Writing to Soldiers From Home Echoes of War and Love
Kathleen Norris extols how families should cheer sons serving overseas by planning welcoming home projects and sharing constructive news. Private Tom Willoughby's Northern England post reveals homesickness, letters from loved ones, and the need for supportive measures such as savings, homecoming plans, and restrained correspondence. The piece also contrasts engaged couples' eager letters with practical, morale-boosting actions.
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Tom Willoughby
England
Roger
Bat
Dad
Tom
Tes
Sierras
Dean Davis
Georgia
Georgie
Phillipines
Coventry Patmore
Millay
Miraculous Army Air Force Tales and Wartime Anecdotes
Wartime anecdotes celebrate ingenuity and bravery of air crews. Stories recall night bombing near Bataan using improvised gear, pilots flying at night, and a dog-loving tree rumor. Also recounts a Betty Grable photo critique, a G [truncated]
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Army Air Force
Tokyo
Bataan
Letters From Home and Soldier Morale
A reader argues that letters home should not dwell on shortages and travel woes. Such complaints burden soldiers who are tired, homesick, and in danger, potentially removing a morale boost.
China bathtub to hit market after design breakthrough
The plumbing industry unveils a china like bathtub made of non critical ceramic material. It resists rapid hot to cold changes, cleans easily, and withstands acids and scratches. It features a flat bottom and is shallower than the standard family tub after extensive research and development.
Ewing Circle Patterns Party Dress Opens With Colorful Ruffles
A cheerful pattern for a party dress features a gay be ruffled pantie frock with a round yoke scalloped front and swingy skirt. Also suggested for kindergarten use in bright colorful cottons.
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Pride and Joy
Fish as a reliable protein in lean times
The article promotes fish as an easy to prepare, versatile protein when civilian meat supplies are tight. It highlights baking broiling frying and quick cooking, stresses proper doneness for flaky texture, and offers recipes for baked whitefish with bacon, broiled halibut with anchovy butter, and baked haddock with mustard sauce. It advises subtle flavors, garnish ideas, and planning meals to reduce red points usage.
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San
Eyan Chambers' Point Saving Menu Fish Recipes
Recipe notes for fish dishes including baked fish with cheese sauce and rice stuffing, with procedures for fillet, soufflé style, and stuffing variants. Provides ingredient lists, pan prep, oven temps around 350–400 degrees, and serving guidance. Includes a call to request Miss Lynn Chambers’ meat roasting chart from Western Newspaper Union in Chicago.
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Lynn Chambers
Union
South Desplainss Street
Chicago
Valen
Patient Audition For Many Trades Then Tea Kettle Joke
An inmate deemed cured at an asylum tells superintendents his varied plans after discharge. He says he could practice law, become a bookkeeper or interpreter, or work as a house painter or carpenter if needed. He even jokes he might become a tea kettle.
Cable Keeps Allied Messages Quiet as Nazis flee
Allied forces press through France and the Low Countries while a new ultra slim cable, no thicker than a pencil, lays along roads carrying three telephone and four telegraph circuits. It transmits serame bled messages that sound like random squeaks to enemies without a special device.
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France
Low Countries
Splendid Cough Relief Promises Fast Home Mix
A home recipe purports to ease coughs from colds with two options sugar syrup or honey, then 2% ounces of Pinex added to a pint of syrup to create a full pint medicine. It claims quick action, loosens phlegm, soothes membranes, aids sleep, and offers money back if not pleased.
Lynn Says Have Sauces With Fish Recipe Tips
The column shares fish serving sauces and accompaniments. It instructs melting butter with lemon and parsley, mixing hot white sauce with eggs and pickles, and combining mayonnaise with sour cream and cucumber. It notes variations with onion, pickle, and grated American cheese in tomato soup for serving over baked fish.
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