11 Dec 1941
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
1
Edward C. Wayne reports brisk military developments as American and Japanese delegates close conferences. U S air forces support the British push in Libya while German spokesmen concede the Russian recapture of Rostov, signaling renewed Eastern Front pressures.
US demands for Japan to withdraw from China and Indo China, maintain open Pacific, while Tojo labels Britain and the United States hostile. Rumors swirl of Burma Road patrols and Japanese operations in Southeast Asia. In Russia, Soviet counterattacks threaten Von Kleist near Rostov, with reports of heavy German losses and retreat.
Britain and Germany wage a mobile battle in North Africa with encirclements and tank clashes around Sidi Omar and Rezegh while Italy’s Ariete division links with Rommel’s forces. Britain claims air supremacy with American and own planes as German forces attack. In naval policy, armed merchant ships deter submarines, while rumors say Vichy may have yielded to German demands for air and naval control in French North Africa.
Christmas trees come from various evergreens with firs and spruces leading in popularity. The balsam fir is common in the East, Fraser and balsam fir in the South, and white or concolor fir on the Pacific coast. Spruce needles are four sided and solitary, unlike pine needles in clusters. Additional trees used include arborvitae red cedar or juniper and Douglas fir or Douglas spruce.
In North Carolina a large workforce profits from gallacking the galax leaves and other evergreens sought for Christmas decor. The seasonal demand drives heavy activity as families harvest greens to be sorted, bundled, and shipped to dealers through local buyers and backwoods shops turning them into wreaths, trees, and decorative rope.
Mistletoe, called All-Heal by Druids, was credited with miraculous powers. Scandinavians linked it to the goddess Friga of love, possibly spawning the custom of kissing beneath it. Superstition held that a maiden not kissed under the mistletoe would not marry in the coming year.
Poinsettias require steady warmth between 70 and 80 degrees by day and about 65 at night, with abundant but infrequent watering to let soil dry moderately. High humidity aids vigor. daily foliage misting helps when humidity is low. Keep in bright sun, fertilize occasionally, and move outdoors when temperatures stay balmy, retaking indoors before cool nights. The first colored bracts appear late November with bloom around Christmas.
Dr. Ella J. Day of the University of Tennessee urges selecting toys by age to aid physical, mental, and social development. She notes first picture books as speech emerges, housekeeping toys around age three, and crayons and scissors when ready. Fewer, well chosen toys foster self reliance, industry, concentration, and constructive activity.
A Christmas tale warns children that misdeeds are judged by ink color. Red ink marks the boy or girl for mischief, while good chores earn green ink and Santa’s favor.
A centralized look at American industry and ingenuity drives wartime success. Builders Burgess and Weaver unveil the Sea Otter, a 250 foot shallow draft craft built in small mills with auto engines, automating welding and easy on the inland waterways. The piece praises U S mechanical skill, maintenance teams, and private initiative, plus British optimism rooted in collaboration and morale as Germany faces home-front strain.
A group of Colorado farm families guided by Farm Security admin istration advice hired a poultry specialist to cull 900 of 3,200 hens deemed non productive. The cash sale reduced flock size and boosted remaining birds. The census bureau notes a rising female labor participation from 1900 to 1940 with more than 45 of 100 young women in the labor force by 1940.
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