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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
7
Kathleen Norris recounts Betty Ellis a 32 year old attractive wife and mother who abandons her home duties for munitions work amid wartime freedom Her husband Bob a salesman suspects infidelity while Betty grows detached from family ties The letter urges patience forgiveness and the prospect of social upheaval before rebuilding trust and stability in the marriage
A husband seeks Kathleen Norris counsel about his wife, a 32 year old traveling worker involved with other men. With two children in her mother in law’s care, she finds freedom and profit in new work beyond wise control. The adviser urges forgiveness and hopes for a postwar return to sanity rather than divorce.
Sewing circle listing describes Barbara Bell Pattern No 75 designed for girls and women ages six months to three years. Includes yardage for play suit and dress, 3 yards 3 inch material, and slips and panties.
Pattern 16125 for women sizes 35 30 40 42 44 48 50 and DL 38 states fabric needs 25 plus yards 39 inch material for panties. Notes unusually high demand and current weather conditions raising order lead times. Bend your order to meet the popular demand and ensure supply.
A cleverly designed slip and pantie set is described as enhancing how all garments fit, emphasizing the sienderizing details and their impact on comfort and silhouette. The piece uses promotional tone to highlight shape, support, and versatility of the undergarments.
Colliers reports a new battery powered magnetic wire recorder that will capture live battle sounds and running on the spot narration by a back carried news commentator. The device promises four hours of continuous recording for front line use.
A collection of fragmented domestic tips covers removing fingerprints with ammonia and lemon, cleaning with kerosene, and using curry in eggs and sauces. It also includes sewing advice on threading needles and keeping spools near dressing areas for quick repairs. The text blends household science with everyday chores and cooking ideas.
The plant known as horsetail or scouring plant is a gold eater that absorbs and stores gold from saline soil. Although about 442 ounces of gold per ton may be present, prospectors pursue it as an indicator of gold in the ground rather than as a direct source. Its high-iron content made it a historical favorite for scrub top surfaces.
Answers list includes Jutland as the principal World War I naval battle. The quiz also asks about U S population under Washington, pilot training cost, time zone conversion, and meal time among soldiers.
A quiz with answers offers information on various subjects. Meals are 18 minutes at breakfast, 18 at dinner, and 17 at supper. A drinking fountain is noted. Holleran General Hospital on Staten Island occupies 383 acres with 43 brick buildings including auditorium, recreation hall, mess buildings and garages. Potato variety is parchment.
The article notes 50 000 establishments can duplicate keys in the United States but only about 2 000 locksmiths have mastered all lock combinations. It states there are no formal schools or courses and that the craft is usually learned within families. It mentions the skill and courage needed to open safes spiked by nitroglycerin when thieves fail.
The guide states cucumbers lettuce celery and whole romaine cannot be frozen. It notes that greens like spinach chard beet leaves kale and mustard can be frozen without difficulty.
The Icebox of North America Seward Folly was bought from Rusela in 1887 marking the last territorial acquisition on the North American continent. The phrase Icebox of the North Alaska references the region's early misnomer and its historic purchase.
Estimates show 3000 tons of tin saved in 1943 and 5000 tons in 1944 by reducing tin content and adding silver to the lead solder of newly manufactured cans. This change aims to conserve tin during wartime production while maintaining can viability.
Payments for work on public projects totaled almost 25 billion dollars during the 1933 to 1942 decade under relief programs. Church membership in the United States rose to 503 percent of the total population, the highest level reported.
The policy requires three extra pairs of shoes in reserve and two additional pairs in the process of manufacture for every American soldier entering service, in addition to the two issued pairs. This ensures sufficient footwear supply as new recruits enter duty and units expand.
Steel alloys are three times the weight of aluminum and nearly three times the weight of magnesium yet their tensile strength approaches 190000 psi. Calving profitability varies with season, with spring being less profitable than fall or winter due to increased grain feeding during flush pasture.
A new plywood type emerges in the United Kingdom, produced by placing a layer of low grade wood between two sheets of specially treated cardboard. The process aims to combine strength with lower material costs, signaling an experimental approach to sustainable building materials.
In 1843 bakery production increases by at least twenty percent while the quantity of shortening remains the same as in 1942.
A mix of brief items notes diet quality in prewar United States with 27 percent good diets, 38 percent bad or fair, and 35 percent poor. Other notes mention Fiji cannibalism stereotype, US Marines baseball leisure, vitamin A in gutter oil, and coal production emphasis during wartime.
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