacon
Miss Bacon
Fifth Avenue
Gov
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Sir Francis Bacon
West
John Holbrook
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Deaccon
Vermont
Hoosier Couplets Reach Braille Readers in Indiana
Indiana writer Arthur H. Ortmeyer expands Hoosier Homespun into braille with Life Lines, distributed by the state library. Free postage is provided for braille publications nationwide, with Alabama and Mississippi libraries seeking rights and Library of Congress planning soon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Arthur H. Ortmeyer
Indianapolis News
Indiana State
Post Office
Book “Life
Alabama
Mississippi
Library of Congress
Ortmeyer
Wright Cadet Follows Wright Family Flight Path at Maxwell Field
Cadet Richard M. Wright from Richmond Indiana appears set to board at Maxwell Field Alabama where his famed Wright cousins once ran a flying school. Wright is enrolled in the Pilot Replacement wing and must complete a five week training course before entry into flying school.
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Richard M. Wright
Richmond
Ind
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Maxwell Field
Ala
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Wright
Spaghetti hearing and government noodles debate
Public discourse mocks a McNutt led barrage over a US Food and Drug board spaghetti inquiry. The piece lampoons government control of pasta shapes while noting policy aims to protect consumers, with jokes about vermicelli and macaroni regulation.
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Federal Security Administration
Federal Security
Paul V. McNutt
Hitler
Mussolini
America
Washington
Inflation, rationing and the path to total war economy
The piece argues inflation arises from government wartime spending and wage boosts, urging alternatives from stricter rationing to price controls. It cites John Doe’s $142 annual interest as a symbol of national debt and calls for labor capital partnership and wary lessons from England’s rationing and bootlegging.
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Priorities Board
England
John Doe
Congress
John
United States
London
Rural Folks Go to Church
Rural Americans account for 72 percent of U S Sunday schools in communities under 2 500 population while urban churches average 210 in attendance to rural 65 The nationwide average is 114 with 36 Protestant denominations operating 160 430 schools and a total pupil enrollment of 20 772 141 Dr Mary Leigh Palmer associate director of leadership education released the findings
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Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
United States
International Council
Mary Leigh Palmer
Leadership Education
Council
U. S
Practical Job Hunters Teach Selves Shorthand
A 32 page booklet offers 18 step by step lessons in Pitman shorthand with exercises and short forms for home study. Daily practice should fit you for nicely paid work and an employer will value a candidate who can demonstrate shorthand ability. Send your order to the specified address.
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Pitman
Quote by Ibsen on courage and freedom
A compact reflection states one should avoid foppish dress when fighting for freedom. It emphasizes practicality and resolve over appearance in the struggle for liberty.
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Ibsen
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Duluth
J. H. Niles
Guters
Berlin
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Wye
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Cal
Jim Farley
Jim
Selves
Sixth Avenue
New York City
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Carrie
Helleggs Pep
Arrowsmith
Doan
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