Broadway beckons for Deanna Durbin early spring
Industry insiders weigh Deanna Durbin’s Paris production plans against her demanding schedule. Her mother manager and vocal teacher discuss the impact of public appearances while Universal Pal studios staffers monitor the strain on her life. Relations with Fred Allen’s show and Walter O Keefe are noted as still resonant with listeners and tie into future on screen roles.
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Eanna Durbin
Univer- Pal Studios
Deanna
Motiont Picture and
Radio
Learn to be lonely and stand life
A breezy meditation on work, satire, progress, and personal longing. The text muses that men love their work, clever folks recognize satire, and a stubborn rhythm persists. It humorously notes leftovers after guests depart and remarks on enduring thrift through generations.
Rest for the Soul in Time of Trouble
A devotional note urges laydown of life’s burdens through faith in Christ. It warns that modern restlessness and unbelief steal peace, urging meekness, humility, and trust to find rest in God. A Fay Inchfawn poem reinforces casting cares on Him, with a call to faithful witness amid trials.
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Isaac Watts
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God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Nazareth
Fay Inchfawn
Hidden Wisdom From The Street And Self Insight
The passage offers practical maxims on social tact and self-knowledge. It contrasts how youths respond to humor and underworld slang with advice on presenting truth to a doctor and the draw of money. It explores how celebrity life can lead to folly and the value of authentic behavior.
Hit or Miss In the good old days a crossing opened meals
A Los Angeles Times humor item contrasts past and present dining with a can opener and jokes about marriage and social routines. It notes cars can be deadly yet require no daily salute to officers, and mocks housecleaning as a cover for stirring up trouble. The piece ends with quips about mind and business.
Off Side Tales From Global Oddities
Reported curios include Ceylon elephants bathing daily, a mole turning 120 degrees with four paw strokes, and Walton-on-Thames organ cleaned after 12 coats of paint removal. A king stork near Entebbe befriends motorists while an ancient Lachish hair curler is unearthed. Radio police in South Bend investigate a child scream as two cats fight in a garage. Mrs Blowers uses 400 mouse skins for a fur coat from her farm in Hempstead England.
Laughable tram tickets in Australia print playful schoolboy lines
A collection of printed captions on tram tickets in Australia features quirky mishearings and humorous gaffes. Phrases include Gooseberries as grapes needing a shave, a ball pulled by gratitude, and silly maps of warfare and seas. The lines reveal lighthearted wordplay amid daily transit.
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Australia
Duty and Service Echo in Satirical Verse
A compact excerpt presents two lines of classic verse praising duty as heavenly command and service as sacred equality. The lines juxtapose the eldest voice of God with the notion that all service ranks equal before divine authority.
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Charles Kingsley
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