Air Corps Tests New Food Ration On Desert Hike
A 14 man Wright Field expedition completed a 100 mile desert hike in New Mexico to test a 3500 calorie emergency ration from the Chicago Quartermaster subsistence lab. The plan centers on pemmican biscuits plus crackers and candy, with coffee and bouillon usable without heat.
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Air Corps
Dayton
Ohio
New Mexico
Wright Field
Army Air Corps Test and Research Center
Quartermasters Subsistence Laboratory
Chicago
Panama
Alaska
Maj
D. B. Dill
Albuquerque
N. M
Army Base
Desert
Major Dill
U. S. Army Air Corps
Land Use Plans Urged for Defense Era Agriculture
Washington reports state land use planning committees urge integration of agriculture with defense needs via decentralization of defense industries and coordinated marketing. They back a unified national health and nutrition program, hot lunch for schoolchildren, expanded rural services, and guidance for rural youth. Postwar aims include rural works programs, restraint on cropland expansion, and support for family farms as defense winds down.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
National Defense
Claude R. Wickard
Western Hemisphere
Defense workers avoid flashy clothes in Chicago firms
In Chicago the Merchandise Mart reports defense industry workers dress conservatively, steering clear of flamboyant street wear and pricey shirts unlike World War I era norms. Restraint guides both formal and work attire as firms handle men's furnishings.
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Chicago
Ill
Uncle Sam
Merchandise Mart
Woman's Place In a Democracy Forum Opens in Missouri
Columbia MO November 6 marks a three day Stephens College forum on the American woman and her responsibilities as a citizen in a democracy. James Madison Wood says three factors finances health and character shape family success and argues for broader practical education for women.
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Columbia
Stephens College
James Madison Wood
New York Buzzes Over Ruth Price and Broadway Parables
The piece surveys money talks in Hollywood and New York. It notes Babe Ruth commanding about 25000 for Gehrig biopic, Jimmy Walker eyed for a New York racetrack, and MGM planning Best Foot Forward with Mickey and Judy. It also lampoons postwar culture and Broadway life with witty asides on editors, wardens, and the dazzle of the Great White Way.
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Gehrig
Jimmy Walker
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Judy
Life
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Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
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New York
Bowery
Hollywood Gossips and Film News From Virginia Vale
Nova notes report long kiss record set by ANE WYMAN Regis Toomey in Warner Bros You're in the Army Now. Highlights include John Garfield possibly in Humoresque, Fred MacMurray filming The Lady Is Willing, and Marlene Dietrich guarding $500,000 in gems in Mr Bug Goes to Town.
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Ane Wyman
Regis Toomey
Warner Bros
Ann Sheridan
George Brent
Jane
Regis
Donald McBride
Alma Rubens
Vera Gordon
Gaston Glass
John Garfield
Columbia
Marlene Dietrich
Mr. Bug
Town
Dave Fleisher
Fleisher
Miss Dietrich
New York
Marlene
Beloved Singer Seeks Mercy Not Justice
Madame Schumann-Heink, famed operatic contralto, deflects a portrait request with humor. When told the artist can “do you justice,” she replies she seeks mercy not justice, noting her matronly figure with good humor.
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Madame Schumann-Heink
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