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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1947

Page

6

New York Novelette Highlights Broadway Dance Scene

The New York Express piece surveys Manhattan East Side life and Broadway culture, praising Anna Sokolow for capturing street flavor in a dance for the Elmer Rice inspired Street Scene adaptation. It notes the Scho cafe, 46th and 6th window sign Never closed, and glimpses of industry figures including Paul Mantz and John Murray Anderson.

New York Express New York Manhattan Elmer Rice Anna Sokolow Anna Broadway Everbody Francois Scho Cafe 46Th Bootblack 49Th Street Variety Bigtown Paul Mantz Betty-Jo John Murray Anderson Danny Kaye O'Dwyer

Plans for two world war and two peace aims

General Marshall codified two wartime offensives and two peacetime aims at Moscow. He seeks a permanent Germany peace treaty and a lasting U S Russia friendship to ease the German pact. Lessons from Latin America stress teamwork and Pan American policy over unilateral action. Taft’s White House bid falters as internal GOP rifts grow.

Moscow Washington Marshall Pershing St. Mihiel Meuse- Argonne Front Normandy George Marshall Germany Russia Latin America Haiti Nicaragua Dominican Republic Mexico Sumner Welles Roosevelt Western Hemisphere Uncle Sam Palestine Greece United States Turkey Italy North Africa World United Nations

Easter Dinner Menu With Pork Lamb And Pear Garnish

The feature suggests a spring Easter menu featuring roast loin of pork or leg of lamb with similar garnishes. It details roasting instructions, a sauce for lamb, and an Easter Bunny Salad with gelatin and pear elements. Also includes a note on hot breads and doneness testing.

Easter Dinner Menu and Dessert Recipes Feature

Recipes describe Lynn Chambers Easter menu including Frosted Pineapple Juice Roast Loin of Pork with Crabapples, Roasted Browned Potatoes, Buttered Asparagus, Cinnamon Rolls, Snow Cake with Chocolate Crunch, and a Bunny Salad. Directions cover gelatine molds, quick rolls, cake batter, and chocolate crunch mix with step by step mixing and baking notes. Released by Western Newspaper Union.

Food price fears versus current market realities

The labor department warns of rising food costs by June, noting January prices 30 percent higher than a year earlier. Officials blame shortages and export policies, while skeptics argue temporary conditions and production lags, with hog and wheat markets likely stabilizing as OPA effects fade.

Washington Labor Department United Press Chicago New York Wall Street OPA England Russia

Glorify muffins with dates nuts and rind

A kitchen note advises enriching muffins with dates raisins nuts and grated orange rind before baking. If muffins bake ahead loosen from the pan and keep warm to prevent sogginess. same applies to breads and rolls. Grated cheese on top of biscuits adds flavor and color before baking.

Pansy Pocket Apron Crochet Pattern In One Piece

Simple hostess apron with lavender pansy pocket. pattern No 5387 offers sizes 14 16 18 and complete cutting instructions. Send 20 cents plus name address and pattern number for Pansy Pocket Apron and 5221 Cross and Crown Dolly crochet pattern to order.

Shortest U S air mail route and other trivia answers

Route No 2001 Camden to Philadelphia spans 6 miles. Mendacity is lying and deception. Circa means about. The smallest stamps are 1863 Var Bolivar issues one-fifth square inch. Carlsbad Caverns date back an estimated 60 million years. A sea drum is a fish making drumlike sounds. Presidential eligibility is 35 years. Rhodes scholars last year totaled 48. Lemur is a catlike primate with a sharp nose and doglike howl. Tea exports next to India go to Ceylon.

United States Carlsbad Caverns U. S India Camden Philadelphia Bolivar Colombia Ceylon

Walks of Holy City of Iran Paved With Tombstones

Meshed, a holy city in Iran, revered by 100,000 Muslim pilgrims yearly, has sidewalks paved with old tombstones from a converted cemetery, inscribed facing upward for decades.

Iran Meshed

End Laxative Habit This Easy Way

An ad promotes drinking juice from one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water each morning to stimulate natural bowel action and normal elimination. It extols lemon juice as rich in vitamin C, aiding fatigue, colds resistance, digestion, appetite, and overall vitality. It urges use of California Sunkist Lemons.

Bunny Sunkist California Sunkist

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