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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1940
Page
3
Expected and unexpected situations arise during the holidays with tips for hostessing. The piece offers quick party menus with make ahead options like sandwich fixings and fruit based desserts such as Peach Refrigerator Cake and Refrigerator Fruit Cake, plus gingerbread waffles and plum pudding.
Winter driving hazards rise as ice grows slipperier when wet. Iowa State College researchers report brakes falter on thawing ice, acceleration drops 70 percent, curves slow by 50 percent. Chains boost traction, but speeds should remain cautious. Maintain visibility, pretrip weather checks, and gradual braking to prevent skids. Highway crews should speed snow removal and improve road-condition reporting.
Ameri cans seek quality in food with Better Baking a cookbook by Eleanor Howe. Easy to follow recipes promise confidence for timid cooks and young beginners. Order by mail from 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois with 10 cents enclosed.
Marineland Florida Incorporated with 26 voters hosts nearly 50 000 deep sea fish in two giant oceanariums built around Marine Studios. Notable feats include hand feeding of large marine species porpoise milking for analysis and a 13% foot wing manta ray. Milton E Bacon Jr serves as mayor as residents balance science and draft age concerns.
Hollywood figures from film, stage, and radio join the nightly Santa Claus Lane celebrations and parade. Each Christmas season the world famous boulevard is renamed Santa Claus Lane and becomes a showplace nationwide despite the lack of snow and ice.
New York reports blind men and women are aiding national defense by producing essential goods in 43 workshops nationwide under the Wagner O Day act. The American Foundation for the Blind and its National Industries for the Blind allocate orders to sheltered shops, boosting employment for over 400 additional sightless workers through pillowcase production and other items.
In this season jumpers stand out as the pinafore type with high cut, dart fits, and unpressed front fullness that flatters slim figures. It features two large decorative pockets and is easy to make. Choose corduroy, flannel, jersey or wool crepe for design No. 1252-B paired with a plain tailored blouse.
LEEPY the oilcloth burro sleeps idle all day and ignores children. The toy offers three redeeming points a cute personality fast making and easy cleaning with a damp cloth. It costs 15 cents and includes outlines and directions for a 12 inch burro with green yarn mane and red halter. Send order to:
A man's charity to those who differ from him upon great and difficult questions depends on his own knowledge of them. The more knowledge he has, the greater his charity.
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