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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
8
Bright holiday spread offers multiple puddings and desserts designed for rationed times. Includes Christmas Pudding and English Plum Pudding recipes with detailed ingredients and steaming times, plus Cranberry Pudding and Foamy Cranberry Sauce. Also features Creamed Chicken in Mashed Potato Nests, Crusty Rolls, Cranberry Pudding, and Christmas Butter Fudge with step by step instructions for home bakers.
A reflective column contrasts optimistic fringe voices opposing manpower for the armed forces with grim reports from Tarawa, highlighting Allied sacrifice, Allied unity in the United Nations, and dangers of fascism. It criticizes isolationists, praises wartime solidarity, and urges continued economic restraint amid postwar planning.
A humorous overview warns that ration tokens will replace coupons with red and blue chips, sparking fear of poisoning and misuse, while musing on ultraviolet glow, bus token chaos, and the steel penny shift from copper. It jokes about Washington bureaus mixing up ration and dimout boards and muses on pennies’ weight and shade.
Crop estimates rise for white potatoes increasing civilian supply. Buy by Hughes by quantity, not pound. Watch point and price changes to guide food budget. Figs rise, grapes fall. Prunes and raisins back on ration list due to low stock. Crabmeat and some cheeses price up. Milk rationing planned. save every bit of fat and turn in to your butcher. A tablespoon daily may aid recovery of your boy.
Pattern No. 8514 offers a long slimming dress with panels to lengthen the figure and narrow the waist. Sizes 36 through 52 require 414 yards of 39 inch material and 34 yard contrast. Also mentions a quick on dress for little girls with easy buttoning.
Collier's notes ships endure their greatest strain during launching with the stern waterward and the bow on the ways. The un supported mid section can sag up to six feet risking a broken back if the vessel does not gain speed quickly to relieve the stress.
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