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January
In This Issue - This Unfinished World; Guns For Defense; Secrets Of Color; Cinderella Metals; Movie Cartoons Come To Life; Out Of The Air - Tomorrow's Car; Growing 'Em Faster Under Lights; Marching On Wheels; Tips On Table Tennis; Warriors On Skis; Taming The Thunderbolt; Nemesis Of The Black Widow; Balance - That's The Secret; Rigid Stretcher For Rescue; Ribbed-Rubber Grip Holds Ladder; Radio Reports Chutist's Six-Mile Fall; Grinder Dresser Balances And Trues Wheel; Electricity From Windmill On Mountain Top; Huge Troop And Cargo Planes; White "Spots" For Tires; Enzyme Clue To Cause Of Cancer; Rings Of Fire Guard City From Bombers; Twin Three-Blade Propellers; Testing Drugs For High Fliers; Mobile Headquarters Directs Tanks; Two-Motored Flying Wing Has No Fuselage; Titanic Snowplows For Railroads; "Trouble Light" For Motorists; Aircraft Carriers Fire Squad; Portable Hydraulic Elevator For Plane Engines; Automatic Album And Frame; Polarized Light Identifies Sugar In Diet; Gun Tests Electric Bonds In Plane; Hinged Stairway; Stars Redden In Gas Cloud; Mains For Pipe Line Carried On Tractor; Child's Rowing Machine Pumps Balloon; Pocket-Size Fuse Puller; "Stop-And-Go" Fuse Puller; Dry Ice Tests Gems; Key Within Screwdriver Holds Screw; Scooter Chair As Taxi At Airport; Metronome Paces Marching Soldiers; Visual Indicator For Radio Beam; Clamp As Extra Hand; Giant Roller Bearing; Plating Waste Zinc On Steel; Caliper Has Scale On Back; Seventy-Ton Flying Boat; Portable Photo Speed-Lamp; Manganese Are Flotation Process; Seven-Ounce Motor Checks Plane Parts; Luminous Dolls; School For Fire Fighters; Signboard Warns Speeding Cars; "Lifetime" Ink Pad Fed By Wells; Electric Moisture Meter For Soil; Compass And Gauge For Drawing Brush; Telephone Cables Formed Automatically; Motor On Scooter Ambulance; Shatterproof Visor For Athletes; Inexpensive Plane Of Plastic Plywood; Airplane Height-Finder; Defense Material From Rubber; Self-Supporting Ladder; Shelf Unit In Kit Form; Attachment Takes "Kick" Out Of Gun; Car Painters Wear Mask And Hood; Movie Splicer Saves Film; Powerful Atomic Bullets; Getting Dinner The Hard Way; Folding Dinette Table; Pneumatic Conveyor Shoots Red-Hot Rivets; Submarine Saw Clears Channel; Largest Electric Motors Ever Built; Portable Tool Stand And Light; Sulphur Spray For Garden Pests; Life-Saving Jacket; Heavy Articles Moved On 8-Wheel Dollies; Automatic Idling Control Saves Gas; Ambulance Driven By Bicycle Gear; Oil Bath Cleaner Supercharges Engines; Adjustable Power-Drill Extension; Mixer Shaken With One Hand; Water Wings Made From Trouser Legs; Home Binder For Color Transparencies; Electric Gauge Shows Cylinder Wall Thickness; Testing Bomb's Effect On Window Glass; Foot-Controlled Hydraulic Vise; Tricks With Your Camera; Steel Frame Presses Washable Trousers; Hourglass Timer Rings Bell; Scale Finds Center Of Gravity; Simple Lawnmower Sharpener; GSlass Made Glareless; Homemade Car And Trailer; Bureau Fastened On Door; Jig-Saw Cutter For Grapefruit; Six-Piece Knock-Down Stool; Nonslip Pressure-Grip Wrench; Copper-Cement Floor Kills Germs; Prefabricated Calking Cord; Mechanical Arms Load Defense Cargo; Sidecars On Tandem For Children; Holder Speeds Drill Selection; Chemical Guards Grain From Rats; Combination Pencil And Flashlight; Size Of Plane Shown By Tanks And Men; Aerial Mosaic Map; Plastic Disk Hat; Disabled Army Truck Rides Cable; Rotating Water Sprinkler; Sheer Cotton Stockings Replace Silk; Illuminated Magnifier Shields Eyes; Automatic Phone-Radio Combination; Table-Type Television Receiver; FM Adapter Unit; Speaker Cabinet; R.F. Plate Choke For 2 1/2 Meters; Crystal Pickup Cartridge; Sharpener For Cactus Needles; Knob Puller For Service Men; Six-Tube "Pocketbook" Portable; Electron-Coupled Oscillator Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Art And Artists - Substitute For Lettering Brush; Drawing Board Clamps To Table; Keeping Brushes Tight On Handles Automotive - Hot Water And Lights In Trailer; Bridge Hinged On Rear Of Truck; Keeping Tire Spread For Repairs; Locating Leak In Carburetor Float; Protecting Mechanic's Hands; Stud Remover From Turnbuckle; Helpful Hints For Motorists; Bottle Feeds Motor If Pump Fails; Repairing Exhaust-Pipe Bolts Farm - Self-Feeder For Game Birds; Gate In Fence For Dog; Emergency Chick Hover; Preventing Soil Sticking To Post-Hole Digger; Simple Fence For Haystack; Wire Crimpers Tighten Fence; Loosening Milk-Can Lids; Sand Trap On Well-Pump Pipe; Old Mittens As Wrist Protectors; Folding Snow Fence Furniture - Sheraton Night Stand; Chairside Table; Hallway Chest Hand Tools - Removing Pins From Shafts; Doorknob As Wrench For Stove-Bolts; Tempering Homemade Tools; Holder For Handling Small Parts; Improving Soldering-Iron Holder; Clinching Rivets In Sheet-Metal Tube; Making A Tap Cut Oversize; Tape Holds Compass Point On Metal Home Improvements - Lightweight Cistern Cover; Waterproofing