Ration stamp dates and expirations listed through September
The notice outlines multiple ration stamp validity periods and expirations from April 24 to September 30. It covers Blue G HH J processed food stamps May validity, Red KE meat stamps May validity, Coffee stamp 2% through May 30, and various meat and fuel stamps expiring or becoming valid on specified dates. It also notes distributor reporting, registration windows, point-value revisions, and inspector deadlines for gasoline and fuel oil stamps.
Soak Pans With Soap Suds For Easier Cleaning
Soak pans in soap suds to soften baked on food. Use a wash cloth to remove residue after soaking. This gentle method works for most stubborn spots and avoids harsh scrubbing.
Forests Protect Soil for Thousands of Years on Sloped Land
Forests save soil tests show it would take over 375 thousand years to lose seven inches of topsoil on a ten percent slope covered by virgin forests. Forests conserve soil and moisture.
Skin Diseases From Oils and Irritants
Skin troubles arise when oil or grease blocks pores causing infection. Direct chemical contact irritates skin and substances like naphthalene petroleum or benzol dissolve natural oils. Infections may come from animal hides waste products and disease germs. Susceptibility varies and minor irritation can worsen.
Uncle Sam's Feed Bill for Soldiers Tops 2.8 Million Daily
The military feeding expense runs to 2 800 000 dollars daily at a rate of 56 cents per soldier. The figure highlights the vast cost of provisioning troops.
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Uncle Sam
American bred Ramsey pretty Ann Rivers helps Danes case in Bar Harbor tale
Ann Rivers travels from Bar Harbor to New York seeking work and a buyer for Broadfields in Connecticut. In a Providence sleet storm she aids Paul Freund and his blind mother at the Tru French tourist camp. Ann helps the Freunds' wife Carol through a delivery, receives Rowena the puppy, and plans a show career for the Dane while Christopher Wain pursues a puppy. Christopher learns of Ann and funds for the newborn Freund baby, and a bond forms with the Freund matriarch as Ann contemplates life with Rowena and a new job in New York. The chapter ends with Ann carting Rowena toward an uncertain future and job hunt.
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Ann Rivers
Helen
Bar Harbor
Maine
New York
Broadfields
Connecticut
Ann
Providence
Paul Freund
Carol
Paul
Christopher Wain
Freunds
Rosalinda
Christopher
Rowena
Boston
Gretel
Miss Rivers
Christo
Pher
Otto Freund
America
Mr. Wain
Baby Freund
Proof of Love on the Mount Pass
Angela and Malcolm Goss pursue love amid a deadly snowbound crossing the Lockton range. A perilous bid over the snow pass tests their feelings as a blizzard forces them to rely on courage and each other, ending with mutual love and a changed view of danger.
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Malcolm Goss
Angela
Malcolm
Lockton Range
Ridge Peak
Gayety
Electric shock therapy offered for mental illness
Western Newspaper Union notes insulin and electric shock as effective aids for mental illness. Dr Myerson reports 123 patients treated with outpatient shock, most returning home within hours. The approach reduces shame and allows continued treatment outside hospital settings.
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A. Myerson
Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Myerson
Heart Condition Not Serious After Operation Says Physician
A visitor with a heart murmur and a recent operation sought a heart specialist. A physician’s quick exam showed no heart enlargement and normal function after brief exertion. He was advised that rest was unnecessary and to begin daily walks, increasing distance gradually.
Scrapper 92 Drives Scrap Drive Totals 17000 Pounds
A 92 year old resident of Minoak Illinois rolled up his sleeves and contributed 17000 pounds of scrap to the local scrap drive.
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Minoak, Ill
Psychology Found in Greeting Cards Noted
A nationwide survey by expert psychologists notes greeting cards aid expression and celebrate holidays. They help those with difficulty socializing, ease loneliness during separations, and preserve social values. Cards are kept briefly, then recycled for raw materials, and restricting cards could raise paper use via substitutes.
