12 Nov 1931
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
1
Mrs Peter Rabbit frets as Bowser the Hound pursues Peter through the Green Forest. Peter suddenly boosts his pace and escapes into brambles, admitting he was fooling Old Man Coyote to make Bowser fail. The tale ends with Peter safe in his secret path.
Jules Ladoumegue, idol of the French sporting public, crossed the finish line in Paris to set a new mile world record. He completed the distance in 4 minutes 9.15 seconds, shaving 1.2 seconds from Paavo Nurmi's former mark in one of track athletics' greatest races.
In Green Forest the great voice of Bowser the Hound roars as Bowser pursues a fleeing figure toward the edge near Old Brier Patch. A anxious Mrs Peter prays that the chased is not Peter, fearing Bowser’s excited, powerful bay at every moment.
The gimft or gimf is an ancient Korean word for the Chow Hog a portly shore creature in the Yellow Sea It hunts near turtles now scarce due to its turtle soup habit The Koreans prize gimf for ham and eggs and lure it with mock turtles The creature shown has a filbert head walnut body and popcorn ears and spines
The piece contrasts seventeenth century French output of seventy books per year under Louis XIV with today's 11,000 annually. It argues the sole difference is perception. the older works remain read while the modern presses flood the market. It questions whether the shift favors quantity over enduring quality.
A home cookery note from a Mother Cook Book describes filling onion shells with a mix of bread crumbs cheese salt and pepper then baking with stock and toast rounds. It also outlines a Nut and Cheese Roast with onion butter cheese crumbs walnuts milk lemon juice and paprika baked until brown. The excerpt ends with a prompt to make popcorn balls.
A nostalgic poem recalls an old fiddler whose music holds the memories of past dances and youth. The speaker envisions lanterns across the snow and the echo of laughter, as the fiddler, like a grey heart, plays tunes from long ago. The piece highlights tenderness, memory, and the enduring pull of old melodies.
Instructions describe making Honey Popcorn Balls with corn syrup honey butter vinegar and freshly popped corn then forming balls. Also outlines Baked Corn Croquettes using cooked beef canned corn cream salt pepper white sauce and optional grated cheese, shaped rolled in crumbs egg and baked.
Poison Ivy is not an ivy but a sumac relative. The plant shares family and genus with sumacs, not with English ivy, and the misnaming stems from its resemblance to true ivy.
The manufacture of a telephone receiver uses a wide range of metals and materials including aluminum copper nickel silver iron zinc gold and platinum along with silk flax rubber mica shellac cotton lead and shellac in the assembly.
Senator Borah and President Hoover wrap talks on war debts and reparations with France and Germany seeking a joint solution. Berlin pressures for quick international talks while Grandi’s Berlin visit boosts Germany’s stance. Britain’s election returns shift power to Conservatives under MacDonald, sparking tariff talk and La Follette alerts.
Secretary of War Hurley, returning to Washington, briefed President Hoover on Philippine conditions. Hoover cautioned that independence now, without economic stability, could cause disaster but backed a policy to aid stability. The plan aims for self govt development and expanded foreign markets, with details to be aired in December. In Cyprus, Cyprus unrest continued with British troops from Egypt and warships, as Cypriots favor Greece and Maltese seek union with Italy. Kyrenia flag incidents and arrests occurred as mobs attacked symbols and buildings. The Third International blamed for the Cyprus outbreak.
Capone must remain in the county jail while the U S Court of Appeals reviews his eleven year sentence and $50000 fine for income tax fraud. His bail request was denied though he won delay on immediate transfer to Leavenworth. Philp D Andrea, Capone’s body guard, got six months for contempt after bringing a revolver into court.
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