Sheet Asbestos; Steps From Concrete Blocks; Driveway Marker Raised Above Snow; Uses For Caulking Compound; Air Cushion Stops Water Hammer Household - Solving Home Problems; Funnel As Small Tree Base; Rotating Christmas Tree; Finger Cot As Bottle Stopper; Finding Defective Bulb In Tree Lights; Temporary Curtain Rod; Index On Storage Drawer; Simple Humidifier For Home; Repairing Leaky Garden Hose; Card Table Stored Behind Door; Storing Christmas-Tree Ornaments Office - Rubber-Band Improves Pencil Clip; Wire Lifter In Wastebasket; Simple Drawer For Paper Clips Photography - Viewing Box For Color Film; Safety Catch For Tripod Legs; Good Portraits; Holding Snapshots In Album; Plate Holder Is Door Of Paper Cabinet; Spring Holds Pack In Adapter Power Tools - Small, Inexpensive Sanding Discs; Indexing Attachment For Lathes; Buying Used Power Tools; Air Compressor Radio And Electricity - Two-Band Miniature-Tube Set; Code-Practice Oscillator Unit For Large Groups; Neon Test-Bulb On Suction Cup; Clip-On Tip For Fine Soldering; Removing Sleet From Antenna; Naval Radio Students Copy Code On Typewriter Sports - Ice Sled For Little Tots; Making Safety Fence For Skaters; Sled Tanks Capture Snow Fort; Junior's Ice Scooter Store And Shop - Cellulose-Tape Dispenser; Steel Wedge Keeps Roof Seams From Buckling; Sheet-Metal Brake; Bench Vise Made Into Arbor Press; Hose Trough Holds Press Gauge Pins; Yard Goods Held For Measuring; Turntable For Heavy Crates Toys And Novelties - Game To Test Your Nerves; Model Railway Track Layout; Spinning Top From Box Cover; Rubber Grommets As Small Pulleys Woodworking - Necktie Cabinet; Vanity Powder Box; Applying Glue To Large Surface; Angle Blocks To Sand Work In Drill Press; Rubber Stop On Saw Miter Gauge
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February
In This Issue - Fighting At 50,000 Feet; Flying "Spiders" On Guard; On The Anti-Tank Firing Range; Solving Mysteries Of The Deep; Subway For Black Gold; Every Ounce Counts On A Clipper; Battling War's Fire Bugs; Cave Men Up-To-Date; This Modern Age Of Mud; Speed Demons Of The Air Forces; The Ship That Never Sails; Hitch-Hiking On The Big Waves; Smokeless Town; Human Ant Hill; Wanted: 200,000 Men Where-To-Buy-It Index - Dog Wears Radio Set; Dispenser For Sauce Bottle; Plastic Coil For Fluorscent Tube; Rubber Flashlight Resists Water And Shock; Oval Bike-Sprocket Takes Less Energy; Grim Faces Painted On American-Made Planes; Frozen Food Delivered By Truck; Welded Steel "Igloo"; Control For Antiaircraft Weapon; Powder Quells Magnesium Fires; Largest Flying Boat; Shoe Sole Has Nonskid Tread; Heat-Resistant "Vanishing Oil"; Nonstop Transatlantic Plane; Mt. Rushmore Memorial Completed; Air-Conditioned Operating Room; Chemical Device Melts Ice In Drain; Short, Lightweight Infantry Rifle; Snowplow Hooked To Car; Trainer Planes Await Call To Service; Grand Piano Has Transparent Base; "Straddle Chair" Has Tea Tray; Sand Blaster For Small Articles; Adjustable Winter Front For Auto; Electronic Revolving Door; Acoustic Mine; Portable Runway For Army Airport; Suspension Test For Wheel Balance; Gauge Measures Gun Bore; Nonreflective Glass Surface; Dry Adhesive Labels; Illuminated Beverage Fountain; Special Fixtures For Heat Lamp; Lack Of Vitamin A Increases Night Blindness; Metal Chimney For Gas Furnace; Fabric Woven From Cow's Tail; Soldering Stand Has Magnifier And Lights; Patches Vulcanized On Stockings; Tabulator Keeps Auto Record; British Bomber Has Three Bomb Racks; Powerful Steam Boiler; Portable Bridge Span For Army; Self-Locking Link For Skid Chain; Plane Model Teaches Use Of Controls; Bomb Sight Aimed Through Plane Floor; Indoor Barbecue Table; Instrument Warns Pilot Of Lightning Peril; Tiny Explosionproof Pump; Self-Infloating Duck Decoy; Vie Finder For Television Camera; Scale Model Of "Sub Cheater"; Models Show How Street Lamp Spread Light; Metal Hand Sander; Cutting 'Em To Show 'Em; Mobile Water Tank And Cup Supply; Hand-Saw Cover Stops Rust; Triangle Provides Six Angles; Amphibian Tank Hauls 40 Men; Motorcycle Ambulance Runs 90 M.P.H.; Auto Vacuum Sucks Poison From Snake Bite; Bumper Extension Prevents Hooking Cars; Automatic Telephone Dial; Adjustable Platform On Ladder; Animated Tree Model; Table Clock Has Two Faces; Auto Scoop On Tow Truck; Mobile Engineering Laboratory; Submarine Cargo Vessel Towed By Warship; Xylophone Made With Rock Bars; Crane On Trailer Lifts Airplane Engine; Plastic Tape For Sealing Windows; Balloon Or Kite Lifts Antenna; Hot-Dog Steamer For Home; Skylight Window Washers; Drag Bucket Digger Loads Trucks Quickly; "Direct Printer" Speeds Defense Plans; Auto Heater In Cowl Ventilation; Gun Torpedo Shatters Warship; Telescopic Truck Loads Railway Car; Movable Guide Helps Trim Photos; Model Of Soap Box Derby Course; Light-Reflecting Letters For Signs; Fluorescent Light Tube Can Be Bent; Rubber Pneumatic Door Silencer; Meter Tests Vibration Of Machines; Adjustable Pan Insert For Steaming