Sterling farmer wins Best Wheat Award for 1943
Sterling Colorado native Leo Lindstrom wins the Philip W. Pillsbury prize for the best wheat in the nation with his No 1 hard winter Tenmarg sample weighing 63.7 pounds per bushel. Judges noted uniform high test weight and hard texture among 26 samples from 13 states. The prize includes a $50 cash award and an all expense tour of Minneapolis.
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Sterling, Colo
United States
Sterling
Philip’ W. Pillsbury Prand
Leo Lindstrom
Chicago
Lingstrom
George
Lindstrom
Pillsbury Contest
Minneapolis
Agricultural Colleges and
Colo
Philip W. Pillsbury
Beeson
Purdue University
International Crop Improvement Association
R. F. Crim
U.of Minnesota
Gay Gadgets and thrift fashion ideas spark teen style
A vintage youth circle shares makeovers from old clothes. Tips include turning blouses into trimmed ruffled outfits, transforming sweaters into jerkins, and using old comforters and quilted housecoats to craft jackets and skirts. Practical, upcycling fashion guidance for teens.
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle
Virginia era tips on hair care detail vinegar rinses darken light hair lemon rinses brighten highlights and juice from one lemon with one pint water provides rinse. Hare water removes color. boiling softens hard water. Bluing in final rinse prevents yellowing of white hair. Ledger Syndicate. WNU features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Three Lights on Match Is Superstitious Waste
Washington official urges matchmakers to run an advertising campaign to counter the superstition that it is unlucky to strike three lights from the same match. The aim is to save paper glue and lumber used for match sticks.
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Washington
War Production Board
Save Money At School With Nickels And Dimes
A playful ad style verse urges students to save money rather than spend on stamps, bonds, drinks, and entertainment. It suggests using nickels for music from Frank and Bing, avoiding fountain drinks, visiting a five and dime for gadgets, and then going home to try saving ideas. The piece ends with a rhymed tag about a “Land of the Free” and a jabberwacky nod to money.
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Jess
Frank
Bing
Land of the
Save
Home of the
FREE
Trixie Teen Cites Dress Luck For Special Occasions
A teen muses that certain dresses become good luck when worn for important parties. She jokes that wearing a favorite number or dress might bring success, asking which outfit proves to be THE one this season.
Correct Addressing for Overseas Mail to Soldiers
The War Department warns that about 15 percent of over 25 million weekly pieces sent to overseas troops are misaddressed. It urges including complete address with rank full name middle initial army serial number service organization unit APO number and the Port of Embarkation to ensure delivery through single APOs.
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War Department
A. Domesic
Hapgens
Army restricts answers to soldier whereabouts
The army limits responses to inquiries about individual soldiers. Daily questions have grown so large that future replies will be sent only to members of Congress, parents, and close relatives. The policy aims to curtail broad public disclosure while preserving essential information for authorized parties.
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Army
Congress
What to Do ny Phyllis Belmont Home Comforts
Home should be a comfortable place to live and deserve cheer after work. Avoid useless items like fake fireplaces. For a permanent home invest in upholstered and wooden pieces. Consider a large mirror to gain space and light but avoid direct reflection.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Wartime Lexicon Adds Few New Words in Britain
The English hesitate to adopt new terms, noted by Henry L. Mencken in War Words in England. The glossary lists wartime terms like badoglio for surrender and gussie for a barrage balloon, with many curiosities as Britain adapts language to conflict.
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Britain
Henry L. Mencken
England
Badoglio
Baedecker
Chatter-Bug
Dicky-Bird
Gussie
Lelefeeder
War in cartoons shown at New York Museum of Modern Art
Exhibit titled Great China, Small Japan features a Chinese child figure stomping a Japanese spider while another scene shows two women passing rifles to a husband with the line Give me the Plow, or Take the Gun. Most children depicted are war orphans, students from 38 Mime schools under Chiang Kai-shek.
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Museum of Modern ‘Art
New Bork City
China
Japan
War-Orghans
Chiang Kai-shek
War Department tightens information requests to public
War Department announces new restrictions on fielding inquiries, limiting information about soldiers to specified categories. Requests from others will be acknowledged only by a form card from the adjutant general, reflecting workload and staffing considerations.
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War Department
Adjutant General
Western
Union
Koalas Charm Australian Troops as Pets
Australian pets charm troops with honey bears. Lieut. Col. Mary Agnes Brown, director of WAC activities in the southwest Pacific, notes that Hinegray furred koalas resemble living teddy bears and make affectionate pets when tamed. Soldiers may bring many home after the war.
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Mary Agnes Brown
WAC
Southwest Pacific
Australia
No Wasted Words from a Laconic Healer and a Wise Patient
A distinguished surgeon known for laconic speech treats a silent woman with a swollen inflamed hand. He asks for a poultice. She supplies another word, poultice. She returns, asks for ore, and the doctor, after more exchanges, declares the patient the most sensible woman he ever met.
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Gual
Walkie Talkie Jones-My Wife Comment Sparks Banter
A brief, informal exchange highlights tensions as a man teases about his wife’s access to a walkie talkie. The remark suggests a domestic quip about luck and who gets to use a device. No further context is provided.
