Hollywood Stars Fill Pages With Celebrity Moves
By Virginia Vale Western Newspaper notes Felene Orman Powell, child of Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, wearing sergeant stripes and a Purple Heart replica sent from Honolulu. Trade whispers say Joan Crawford remains in demand, while Susan Hayward lines up roles and Bob Hope gains fame in England.
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Dick Powell
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Rydingigh
Dorothy Lamour
Victor Moore
Elmer Taylor
Honolulu
A Londoner in New York Expresses wary optimism on postwar unity
A Londoner in New York recalls wartime bureaucracy and friendlier FBI dealings while comparing New York, London, Paris, and Sydney. He advocates postwar shared citizenship between British and American peoples, notes cultural contrasts, and reflects on frontline loneliness and resilience amid looming war.
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New York
Burma
Egypt
Libya
Tripolitania
Aelfange
London
New
Paris
Sewing Circle Pattern Catalog Note
An antiquated catalog notice lists pattern 149 New Montgomery Street by Frances Cal Mnclosa. It mentions sewing jackets with trimming and panties, with yardage estimates and longer waits due to high demand and wartime conditions.
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Othiog
New
Montgomery Strees
Frances
Household Tips From A Practical Gardener And Do It Yourself
Amateur gardeners waste water by shallow frequent watering. Water deeply after soil is dry for best results. Evening watering reduces evaporation. A leaky bucket can be fixed with melted paraffin. Sewing buttonholes uses stitch alignment. Wrap ends of rope to prevent fraying with twine and shellac. Enamel finish protects drawers. Poison storage should use cork pins for warning. Keep twine handy by balling and hanging in a sack.
Sweden’s rural farms and staple crops described
The article outlines Sweden as a country with about 6.3 million residents and a strong farming sector. It notes many farms under 80 acres producing wheat rye barley potatoes sugar beets and bay. It mentions dairy production measured in millions of tons of butter and cheese and references Sweden’s economy and agriculture.
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Dialf
Sweden
Boral
Strawberry Planting and Care Guidelines
Strawberries should be set for home gardens only on well drained easily worked fertile soils. Do not plant if roots are black. Do not wet plants. Strawberries usually do not need spraying unless leaf spot or leaf roller become serious.
Aladdin's Cave of Gold Heavily Guarded at Fort Knox
Fort Knox houses a vast nine billion dollar gold reserve protected by a 10000 square foot storage area and a 40 by 64 foot giant safe. elaborate defenses include machine guns gas guns ray devices and a mirror system ensuring no space is overlooked. sensitive microphones warning bells lights and signal drops deter intruders while artillery can wipe out any assault.
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Fort Knox
Dutch Style Painted Furniture From Old Dresser and Cupboard
A family room and dining area blend old and inexpensive pieces using cream paint and bright Dutch stencils. A dresser supports a cupboard with plates framed by a molding and mirrors transformed into painted frames.
Stepwise Guide to Fixing Tired Car Seats and Padding
A compact instruction set outlines practical steps for padding repairs and seat cushion care. It covers removing worn padding, selecting foam or padding materials, cutting to fit, attaching with upholstery adhesive, and finishing with safe stitching techniques.
Wartime motto guides do it yourself furniture repair
A wartime TIP urges readers to repair rather than replace furniture. The slogan promote thrift and self reliance as households reupholster and mend in tight material conditions during the period.
Bananas Used to Lubricate Ship Launches in Ports
Article notes that bananas were used to grease ship launching ways to enable thousands of tons of steel to slide into the water. It recalls a surplus of overripe fruit once solved by greasing launchways for battleship launchings using about 45 tons of banana grease.
Rome Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
The reader is presented with a general knowledge quiz featuring questions on locations the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a state name meaning red people, the chemical symbol for gold, a term for a person who enjoys causing pain, the opera about Gustave III’s assassination, and the term for separating light into colors.
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Gustave III
Sweden
The Answers I The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
A garbled fragment mentions Alaska and Oklahoma with scattered items including the symbol Au and the word sadist and a phrase about a masked ball. The readable core lists places and terms without a clear narrative or event.
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Alaska
Oklahoma
Manure Nitrogen Use and Allied Notes from War Era
Manure supplies significant nitrogen and nutrients for farming as chemical fertilizers drop during wartime. A ton of manure holds about 10 pounds nitrogen, 9 phosphorus, and 10 potash, with half of its value retained by proper handling. Reports from Colombia describe hospital and dispensary plans in rubber regions with floating launch hospitals carrying beds and anti malaria drugs.
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Darnyard
Colombia
Amazon
Keep Shoes Fit Olive Prompt Care Guide
Keep every pair of shoes in good repair and clean. Treat them carefully after use, dry them in a dish of rain, rub with a rough towel to keep leather supple, and polish to replace oil lost.
Early Maine ship launch recalls 1607 Amenae and Virginia voyages
The coastal ship Amenae 1607 and the Virginia were built and ferried across the Atlantic before the Mayflower era. The text notes American ship building as a major industry surpassing presidential directives, with 1942 deadweight tonnage exceeding 8,000,000 tons.
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New World
Maine
Atlantic
Grow Fence Posts from Osage Orange Trees
Farmers planning fence lines in a northern plantation can set out Osage orange seedlings. Osage orange wood, durable peat wood, lasts longer than black locust, with trunks cut into posts four to twelve inches thick.
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Osage
Trent Tool Dandies Bleach Treatment on Wood Tools
A historical note explains how commercially treated tool handles such as picks shovels and pitchforks obtain a blonde appearance. The bleaching uses hydrogen peroxide or surface veneer bleaching to create a uniform light color for deeper finishing processes.
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Trent Tool
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