Food; Self-Inflating Life Saving Belt; Television For The Home; Plastic Handle Radio Tools And Service Kit; Rechargeable Flashlight Battery; No-Tool Outlet Plug; Seven-Tube Automatic Chairside Combination; FM Speaker Has Tone Diffuser; Super Band-Spread Foreign Tuning; One-Hundred Watt Amplifier Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Arts And Artists - Attachment For Vanishing Points; T-Square Kept From Slipping; Tracing Easel From Picture Frame; Utility Drawing Table; Thimble Clip On Brush Aids Sign Writer; Inverted Tumbler Used As Tray Automotive - Lengthening Small Armature Shafts; Shooting Auto-Starter Problems; Instrument-Panel Lights Softened; Changing Dealers' License Plates Quickly; Protecting Cylinder When Fitting Bearing; Mechanic's Apron Held By Sponge-Rubber Buttons; Electrical Leaks Located By Compass; Grease Fitting Used To Flare Copper Tubing; Car-Side Ski Rack; Anti-Spread Chain For Truck; Reclaiming Used Motor Oil; Removable Clearance Lights For Truck; Motor Armatures Clamped In Vise Farm - Horseshoe Is Handle On Oil Can; Sled Runners From Horseshoes; Three-Speed Pump Jack; Gasket Under Pump Excludes Surface Water; Weighted Grain-Drill Openers; Staking Down Food Basket; Mice Kept Out Of Binder Canvas; Rubber Ball Is Stopper For Acid Carboy; Fastening Wire On Temporary Fence; Pail Elevates Poultry Feed Pan Furniture - Grille-Door Bookcase; Wood Chest And Bellows; Music Cabinet; Replacing Worn Seats With Upholstery Hand Tools - Nail Aides In Driving Cotter Key; Emergency Nail Set; Broken Nail Set Repaired; Centering Gauge From Tin Box; V-Blocks From Pieces Of Pipe; Tool For Locking Stove-Pipe Seams; Jaws Hold Oval Work In Vise; Auto Valve As Tack Hammer; Rubber Mallet On Hammer Handle; Welding Rod Holder Household - Solving Home Problems; Brush Fastened On Paste Jar; Repair For Porcelain Tanks; How To Repair Slide Fasteners; Pictures Hung Straight With Plumb Bob; Keeping Firing Tools Out Of Sight; Keeping Pests From Garbage Can; Plants Grown From Cuttings; Fastening Handles On Twisted Wire Brushes; Scroll Party Invitations Lawn And Garden - Holding Garden Hose In Pail; Bird Feeder From Mixing Bowls; Air Space Under Ice In Fish Pool; Lawnmower Held Against Wall Metalworking - Turning Thin Metal Washers; High-Temperature Furnace; You Can Spin It Paint And Painting - Skin Removed From Top Of Paint; Bucket Ladder Hooks Easily Made; How To Avoid Drying Of Paint Photography - Combination Feet For Tripod; Ferrotype-Tin Rack Of Wood; Self-Closing Box For Photo-Paper; Tilting Enlarging Easel; Rubber Bands Hold Tripod Legs; Checking Camera Shutter Speeds; Inexpensive Film Slitter; Black Spots Removed From Prints Power Tools - Centering Fixtures For Drill Press; Keeping Sawdust Out Of Motor Radio And Electricity - Time Switch From Alarm Clock; FM Adapter For Your Radio; "Black Light" Radio Burglar Alarm; Mounting Octal Socket On Breadboard; Spark Plug Used As "Thru-Panel" Insulator; Salvaging Short Lengths Of Copper Tubing; Increasing Bass Response From Phone Pickup Store And Shop - Holding Rule While Cutting Glass; Cards Held Vertical In File; Adjustable Light For Workbench; Shipping Tags Carried On Wire Hoop; Coil Spring In Dustpan Cleans Broom; Colored Line Aids Press Folder; Plumber's Candle Holder From Floor Flange; Sandpaper Paddle Aids Garment Presser; Keys Marked By Linotype Slugs; Weighing Chlorine Gas In Drums; Pin Tags As Tabs To Remove Box Lids; Screen Wire Kept From Unrolling Toys And Novelties - Cigar Lighter Fires Toy Steam Engine; Coin Bank From Rubber Ball; Dutch-Girl Tray For Glasses; Nursery Yacht; Lamp Merry-Go-Round; Ship Plaques In Metal And Wood; Black Dolls Woodworking - Bar Clamps From Auto Tie Rods; Telescoping Candy Bowl; Decorative Turned Lamps; Sawhorse Lifts Work; An Aid In Mortising Hinges; Rosin-Coated Nails Hold Firmly; Thickness Sander On Lathe
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June
In This Issue - Fishing For Vitamins; Dogs Of War; Shoot Them In Color; Stars' Secrets Revealed By Midget Eve; The Coast Guard Girds For Duty; Flying Mules Of The Army; New Disguises Of The Demon Fire; Hit Or Miss; Piloting The Tom Thumb Water Bugs; If You Can Drive You Can Fly (Part 1); Keeping Our Warbirds Flying; Torture Chamber Guards Power Lines; The Revolution In Farming Where-To-Buy-It Index - Scoop Picks Up Incendiary Bomb; Self-Propelled Combine; Five Senses Duplicated By Science; Leather Kit Holds Six Tools; Bird And Plane Collisions; Blackout Window Shade; Guayule Seeds Gathered By Vacuum; Ready-Made Steel Homes Trucked To Site; Exposure To 63,000-Foot Altitude Fatal; Bracket Holds Motor To Canoe; Four-Place Defense Ambulance; Blacking Out Hollywood; Plastic Utensils For The Home; Prefabricated Home; Phosphorescent Blackout Paint; Lightweight Lifesaving Suit; Reciprocating Electric File; Carbon Dioxide Would Smother Hanger Fires; Luninous Disk Visible In Dark; Lifesaving Apparatus For British Seamen; Sedan Rebuilt Into Ten-Seat