Guerrilla Girl In Serbia Joins Chetniks in Wartime Balkans
In this feature, a woman recounts joining the Chetnik resistance in Serbia during World War II after fleeing Italian occupation in Albania. She details the oath, clandestine work, and the Serbs' decisive stand that altered German plans and aided the Allies.
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Balkans
Albania
Jugoslavia
Chetniks
Voivoida Perchanatz
Belgrade
Serbia
Perchanatz
Morale and mental health in the army and nation
Washington radio host emphasizes morale as the key mental protection for soldiers. He cites Our Armed Forces and quotes its definition of morale, its roots in habit and leadership, and how environment and adjustment affect a recruit.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
Infantry Journal
17Th Street
Valley Forge
Green Mountain Boys
Ethan Allen
Ticonderoga
Manila Bay
Guadalcanal
Chateau Thierry
Tripoli
Midway
Senate probes spur army to release 30 million canned goods for civilians
The Truman committee exposed hoarding and waste in army canning, prompting General E. B. Gregory to admit canned fruits and vegetables were used due to ease of preparation. The move aims to ease civilian shortages as packers warn of overproduction.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Truman Committee
Army
Truman
E. B. Gregory
Brewster
Maine
Miami
Florida
Gregory
Brief notes on Washington taxicab habits and district laws
In Washington a shared taxi system remains active with passengers riding in same direction. The piece also mentions gardeners calling jack rabbits jap rabbits, a black market potato truck near a firehouse, and DC law prohibiting drinking alcohol while standing.
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Washington
Barbara Bell Pattern 1628 B for children’s outfits
Pattern No 1628 B offers a range of children’s pieces including a smock an overall and a playsuit designed for sizes 1 through 5 years Barbara Bell provides yardage guidance with size 2 overall needing 114 yards of 35 inch material smock 144 yards and playsuit 34 yards.
Handy Household Tips and Army Cigarette Favorite
An old orange wood stick helps cleaning corners and a melted paraffin tip fixes loose furniture casters. Vinegar removes onion odor from hands. Grafting wax resists sticking with pork rind rubbed hands. Paraffin on stockings extends wear. Camel cigarettes are the preferred brand among service members across Army Navy Marines Coast Guard and Kae Guard according to sales records.
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Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Post Office
U. S
Confucius City Houses Vast Descendant Population
Collier's notes that in Kufow China Confucius’s birthplace and burial site feature tens of thousands of descendants buried near his tomb and more than 50,000 still reside in the city, nearly the entire local population.
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Kufow
China
Confucius
Collier’s
Kung
Open Fellow The Man Who Has No Secrets From His Wife
The quotes a paradox on marital secrecy by Gilbert Wells. It contrasts a man’s transparency with the implication that either he lacks secrets or lacks a wife, provoking reflection on trust and privacy in marriage.
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Johnny Doughboy
Christopher Columbus
Chris
FDR
Windsor
Churchill
Floor of Commons
Edward
Wally
England
Bahamas
U.S. A
Londo
Gilbert Wells
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Ruth Mitchell
CWNU
Bulgaria
Europe
Germany
British Empire
America
Asia
Russia
Hitler
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Volga
Washington Digest
Armed Services
Baukhage
16Th Street
Maryland
White House
General Jackson
Wistaria
Milady
Delaware Avenue
Locust Street
High Street
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Canada
Chester Davis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Northeast
Great Lakes
France
Low Countries
Merry
Bankhage
District of Columbia
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Sioux City
Bishop's
United States
Bfgoodrich
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Kelloggo
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