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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
3
A selection of wartime style recipes and menu ideas encourages seasonal changes in meals. Featuring Meat Balls in Vegetable Sauce, Asparagus and Spaghetti, Chicken Noodle Paprika and a vegetable rich salad, the tips stress using vegetables as meat extenders, stretching leftovers, and shopping smart. The article promotes Lynn Chambers meal plans and offers a request for a roasting chart from Western Newspaper Union.
Mottoes urging thrift and discipline in wartime households. Promotes saving cans and waste paper, gathering scrap, starting Victory Gardens, storing leftovers, shopping early, and accepting only stamped goods. Encourages substitutions and simpler meals to save time for vital war work.
Washington discusses the fight over price premiums for farm products tied to the OPA and CCC subsidies. It notes House Leader Joe Martin pressing for price control and the War Food administration's concern about cattle and hog markets, potential glut, and banker worries. It cites cattlemen like Joe Montague arguing for flexible pricing and warns about feed corn shortages if premiums keep hogs fed.
Six hundred former seamen and officers of the American merchant marine who had been drafted from shoreside work back to service in the army have been released to return to sea. The Red Cross bought over 2.76 million pocket books for servicemen and U S mints produced coins at a new peak pace. Himmler orders registration of 17 year old German girls for labor service with strict no appeal rule.
Pattern No. 8580 offers a buttoned back house dress in sizes 10 to 20. Size 12 with sleeves needs 3 7/8 yards of 35 inch material. Due to high demand and war conditions, some orders may take longer to fill for popular patterns.
A guide outlines practical hacks such as using an oil silk refrigerator cover to catch drips, substituting a strong chain for the top rung on ladders, and hanging a full length kitchen mirror to help children gauge grooming. It discusses shoe buckles versus plain pumps and the illusion of extra shoes.
A home remedy suggests drinking juice of one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water first thing in the morning to ease constipation and improve health. Claims include vitamin C, fatigue reduction, cold resistance, appetite boost, and a refreshing mouthfeel.
The article notes that up to thirty different official execution methods have been employed globally, ranging from boiling to electrocution, at various times in history.
Census estimates indicate between 8000 and 12000 men in the United States reach a height of six feet five inches or taller. The figure reflects tall men counted in population surveys.
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