Bus; Siren Operated By Compressed Air; Helium Helps Weld Magnesium; Cart For Unexploded Bombs; Plane To Carry 57 Passengers; Spider Webs For Precision Instruments; "Plug-In" Electric Belt Conveyor; Thumber For Casting Reel; Machine Gun Sheds Barrel; Slippers Fold Into Case; Indoor Parachute Jump; Silver Useful In War Industry; Japs Launch Fake Periscope; Portable Airplane Detector; Lock Nuts Prevent Tire Theft; Message Spans Globe; Landing Tactics Of Japanese; Bomb-Fighting Equipment On Hand Cart; Russia Gets Rubber From "Dandelion" Plant; Scoop For Farm Tractor; Steel Fort Guards Britain's Sea Approaches; Housetop Equipped To Fight Bomb Fires; Huge, Speedy Oil Circuit Breaker; Wheel Shows Accident Risk; Transparent Mystery Clock; Heater Has Removable Casing; Liquid Massage For Arm Or Leg; Why Didn't You Think Of These?; Salvaging Tin Cans; Weather Sayings Based On Science; Household Brush Has Side Bristles; Plug For Broken Gas Mains; Canadian Coast Guns Camouflaged; Ready-Made Metal Parts For Skull; Auto Wheels Chained To Bumper; Ice Cubes Frozen In Plastic Cups; Bath Tub Shower Fits Any Spout; Two-Story Telescoping Trailer; Plastic Cork Stops Condensation Drip; Pocket-Size Bridge Table; Screen Hangers Snap In Place; Delayed Jump Of Steel To Magnet; Tiny Flower Pot Holds Ant Poison; Women's Fire Brigade; Latest Streamline Train; Luminous Shoe Soles For Blackout; Sun Is Huge Atom Smasher; Adjustable Book Cover; Three Gliders Towed By Army Plane; Scale Weighs Tarnish Film; "Walking" Pistol Range; Foolproof Hearing Tester; Name Embossed On Match Books; "Chinese Puzzle" Shell Carrier; Huge Bomb-Carrying Seaplane Planned; Precision-Built Tile Mural; Adjustable Sweater-Drying Stretcher; Blackout Shields For Auto Lights; Crotcheted Sling For Injured Arm; Air Velocity Meter; One-Man Truck Wheel Remover; Universal Replacement Power Cord Resistor; Swivel Auto Antenna Mounts On Fender; Five-Range Dial For Experimenters; Record Changer Has Needle Guide; Automatic Feed Attachment For Soldering Iron; Hearing Aid Amplifier; Robot Raid Warden; Multi-Purpose Set Tester; Pre-Tuned Antenna For 2-Way Radio Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Arts And Artists - Pica Gauge Used For Scale Drawings; Rubber Sponge Cleans Triangle; Scale Improves French Curve Automotive - Making Car Motors Last Longer; Skid Chains Attached Easily; Reflectors Under Trunk Lid; Sawhorses Fit Into Auto Trunk; Car-Light Blackout; Removing Tire From Safety Rim; Ball Shield For Trailer Hitch; Garage Doors Oiled To Prevent Freezing; Installing New Oil Seals; Hiding Spare Key On Car; Tool To Repair Motorcycle Chain Boats And Boating - Holding Oars Steady When Rowing; Adjustable Boat Footrest; Neat Boat Fenders; Small Sailboats Make Good Seamen Farm - Portable Shade For Field Workers; Colter Guards On Tractor Plow; Sprayer On Wheelbarrow; Protecting Grain Fields From Ducks; Keeping Hay Carrier Oiled; Making Shovel Handle Easy To Grip; Portable Fence Hand Tools - New Handle Burned In Hammer; Soft Face For Wrehch Or Vise; Toothpick Used As Screwdriver; Holding File In Wood Handle Home Improvements - Effective Way To Lock Windows; Part Of Window Screen Hinged; Hinged Partitions In Cottage; Draft Control For Hot-Water Heater Household - Filter In Kerosene Stove; Solving Home Problems; Tumblers Used As Place Cards; Mending Glove Fingers; Preventing Tots From Opening Drawer; Freeing Clogged Drain Pipe; Repairing Refrigerator Gasket; Clothespin Holder Slides On Line Lawn And Garden - Shelter Provides Shade On Lawn; Wren Houses; Sturdy Hinge For Gate Post; Ridding Garden Of Moles; Light Solves Blackbird Problem Paint And Painting - Blackout Paint On Windows; Paint Brushes Suspended In Liquid; Inexpensive Crack Filler Photography - Tubular Lamps Heat Negative Dryer; Folding Legs For Camera Use; Delayed-Action Shutter Release; Photos With People; Keeping A Darkroom Dry; Photos Held In Spiral Notebook; Wire Rack For Light Bulbs Power Tools - Work Held On Drill-Press Table; Using Steel Wool In A Hand Grinder; Boring-Bar Holder; Lathe Dog Notched For Square Stock; How To Use A Bench Shaper; Removing Oil From Leather Belts; Using Threading Die In A Lathe Radio And Electricity - First Aid For Home Receivers; Two-Tube Economy Set; Homemade Speaker Case Has Cable Compartment; Set Holder For Lawn Table; Adding Broadcast Antenna To FM Dipole; Visual Check Of Heaters In Metal Tubes; Counter-Balance Keeps Antenna Wire Tight Store And Shop - Wiping Excess Water From Bottles; Thin Paper Cut Easily; Non-Slip Surface On Gangplank; Nails Selected From Display; Pressman's Apron Protects Hips Toys And Models - Ship Model "Constellation"; Lacquer Preserves Soap Carvings; Toy Auto Seat Upholstered Woodworking - Choice Book Ends; Boudoir Chair; Closet-Door Magazine Rack; Sewing Box With Drawer Miscellaneous - Twin Spectacle Case; Postage Stamps Kept From Sticking Together; Locking Lapel Button On; Ink Bottle Kept From Upsetting; Flashlight Shield Used In Movie; Tube Spout On Oil Can; Dog's Leash Carried On Collar; Nut Slotted To Lock On Bolt; Choosing The Correct Nail; "Fish Sled" For Surf Fishing; Strengthening A Weak Magneto
