American Propaganda Gains From Tunis Victory
Washington readers learn that American propaganda strengthens as Tunisia falls and Tunis radio reaches Europe. The Office of War Information notes truth plus events, countering German lies. Two fronts target occupied and enemy nations with warnings for uprisings and appeals to end labor conscription, while stressing that Allies are winning and planning action from Norway to the Mediterranean.
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Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
America
Tunisia
Tunis
Africa
Europe
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Germany
Hitler
Poland
Scandinavia
Low Countries
West
Herr Goebbels
Mamely
Elmer Davis
Public Opinion Quarterly
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Casablanca
Norway
Mediterranean
Barbara Bell Pattern 1770 B Stock Notice
Barbara Bell Pattern 1770 B offered in sizes 10 through 20 with busts 28 to 38 inches. Size 12 30 inch bust requires 41 44 yards 35 or 39 inch material, plus 4 yards for trim and 4 percent blue and red embroidery wool. Due to high demand and wartime conditions, orders may take longer to fill. Send your order to the address provided.
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Barbara Bell
Riorae
Practical Home Hints and Tailored Tips From A Service Gift
Household fixes cover scratches on dark furniture with iodine treated cotton swabs and polish. Soil for houseplants loosens with sand to mimic loam. wall prep requires warm water wash after wallpaper removal. Reuse wax covers by melting in a tin can to seal jars. Ground meat stores colder and shorter. silverware care uses a toothbrush. Corks soften in boiling water before insertion. Soup thickening uses vegetables. flour used sparingly for flavor. A popular home gift to servicemen is cigarettes, Camel brand, via overseas mail restrictions permitting.
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U. S
Quiz of Historical Facts and Figures Card
Ten trivia prompts cover topics from geography and history to language and military slang. Questions include the nature of a funicular railway the year of the Children’s Crusade the share of radio entertainment that is music and India’s ill literacy rate the largest U S navy mess hall the northernmost U S town the meaning of quid pro quo the English poet who died in the Greek war the island of Mt Etna and the meaning of bombardier s eye.
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India
U. S. Navy
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Mt. Etna
Quiz facts and trivia from a historic reference list
This item presents a numbered quiz with answers cover ing topics from Treasure Island in San Francisco noting a feeding capacity of 6000 men in 40 minutes to Penasse Minnesota and a value equivalence. It lists Byron Sicily and a detail about bombsight use describing a rubber eye piece and a lasting soot ring on the face, tied to cadet bombardiers and their pride in the “bombardier's eye.”
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San Francisco
Penasse
Minn
Byron
Sicily
Railway Operated by Cable in 1212 Reported
A historic note records a railway operated by cable dating to 1212 less one. It cites two thirds and eighty five percent figures as part of the mechanism, though the exact context remains unclear in the fragmentary text.
Fish Hooks Added to Liferafts Equipment
Lifeboats and rafts now include fishing kits with dehydrated pork rinds a floating knife hooks rigs a dip net cotton gloves and waterproof printed instructions as standard equipment for survival gear aboard.
Briefs from Baukhage on 1943 wartime protections and services
In 1943 one quarter of purses go to the armed forces yet civilians may receive a service bar akin to campaign bars. The National Service Life Insurance program offers financial protection for soldiers if action is taken before August 10. The Civilian Defense director announces the new civilian service bar. Eastern rural road traffic in March dropped 48 percent from March 1941 as rationing continues.
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National Service Life
War’ Department
Armed Services
Largest Bible Built by Carpenter in Los Angeles
A carpenter and his wife spent two years constructing what is claimed as the world’s largest Bible in Los Angeles. The gigantic volume measures 43 by 34 inches, is 34 inches thick, and weighs about 1,094 pounds. When open it spans 8 feet 2 inches and contains 8,048 pages in 32 sections, all produced on a hand stamping machine.
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