Tom Smith Refuses Change Stirring War Time Tug
Kathleen Norris profiles Tom Smith stubbornly resisting wartime shifts as his wife Emily and daughter Elinor embrace home front duties from nursing and canteens to factory work. The piece argues Americans must rally, honoring sacrifice to win the war and secure peace.
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Kathleen Norris
Tom’ Smith
Tom
Pearl Harbor
Bruce
Emily Smith
Elinor
Emily
Red Cross
Tom Smith
America
Terre Haute
Minna
Four Ave officers recount bold escape and battle in Philippines
Lieutenant John Bulkeley and Lieut. R B Kelly with ensigns Anthony Akers and George E Cox Jr narrate the perilous retreat from a sinking motor torpedo boat after aiding General MacArthur and his party. They describe evasive maneuvers, plane attacks, casualties, beaching on Kawit Island, and a tense reunion with allied forces in Cebu before a continuation.
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The
Philip
Pines
John Bulkeley
Leutenant
R. B. Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Cox Jr
MacArthur
Cebu
Squadron 3
Lieut. Kelly
Lieut
Mulkeley
Martino
Ross
Kawit Island
Hunter
Reynolds
Mr. Kelly
Tre
Harris
Cebu Island
Kelly
Sheppard
Richardson
Army Headquarters
Calonel
Bulkeley
Covers of chintz chair cushions and sewing tips
Ruth Wyeth Spears explains neat, trim covers for cotton chair cushions. A sew-on cover should be pin fitted with a four inch tuck-in around the spring seat and one inch seam allowances. Mark stitching lines with tailor's chalk and note pieces for welling edges.
Funicular railways and ancient Crusade quiz items
Answers cover transport incline systems, the Children’s Crusade year, radio music share, India's literacy rate, the largest U S navy mess hall, northernmost U S town, quid pro quo meaning, poet who died in Greek-Turkish fight, Mt Etna’s island, and a bombardier’s eye term explained.
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Holy Land
India
U. S. Navy
United States
Mt. Etna
Anawers 1 to 10 from a historical quiz item
The text lists ten items including a cable railway, the year 1212, two thirds, eighty five percent, Treasure Island in San Francisco with a 6000 man feeding rate in 40 minutes, Penasse Minnesota, something of equivalent value, Byron, Sicily, and a note about bombardiers wearing a rubber eye piece leaving a black scarlet ring and refusing to wash it off, reflecting cadet pride.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco
Penasse
Minn
Byron
Sicily
Loombardiers
Squirrel Heartbeat Rates During Activity and Hibernation
An active ground squirrel normally has a heart rate around 350 beats per minute, while during hibernation the rate slows to about 17 beats per minute.
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Cook
Jim
Thad
Peggy
Cleland
Long Channel
American Air Corps
Ensign Richardson
Roxs
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Chalry
Squirrel
Ruth Wyeth Sprats Redford
New York
Namo
Iast
Joseph Surer Woglo
Ime
Malaya
Netherlands Indies
Begoodrich
Wale
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Cantecas
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