Of Interest to Women Shopping Early How to beat Christmas shortages
Merchandising experts predict a record Christmas spending spree with early shopping urged to secure scarce items. Imported perfumes and costume jewelry may run short as defense work lowers supply, while fine handkerchiefs, European gifts, and metal goods face limits. Toy trains and plastic gadgets could disappear first, and box shortages threaten gift packaging. Nylon stockings return, offering one comfort for shoppers.
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Santa
Johnny
Europe
Origin of the Christmas Crib Traced Through Early Church
The crib’s origin is linked to St. Francis of Assisi and a Bethlehem scene in 1224. Some authorities trace it to the fifth or sixth centuries with Rome’s Santa Maria in Domnica as a center. The church title Beata Maria ad Praesepo reflects early manger ceremonies marking Christmas mass.
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Francis of Asassi
Greccia
Santa Maggiore
Rome
England
Bird Bhooth Man AvoCA Incident Reported
Fayette Van Wormer was struck in the eye by a shotgun pellet reflected from a duck's leg while hunting in Avoca New York. Medical aid was summoned and the incident was reported to local authorities for investigation.
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Avoca
N.Y
Fayette van Wormer
Morale on the home front amid the war crisis
A reflective wartime column urges Canadians and Americans to rally morale on the home front as Japan's aggression changes public mood. It suggests thrifty Christmas plans, war bond gifts, and conserving food, while sharing a farm wife tale about meeting lunches revealing farmers' strains and the value of hard cash.
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Japan
Canadas
United States
Mornie
Oventa
Chriatmago
Mrs. B
Mrs. A
Germany’s 1916 Peace Notes and Allied Rejection
A retrospective on Germany’s December 1916 peace notes issued as German power rose on multiple fronts. Allies rejected any peace while demanding reparations guarantees and reiterating no settlement without German concessions and Poland’s status.
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Germany
Britain
Ita
von Bothmann Hollweg
Poland
Nyasia
Russia
Elementa
United States
Great Britain
France
Ruraria
Japan
Italy
Serbia
Belgium
Montenegro
Portugal
Romania
Ridging Snows Boost Yields Across Grains in 1941
Ottawa reports a 50 percent average rise in grain yields in 1941 due to ridging snow on fields during two winters. Wheat up 35 percent, oats 70 percent, barley 42 percent. increases tied to moisture reserves from snow cover on summer fallow and stubble. Department notes higher percentages for oats and variable gains across crops.
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Optawa
G. D.matthews
Dominion
Scott
Snaok
Ottawa
Agriculture Department
1600 Tons to Acre Plowing Reevaluates Topsoil Turnover
A historical note explains that plowing an acre involves roughly 2,000,000 pounds of topsoil being cut, fitted, and turned. The process is framed as extensive soil turnover.
Christmas Mail Flood Tests Tiny Florida Post Office
In Christmas Florida a small frame post office serves year round but endures a yearly surge on December 25. Postmistress Juanita Tucker processes about 150 000 pieces of Christmas mail and forwards items to Santa Claus in Indiana for remailing, including letters to Rhodesia Egypt Burma Australia and England.
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Fla
C. P
Juanita Tucker
United States
Grumbling about costs spurs wartime bake talk
In a candid exchange two neighbors discuss cutting fancy baking as war costs rise. Mrs A and Mr B agree meetings should offer simple fare like sandwiches to avoid waste.
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Mrs. A
Mr. B
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