State Headquarters Clarifies Selective Service Order Numbers
Massachusetts State Headquarters explains how local boards fix order numbers from the National Master List. It clarifies that a registrant’s local board order is not the same as their National Lottery number and shows how boards strike out numbers above their local cap. It also notes varied call times across boards to ensure fair allocation and includes church notices for the First Church of Christ Scientist in Winthrop with service times and readings.
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Massachusetts
Selective Service
Churches of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Shampooing Rugs Advice Warns Against Harsh Soaps
Instructions note that shampooing rugs with strong soaps can make wool fibers harsh and dry. The guidance emphasizes gentler cleaners to protect rug material.
Christmas Seals Theme Promotes Tuberculosis Fight
The 1940 Christmas Seal of the Winthrop Tuberculosis Association features three children singing a carol. Felix Lewis Martini created the illustration. Mrs. H. W. Farquhar urges locals to give and to drop complacency, noting tuberculosis deaths last year reached about 64,000 nationally and emphasizing sealing as a financial weapon against the disease.
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Winthrop Tuberculosis Association
Felix Lewis Martini
Los Angeles
H. W. Farquhar
Winthrop
Safe Insanity Treatments Near Say Scientists
Scientists report near approval of convulsant therapy safety measures for insanity treatment. Research by Dr. E Ziskind and Dr. D B Tyler at the University of Southern California shows insulin shock risks and that sugar reverses insulin effects while brain damage signs appear in animal tests.
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American Association
Praecox
Laszlo von Meduna
Budapest
E. Ziskind
D. B. Tyler
University of Southern California
Buying Canned Goods For Economical Meals
Canned foods can cut costs when seasons make them cheaper than fresh. They save fuel time and effort in preparation, with price differences mainly in grade and container size. Families on tight budgets should buy cheaper grades and choose the largest practical container.
Flower Show Offers Special Exhibits and Classes
The Flower Show charges a 10 cent admission to fund expenses and expects a large crowd. Special features include pencil sketches by Joseph Gallo, silhouettes from life, bird nesting displays, a gourd exhibit, a tea room, and Santa's workshop. Exhibitors may enter in one exhibit per class and must register by Tuesday 10:30 a.m. at Odd Fellows Hall.
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H. W. Roberts
Ocean
C._E. Tewksbury
M. E. Colson
S.—G. Packard
F. G. Gorman
Roe
J. W. Fielding
M. D.penny
E. M. Howard
H. O. Belcher
J. F. O'Hern
G.H
Winthrop
Odd Fellows Hall
Caroline M. Kirby
Novel Device Guides Color Schemes For Home Furnishings
A revolving graph helps home makers pick coordinated colors and textures for fabrics in slip covers drapes and upholstery. It highlights muted florals stripes and plains that blend across rooms with three harmonious material colors. New drapery fabrics include printed spun rayon and painted damasks priced to succeed.
The Pin Through the Ages and Its Common Use
The article notes that pins were rare and expensive in ancient times, reserved for the wealthy. It recounts how people fastened fabric with early devices and skewers, highlighting the shift to affordable pins that today are taken for granted.
Out-of-Towners Win Score Contest in Review
For the second year, non Winthropites won the Review Prediction Contest with two Revere residents correctly predicting a 6 0 outcome in the Thanksgiving Day Revere Winthrop game. Mal Paynor and Bernard Sugarman from Revere earned a one-year REVIEW subscription each.
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Review
Revere
Mal Paynor
Shirley, Ave
Bernard Sugarman
Hitchborn St
Mr. Paynor
Mr. Sugarman
U. S
Barney Samuels
B. N. Samuels
Winthrop Center
James M. Boyd
W. H. S. “Echo
Louis—B. Pierce, Jr
Chester Ave
Real Estate Board urging U S housing aid for cities
The National Association of Real Estate Boards urges HUD to reform to back private redevelopment firms in rebuilding blighted urban areas. Newton C. Farr and Herbert A. Nelson of Chicago cite blight as a housing issue and ask for a joint government private plan to spur urban renewal and employment with matched spending.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Newton C. Farr
Chicago
Association
Herbert A.nelson
Senior High School Initiates Latin Club And Calendar
The Junior Classical League forms a junior chapter at the high school with officers Priscilla Clisham president Patricia Rand vice president Faye Scheinfein secretary Barbara Letson treasurer and Henry Cohen Jean Howard Muriel Mattson on the executive committee The vice president will run this year’s programs meetings set for the second Friday monthly Members receive pins in December The calendar includes the Senior Play Galahad Jones on December 4 and 5 followed by an informal dance The program featured Caesar Mussonlini comparisons and a dialogue with Saul Rogolsky as Ariovistus and Jack Orratta Caesar comparing Gaul to contemporary Europe The holidays create a busy week with football turkey and post Thanksgiving rest The JCL event followed a paper on Caesar and highlights on Julius Caesar The piece notes the ownership of Gaul and echoes contemporary European conditions.
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Priscilla Clisham
Patricia Rand
Faye Scheinfein
Barbara Letson
Henry Cohen
Jean Howard
Muriel Mattson
Junior Classical League
Galahad Jones
Janice Casey
Caesar
Mussolini
Earth Gains Weight From Meteor Dust Says Scientist
Dr Kirtley F Mather of Harrard states Earth gains about 50000 tons daily from meteors and dust, totaling 20000000 tons yearly. Over 2 billion years the planet’s weight would have grown by about 4e16 tons, implying a 100 foot covering of cosmic scraps.
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Kirtley F. Mather
Harrad
Mather
Space Travel Distances Measured by Light Year Milestones
A line of thought contrasts space travel pace with cosmic scales. It notes that leaving Earth and moving at light speed would take sixteen years to cover the distance modern telescopes have probed in a single year, highlighting vast astronomical distances.
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Earth
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