Christmas Preps From Capitol Hints and Humor
Frederick C. Ohtman offers a satirical tour of wartime holiday life in Washington. He notes elevator gimme boxes eyed by eye-nog materials rising, lawmakersBallistic jokes about Christmas in government, and the clash of scarce goods with festive plans. He cites Tobey leading carols, bunkers of snows, and a jab at Allure perfume. The piece doubles as a playful snapshot of postwar consumer mood and bureaucratic bustle as Christmas nears.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
New England
Bethlehem
US Army of the Occupation
Western Union
Fellows
City Hall Hosts Christmas Tree Debut and Party Plans
The council chamber at city hall serves as a backdrop for the Christmas tree. The tree was erected yesterday afternoon and decorations will be completed today. City hall employees will hold a Christmas party and exchange gifts on Christmas Eve.
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City Hall
Yuletide Goodies and Seasonal Pantry Reminders
A holiday feature lists Christmas treats and pantry items with simple recipes for lemon sugared cake and old-fashioned molasses cookies. It notes coconut, fresh fruit from Honduras and LaVilla Texas, gifts of citrus, rising cranberry prices, and peppered by seasonal supply notes on onions, walnuts, Brazil nuts, pineapples, celery, and California oranges.
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Honduras
LaVilla
Tex
Texas
Old Mexico
Central America
Arizona
Brazil
Nevada
California
Florida
Pecan Delights Cookies and Egyptian Language Note
A note on Temple orange sugar content alongside a pecan cookie recipe using bland lard brown sugar vanilla eggs and flour. Instructions advise creaming lard sugar vanilla beating eggs dropping dough and baking at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. A line about Coptic priests keeping language of Egypt under the Ptolemies open in ritual parts.
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Egypt
Doctor To Give India Free Eye Service
Chicago physician Dr. Sam C. Udell heads to India to perform 1500 cataract operations during the season. He travels without pay, instead paying a tuition fee to the sponsoring missionary group for the experience gained.
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India
Chicago
U.P
Sam C. Udell
Roosevelt College Health Service
Udell
Nutrition is Our Business in a Wintry Message
Swift & Company celebrates American nutrition and the role of farmers ranchers and the company in producing nourishing food. The sermon outlines soil as the source of crops and feed for livestock and emphasizes planning from soil to table and the joint effort to improve food quality and national strength.
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America
Prince of Peace
Swift & Company
Swift
Martha Logans Recipe for Mincemeat
A historic mincemeat recipe by Martha Logan lists beef shank or neck meat with suet, apples, currants, raisins, cider, and spices. Mix chopped fruit with spices, simmer to combine, grind meat, then fold into the fruit with lemon juice. Cook about an hour, can for long storage. Yield about 4 quarts.
By-Products From Livestock Cut Meat Costs
The article compares beaver by products to livestock by products and notes that by products from livestock save costs for meat packers and reduce consumer meat prices while boosting producer income. It cites examples such as glue buttons knife handles and soap derived from livestock glands.
Competition in Livestock and Meat Industry
Government data show over 4,000 meat packers and more than 22 500 other slaughterers operate in the United States. Swift & Company does not bid with all, but every livestock purchase and meat sale faces many potential bids from competitors.
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U. S
United States
Swift & Company
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Regis Toomey
Presented
Prodi
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Amar
Frank Hall Company
Taylor
Adams Shop
N. L. Boykin
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