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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
6
A brisk column notes Broadway stardust with Bess Myerson organizing a 21-piece all girl band and Tex Beneke’s crew at the 400 in January. Greenwich elites fear Communist locals while Lindy’s coffee climbs a nickel weekly.
The column argues against keeping Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines for oil, urging natural gas use and noting losses from waste gas in Texas. It profiles GOP labor leaders Sen. Owen Brewster and Sen. Irving Ives, hints at a labor peace covenant, and reports on Secretary Byrnes resisting probes into Germany amid Truman vs GOP friction. It cites a special panel led by Gen Graves B Erskine to fix veterans limb shortages.
Ideas for homemade gifts from the heart of the kitchen include jars of jelly decorated cookies candy and popcorn balls. Save time by making gifts at home using your range oven bowls and pantry. Gifts from the kitchen carry personal value and start a merry Christmas.
Lynn Chambers lists a menu including meat loaf scalloped potatoes lima beans and cabbage slaw with Christmas cookies and baked pears. The page provides multiple old fashion cookie and candy recipes such as Honey-Orange Marmalade Mincemeat Drops Maple Popcorn Squares and Chocolate Nut Slice with step by step instructions and tips on gift wrapping and presentation.
The piece argues the coal strike by John L Lewis was political and aimed at a Democratic administration. It claims Lewis used pressure, called a wartime strike on a vital utility, imposed a consumption tax via a welfare fund, and faces a restraining stance as railroads and electric power diversify away from coal.
The 32.5 pound rainbow trout was landed at Pend Oreille Lake Idaho on July 15 1946. Officials report it weighed 13 times the average rainbow and stands as the record for the species.
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