Wartime Ration Notices Cover Gasoline Sugar Coffee and More
Government ration directives detail East Coast gasoline coupons and shortages area rules, sugar stamp validity, home canning stamps, coffee and shoes stamps, and meat red stamps. Equalizing gasoline rations across regions is planned within sixty days. Farm payments, canning jar guidance, veteran reemployment, bottle recycling, tire spares, home repairs, hog price ceilings, student induction, hard-surfacing parts, and vehicle registration trends are summarized.
My Church Covenant Renewal Promise
A faithful member renews a church covenant pledging to attend services, pray for members, contribute to support, and obey church laws. The text affirms commitment to reading the Bible, meeting with members, and praying together, signed in the sight of God and men. The closing line about an alligator neck is unrelated.
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God
Christ
John Bunyan Smith
Willkie Calls for Vote Equality for Negroes
Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 Republican candidate, urged swift steps toward racial equality in a radio speech. He outlined seven actions to end discrimination and criticized both major parties for unequal treatment of Negro citizens, citing housing and political status as urgent problems. He urged consistent principles from national parties from Atlanta to Harlem.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Willkie
Oddities From a Quirky World
A collection of amusing facts and claims from folklore and trivia. Items include gas needs for bombs, island Rhodian dental health, evolution myths, divorce customs in Zo ch ia, singing power, legality of giggling in Helena, train related musical instrument labels, house numbering origins, milk nutrition after souring, Caesar era streets, wine cellar keys, barking dogs in Russia, autumn accident rates, Indian princes neckwear, Senate haircuts, dancing endings, Italy kissing laws, diet versus exercise, a CALTECH telescope reach, camel delicacy, gender cooling myths, and murder statistics.
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Mediterranean
Zochia
China
Helena
Mont
Napoleon
Julius Caesar
H. G. Wells
Russia
India
Capitol
Italy
California Institute of Technology
San Francisco
New York
Odd Bits Across History From Gifts to Customs
A collage of historical notes mentions Isabella funding Columbus with $3,000 for the voyage, a World War II note where MacArthur dismisses letters to focus on war aims, a sixth century origin for the kissing of the bride, and a remark about Sundays being part of the years.
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America
Isabella
Columbus
MacArthur
Mind Over Matter Controls Dice In Duke Tests
New York report describes Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory experiments on psychokinesis. Concentration on a target number allegedly raises its frequency in long dice throws, suggesting mind influence over physical systems.
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New York
Duke University
Duke
Mind Over Matter The Parapsychology Dice Experiments
The Journal of Parapsychology reports Duke University experiments where a subject achieved 981 successes in 840 throws with six dice, far above the expected 840 across three tests. A darkened trial with a flashlight yielded a negative result, studied as part of testing mind influence on material events.
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Duke University
Jeep for civilians possible after war ends says Senator Tydings
Senator Tydings of Maryland said that after the war the armed forces will have excess materiel to sell to civilians. When asked if that includes jeeps he replied that it does if a surplus is found.
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Chicago
OPA
War Food Administration
Selective Service Bureau
The
War Manpower Commission
Ashington
Senator Tidings
Maryland
Tydings
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Office of Defense Transportation
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ODT
Public Roads Administration
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Office of Naval Officer Procurement
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