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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
7
In a historical note the Osage tribe, once uprooted from Arkansas Missouri and Kansas, retained only northern Oklahoma hills after forced bargaining. The discovery of oil turned the lands into a cash windfall, yielding hundreds of millions of dollars in gas and oil revenue for each Osage.
Camel is the favorite cigarette among Army sailors and Coast Guard personnel, topping sales records at service stores. The note says First Call is the Army bugle call, while Camels are preferred by Navy Marines and Coast Guard as well. Postal limits apply to overseas shipments but Camels can be sent domestically and abroad where permitted.
Bright berries signal jam time with instructions for strawberry jelly raspberry jelly and other fruit jellies. Recipes use commercial pectin and lemon juice to ensure proper gelling with notes on preparing juice and preserving with paraffin. Includes rhubarb relish strawberry lemon jam and tips from Lynn Chambers at Western Newspaper Union Chicago.
Lynn Bays advises readers to avoid overambitious canning. Use small quantities, enlist help, schedule a dedicated jelly making day, and avoid combining with other heavy chores. Prepare fruit the day before by washing and inspecting for cracks, then sterilize only on the jelly day. Wash strawberries before hurling to minimize water uptake.
Children help mothers busy with war work by running errands caring for babies washing dishes and keeping rooms orderly. The war emergency increases burdens and limits childhood privileges while promoting cleanliness and careful conduct among youth.
Virginia Vale reports on Columbia’s More the Merrier set pieces with apartment blocks on stages and a rooftop scene. She notes Barbara Stanwyck Joan Crawford Lucille Ball Jennifer Jones and Robert Walker among others with Freddie Bartholomew and Miles Mander. shifts for Alan Ladd and Jack Carson are mentioned.
Six surviving wives of former presidents participate in selling war stamps and bonds. The oldest is Mrs. Benjamin Harrison at 84, with five others including Mrs. Hoover Mrs. Preston formerly Mrs. Cleveland Mrs. Wilson Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Coolidge contributing to the effort.
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