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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
6
Traditional Christmas lore recounts customs from Craigmadden in Stirling to Bombay Hindu temples. Beliefs warn against leather in the home, link luck to first green object and water, and assign fortune to a male waterer and a cricket’s chirp on Christmas morning.
A vivid reminiscence of Yorkshire Christmas Eve meals with Frumity Night traditions. Describes wheat stewed dish baked then boiled in milk, thickened with flour, molasses, cinnamon. Praises sugar cured ham, golden pork pies, spiced loaf, rich Christmas cake, mince pies, hot Sally Lunn teacakes, and the all‑out feast fostering endless appetites.
Instructions describe shaping a red apple into a Santa Claus figure using a marshmallow head with clove eyes lipstick nose and facial features. Edges are pasted to the apple body with bread paste, cotton accents form a waistcoat, and a red crown cap is added.
Washington reports praise for the Victory Farm Volunteers organized under the Crop Corps. About 100 workers per 100 are deferred from military service to aid agriculture, with roughly 709,000 youths involved through extensions and schools. Many lived with host farmers, learned farming skills, and some planned to pursue farming full time.
Bankhage briefs report doctors and malaria fights in Madre de Dios Peru with a new health dispensary for workers. US Rubber Development cargo planes deliver medical supplies sanitation engineers and doctors to the remote area east of the Andes amid wartime effort. The Cuna tribe in Panama backs the Axis war against the United Nations by gathering wild castillon rubber. Daily fuel deliveries to fighting forces total fifty million gallons of gasoline fuel oils and lubricants.
The government battles rumors of an early peace, with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Hull denouncing Axis propaganda. Officials debate long war versus quick settlement, while domestic propaganda battles strain public view. Separate notes discuss Kentucky election shifts and Hull facing foreign policy obstacles as unity efforts progress.
A historical note on the Marine cap braid letter K used since early days of the corps. The article ends with a sales pitch for Camel cigarettes highlighting freshness and flavor enjoyed by service members, noting Christmas carton promotions.
Collier's explains launching ships undergo peak strain as the stern enters water and the weight of the sun powered mid section causes sag. The vessel risks bending its back if not moved swiftly enough to relieve the stress within moments.
A fragment notes four rare Brimal animals found only in western mountain regions of North America. It mentions fur on the soles of their feet and attributes unusual whistling sounds to the species. The text is fragmented and lacks full context.
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