Sunday July 18.1943 TIME CAPSULE: Headlines are starting to ask what will happen to the women in industry after the war, including the New York Times Magazine, which wants to know “16,000,000 Women; What Will Happen After?” In 1944 The Saturday Evening Post cautioned “Watch Out for the Women,” and the Atlantic”™s blunt summary “Getting…

August 7, 1943 NEWSREEL: The Service Needs More Nurses ALTHOUGH more than 35,000 nurses are now serving with the Army or Navy, the need is by no means satisfied. During the next year it is estimated that something like 30,000 additional nurses will be required. Including 35,000 students now in training, the number of nurses…

September 27.1943Anniversary Card Dear Mom and Dad, I know this card is late but didn”™t get out to get one. Did you receive the telegram greeting? The Red Cross sent it for me. I sent you a package. The wall vase is for you and the candy dish is for Dad, but you may use…

Monday October 11.1943Dear Mom and Dad: Gee, you have me so worried. I sure hope you come out ok, if it be ulcers, as they think, why try this diet or perhaps you have one. And do be careful about your diet ”˜cause I know how you love to eat pickles and etc. And see…

November 6.1943Mele Kalikimaka! It may not sound like Merry Christmas to you -but it is in the language of old Hawaii. In no language, I am sure does the age-old greeting “Merry Christmas” carry a deeper and more sincere meaning. “Mele Kalikimaka” comes from the very bottom of my heart across the Pacific to you.…

Wednesday November 10.1943 NEWSREEL: Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation plant physician Dr. Julias Vogel reports that anyone can grow penicillin mold in his own kitchen with only a $5 outlay and at a cost of five cents per dish.

November 16.1943Hello Dad, Just a few lines. Hope you are all ok and I do hope you find a nice place, where it”™s not so cold to live. We are having winter here now. It”™s like a cool, cloudy day back home, with showers and then hot the next minute. Bye now. Love from your…