Banks on Elevators and Cranes Serve Naval Men
In the naval clothing depot in Brooklyn a New York bank cashes checks and receives deposits on pay days through tellers who work in portable cages seated in elevators to move between floors. In the nearby navy yard other tellers likewise serve workers from movable offices carried by cranes to banking locations around the yard.
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Naval Clothing Depot
Brooklyn
New York
Collier's
Navy Yard
Lemon and Water Wake-Up Drink Promotion
A health note extols waking with lemon juice in water. One Sunkist lemon in a glass every morning allegedly stimulates bowel action, boosts vitamin C intake, fights fatigue, resists colds, aids digestion, and freshens the mouth. Try California Sunkist lemons for ten mornings.
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Sunkist
California
Sunkist Amons
Meals Without Meat Vegetables Fill and Fortify Menus
A vintage cooking column promotes meatless dining with filling vegetable dishes and protein from milk cheese and eggs. Featured recipes include Cheese and Bean Roast, Creamed Potatoes and Eggs, and Asparagus and Cauliflower with Rarebit Sauce, sharing simple steps and substitutions.
Lynn Says Food Supplies
Sweet potato supplies this year will be good and reach most families. Potato supplies depend on the May crop. Dried beans peas soy flour grits and peanut butter look favorable. Sugar supplies will be similar to last year but more for home canning. Fair supplies of vegetables cheese cream butter ice cream beef honey jams jellies rice salad dressings and tea. bananas canned fruits lentils fresh fish cornmeal and other items scarce until April.
Spanish Eggs and Rice Dishes Featured in Lenten Menu
A kitchen clipping presents recipes for Spanish Eggs and Kegs With Spanish Rice, plus Eye Shortcake and a white sauce with butter and cheese. It includes serving tips, ingredients like tomatoes, green pepper, onion, celery, bay leaf, cloves, rice, eggs, and cheese, and notes on gentle cooking for eggs. Also invites readers to request salad ideas from Miss Lyan Chambers at Western Newspaper Union.
Tito as Jugoslavian Leader and Guerrilla Hero
Frank Gervasi profiles Josip Broz Tito, from hunted Communist to wartime military and spiritual leader of Yugoslavia. The piece traces his early 1920s persecution, rise of the Partisans, and Tito’s distinctive presence, demeanor, and emotional moments as he commands a broad resistance against Nazi occupation and shapes southeastern Europe’s future.
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Josip Broz
Jugoslavia
Pera Zlvkovic
Alexander
Belgrade
Zagreb
Split
Metal Workers Union
Balkans
Europe
Tito
Brox
Mikhailovitch
Draja Mikhailovitch
Uberator
Cellini
Miloger Yic
Kovasevic
Political affectations and Hollywood politics in a new era
A sharply satirical column mocks American politics, lampooning governor hopeful Jimmy Davis of Louisiana for his crooner persona and radio appeal. It warns that public leadership now hinges on records and juke box appeal, not solid policy. The piece weaves in wartime drollery, referencing Nero and Caligula alongside Anzio and current bomb names, ending with a quip about a bomber nicknamed Wabbit Twacks.
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Louisiana
Postwar Home Hacks and Simple Reuse Tips
A breezy guide to thrifty domestic tricks including making a scrap book on a green clothesline, boosting grip with a spool, repurposing worn socks as mop material, ironing bedspreads along the long edge, using candlewick and chenille spreads without ironing, crafting a bootjack from staples, and saving kitchen fat for meat ration points. It also notes odor removal for onions with cold water.
Owl Conversation Between Cockney and American Friend
A Cockney and his American friend walk in an American town at night when an owl hoots. The Cockney mishears and insists it is an owl while asking who the owl is. The American explains it is an owl, prompting further playful banter about the creature’s identity.
Expanded Pupils After an Hour in the Dark
An eye study notes that after an hour in darkness a person attempting to see objects may have pupils expanding to 120 times their bright sunlight size. This finding highlights dramatic pupil response to low light and potential effects on vision and adaptation.
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Detroit
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Frank Gervasi
Weit Foatuee
Secial
Collier's Weekly
America
Signa
Jimmy Davis
G.O.P
Roosevelt
Sinatra
Crosby
Lincoln
Log Cabin
White House
Gift of the Peoples
Mae
Wenzel Willkie
Tom Dewey
Mairzy
Dozy
Hddle Lambey Divey
Texas
Rome
Anzio
Joe
Nero
Caligula
Hell
Nora
Ime
Adolf
Benito
Hermann
Hitler
Horge
Mother
Earth
Germany
Mel
Cockney
Owl
Estec
Sewing Circle
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Chicago
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