Burma’s strategic role and economy in Wartime shipping
The piece describes Burma as a key link in the British Empire’s wartime supply chain, with the Burma China road over 2000 miles linking Rangoon to Chungking. It notes rail sections, Rangoon’s trade, imports of trucks and munitions, the rice-based economy, teak industry, and Burma’s political status as a crown colony with its own legislature under British oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Ashington
D. C
WNU
Burma
India
Tibet
China
Indo-China
Siam
Bay of Bengal
Malay Peninsula
China Sea
Malay States
England
Singapore
Rangoon
Chungking
Lashio
Mandalay
Far Eastern
Europe
Odd Regulations Give Protection To Auto Driver
Washington, D. C.—U Service notes worldwide traffic rules that protect drivers, from England’s highway speed freedom to Riga’s silence orders on horns. Posters in Sweden deter jaywalking while Lisbon officers use red green paddies. Singapore cops wear a white board to regulate flow, not lights.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
U Service
England
Bucharest
Traffic Board of
Calcutta
Riga
Latvia
Sweden
Laura
Lisbon
Singapore
Children Help in Family Tasks with Wise Delegation
Emma Gary Wallace advises mothers to use good judgment when older children assist with housework and baby care. Simplify tasks, avoid overtaxing youths, and add small efficiencies like ironing only as needed. Make chores engaging, assign safe baby duties, and reinforce affectionate roles to preserve harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Gary Wallace
Queen of Hearts
Catarrh May Result From Bent Septums
Dr James W Barton discusses how bent septums affect sinus drainage and middle ear health. Severe deflections can cause pain and sinus blockage, increasing need for surgery in chronic cases, while mild bends may require no treatment. Physical therapy and rest aid chronic arthritis as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Syme
Glasgow
Robert J. Phillips
Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Phillips
Western Newspaper Union
Sunday Night Supper Menus and Recipes for Light Yet Appealing Meals
A household column argues Sunday night meals should be lighter and novel. It offers step by step menus for a self serve table with clam chowder and tuna casserole plus Roquefort salad and cocoa marshmallow cake. Recipes include Jellied Chili Sauce and Toasted Loaf. It notes desserts can be important and previews Desserts That Are Different by Eleanor Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Howe
Lightweight Diver Seeks Gold in New Zealand Rivers
Charles Edwards, 23, from Sydney, using self invented light diving gear weighing 100 pounds, dives for gold in deep New Zealand swift mountain river pools after joining a mining engineer. Prospectors report large gold margins along rivers, though deep pools remain unexplored due to swift currents and rugged terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edwards
New Zealand
Sydney
Australia
Edwards
Easy Entertaining sends copy offer by Eleanor Howe
A notice invites readers to obtain Eleanor Howe’s cookbook Easy Entertaining by sending 10 cents to Easy Entertaining care of Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois. It promises simple tips for Sunday night suppers and various parties as party planning aid.
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Eleanor Howe
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Iinois
Western
Union
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French Indochina
Chiang Kai-Shek
Great Britain
House of Representatives
Rome
King of Hearts
National Kindergarten Association
WNU Service
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Dr. Barton
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