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Jones
Two of a Kind and Domestic Jokes
A set of lighthearted comic dialogues features misunderstandings and puns about couples and pets. Snappy exchanges include a dog and husband named by the same nickname, playful chatter about Social Security, and a kitchen mishap with a cake missing frosting.
Score-One Nit What toothpaste and wives gather plan
Fragmented dialogue shows characters debating toothpaste and social plans. Conversation mentions Wit-Starbrite, gum, and Troubie Jones as topics while asking about bringing wives together for a night. Context appears informal, lacking clear event or outcome.
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Smith—Swell- Bat
Head of the Class light quiz style heard at school
Dialogue full of banter and puns about teachers students and jokes. It features humorous exchanges on chemistry color blindness marriage and wartime duration with punchlines.
Cat meat black market sparks Budapest alarm reports
Lisbon produced Muenehner Neueste Nachrichten recounts a sharp rise in cat thefts in Budapest with over 109,000 household pets seized. Operators allegedly bribe children to capture cats, sell meat to butchers, and discard hides via fur dealers.
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Lisbon
Munich
Muenehner Neueste Nachrichten
Budapest
Humorous Exchange About Smartest Student
A light exchange shows Johnny claiming he is the smartest, while Jimmy jokes that he was right to call the class dumb. The banter highlights playful classroom dynamics and student self confidence.
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Jimmy
Johnny
Hen egg tale sparks pride in rural quip contest
In a rustic exchange, Jake boasts of a foot long egg laid at his place. Zeke fires back with a sharper boast about an egg-heater at their grace, turning a simple farm tale into a playful brag.
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Jake
Zeke
Our
Traveler Finds War News Hidden in Gas Station Hijinks
A traveler pulls into a hill country gas pump at a combined general store. The proprietor, in a long apron, acts perplexed about the war as the traveler, excited, bids him buy five new tires, revealing a comic miscommunication about global conflict.
Puzzleic fragment on centipede legs and size
Fragmentary puzzle asks about the number of legs a centipede would have to grow to reach a given length. The text is garbled but centers on a math style question about centipede leg count and body length.
Real Troubles Sambo Howse Life Treatin You All
Fragmentary dialect note mentions Rastus Toladie and Ak speech about eating and sleeping. Unclear context and specifics. summary limited by readable phrases.
Checkout Confusing Joint Account Plan Mentioned
A garbled note describes a proposed joint account involving a cashier and a plan to open with a husband. The text is fragmentary and unclear but hints at financial arrangements and potential partnership.
Present Tense Wife You Deny N ee to Think Youre Wonderful
In a terse exchange the wife denies thinking her husband is wonderful during a proposal, while the husband dismisses the moment as a trivial or odd event, calling the meatier issue a truth or error in judgment.
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Isa
Jene-T Bau Conversation Teeters On Absurdities
An enigmatic dialogue references two ridiculous notions and a stray sid, with Joan remarking it was for an absurd sid. The fragment hints at a playful dispute or rift, leaving the broader context unclear and focusing on quirky exchange.
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Jene—T Bau
Q . Joan
Pim Head Nit This shirt tight and choking
A fragment notes a tight shirt described as painfully constricting while another person insists the shirt is fine. The dialogue centers on the discomfort caused by the garment and a casual remark about its fit.
Unprintable Tones on Marriage and Debate
Fragmentary dialogue shows a discussion on marriage with unclear speakers and phrases about asking a man to stop, indicating a conversational or column-like item from a historical page. The readable bits reference married life and potential jokes or exchanges between individuals with surnames Smith and Tones.
Bigger and Fresh Eggs Jibe Sparks Grocery Laughs
A brief cartoon caption shows a grocer touting eggs as the best while a housewife retorts with a quip about the hens sitting longer to plump them. The exchange playful critiques egg size in a domestic scene.
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Grocer
Uncertain exchange hints at disagreement between two figures
The fragment shows a teasing, brisk exchange about agreeing on anything, suggesting tension and playful challenge between the speakers. It hints at a broader dynamic without clear facts or events.
Insurance quick payout sparks bragging over accident checks
In Time to Enjoy It Mac My insurance company is so fast I get my check a half hour after my accident. Jack Thats nothing A friend of mine fell off a 15 story building and his company handed him his check as he passed the third floor.
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Mac
Jack
Perfect Alibi Accused How Can I Be a Forger
The exchange between the defendant and the judge centers on a forged document claim. The judge clarifies the defendant is not charged with forging his own signature, framing the legal issue around the alibi and alleged forgery. The dramatic back-and-forth highlights courtroom tension and the plea for innocence.
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Ming
Noy
R. F. Cyim
University of Minnesota
J.C. Hacklemisn
University of Minosis
AL. Clapp
Kansas State Agricultural College
K. E. Beeson
Purdue
Internnational Crop Improvement Association
By Nancy Pepper
Gabrielle
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America IN Action
Phyllis Belmont
Telefact
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Jerry
Social Security
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Vane
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