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July
In This Issue - "Bomb Voyage" To Tokyo; The Iron Horse Delivers The War Tools; Black Light At Your Service; Television Trains The Home Guard; The Army Policeman - 1942 Style; Flying Battleships Will Win The War; You Can't Catch 'Em Where They Ain't; Thrills In Davy Jones's Locker; The Eyes And Ears Of The Navy; If You Can Drive You Can Fly (Part 2); Is There Life Among The Stars?; The Heat Lamp Makes Good; Cabinet Holds Air-Raid Tools; Vibrating Rod Tests Fruit Ripeness; Battery-Operated Scoop Truck; Army Decontamination Squad; Furnace Stores Ashes In Pit; Ship's Nose Prefabricated In Shop; Painters Rustproof Dam Gates; Plane Engine "Lab" On Turntable; Transparent Cover For Hat; Keeping Nature In Balance; Navy Boats Built Upside Down; Fresh Paint Identifies Target Bullets; "Germ Syrup" May Make Grass Digestible; Thousands Learn New Trades; Acoustic Alarm Fence; Huge Bus Carries 141 Men; Armored Fortress Guards Chinese Train; Liners Converted Into Plane Carriers; Army Tests "Sea Jeep"; Rotary Bomb Thrower For Plane; Million-Pound Test Machine; Locking Cap For Auto Wheel Nut; Secret Of Artificial Wool Structure Found; Dog Trained As Stable Hand; Salt Inlaid In Tire Treads; Soldier's Clothes Resist Poison Gas; Toys On Canvas Map Depict Battle; Measuring Oil Flowing In Pipes; Streamline Ammunition Carrier; Tiny Cars On Chart Depict Accidents; Airflow Over Plane Shown; Ghost Writing Is Camera Trick; Lapel Torch Saves Life At Sea; Homemade Walking-Type Mower; Three-In-One Clothes Hanger; Bullet-Resistant Cement Block; Aluminim Replaced In Planes; Model Helps Teach Milking; Insecticide Shortage Due To War; Safety Gate For Auto Entrance; Recording Behavior Of Golden Gate Bridge; Blackout Caps For Transformers; Three-In-One Screwdriver Set; Plaster - Hollywood's Greatest Imitator; First Aid Bandage Covers Face; Use Of Germ-Killing Light To Increase; Glass Cover For Auto Tax Stamp; Adjustable Jar Lid Remover; Comic Model Aids "Safety First"; Golfer's Silent Motor Scooter; Delivery Bike Carries 150 Pounds; Substitute For Morphine; Electrical Memory Machine; Rubber Rollers On Ladder Protect Walls; Rubber Assault Boats For Army; Safety Lamp On Elastic Belt; Overflow Pipe Inside Bath Tub; Portland Cement As Fire Extinguisher; Yarn Holder On Bracelet; Tent Guards Bridge Workmen From Rain; Ball And Chain Holds Gloves On Handbag; Passenger Travel Center Of The Future; Portable Charcoal Grill; Offset Ratchet Screwdriver; Thread Cutter On Thimble; Folding Tray; Two-Wheel Fire Engine; "Peep" Hops Ravine On Cable; Utility Loaders Pack Freight Compactly; Army Favors Complete Blackout; American Flag Made Of Tatting; Snow Conveyor Loads Tin Cans In Car; Training Dogs For Defense; Bridge Spans Floated On Barges; Dresser For Convex Or Concave Wheel; "Jigger" Travels Under Ice; Blackout Tie Glows In Dark; Hose Painted White To Use In Blackout; Folding Desk Attaches To Arm Chair; X-Ray Isnpects Rubber Heels; Poison Gas Used By Retreating Armies; "Mammy" Houses Sandwich Shop; Centralized Sound System For Schools; Coaxial Speaker For FM and AM Receivers; Cabinet Touch-Up Kit For Service Men; Home Recording Kit; Hand-Set Two-Way Radio Phone; Bi-Directional Speaker Baffle; Portable Dual-Speed Recorder; All-Purpose Chairside Unit; New Sources Of Alcohol Found Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Automotive - Farm Tractor Used As Truck; Go Easy On Your Tires; Wheel Shoes Hold Implements On Trailer Camping, Hunting And Fishing - Changing Spark Plugs While Trolling; Stake Holds Bait Can; Non-Slip Surface For Boat Seat; Fish Hooks Held In Tackle Box; Pine Cone Helps Train Hunting Dog Farm - Puller Removes Fence Post; Support For Plumbing Wooden Posts; Tar Coating On Cornpicker; Corners Of Brooder House Rounded; Hog Oiler Set At Angle Hand Tools - Cleaning Steel Tape Measure; Pads For Jaws Of C-Clamps; Ferrules For Small Tool Handles; Roofer's Non-Slip Tool Box; Demagnetizer For Hand Tools; Scraper Cleans Rust From Pipe Home Improvements - Keeping Flood Water From Basement; Insulating Hot-Water Tank; Extra Storage Space Provided In Basement Household - Solving Home Problems; Ornament For Fireplace Mantel; Five-Point Star Pattern; Starting Fire In Oil Heater; Putting Curtains On Stretcher Lawn And Garden - Streamlining A Picket Fence; Holes Bored For Tree Fertilizer; Lawn Care; Snow Fence As Slat Shade For Plants; A Lamp At Your Gate; Rack For Storing Garden Tools Office - Rubber Bands Hold Papers On Board; Worn Typewriter Platen Renewed; Alphabetical Tabs Mark Pages; Cutting Circles Around Numbers On Stencil; Holder For Pins And Clips Photography - Photo-Mat Cutter; Cellulose Tape Marks Tray; Navel Movie Effects With Venetian Blind; Hose And Valve Over Sarkroom Sink; Thread Removes Filter Cotton