Wife asks how to handle war baby and a changed husband
Betty in Oklahoma recounts a wartime dilemma after marrying in Florida a year earlier. Her husband Robby, now returning maimed from Guadalcanal, first resisted motherhood and a divorce, then sent a bleak letter. She asks Kathleen Norris for guidance on the best path for their child and future.
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Betty Pearson
Oklahoma
Camp
Florida
Bobby
Guadalcanal
Robby
Margaret
Bob
Emily
Betty
Strategy and timing mark long war to Japan
War analyst notes MacArthur targets the Philippines then China and Formosa. Quebec conference yields no decisive news as demobilization plans shift troops from Europe to East Asia. Churchill jokes Britain will join in killing Japs, while Russia’s entry remains unlikely this winter.
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Washington
MacArthur
Hte
Philippines
Quebec
Japan
Kunming
Central China Front
Kweilin
War Department
Europe
East Asia
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mountbatten
Burma
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Stillwell
India
China
Russia
Germany
Manchukuo
Red Army
Britain
Formosa
Europa
Asia
Cake Bazaars and Cookie Sales Lift Funds
Community fund raisers rely on home made cakes and cookies at church and women’s club sales. Recipes include Lady Baltimore Cake and Red Devil’s Food with Seven Minute Icing while readers are invited to share ideas to Miss Lynn Chambers at Western Newspaper Union in Chicago.
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Lady Baltimore
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper
Uion
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Ilinois
Union
Understanding wartime changes in loved ones dispositions
The piece reflects on coping with altered attitudes in veterans caused by wartime experiences. It asserts the outward changes mask inner consistency and urges restoring tolerance and balance to renew a hopeful home life, placing this aim beside the much larger sacrifices endured by soldiers’ families worldwide.
What Makes It So Cake Batter Causes and Crust Clues
The text explains common baking issues. Too small a pan or slow oven can cause batter to spill. Excess sugar or shortening creates a moist sticky crust. Thick crust may mean too much flour or long baking. A humped or cracked top points to too much flour or overly hot oven. Coarse texture arises from excess leavening or insufficient liquid and slow oven.
Removing the Living Dining Partition Sketch
A sketch illustrates removing the wall between living and dining rooms to create a greater sense of space. It addresses concerns about ceiling support and convenience of a combined room.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears
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American Society of Zoologists
T. Cunliffe Barnes
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Widford Hills Newton
Kellogg's
Leora
Eno Aen Gs
Brian Donlevy
Morgan's Creek
Paramount
McKesson & Robbing
Bridgeport
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