17 Dec 1931
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1931
Page
1
Two recipes for tasty dishes are detailed. Rabb and Date Balad uses orange gelatin with raisins dates pineapple and lettuce with mayonnaise. Sweet Potato Muffins combine mashed sweet potato shortening sugar salt milk yeast and flour with rising and baking steps.
Anne Vrana O'Brien trains under the Southern California Competitive Association for Olympic preparation. She is among the fastest women runners in the world and has taken up javelin hurling as part of her athletic program.
A reflective verse pleads for families to reunite at Christmas and share joy with children. It laments a holiday lacking parental presence and imagines a festive tree and Santa moments, urging togetherness despite hardship. The piece mentions 1821 and references a WNU service and Nigeria crocodile veneration.
Peter Rabbit questions why birds fly south and why Johnny Chuck and others sleep through winter. Prickly Porky explains that green food is scarce in cold months and burrow dwellers save energy by sleeping, as fat stores and limited movement reduce hunger. Old Mother Nature puts them to rest until food returns.
RKO star Dolores Del Rio models a fall ensemble featuring a black flat crepe dress, a velvet trimmed triangular jacket with ermine bands, black suede gloves, a black felt cloche with a tiny veil, and black pumps.
A miniature railroad the size of a city block sits in an apartment house on Washington Heights New York. Over a mile of track links routes used by young boys who visit weekly to study railroad problems. Hugh Q.R. Newsom founder of the Junior Railroad club appears among the operators directing telegraph signals and train runs.
As the new congress opens, Vice President Curtis signals he will not run for Kansas Senate but may accept a Republican renomination for vice presidency. Debate swirls over tariff reform and prohibition, with Rainey calling for constructive tariff action and Bingham proposing repeal or amendment of the Eighteenth Amendment. Negotiations in Asia continue haltingly and a home-building conference in Washington seeks to expand home loan discounts to spur construction and employment.
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