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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
3
Wartime optimism frames Christmas as civilians guard traditions while WPB urges curb on outdoor lights to conserve materials. Army camps host holiday events. soldiers receive furloughs, services, and turkey. Nimitz praises submarines as losses rise. Spare themes include currency, aid to Russia, fuel substitutes, and home safety campaigns.
A 1940 census survey shows 11,138,178 women in 451 occupations including 861 in steel works four thousand four hundred seventy seven in sawmills and 106,590 in baking and related trades. Also 51 women pilots and 4,761 actresses compared with 6,931 actors. Fire safety alert follows Boston blaze urging non inflammable decorations. Cotton campaign urges practical cotton gifts amid shortage.
The piece details how major Hollywood figures like Dorothy Lamour Sonja Henie Orson Welles and many others give lavish or thoughtful presents. It notes Lamour’s routine of gifting everyone she works with on Christmas Eve and Henie’s famed generosity including a $25 000 bracelet. It covers celebs Don Ameche Joe Brown Jack Benny Tyrone Power Bing Crosby Rita Hayworth and others and mentions Loretta Young Irene Dunne and Carole Lombard Clark Gable making charitable or distinctive gifts and New Year remembrances.
Grass Root Reveries chronicles a Texas community’s Christmas plans under gas and coffee rationing. Neighbors ride or drive to the hitching rack, share carols, a tree with gifts, and a meal with turkey, pies, and roasts, all while pledging faith, thrift, and wartime support.
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