Easy to Make Yule Pastries Brighten Table
A feature on homemade fruit cake and bran fig pudding for Christmas meals. Recipes include a light fruit cake and a bran fig pudding with steps, ingredients, and baking guidance for festive desserts and holiday gatherings.
Observance of Christmas Known by Many Names
Diverse languages show Christmas with unique names across cultures. The French say Noel, the Scotch Yule, and Scandinavians Jule tide. Welsh Na dolig, Italian Il Na tale, German Weihnacht, Polish Boze Narodzenie, Bohemians and Croats Bozic, Slovaks Vianoce, and Spanish Navidad.
Romans and Christmas Gifts Across Histories
The passage traces the gift giving tradition from Saturnalia in Rome to early Christian practices at Christmas. It notes a universal custom across civilizations and historical eras, tied to festive seasons and the notion of gifts connected to religious beliefs.
Snow-Ball Baby: Slade Chases Down Plane Threats
Slade and Lynn pursue Tomstead and Frayne after they steal a plane near Copper Mine. A clash of planes ends with a downed craft, bagian the pair race to confirm if danger has passed as aerial radio chatter buzzes from Waterways to Coppermine.
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Screen Radio and Hollywood News From wartime era notes
Hollywood marriage delay between Greer Garson and Richard Ney noted with no fixed wedding date. Margo’s CBS Caravan Hour work earns her a queen title with the Army Air Corps in Atlantic City. Mrs. Wassell declines a Hollywood visit to see her son Corydon, while Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert star in The Gilded Lily era reminiscences. NBC radio cast jitters and a rare extra telephone on a movie lot highlight wartime dedication among stars and crews.
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America
Army Air Corps
Atlantic City
Margo
Albert Wassell
Corydon M. Wassell
Hollywood
Paramount
Cecil B. DeMille
Wassell
Rudolph Valentino
Jimmy Stewart
Fred MacMurray
Claudette Colbert
California base hosts Clarksville soldiers and actors
Helen Wood, radio and screen actress, is based at a California headquarters for Clarksville soldiers. Nadine Conner leaves for New York to rehearse for a Metropolitan Opera season and will host a New York radio show. Edgar Deering has portrayed more motorcycle cops than any actor. Harpist Ed Vito works with Joe Rines on Abie's Irish Rose and Sundays with Tos Tosca nini, reflecting his versatility.
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Clarksville
Abie
Tos Toscanini
NBC
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