Blondie How Clam-iggers Are Made
BLONDIE features a comic strip sequence exploring a joke about how clams are prepared. It sets a light humorous tone typical of the panel. Readers see punchlines and character reactions that drive the daily gag.
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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1940
Page
5
BLONDIE features a comic strip sequence exploring a joke about how clams are prepared. It sets a light humorous tone typical of the panel. Readers see punchlines and character reactions that drive the daily gag.
Hollywood reports a shift as broadcasters push to cut ASCAP music from NBC and CBS. Stations strike deals to keep songs via records while Bing Crosby Fred Astaire and other stars may skip or limit ASCAP licensed airings. Studios keep using ASCAP composers as film plugging pulls tunes ahead of releases.
Kobe and other city and provincial leaders clash over wartime controls in Japan. Kobe notes rural rice and foreign grain use, Kyoto protests luxury goods limits, and complaints arise about resort food bans diverting visitors to favored spots.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle lists a mix of modern and archaic clues. It includes references to an American frontiersman, geographic terms, body parts, objects like a golf club and oak fruit, and various abbreviated notes. The entry blends typical crossword prompts with partial phrases and odd spellings.
A Civil War era 64 pound cannon, once mounted to defend Little Rock, was spiked and abandoned in 1865 when Confederates evacuated. Recovered in 1874 during Reconstruction, it was renamed Lady Baxter and positioned to block river landings near Main and Markham Streets.
Mexico City police recovered more than 75000 in jewels stolen from Senora Maria de Iraza after she walked her Pekingese in Chapultepec Park. The haul was found in a small shop where a Russian woman bought the pieces paying fractions of a dollar each, believing them fake. Glassware for chemical laboratories dates to the 1880s.
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