The Magic Lanterns and Midtown Vignette Gossip Night
A roving column bundles nightlife sketches and film notes. It highlights The Magic Lanterns film lineup with Buffalo Bill and Knickerbocker Holiday, plus radio satire and theater chatter from Midtown scenes and Scribner’s era social set, including Hollywood chatter, revelers, and gossipy asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel McCrea
Linde Darnell
Maureen O'Hara
Nelson Eddy
Pap Lukas
Movieburg
Hollywood
Washington War-Wartime Promotions Stall in Senate
The Army faces Senate resistance to permanent wartime promotions for Generals Patton and Somervell amid a Capitol Hill lobbying push to advance them. Draft director Hershey and Paul McNutt endure sharp questions over the bungled draft as the committee rejects a labor draft bill. The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach remains a mystery hospital, with Littell’s report shuffled through officials before a subpoena was withdrawn. Gen Wedemeyer, idle in New Delhi, laments lack of strategic posting despite rich experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Somervell
Patton
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Pershing
Francis E. Warren
Moiliary Affairs Committee
Army
Capitol Hill
Bob Reynolds
Military Affairs Comrtge
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Warren Austin
Vermont
Wainwright
Japan
Hershey-McNutt
Andrew J May
Kentucky
Walter G. Andrews
New York
Ranking Committee
Republican
Ewing Thomason
Texas
John M. Costello
California
Leslie Arends
Chnois
Forest Harness
Indiana
Thomason
War Department
Breakers Hotel
Palm Beach
Biddle
Truman Committee
Norman Littell
Littell
Florida East Coast Railroad
Rudolph Halley
Chuef
Halley
Justice Department
Collarless Two-Piecer for Summer Cardigan and Vestee
Barbara Bell patterns No 1966 and No 1930 offer collarless cardigans and matching vests in rayon crepe and summer cotton. Sizes 11 to 15 and 34 to 44With varying yardage specified and household war demand noted. Send 20 cents per pattern to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Calif
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Bor
Hat and Purse Crochet Set Pattern 7040
Crochet for pleasure using straw yarn in any color. Pattern 7040 provides directions for a hat and matching purse with simple joined medallion motifs. Suitable for leisure time and current war conditions may extend time needed.
Enough and on Time Slogan at Utah USN Depot
The Great Salt Lake naval supply depot near Clearfield Utah handles over 3000 train carloads monthly delivering items from insect powder to diesel engines. More than 4000 workers assist daily with thousands of boxes while about 100 WAVES report for duty each month. A $7000000 expansion is planned to enlarge the plant and fill ongoing contractor needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Salt Lake
Wasatch Mountains
Clearfield
Utah
U. S
Cyrug B. Kitchen
USN
Bombers May Deliver Our Fruit When Peace Comes
Commercial fruit and vegetable growers may use surplus second hand bomber planes after the war. Carrying a 500 pound load, planes can stay at 28 000 feet where temperature is 45 degrees below zero. Bomber delivery could move perishables to any U S location within a few hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Practical Household Tips For Frugal Living
This column offers simple home hacks from removing a tight glass stopper with hot cloth or vinegar to gift wrapping with paper plates. It covers laundry organizers, button storage, measuring molasses in hot water, mending woolens with hidden darning, avoiding stair wear, and using adhesive tape as a hem binder on raincoats.
Longest-lasting republics and losses since 1500 B C
Since 1500 B C a total of 55 republics have existed, 21 had disappeared before the current war. Venice endured 1,196 years, Genoa 802 years, Carthage 704 years. The three oldest remaining republics are San Marino 1,059 years, Switzerland 653 years, and the United States 268 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Republic of Venice
Genoa
Carthage
San Marino
Switzerland
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Allen
Norman Corwin
Erudite
John Kacran
the Intelligentsia
The
Herald Tribune
Moscow
Nan
Paul Porter
George Jean Nathan
Paul
Sophie Tucker
Doubleday Doran
London
Pam
Aisling
Overseas Press Club
Crosbys
Sinatras
Shores
Albert de Bru
Senor Cugat
Choo Choo Johnson
Lucius Beebe
Cafe du Bois
Lucius
Dunninger
Jerry Wald
Jerry
Little Palm Club
Hitler
A. C. Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
New Delhi
Sandburg
Lincoln
Wedemeyer
Germany
Yodel
India
Eeeee
Suet
USN Depot
Kellogg’s
Fleischmann
Fierschmann
Address Standard Brands, Inc
Grand Central Annex
New York 17
Maxfield Feed & Seed Co
West ‘Broadway
Salt Lake City
Utal
Ove
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Orcas Couirts
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