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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
3
A wartime piece argues for total national effort on two fronts the battle front and the home front. It urges equal sacrifice across society, caps on wages, longer farm and factory hours, and proportional sharing to defeat the enemy. It notes munitions labor and inflation fears and stresses no favoritism among Americans.
Pattern No 8127 for sizes 14 to 42 with size 16 needing 134 yards 32 or 35 inch fabric 5 yards ric rack and 712 yards bias fold. Dress features button front and restrained details suited to chambray homespun rayon shantung or light rayon crepe. Pattern No 8145 covers sizes 12 to 20 with 40 and 42 busts and size 14 short sleeves needing 414 yards of 35 inch material.
The text hints at fashion enthusiasm as a sewing urge draws women toward ruffled apron styles with slim waisted, full skirts, evoking mid century domestic craft attitudes.
The column suggests inexpensive furniture options using a stool in front of a desk or telephone stand, a wooden box foundation with padding and fabric, and refurbishing scraps from draperies or bedspreads. It notes using moss or horsehair fillings and sewing them into cheesecloth bags before washing and reuse.
The American Red Cross reports a six fold rise in material assistance from its 3 700 chapters to aid service members dependents. Red Cross home service workers assist with wartime family needs while military moves and separations create new concerns. Officials emphasize legal and moral obligations to support dependents and keep families informed through Red Cross communications networks.
Riddles question a motto about hustling while waiting. Invincible Armada refers to a famous Spanish fleet. A furlong equals one eighth of a mile. Chicago is served by several railroads. Free-Soil party aimed to restrict slavery. Second largest state is Texas. Oldest royal family is the Japanese imperial line. Queen Mary height compared to the Chrysler Building if stood upright. Illinois' first capital was Kaskaskia. Largest single printing order was for a Bible?
A quiz with answers covers subjects dating back to 660 B C. It notes ships about 1 018 feet and buildings 1 046 feet. It cites Kaskaskia and mentions a vast postwar sugar rationing print run of 700 000 000 forms produced by 23 private firms plus the Government Printing Office.
The list identifies items including Thomas Edison as answer one and Spain's 1588 fleet for England, plus terms like one eighth, forty one, slavery, California, and the Japanese with the present emperor as the 112th in his line.
The piece notes that before Franz Liszt piano players either faced away from or toward the audience while playing. Liszt popularized a profile pose oriented toward spectators to showcase his looks, a style later adopted by many artists.
A Beecher admonition to share loving words now not after friends pass. Encourage timely kindness and encouragement to uplift others while they can hear and feel it.
Speech emphasizes keeping morale high with human treatment and home like spaces for troops. It outlines the USO as a union of six agencies serving camps and naval stations globally and urges readers to send contributions to local USO committees or USO National Headquarters in New York.
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