Betty-Lou’s wild path tests a mother’s faith and hope
A heartbroken mother in a Toledo suburb writes about Betty-Lou, a 16-year-old girl whose recklessness with drinking and late-night outings leads to family anxiety and a possible engagement with a 20-year-old marine. The piece reflects on parental patience, nonjudgment, and the risk of wasted youth, warning that severe consequences may follow if no aid is found.
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Toledo
Betty-Lou
Joe
Betty- Lou
Baltimore
Flint
Iesson
Bessy
Congressional Jokes and Anecdotes From House History
A compilation of light hearted anecdotes about Congress and its leaders. The piece recalls demagogues clubs, witty retorts, and tales about figures like Havy Long, Tom Reed, Uncle Joe Cannon, and Champ Clark, highlighting humor and political quirks from the House of Representatives.
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Ife
Congress
Tom Reed
Henry Clay
Reed
Joe’ Cannon
Breakfast fuels work and morale in daily meals
The article urges a hearty breakfast as one third of daily calories, stressing fruit cereals eggs toast and coffee or juice. It cites vitamin B and vitamin C needs, notes risks of skipping meals, and offers an old fashioned popover recipe with eggs milk flour and specific bake steps.
Lynn Says Plan meals around rationing and points
Lynn urges using point rationing for food planning and urging that coupons not be spent on items obtainable fresh. Buy meats with the best point value, extend cuts with cereals and vegetables, bank sugar for summer canning, grow a victory garden, and seek quality foods to maximize points on canned and processed items.
Time to Check and Recondition Tractor and Breakfast Recipes
Widespread kitchen and farm advice blend with tractor maintenance guidance. A Rutgers extension expert outlines a full tractor reconditioning routine from battery care to flushing oil systems while a home breakfast feature offers baked apples with marmalade, creamed chipped beef omelet, griddle cakes, and waffles. Lynn Chambers invites readers to send household queries to her problem clinic.
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W. C. Krueger
Rutgers University
Krueger
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Ulinois
Pasteurize the Cream To Keep Butter Sweet
Farm readers learn pasteurization to prevent rancid butter. Rutgers professor C Button explains heating cream to 145 150 F for 30 minutes or 165 170 F for 10 48 minutes, then cooling to 60 F or lower and holding three hours before churning for firm butter granules.
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Forrest C. Button
Rutgers University
Professor Button
Button
Vanishing American Farm Labourers in Modern U S Forces
The farm laborer, today’s vanishing American, disappears into two paths: the armed forces and industry. Many skilled technicians for army and navy come from farms, bringing rugged, open-air work stamina. They are warmly welcomed by the military and contribute to national service.
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Army
Navy
Make a Coffee Table From Odds and Ends
Tall shares a bright idea for a simple painted coffee table built from odds and ends. End sections form the frame with metal angles, a shelf added, then a waxed putty colored finish. A stitched blue red motif decorates the top, overlaid with glass and edged by nailfasted trim. Design 254 provides complete dimensions and directions.
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Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate O—Wnn
Barty Law Eas
By Kathleen Norris
House
Havy Long
Hooey
Jim
Senate
House of Representatives
Thomas D. Schall
Champ Clark
Clark
Lynn
Perry Thompson
Indiana
Ammen
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Aemany Mio
Fitat
Duclog
Bfgoodrich
Alwae
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