The Modern Stepmother Problem
Kathleen Norris letters discuss a custody conflict where Alice Carter narrates her husband Fred's ex wife Arlene undermining their stepdaughter Carol. Norris urges focusing on the child's welfare and suggests firm boundaries, potential custody changes, and warning that alimony and freedom tempt away responsibility.
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Alice Carter
Buffalo
Fred
Carol
Hollywood
Arlene
Daddy
Mommy
Alice
Arsene
Kathleen Norris
Caro
Caral
Jess
Hans
Coconut Candle Cakes For A Dessert Luncheon
A wartime era recipe for coconut candle cakes yields two dozen small fluffy cupcakes. Includes snowy lemon frosting and a suggestion of well-seasoned finger sandwiches with flaked fish and an aspic salad for a luncheon substitute.
Tomato Asplo Vegetable Salad And Related Dishes
A home lunch menu features a tomato aspic vegetable salad recipe with gelatin, tomato juice, vegetables, olives and dressing, plus a cheese and milk topping served on toast with a poached egg. It also details a lemon custard dessert, lemon cups, and a candied popcorn centerpiece with sugar sauce, for tea or entertaining. The text includes baking steps and serving ideas.
Mexico Turns to Oil Stoves to Conserve Forests
President Avila Camacho promoted replacing unsanitary open-brasiers with oil-burning stoves after a 1941 forest conference. The shift aims to save timber, improve rural living and health, and boost the Mexican oil industry by absorbing surplus production. A local enamel firm retooled to produce affordable oil stoves for households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Avila Camacho
National Forest Conference
Congress
Fundamental Rules For High Quality Egg Production
The article outlines core management rules for egg quality, including selecting laying stock bred for production, disease resistance, proper housing, sanitation, and careful egg handling. It stresses balanced feed, clean housing to prevent dirty eggs, and the need for good shell texture and internal quality in high grade eggs. It notes regional industrial clustering in Britain Germany Soviet Russia Japan with multiple districts.
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Britain
London
Central
Newcastle
South Wales
Belfast
Germany
Serlin
Ruhr
Saxony
Silesia
Bohemia
Soviet
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
Ukraine
Ural
Altai
Japan
Tokyo-Yokohama
Nagoya
Osaka-Kobe
Kyushu
States Cut Mileage Conservation Programs Save 255 Million Miles
State mileage conservation programs will save over 255 million miles this year through controlled use of state vehicles. The figures translate to 17 million gallons of gasoline and 68,200 tires, with taxpayer savings exceeding 10 million dollars annually.
Lynn Says Bits of Wisdom in the Kitchen
Gentle advice on egg handling and potato preparation. Boil potatoes in boiling water with salt. Mash with enthusiasm and a wooden spoon. Waffles should be crisp and not opened while steaming. Recipes serve as a chart for good cooks and brides to avoid failure. Save used fats.
Cleaning Sewing Machine How-To From Frugal Household Advice
An old guide lists tools for cleaning a sewing machine including pliers screwdrivers a paint brush tweezers a crochet hook an old toothbrush an adjustable wrench and an ice pick plus a bread pan kerosene and oil. It recommends a well lit table and lining parts for cleaning and reassembly with careful setup and solvent use.
American Engineers to Complete Uruguay Dan Dam Project
American engineers are set to finish a large dam on the Black River in Uruguay, delivering 30,400 kilowatts initially and a total of 121,800 kilowatts from four generators. The project, begun in 1934 with German firms, aims to expand industry, electrify rural areas, aid irrigation and food control, and improve inland delivery of goods once operational in 1945.
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Uruguay
Black River
Dat
Rincon del Bonete
Department of Tacuarembo
Ruth M Gardiner General Hospital Named in Chicago
The army announces the Ruth M Gardiner General Hospital in Chicago in memory of Second Lieutenant Gardiner the first army nurse killed in a theater of operations during this war. Gardiner an Army Nurse Corps member attached to a medical squadron of the Army Air Forces was killed in a July 1943 plane crash at Nankek Alaska while serving as an evacuation nurse. The facility formerly the Chicago Beach Hotel served the Army Air Forces hospital until recently released to the Army Medical Department.
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Army General Hospital
Chicggo
Ruth M. Gardiner
Army
War Department
Gardiner
Army Nurse Corps
Army Air Forces
Nankek
Alaska
Ruth M. Gard
Oral Hospital
Occago Beach
Army Air Forces Dogpital
Medical Department of
The
Import Chicle From Maya Lands Drives 1941 Trade
In 1941 the United States imported about 20 million pounds of crude chicle from zapota trees in the Maya lands of Central America. Gum hunters trek remote jungle trails each rainy season to reach untapped trees, draining sap for processing in U.S. factories, with sap flown out by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Tropics
Guatemala
British Honduras
Yucatan
Mexico
U.S
Wishful Thought on Baby Balance Figures
A brief exchange plays on numbers and desire. Wishful thinking contrasts with hard figures as one speaker notes the limits of charts and the other hints at seeking help for family finances. The line hints at financial strain and the hope for aid.
Reflowered Hat and Mittens Crochet Pattern No 3644
Describes a pink and black flowered crocheted hat and mittens set for winter wear. Notes its versatile, gala readiness and broad age appeal. Instructions available for 40 cents with pattern No. 3644 from HOME NEEDLEWORK, 20 South Wells St.
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Wallas
South Wells St
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Watson's
Lyan Chambers
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper
Union
South Desplaine Street
Chicago
Sinais
Dan's
Western
Unica
Lynn
Dan
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines
Rob Karloff
Tan Apu
Jack Whiting
Ruth LO MacDonald
Saucoum Eians
ALL Star
New York
Navalopa
Geo, Clark
Lentist
Ieee
Gauce
Goethe
Ty $Cottt
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