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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
3
Patchwork quilt featuring colored arrowheads and white pieces held by diamond bouquets. Sixty four blocks and a six inch border yield a 101 inch quilt. Includes cutting guides, directions, and order number 29594. Also notes Camel cigarettes as a popular gift and mentions mail restrictions on overseas shipments.
Washington columnist notes two near term shocks in 1944 elections the railroads seizure and the national service act both seen as political moves. He cites a veteran observer and Eisenhower to argue terms of home front total mobilization and questions constitutional rights amid wartime policy.
Government agencies placed 2 706 000 volunteer farm laborers from May to September 1943 to aid harvests. Massachusetts homemakers canned fruits and vegetables worth about 900 million ration points. Scrap iron and steel usage saves two tons of high grade ore per ton melted.
Bankage notes that phrase books and phonograph records help American troops learn up to 30 languages. Radio France in Algiers urges French civilians to adopt city children in famine relief. The US armed forces received about 53 million pounds of Brazilian coffee for troops worldwide. Mexico plans to send 75 000 workers to the United States in 1944.
A Western Newspaper Union piece quotes an army captain's letter describing life in the Southwest Pacific, the desire to wipe out enemy youth, keep civilization, and restore American resolve. It also discusses Roosevelt's legislative program, including draft powers and the Austin-Wadsworth bill, framing the wartime policy debate.
Sewing circle pattern notices offer Barbara Bell Pattern No 1918 for sizes 12 to 42 with adjusts for busts from 30 to 42. The jumper paired with a blouse or jacket provides versatile office and travel outfits. Orders may take longer due to high demand amid war conditions.
The maps used by the Royal Canadian Air Force to bombard Berlin identify strategic buildings by street addresses, sourced from a Berlin classified directory borrowed from the New York Public Library.
The Red Cross originated in 1866. New cargo by oil tankers includes deck freight for fighter planes and torpedo boats. Norman J. Colman was the first secretary of agriculture in a President's cabinet under Cleveland. Charles E. Duryea built the first American automobile that ran.
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