14 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1939
Page
1
Morning meal prep tips feature a make ahead menu with dishes like Pineapple Upside Down Loaf Ham and Meatloaf, minted pear salad, and strawberry fluff. Step by step biscuit dough, bake times, and chill until dinner time are provided along with a note promoting Eleanor Howe's Household Hints book.
Pure cellulose curtains resembling printed linens and rare chintzes are redefining home decor in 1939. They cost less than 16 dollars to redrape an entire house and can be discarded or replaced cheaply when soiled. The drapes look like vellum with fine texture, are soft and pliable with permanent drape and hand, come finished ready to hang with tie backs, and are sold in three lengths in many patterns and rich colors.
Summer guests will appreciate a cheerful guest room with its own style and thoughtfully chosen furnishings. Essentials include a chest of drawers, a smart vanity, a bedside lamp and table, a chaise longue, good books and magazines, plus a comfortable mattress and quality springs.
Logs sized 4 by 12.5 inches burn four hours each, compact for closet storage with no splinters. Made from compressed sawdust and shavings, they burn clean and dry with colored flames blue orange purple or green, resembling driftwood fires.
A tip suggests adding a bag or screen to living or dining rooms to keep flies out while dining in warm weather. With windows on three sides, screening creates a pleasant, hygienic area by keeping insects away from meals.
Instructions note paraffin used for sealing jellies must be smoking hot to sterilize and seal. Tilt the glass to allow melted paraffin to form a seal around the sides and cover the top.
Joseph L. Labine argues neutrality is superficial as nations, including Britain France and the United States, export iron ore scrap and other armaments to Germany. He notes vast 1938–39 imports from Belgium France Britain and the U S. and cites Gen Douglas MacArthur on a Philippines war scenario with huge costs and possible foreign intervention. He also mentions 1940 Democratic convention site debates centering on California.
A cautious portrait of Dr. Ernest Gruening moving from anti imperialist critic to chief administrator of the expanded U S division of territories and islands. The piece notes his stance on Puerto Rico and stateshood as America braces for August crises in Europe.
Fashion pattern brief describes two dresses 1767 and 1778 with details on fabrics sizes quantities and trimming. It lists required yardage 35 and 85 inch materials and braids and trim. Orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago price 15 cents per pattern Bell Syndicate WHU Service.
Dr James Monroe Smith, longtime LSU education dean and Huey Long ally, vanished amid a career marked by censorship and controversy. Reports allege he moved funds from banks, raised his salary without board knowledge, and the university pursued bond issues with forged signatures while he traded in wheat and oversaw oil and gas revenue driven expansion.
Congressional investigations loom ahead of the next legislative session. Highlights include hearings by Monopoly and House banking and taxes committees, plus probes of the National Labor Relations Board and Fair Labor Standards Administration. Dies committee on un Americanism and civil liberties panel noted. Date shifts from July 15 to August 3, with a possible special session if needed legislation stalls.
Removing finger marks from varnished furniture with sweet oil. A long handle Handy Duster aids back pain housewives. Pink mayonnaise achieved by tomato catsup or cooked tomatoes. Stippling linoleum with enamel after wax removal. Two coats and stippling hide foot prints on plain color surfaces.
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