When Time Heals the Wounds of War Hero
Kathleen Norris urges patience as a mother helps a severely injured son readjust after war. A Tucson family shares how time and small acts of care, like cooking, dolls carved from soap, and tending chickens, rekindle hope, easing despair and rebuilding life. The tale follows Rafe and Rolly Espinosa, one crippled by war and the other awaiting return, and ends with a message of faith and gradual recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafe
Maria
Rolly
Scotty
Brig
The Road Back From War for Veterans and Families
A young veteran, scarred by months of danger, faces a hard readjustment to civilian life while his family and community aid his recovery. The piece by Miss Norris portrays how wounds, mental strains, and loss shape a difficult reentry, with simple routines like woodcarving and chores offering therapy.
Sharpening Kitchen Knives The Right Method
Many kitchen blades dull from poor storage misuse and lack of sharpening. To sharpen a wartime knife place a sharpening stone on a flat surface apply oil then hold the knife and shave the stone toward and away from you keeping the blade horizontal to the surface.
Surplus Property program aids veterans in business ventures
The Surplus Property program via the Smaller War Plants Corp helps honorably discharged veterans start or expand businesses with purchases up to 2500 dollars, and eligible surplus items for capital up to 50000 dollars owned by veterans or joint veteran ventures, with prices not exceeding original government cost. A Troy plumbing contractor example shows application steps from district offices through to SWPC purchases and terms. The column also answers veteran questions on disability ratings, agricultural loan prices, navy chaplains medals, only son overseas duty, death gratuities, and GI Bill interest limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surplus Property Board
War Plants Corporation
SWPC
SWPO
OPA
Troy
N. Y
Albany
SWEC
Veterans Administration
Navy
Merritt F. Williams
Wasp
Salomons Islands
Joseph T. O'Callahan
Franklin
U. S
War Department
Concentration and reflexes shape winning sports minds
The piece argues that reflexes and instinct drive quick, decisive action in sports, illustrated by Mel Hein, Eddie Arcaro, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Jack Dempsey. It contrasts aging effects, the rare discipline of concentration, and quotes Bobby Jones and Tunney on mental focus, practice, and the cost of sustained attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel
Big Mel
Eddie Arcaro Gid
Ted Atkinson
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Toledo
Tunney
Bobby Jones
Jones
Gene Sarazen
Gene
Chicago
Mind Central
Walter Hagen
Mel Hein
Hamberg
Navy
Blanchard
Davis
Army
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Jack Johnson
Queen for a Day Star Mary Pickford Gets Tea Invite
Western Newspaper Union reports Mary Pickford chosen by a Mutual network Queen for a Day contestant to have tea. Mary shares the idea with Merlyn LeRoy’s mother, who calls her son spurring plans for a 24 hour Cinderella techicolor project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
Mutual
Mary
Mervyn LeRoy
Peter Cookson
Warren William
Anne Gwynne
What is the feminine of bachelor
A short classroom exchange features a teacher asking the class for the feminine form of bachelor and a boy blurts out a playful answer. The snippet includes a mix of dialogue about wings, a money inquiry at a bank, a pun on a teller’s role, a mule joke, and a nimble nursery rhyme remark about servicemen.
Mandel and villagers share Handel joke
A famous musician staying in a village encounters rustics from choir practice. He asks what music they rehearsed. They answer Handel, and one villager quips that Handel is not difficult because they all tell him. The anecdote plays on a pun about the composer and voices in the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandel
Handel
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Kathleen Norris
Torrgaments
Rafael
Raoul
Frank Espinosa
Tucson
Ariz
Marianas
Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Eye Street
N. P
D. C
Veta
Gene, Tunney
Virginia Vale
Susan Hayward
Paramount
Walter Wanger
Yon Passage
Dana Andrews
Brian Donnevy
Universel
Jess Barker
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Roland Young
William and
Mrss Skinner
Barry Wood
Ray Block
Casablanca
Marx Brothers
Pacific Coast
Jack Douglas
Phil Harris
Harris
John Douglas Jr
Ronald Calmann
Ruth Hussey
Constance Moore
William Goetz
International Pictures
Claudette Colbert
Orson Welles
George Brent
Twentieth Century-Fox
Berkeley Square
Leslie Howard
Heather Angel
Maureen O'Hare
Gregory Peck
Jeanne Crain
Clark Gable
Greer Garson
Thomas Mitchell
Victor Mieming
Joseph Rutenberg
Fred Uttal
CBS
Fred
Michel Panaivf
Warners
Coast Guard
Gig Young
Bette Davis
20Th Century-Pax
Allyn Jose Ya
Peay Ann Garner
Dix Davis
Randolph
Judy
Hugh Herbert
RKO
Danny Kays
W. Randolph
Filsiy
Mrs. Katz
Nellie
F. Goodrich
California
Union
Michigan State Highway Department
Begoodrich
Naron
Locke Stove CO
West 11Th St
Kansas City
Lae Meyer
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