Hollywood War Time Radio Program Is Set Across Southern California
Virginia Vale reports the WPB and Hollywood Victory committee back a weekly program Three Thirds of a Nation on the Blue network with over 10 000 volunteers from Southern California. The Tone siblings Franchot and Jean join Metro stars Ann Harding Edward Arnold Donna Reed and Chester Conklin in upcoming projects. Priscilla Lane’s Silver Queen dress will be melted for Ambulance corps diamonds worn by Marlene Dietrich reappear in Ellery Queen Across the Atlantic. Disney’s Bambi features the laughter of young fans while Adolphe Menjou’s script supervision and cigar measurements aid scene consistency. Claudette Colbert signs a three year RKO deal with Pearl Buck China Sky lead role. Santos Ortega returns to Bulldog Drummond with George Colouris on tour. others follow Watch on the Rhine legacy.
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WPB
Blue Network
Hollywood Victory Committee
Associated Actors and Artists of America
California
Hollywood Notes From The War Front And Stage
Robert Preston trained as a skilled machine gunner on location for Wake Island. Victor McLaglen of Powder Town has built a 40 foot tank and sent it to the war department. A new war correspondent strip will draw on William L. Shirer’s Berlin days. Joan Edwards of Your Hit Parade has won the pool for ten hit numbers three weeks in a row. Mary Martin keeps laying hens as others seek exotic pets.
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Robert Preston
Wake Island
Victor McLaglen
RKO
War Department
William L. Shirer
Berlin
Joan Edwards
Mary Martin
Red Cross Expands Aid to Armed Forces Dependents
The American Red Cross reports a more than six fold rise in help to service members dependents through 3 700 chapters. Chapters urge families to stay in touch to resolve wartime disruptions such as discharges for dependency and troop transfers.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
WNU
Sewing Circle Apron Pattern No 8127 for sizes 14 to 42
The apron pattern designed to be put on quickly ties in place and keeps a dress protected. Pattern No 8127 fits sizes 14 to 42, with material guidance for size 16 requiring 194 yards of fabric and specific braid and bias fold trim details. Send your order to:
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Rorae
Ask Me Another Trivia Qs About History and Geography
This set presents seven trivia prompts. Questions cover mottos and maxims, the Invincible Armada, furlongs in distance, Chicago railroads, the Free Soil Party’s goal, the second largest state, and the world’s oldest royal family.
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Chicago
Free-Soil Party
Union
Quiz of facts spans subjects from 1588 England to modern times
A compact quiz lists answers on diverse topics. It notes England in 1588, the numbers one eighth and forty one, the topic of slavery, California, and the Japanese with the present emperor as the 112th in a line dating to 660 B C.
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England
California
B. C
Horace Greeley and the Warm Feet Frustration
The famed New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley was absent minded and unaware of a leaking water pipe above his head. One Sunday he sat by a hot air register to warm his feet and read until the janitor informed him the boiler was being fixed. He retorted that heat could wait as he enjoyed the warmth.
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Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Mr. Greeley
Tribune
Simple DIY Upholstery Ideas From Homemaking Notes
A local homemaking note outlines using a low stool with a wooden box foundation and padding as an attractive seating option. It suggests repurposing moss horsehair feathers and fabric scraps washed in cheesecloth and hints at a homemaking booklet offering 31 ideas with detailed directions.
Flies Multiply Rapidly If Left Unchecked Says Reader’s Digest
Alan Devoe reports in Reader’s Digest that a single pair of flies can produce trillions of offspring in 8 to 10 weeks through nine generations. A fly egg hatches in 24 hours and the adult emerges within 10 days, with 100 eggs laid every 10 days. He urges continuous fighting of adult flies entering homes using swatters, sprays, and fly paper.
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Alan Devoe
Reader’s Digest
Devoe
Practical Household Tips From a Wartime Reader
A reader offers thrift advice such as reviving a dry fountain pen with water, checking the refrigerator each morning for food stock, and stretching leftovers into new meals like apricot apple compotes. It also suggests omelets using three eggs per two servings and encourages using the unused side of letters to save paper for Uncle Sam.
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Uncle Sam
O. K
Edison and Spain's Armada: Two Historical Subjects
Thomas Edison appears as a prominent inventor while the other item references King Philip II of Spain and his fleet. The summary focuses on identifying the two distinct historical figures and contexts.
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Thomas Edison
King Phillip of
Spain
Why profile wise do pianists sit profile wise
Before Liszt, pianists turned their backs or faced the audience. Liszt loved his profile and began a new style that others, handsome or not, have followed since.
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Franz Liszt
Liszt
USO Seeks Funds To Support Expanded Worldwide Service
The United Service Organizations has doubled its duties in the past year and now operates across the globe. It urges public support and contributions of any size, directing donors to local USO committees or the National Headquarters in the Empire State Building New York.
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USO
Globe
National
Empire State Building
New York
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