Remarkable Man and curious animal facts headline
Remarkable Man is described as the only meat eating primate. Goldfish can endure freezing conditions of their aquatic environment. A lone housefly lineage could yield about two million descendants in a single summer. A male swan is a cob a female a pen and a young swan a cygnet. Burmese natives say the slow loris feeds on moonlight rather than food.
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Burma
Cleaned motors extend brush life and reduce wear
Regular cleaning of electric motors prevents dirt buildup which accelerates brush wear. Periodic maintenance reduces friction, improves efficiency, and delays replacement costs.
Health brief answers on dizziness and high blood pressure
Question and answer format explains dizziness causes including liver ear and blood pressure disturbances. It notes hypertension is a symptom and advises medical evaluation to identify the cause.
Shortest Railroad In United States At Westline
The Valley railroad spans one mile in McKean county Pennsylvania and is cited as the shortest fine haul railroad in the nation.
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the Valley Railroad
Westline
McKean County
United States
Victory Garden Shows Big 2772 Ration-Point Return
Rutgers professor F G Helyar explains a 25 by 50 foot Victory garden with 25 tomato plants, two tomato rows, and two bean rows can save 2772 ration points in a year. He urges starting now if not yet begun and notes the plan uses present point values and nutritive factors for budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Helyar
Rutgers University
State Victory Garden and Food Conservation Committee
Garden yields projected for one family this year
Professor Helyar estimates crop output from a small garden providing three bushels of tomatoes and various other crops. Tomatoes yield 54 quarts or 1,481 ration points. snap beans, carrots, beets, and lima beans provide different quantities. The plan aims to feed an average family and save ration points for city families unable to garden.
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Helyar
Commercial Uses for Our Citrus Fruits
The article notes grapefruit, orange, and lemon production mainly in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California with California and Florida yielding 97 percent of oranges and most lemons. It highlights nonfood uses for culls including oils for textiles, pectin from peel and pulp, citric acids for flavors and medicines, and new products like citrus powder and citrus butter. Canning of grapefruit hearts and juice has risen, driven by Florida and Texas canneries, as European conflict affects trade.
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Florida
Texas
Arizona
California
United States
Rural Briefs on Feed Stock and Vitamin C
Cabbage endive and other bleached plants contain less vitamin C than leafy greens. To assure full milk pails next winter many farmers plan a thorough feed production and storage campaign to stock feedstuffs in barns by October 35.
Light colored storage tanks minimize evaporation loss
Observation notes that gas and oil storage tanks painted with light colors lose far less to evaporation than tanks finished in dark hues. This finding highlights the role of surface temperature and radiant heat in vapor loss among bulk storage tanks.
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Aca
Pennzoil
Pennsylvania
At & Washington
Ramsey
North Pole
Franken Meloney
King Ventures Syndicate
Tne
Western Newspaper Union
Dr. Barton
Clean Motors
Victory Garden
Ration Book
Kentucky Mines
John Shields
Crop Corps
U. S. Crop Corps
Washington Directory
Business City & County Officers
Treodore B. Bailey
Attorney At Law
Washington
Barclay's Grocery
W. Livingston
Attorney Abstract Department
West Main St
Court House
George F. Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Officers
Ruth Chures
Marian Bailey
Frank B. Miller
J. Lemmon
W. B. Dupuis
V. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlace
Unk
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
O. F. Boller
State Bank Corner
Washington St
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Coort House
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
George F
Harriet Clulter
Harold Putnam
Marion
George County
Lester B. Krabiti
Kyle
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Ernest Rudolph
Chiropractors
Chas, D
BROWN
Washington Independent School District
W. A. Erbe
Kenneth Freeman
Miss
Ethel McCreedy School Board
Richard A. Stewart
C. P. Weldin
Harry Ramseyer
Fred 8. Downing
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Gharlotte Baldrige
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