From Funnel; Periscope Lets Darkroom Worker Look Out; Holding Ferrotype Tins Upright Power Tools - Floating Power Unit Drives Lathe; Springs Wound In Lathe; Make Your Own Molding Cutters; Milling Machine; Lathe Follower Rest For Slender Work; Straightening Bristles Of Scratch Wheel Radio And Electricity - "Beginner's Special" One Tuber; First Aid Suggestions For Your Radio (Part 2); Bamboo Mast for short-Wave Receiving Antenna; Thumb Protector For Wire Stripping; Bobby Pins Used For Terminal Plugs; Corks Replace Rubber Feet On "Mike" Stand; Remote Control Switch In Old Headphone Cap; Tags For Cords In Multiple Outlet Plug Sports - Water Skis; Non-Slip Diving Board; Rack For Golf Bags Store And Shop - Several Cabinet Drawers Locked At Once; Page Marker For Catalog; Lamp Pull Chain Kept Untangled; Fastening Metal Band Around Large Box; Holding Glass For Cutting Toys And Novelties - Increasing Power Of Tiny Motors; Figurine Candle Holders; Ship Model "Constellation" Woodworking - Chairside Table With Lamp; Slotted Bench Stop As Miter Gauge; Cabinet Doors Hung Without Hinges; Napkin Holder; Quick-Acting Bench Vise; Tool Cabinet Has Sliding Racks Miscellaneous - Pump Suction Line Adjusted Properly; Combating Bomb Fires; Magnifier For Examining The Eyes; Giving Glass A Frosted Effect; Drain Holes In Terrace Wall; Lacing For Leather Craft; How To Color Concrete; Pipette Bent To Prevent Rolling; Building Kink For Contractors
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August
In This Issue - Production Line - The Road To Victory; Broadway Blackout; Alloys For The Allies; College For Police Horses; Uncle Sam Digs In; Decade Of The Dam Builders; The Iron Horse Delivers The War Tools; Teamwork In A Tank; If You Can Drive You Can Fly (Part 3); Keeping Our Sailors In Trim; There's Money In Honey; They Play Jackstraws With Trees; Fighting Fire With Magic Where-To-Buy-It Index - Life Raft Holds 30 Persons; Shopping Bag Snuffs Out Bomb; Spray Quells Bomb Quickly; Battleship Uses 75 Tons Of Rubber; Cheesecloth Makes Windows Shatterproof; Fighter Guns Spray Fireworks; U.S. Army Uniforms For Any Weather; Double-Deck Trailer Ambulance; Cargo Plane Built Of Wood; Air Raid Shelter Made Of Timber; Blackout Aids; Mine-Layer Drops 300 Per Hour; Flying Ambulance Of Future; Hollow Rivets That "Pop"; Model House Has Glass Floors; Meat Tenderized By Pineapple Juice; Linoleum Map On Ceiling; Instrument Training In Monoplane On Ground; Bomb Shovel Smothers Bomb With Sand; Electric-Pulled Trailers Carry Workers; Enlarged Models Of Paint Crystals, Zoo Keepers Drill For Air Raids; Cup For Long-Eared Dogs; "Whirlwind" Fighter Plane; Shells May Fly By Own Power; Mechanical Pencil With Electric Pointer; Toys Save Cars In Movie Crackups; Plastic Flashlight; Gas Driven "Kiddie Car"; Six-Foot Rule Built In Flashlight; Puffed-Up Sand For Insulation; Fishing For 10,000,000 Dollars; Minnows Kept Alive In Pail; Sponge Mop And Drainer; Bicycle Has Wood Frame; Electric Test For Cancer; Air Raid Equipment In Small Train; Chutist Frees Self As He Hits Water; Telephone Holder Leaves Hands Free; Using Flashlight Safely In Blackout; Piston-Ring Pressure Found; Fuel-Oil Piped To Homes; Rubber Pinion Caries Army Over Rivers; Snow Roller For Airport Runway; Transparent Electric Cable; Film Projector And Shadow Box; Twin Radio Spots Plane; Paper Cut-Outs Of Pilots Hands; Two Trucks Haul 37-Ton Girder; Molds For Ice Box Cookies; Maize Is Tapioca Substitute; Who Says There's Nothing New; Plane Carrier On Great Lakes; Pilots Have Two-Way Vision; Biscuit Dough Cutter; Air-Borne Infantry Loads Plane Mockup; Plants Need Daily Temperature Change; Scoop Smothers Bomb With Sand; Locking Wheel Nut Prevents Tire Theft; Sulfa Drug For Whooping Cough; Wall Rack For Garden Hose; Oven Inspector Rides Tricycle; Huge Building Camouflaged; Pipe Cleaner Kept In Stem; Army Rescue Plane Drops Rubber Boat; Cellulose May Aid In Making Explosives; Tiny Lamp Made From Battery; Girls Tested For Ambulance Driving; Soilless Seed Germinator; Training Scouts For War Work; Clay Underlay Slabs For Lawns; Venetian Blind Brush Fits Vacuum Cleaner; Stencils For Scientific Drawings; Locomotive Heats New Factory; "Beep" Joins Army As Courier; Emergency "Minute Wheel" Saves Flat Tire; Drill Attachment Cuts Sheet Metal; Wire Connector For Auto Ammeter; Moisture In Glass Refuses To Evaporate; First-Aid Kit For Home; Two-Wheeled Sickle Bar Mower; Milk Truck Has Wooden Tires; Hose Reel Installed Indoors; Twin Vase Made By Hammering; Portable Wheel-Alignment Gauge; Homemade Motor Scooter; Marine Pack Takes Load Off Back; Alcohol From Steam Of Baking Bread; Home Kit Applies Color To Fabrics; Replacement Speaker For Battery Sets; Speaker In Wall Installation; Speaker Field Supply Unit; French Varnish Kit; Portable Amplifier With Lapel Microphone; Electric Air-Raid Siren; Automatic Entertainment Unit Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Automotive - Turntable Holds