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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
6
The article notes the human nose can detect a billionth of a milligram of scent while the tongue needs a million times more to taste. It also states that of the 5.25 billion dollars paid into the U S Treasury for Old Age and Survivors Insurance funds up to February 1, 1944, only 460 million dollars, or under nine percent, was used to pay benefits.
Florence Lynk reports Red Cross notes urging County women to join the Work for Victory campaign. Mrs. George Woodruff says many women still must adjust lives to take jobs or volunteer, with openings in surgical dressings, training, canteen, motor corps, and nurses aides.
A Joliet area notice thanks donors and volunteers aiding the war effort. The Julia Guild of the First Presbyterian, St. Pauls Episcopal Manhattan, and others contributed baking goods towels and cash. The canteen lists staff and mobile unit plans for the week including July 31 to August 4 with volunteers from Unit 1 to Unit 5 and staff assistants at the K. S. K. J. building.
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