Efficient Kitchen Table Heights Improve Comfort and Output
The article argues that adjustable high low kitchen surfaces boost comfort and efficiency. It describes how women can reduce fatigue by sitting during tasks, using elbow and bust considerations, and testing multiple heights with simple props like boards and pans.
Daddy Estes Named Father of the Year Amid Controversy
Senator Estes Kefauver named Father of the Year by the American Father’s Day Committee sparking jokes and protests. The piece notes comments from Costello, Adonis, Erickson, and Virginia Hill, and jokes about other honorees and public reaction to the prize.
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Joe Adonis
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Frankie Erickson
Virginia Hill
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Is The U S Really Run By Women A Critique
Kathleen Norris reviews Jerome Ellison's Is The U S Really Run By Women? praising the General Federation of Women's Clubs for charitable work and leadership while arguing women act without government funding and urging men to join in supporting national efforts. She notes the article's patronizing tone and urges greater financial backing from men.
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Saturday Evening Post
Jerome Ellison
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Europe
Mr. Ellison
United States
Washington
Houston
General Federation of Womens Clubs
Hiram Cole Houghton
Oil Black Gold To China Forces Oil Black Gold To China Forces
The piece notes China relied on foreign oil for kerosene lamps planes and trucks as its heartland produced little fuel. With losses of American British Indonesian and Middle Eastern supplies Chinese forces in Korea face dwindling fuel. Domestic terminals and a branched distribution system existed in China prewar under foreign ownership.
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China
Korea
Sewing Circle Patterns Graceful Afternoon Dress
Sewing Circle presents patterns for a toddlers outfit and a ladies afternoon dress. Patterns No 1965 and 8416 provide sizes from 34 to 50 and 6 months to 3 years with yardage details and accessory pieces, priced by order form.
Household repairs and fabric care tips from a 20th century guide
Practical household advice covers removing scorch marks with starch and peroxide, treating linen with onion juice, improvised bath mats from Turkish towels, making slippers from towels, rust prevention for tools with resin and benzine, snow shovel coating with wax, and mildew control for shower curtains by drying them fully and sunning if possible.
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