Motors For Repairing; Warning Reflections On Truck Door; Extension For Car Trunk; Hub Caps Loosened Without Marring Finish; Pass Card Attached To Windshield; Removing Broken Starter Bolt; Catwalk Around Garage Wall; Small-Parts Holder From Old Tire Casmping, Hunting, Fishing - Fishhook Kept From Snagging; Rudder For Outboard Motor; Trotline Reel On Side Of Boat; Depth Line For Fishermen; Live-Bait Container Aerated; Car-Top Carrier For Fishing Poles; Fishhooks Held On Poles Farm - Yard Pen For Chicks; Window Shade Protects Young Plants; Checking Amount Of Honey In Beehive; Divider On Mower Sickle Bar; Shield Keeps Plow Wheel Clean; Weeds Kept From Clogging Cultivator Shanks; Wire Protects Edge Of Feed Box Hand Tools - Holder For Jigsaw Blades; Cutting Hole In Plastered Wall; Shingling Hatchet Held On Roof; Combination Square Improved; Errors In Tempering Tools Household - Towel Rack Has Positive Grip; Outside Porch-Light Keeps Bugs Out; Bake Your Waste Paper; Making Cut Flowers Last; One Sash Weight Used On Double Window; Shower Cabinet For The Basement; Shoes Held While Shining Them; Early American Stool; Tool To Stretch Webbing Lawn And Garden - Motor Driven Rotary Mower; Plants Protected From Cutworms; "Flying Ducks"; Portable Lath House; Protecting Small Fruit Trees; Fence-Wire Trellis For Vines; Better Traction For Mower Office - Desk Ruler Improved; Date Stamp And Ink Pad Holder; Emergency Rubber Stamp; Improving A Pencil Sharpener; Typing Shipping Tags; Truck Drivers' Time Board Paint And Painting - Bail And Brush Holder For Paint Can; Paint Sprayed To Give Stipple Effect; Paint Cans Resealed Photography - Multiple Safelight Has Three Filters; Making Photo Medallions; Keeping Prints From Clogging Drains; "Magazine" Holds Enlarging Paper; Rubber Feet For Ferrotype Tins; Photo Exposure Meter; Covers Protect Lens And Reflector; Lettering On Negative With Eyebrow Pencil Power Tools - Quick-Change Lathe Arbors; Non-Slip Bottom For Oilcans; Cord Logging For Small Pulleys; Precision Grinding; Govenor For Old Auto Engine Radio And Electricity - First-Aid For Radio Receivers (Part 3); Inter-Room Communicator Saves Time; B-Battery Eliminator For Experimenters; Insulator Used For Antenna Mast Pulley; Emergency Airplane Detector; Soldering Lug Terminal Connector; Condenser Tester From Junk-Box Parts; Improved Indoor Antenna System; Dowel Rod Coil Form Sports - Wire Tennis Net; Birds Kept Off Seats On Golf Course; Painted Clothespins Mark Croquet Arches; Weighted Croquet Ball Adds Fun To Games Store And Shop - Keeping Tailor's Thread Untangled; Nail Scoop Made From Trowel; Full-Size Patterns Transferred; Pencil Holds Candy-Display Box; Clocks Control Burglar Alarm; Traveling Hoist From Barn-Door Hanger; Magnet Holds Printer's Gauge Pins; Weights For Platform Scales; Tool Tray Protects Glass Counter; Grease Sponge Oils Sign Hanger; Ladder Tool Tray For Tinsmith; Spring-Roller Unit Ad Door Stop Toys And Models - Magnetic Warship Games; Control-Line Flying Of Model Planes; Safe Pegs For Child's Tent; Sidecar For Junior's Bike; Toy Balloons Inflated With Gas; Trailer Hitch For A Tricycle Miscellaneous - Basket Prevents Soiling Flag; Improving Drafting Triangle; Thumbtacks Held On T-Square; Beach Umbrella Anchored; Buried Wheel Is Flagpole Base; Stabilizing Weak Extension Ladders; Seesaw Kept From Slipping; Depth Gauge Measures Liquid In Glass; Hoist On Ladder Lifts Tools; Sling To Extend Surveyor's Level Rod
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November
In This Issue - The Mystery Of Rubber; The Navy's Seven-League Boots; Color In Your Home; Thrills Of Mountain Railroading; Precious Cargoes; Patrolling Uncle Sam's Deadlines; Boom Town In The Big City; On The Night Shift; Heroes Of The Engine Rooms; For Discomfort - No Place Like Home; Miracle On Wheels; Liquid Gold For War And Peace Where-To-Buy-It Index - Rocket Bomb And Anti-Tank Gun; Warplane To Battle U-Boats; Dual Control On Venetian Blind; "Lay-Up" Kit For Stored Car; A Roomful Of Furniture In A Box; Log Jam In Soldier's Obstacle Course; Tin Machines Make Fiber Coins; Dentist's Office On Wheels; Wood Substitutes For Metal; Magnets Used As Thumbtacks; Dry-Ice Rifle; Fertilizer Spreader For Lawns; 17-Foot Model Of Battleship; "Sky Ride" Across River For Wounded; Cellar Window Greenhouse; Roof Flashing Uses No Meta; Wool May Be Baled Like Hay; Hand Spot-Light For Police; American-Built Fighters Fly For R.A.F.; "Sand Sailor" Boats; Pin Cushion Worn On Arm; One Way To Get Into A Piggy Bank; Automatic Bucking Bar Silences Riveter; Snap-On Plastic Cap For Screws; V-Prong Rake Pulls Crab Grass; Tubeless Tire For Trucks; Giant Wire-Cutter For Army; Huge Vulcanizing Unit; Vitamin C Averts Heat Prostration; Largest Spray Booth For Bombers; Brush Made From Rat Whisker; Vitamin Pills In Seperate Wrappings; Lightweight Plane Body; Bomb Shelters From Cotton Balloons; Commandos Anonymous; Fireproof Blackout Shade; Cedar Chest Drawer Slots Aid