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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
3
The week covers Korea peace talks with five core issues including armistice terms and neutral inspections, plus a sudden Communist reversal. Gambler crackdowns and a US disarmament debate share center stage with Deputy Treasury tax scandal fallout and President Truman’s administration actions.
Educational toys emerge as the fastest growing sector in the 800 million dollar U.S. toy market. Preschool educational toys, mainly hardwood, target six months to six years, teaching colors dexterity and basic reading. Yet the enduring favorite remains sister's doll, amid rising sales records.
The Office of Price Stabilization studies a flexible price plan to near market levels with suspended ceilings on some commodities, subject to reimposing caps if prices rise. The plan targets textiles fats and oils hides and possibly soaps and may roll out if successful. Areas labeled critical face rent control expansion as government installations worsen housing shortages in cities like Indianapolis.
RMY commanders extend leave for soldiers returning from Korea whose time off would end during Christmas. Veterans may request extra leave by contacting their assigned personnel center while on leave.
The Army Quartermaster Corps standardizes light plastic and glass fiber sleds for small load transport over ice and snow, replacing the old 400-pound wooden sled. Training also opens for Air National Guard pilot commissions for men aged 20 to 26 with two years of college credit, meeting USAF aviation cadet requirements.
Instructions describe softening crayons near heat to sharpen them and taper to a point. A blue bright colored oil cloth is suggested for the inside of a child’s lunch pail to tempt appetites, read as an ideal substitute for rusted tin. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.
An old time guide urges families to share Yuletide tasks from tree selecting to decorating and gifting. Children help choose and fetch the tree, decorate windows, set up a nativity, and organize bedside trees for sick relatives. The plan includes games, carols, a gift exchange, and a final written reflection on what Christmas means.
The article notes Santa’s age as 88 at this Christmas and traces his modern image to Thomas Nast’s 1863 drawing for a book of Christmas poems by J M Gregory, marking a shift to a jolly fuller figure in American culture.
In 1659 Massachusetts General Court decreed Christmas observance as disallowed. Any act of celebrating Christmas with feasting or abstaining from labor earned a five shilling fine for each offense. The decree aimed to promote their Thanksgiving celebration and controlled holiday behavior in the colony.
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