15 Aug 1940
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
1
A vintage notice touts a perfect shirtwaist number No. 8727 in flat crepe silk print or rayon for hot summer days. Describes a crisply cut bodice with fastening details and options in striped linen, polka dot silk, or white sharkskin.
A home column extols summer salads as refreshing and versatile for appetizers lunches and desserts. It offers practical tips for preparing crisp greens and fruit salads with simple dressings plus several recipe items including crab apple eggs fruit salad Golden Fruit Salad and Tomato Jelly Rings With Salmon. It also promotes Eleanor Howe’s forthcoming picnic recipes and household hints booklet.
Green peppers halved and simmered briefly before filling with creamed or scalloped fish. After filling, bake about five minutes to brown the tops, finishing the dish with a toasted, savory crust.
A bird cage hook fastened to the top of the closet door creates a rail holding six to eight hangers and keeps long dresses off the floor.
Virginia Vale reports Big Bear Calif quickly fills with extras and cast from Century-Fox production Queen of the Yukon. Irene Rich Charles Bickford Melvin Lang Dave OBrien June Carlson star as onlookers train fight scenes. OBrien suffers a broken rib during a cut. Ida Lupino earns praise for The Light That Failed and may join John Garfield in East of the River. Plans for Kitty Foyle streamlining and Love Me Tonight abridgment are noted with other classics eyed for rework. Betty Field shines in varied roles across What a Life! Of Mice and Men Seventeen and Victory. Ralph Edwards grows from radio host to TV producer of Truth or Consequences. Geraldine Fitzgerald co stars with George Raft in South of Suez. Chaplin’s The Dictator eyed for September. Tyrone Power to star in Zorro tales. The Californian remake proceeds.
Kathleen Norris warns via WO pamphlets from the Writers Anti War Bureau that fear of invasion is overstated. She argues Germany would falter against a united Europe and American defenses, urging calm, self reliance, and continued aid abroad without yielding to panic or war fever.
A charming sunbonnet girl cutout pattern offers a practical parasol trellis for climbing flowers and vines. The design can be cut from plywood or thin lumber with a jig copy or keyhole saw and painted per pattern directions. General cutout instructions accompany this pattern. 29112, 15 cents. Send order to:
Quote from John Ruskin on temptation. The line urges personal resolve and honest effort to resist temptation, emphasizing internal determination as the key to moral restraint.
A compact reflection on human fault lines drawing from Seneca. The quote contrasts our visible flaws with those we ignore in ourselves, urging self examination and humility in daily life.
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