Letter on wartime marriage dangers from Scranton girl
A Scranton girl of 22 narrates a wartime romance with an ensign three years older, detailing poverty at home, pressure from his refined family, and the looming threat of divorce. The column urges young women to delay hastened marriages until lasting foundations exist and suggests Donna seek schooling to improve her prospects.
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Kathleen Norris
Scranton
America
Donna
Philadelphia
Morgan
Europe
Palm
Beach
London
Hawaii
Rice
Cool Salads and Drinks Help Keep Family Comfortable
Practical summer menu prompts from a vintage Western Newspaper Union cooking feature. It promotes cool salads, beverages like Ginger Cooler and Grandmother's Lemonade, fruit desserts, and protein rich dishes such as Royal Lamb Salad and Veal and Bacon Salad. The piece ends inviting readers to write Lyn Chambers for meal planning help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Des Olaines Street
Chicago
Misnois
National football league eyes 1943 season with optimism
Elmer Layden says pro football will prove resilient under tough conditions and maintain strong competition. The NFL plans an eight team season in 1943 with Boston expected to join in 1944, while Cleveland remains inactive and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia merge. A round robin scheduling format could emerge if only eight teams operate.
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National Football League
Elmer Layden
Layden
Chicago
Ted Collins
Kate Smith
Boston
Fenway Park
Red Sox
Boston's
Cleveland's
Pittsburgh Steelers
Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Washington Redskins
Pittsburgh
George Preston Marshall
Marshall
Collins
Patterns Sewing Circle House Frock for Sizes 36 to 60
Neat and efficient ladies dress pattern Barbara Bell No 1769-B offered in many sizes from 36 through 60 with 4 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 38 with short sleeves. Described as a real favorite, simple and smart for day long wear this summer.
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Barbara Bell
Point Savers Sandwich Fillings by Lynn
Tips for sandwich fillings include diced chicken with green pepper and mayonnaise. Other ideas feature sliced chicken with orange marmalade or dill pickle, cottage cheese with bacon, and hard cooked eggs with pimentos or olives. Also options with minced vegetables and mayonnaise, olives, catsup, and shredded cabbage with pineapple.
Recreation Kits for Soldiers Include Books and Films
Collier's notes a dozen recreation kits provided by the War Department for soldiers. Kit J shows sound-picture projectors and films, B-1 radios and amplifiers, D includes violins and a small piano, A has boxing gear and ball games, F covers playing cards and dice. Camel cigarettes are favored slang among troops, with restricted overseas mail but available within U. S. and to Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel.
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War Department
Collier's
U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Adv
Barbara Sell Pattern Mo 1700 B for assorted sizes
The notice describes Barbara Sell pattern Mo 1700 B with bust sizes 28 to 36 and 3B, matching sizes 10 12 14 18 and 20. It notes 4 percent yardage for 35 inch material and 9 yards rle r ac. Due to high demand and wartime conditions, order processing will be slower for popular numbers. Bend your order to:
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Barbara Sell
Cordell Hull The Perfect Diplomat and A Timely Parable
Col Harold B. Hinton writes Hull a life in England noting his cautious nature. Hull avoids definite statements, yet a self confident man tests him with a time question. Hull asks back what the other watch says, illustrating measured diplomacy.
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Harold B. Hinton
U. S. Army
London
Cordell Hull
United States
England
Hull
Pointed-tailed Ocean Sun Fish Tops Growth Scale
The Pointed-tailed Ocean Sun fish is cited as the fastest growing. At birth it is under an eighth of an inch and grows to about 10 feet long, increasing weight roughly 60 million times its initial mass.
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Mama
Defense
Honolulu
Pye
Hollywood
Weill
Pennsylvania
Mara
BOR L
Lyon Chambers
Western New
Don Ameche
Charles Murray
Buffalo, N. C
Cardinals
Browns
Red Cross
George VI
Fritzie Zigic
Lou Saban
Indiana
Sow
Patterns Sewing Circle
Lynn
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Booth Wells St
Abbago
Siza
U.S
Kelloggs
Hedellgg
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