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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
9
A reader friendly guide to summer meals highlights fresh produce and light salads. Recipes include minted pineapple cups, fruit salads, hot weather vegetable plate with new potatoes and squash, and asparagus with lemon butter sauce. Also offers pineapple mint cocktail, orange ice box cookies, baked tomato eggs, and a honeyed fruit dessert.
Washington witnesses fierce debate as national defense plans clash with political motives. Warnings flare about racketeering labor leaders and hidden agendas while Roosevelt Hoover Johnson and Johnson spar over defense funding, unity, and the nation’s readiness amid a costly arms buildup. The Civil Service Commission takes a firm stance on anti American ideologies, contrasting with patronage trends.
A small booklet titled Better Baking by Eleanor Howe offers tested recipes for apricot rolls blueberry muffins honey drop biscuits crusty peanut butter bread and date and nut bread to accompany salads and vegetables. The 10 cent pamphlet includes cookies cakes pastries and more and is available via Western Newspaper Union from Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois.
William Bruckart warns that political bickering hampers the national defense buildup. He urges leaders to abandon selfish interests and focus on securing America, stressing the seriousness of maintaining a strong military program amid partisan clashes.
Miss Fixit shows a painted blue desk paired with a transformed rocker and blue velvet picture frames hung with red ribbons. The feature highlights a Sewing Book 5 with 32 pages of homemaking ideas offered for 10 cents, plus Betsy’s attic magic preview and a call to order.
A curious quiz item asks ten questions on rhetoric history geography and civics. It covers who delivered the first philippics the Bible’s longest and shortest verses Suomi as an alternate name and other trivia about juries ships numerals and immigration rules.
A compact list provides concise responses: 1 Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon. 2 Esther 8 9 and John 11 35. 3 Suomi equals Finns. 4 A clothing store for the crew lawsuit. 5 In 24 states and DC women can serve on juries. 6 The technical term is an he donist, commonly a grouch. 7 India. 8 Light racing sailboats can gain about 50 percent speed at an angle to wind. 9 Canada Canal Zone Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Mexico Newfoundland and Central American and South American nations. 10 Russia.
A compilation of practical home advice covers preparing fruit halves with strawberries and honey, removing ceiling whitewash with a vinegar and alum solution, storing to prevent refrigerant moisture, cleaning brass trays with ammonia paste, tinting lingerie with dye for pastel shades, and tips for whiter mashed potatoes and keeping flour dry to ensure light baking.
Mix grated or chopped carrots into apple and other fruit salads. They contribute extra crunch and texture, balancing sweetness with a fresh, firm bite. Carrots enhance color and nutrient appeal in assorted fruit combinations.
A concise reflection on how passions justify self interest and injustice, warning that inner motives mislead even when they seem reasonable. The author cites moral peril in yielding to strong emotions, urging vigilance over impulse and reason.
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