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...lavish and all that, and Taylor and his partner are both very pretty. But she should have kept her sweater...

Author: By J. H. K., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 2/25/1942 | See Source »

...onions, a bag of lima beans, two bottles of Napoleon brandy, 5,000 cigars, a set of corncob pipes, catnip for the Churchill cat, a field hat worn by Prince Otto von Bismarck, a wool afghan, a Shriner's hat, silk scarves, gloves, ties, socks, a sweater, a towel bearing the Union Jack, a framed list of U.S. Presidents, a copy of George Washington's will, a painting of the Great Seal of Ohio, a pair of spectacles, a textbook on navigation, a lawbook, The Book of Mormon, a set of Indian arrowheads, a turkey's wishbone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bundles for a Briton | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

...most farm women the biggest challenge of patriotism will be to do what they are already doing-only to do it better. An extra dozen eggs may be more vital than knitting an extra sweater or an ill-fitting sock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without Fuss or Feathers | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...been of a high order." Outside. In battle dress a Japanese soldier looks like a badly wrapped brown paper package. His legs are too short, his pants are baggy, his leggings droop, his tunic is loose, his kit askew. He wears muddy leather shoes. He may have on a sweater or messy fatigue clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of a Japanese | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Olivia de Havilland got a sweater knitted for her by a draftee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Dec. 8, 1941 | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

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