Record drive aids soldiers as stars back scrap program
Western Union reports phonograph records are collected to aid U S troops. Led by Kay Kyser Kate Smith and Gene Autry the drive converts used records into scrap and buys new ones for army camps and naval bases. The American Legion groups collect and ship the donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Vale
Western
Union
OX Phonograph
Kay Kyser
Kate Smith
Gene Autrey
Ginny Simms
Lily Pons
Benny Goodman
Guy Lombardo
U. S. Army
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
Cross Stitch and Crochet Bed Sets with Embroidered Edging
Provincial craft notice describes roake beds sets featuring cross stitch and lazy daisy flowers with colorful finish and crocheted edging.
World’s Largest Amorphophallus Titanum Blooms in Cultivation
The world’s largest flowering plant Amorphophallus titanum from Sumatra has bloomed under cultivation. It has occurred in only eight known cases, with the last two in the New York Botanical Garden in 1987 and 1939, reaching over eight feet tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumatra
New York Botanical Garden
Diverse backgrounds populate New York Stock Exchange roster
Many members of the New York Stock Exchange come from unusual careers. The current roster includes an undertaker, jockey, explorer, magician, prize fighter, army general, baseball player, vaudeville dancer, and a night-club singer. Also on record is Reverend Chester Roy, who bought his seat in 1929 and preaches Sundays at the Church of the Second Advent in Eatontown, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York ‘Stock Exchange
Collier’s
Chester Roy
Church of the Second Advent
Eatontown
N. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston
The
Red Cross
Army Air Depot
U. S
Army Air Force
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
France
Army
Treasury Department
England
Columbia
Bruce Smith
Minnesota
Frankie Albert
Stanford
RKO
Tim Whelan
Lucille Ball
Victor Mature
Charles Victor
Court of Missing Heirs
Ralph Edwards
Truth Or Consequences” Company
tSe
Alexander Hall
Evelyn Scott
Salt Lake City
Betty Rhoades
Bing Crosby
Paramount
Manhattan
Susan Peters
Hollywood
Ronald Colman
Greer Garson
Metro
Jack Holt
Tim
Jack
Lana Turner
Amelia Earhart
Pat O'Brien
O’brien
O'Brien
Miss Earhart
Lucille Meaners
Mike Fright
Lionel Barrymore
Rudy Vallee
Lucky Legs
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds
Adela Rowland
Elisabeth Patterson
Feodor Chaliapin Jr
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Miana St
San Francisco
Calif
Kellogg’s
Hk Mother Se
Newhouse Hotel
Salt Lake
ELO
Ogden
Utah
KLO
PRO
Ae Uch LW
Ross Sutton
HORS
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