Circulation; Truck Delivers Feed In Bulk; Convoy Ships Use Visible Signals; "Sound Shadows" Cast By Buildings; Sten Gun Called "Woolworth Tommy"; Electric Quiz Game For Naval Pilots; Stick Measures Grain In Bin; Among New Inventions; Tractor For Britain's Farmerette; Airplane Assembly Line Converter; Tommy Gun For Paratroops; All Dressed Up For War; Yardstick "Weighs" Paper; Electronic Tube For Heat-Treating Furnace; Social Security Information Dial; Bomb-Fire Wagon; Golf Machine Shows Rhythm; Repairing Bombed Water Mains; Plug-In Filter For Air Tools; Bomb Protection Painted On Windows; Blackout Hood For Flashlight; Puttyless Window Sash; Corrugated-Paper Dispenser; Amphibian Car, And Other Patents; Pipe Holder For Windshield; Rubber Heel With Wood Core; Self-Lightiung Blackout Cane; Five-Tube A.C.-D.C. Student Kit; Air Raid Alarm Unit For Receivers; Compact Antenna Unit For Portable Sets; Tubular Electrolytic Condenser In Plastic Container; Solderless Wire Connectors; Vacuum Tube Voltmeter; Electronic Key Is Semi-Automatic; Panoramic Receiver; "Electric Eyes" As Traffic Cops; Menthol From Peppermint Oil; Silver Replaces Other Metals Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Art And Artists - Keeping Ink Bottle On Drawing Board; Spreader For Tracing Cloth; Tray For Mixing Water Colors; Making Light Guidelines On Cards Automotive - Adjustable Bumper On Truck Bed; More Mileage On Less Gas; Magnet Prevents Loss Of Wheel Nuts; Marking Inner Tube Puncture; Battery Cables Removed Quickly; Cleaning Motor Commutator; Truck Chock From Old Wheel Rim Camping, Fishing, Hunting - Making Trap Spring Easily; Bumper For Boat Dock; Duck Call From Jar Cover; Avoiding Soot On Utensils Farm - Signs Made From Flour Sacks; Storing Ladder Under Building; Taking Strain Off Fence-Post Staples; Ring Protects Posts While Driving Them; How To Get Rid Of Gophers; Steps On Wagon Box; Small Trees Protected From Rabbits; Snow Fence From Sunflower Stalks; Horseshoe Anchors Outdoor Feedbox; Plow Protected From Rust; Making A Strong Doubletree; Closing Holes In Grain Sacks; Easing Tractor Engine Exhaust Furniture - Repairing Torn Upholstery; Keeping Drawer Knob Tight; Pinning Tidy On Chair Hand Tools - Jig To Sand Plastic Rods; Foil Grip For File; Magnet Holds Saw On Sawhorse; Staple Holds Oilstone On Bench; Barrel Used As Pipe Vise; Using Picture-Framing Vise; Heel Improves L-Clamp Bolt; Circle Gauge For Irregular Work; Preventing Punch From Sticking; Folding Edges Of Screen Wire; Log Peeler Made From Shovel; Gun To Form Pattern Fillets; Spike Point In Miter Box Holds Work Home Improvements - Lawnmower Stored Between Joists; Attic Rooms (Part 2); Shelves Conceal Pipes Household - Solving Home Problems; Spacing Quilt Ties; Winter Window Gardens; Holding Mop Handle In Bucket; Wringer Rollers Kept From Sticking; Old Broom As Stovepipe Cleaner; Heavy Rugs Held On Line; Flower Frog Fitted With Handle; Gum Removed From Fabric; Pot Holder Shaped To Handle; Leveling Large Pictures Metalworking - Handy Acid Applicator; Tubing Bent Without Kinking; Reamer For Sheet Metal; Applying Machine Finish To Metal Office - Keep Your Typewriter Young; Book Ends Hold Letter File; Saving Paper Clips; Rubber Band As Book Marker Photography - Mounting Camera On Tilting Board; Enlarging Easel On Tripod Board; Black Spots Kept Off Print; Print-And-Negative Drier; Film Kept Submerged In Developer; Wire Hook Curves Ferrotype Tin Power Tools - Truing Curves With Jigsaw; Auxillary Table On Jointer; Extension On Saw Table; Small Power Tools Carried Easily; Boring Bits From Piston Rings; Grinding And Lapping Radio And Electricity - First Aid For Home Sets (Part 6); Four-Unit A.C.-D.C. Student Receiver (Part 1); Small Kit Sets Used In Schools; Ganging Variable Condensers; Telescoping Antenna From Camera Tripod; Homemade Knob Puller; Chimney Bracket For Antenna; Push-On Knob Made From Spool; Radio On Tricycle Carryall Store And Shop - Holding Cloth For Cutting; Putty Holds Ruler For Glass Cutter; Place At Table Shown On Check; Shop Uses For Scrap Linoleum; Shoe-Display Racks; Taking Inventory Of Lumber; Label Scraper; Chart Helps Customer Select Nails; Sign Held On Screen Door; Wrapper For Rolling Coins; Paint Colors Shown On Can Bottoms; Truck Weight Painted On Side Toys And Novelties - Bird-Like Pipe Holder; Christmas Toys; Nautical Tie Rack; Round Cribbage Board; Novel Salt And Pepper Shakers Woodworking - First-Aid Kit; Roll Front Bread Box; Bending Thin Strips Of Wood; Novel Bookends; Decorative Wastebasket; Woodturning Lathe; Luggage-Type Tool Chest Miscellaneous - Holder For Pipe Or Rods; Painting Concrete Floors; Making Small Rubber Belts; Pump Rods Held For Repairing; Saddlebags For Suitcase; Bandage Winder For Red Cross; Breaking-In Phonograph Records; Toggle Bolts Wired For Easy Removal; Handling Large Cakes Of Ice; Tinfoil As Type Spacer; Keeping Wall Map Rolled; Holding Tie Wires On Ladder
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