Hollywood Radio and Screen News Highlights
Eddie Cantor leads Cancer Society drive as a public figure and fundraiser. Peters silent star returns to radio and TV work alongside a strong supporting cast. Oscar chatter and Golden Globes Spark public buzz. Film and stage notes cover Cyrano de Bergerac Swanson and Ferrer, plus TV and aviation themed features.
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Jose Ferrer
Gloria Swanson
Planting Time to Promote Public Interest in Home Gardening
An American horticulture council backed program aims to boost home gardening nationwide through coordinated action by garden clubs, seedmen, magazines, and newspapers. It sets regionally phased planting times, spans all summer, and links gardening to family health and national defense while noting Noise Abatement Week and a list of weekly observances.
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American Horticulture Council
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deep South
Great Midwest Belt
Jewelry Industry Council
U.S
Canada
Immigrant Workers Displaced Persons Available For Farm Labor
Displaced persons and expellees eligible for entry to the United States under the amended displaced persons act are being recruited to work on American farms. A six member group was sent to Germany to interview and certify farm families, expediting processing from years to weeks. By March 1 visas had been issued to about 222,000 displaced persons and 10,000 expellees.
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John W. Gibson
Displaced Persons Commission
United States
United Nations
Germany
Immigrant Farm Worker Screening Under Sponsor Rules
Immigrant farm workers must pass strict screening before entering the United States. A U S sponsor must guarantee a prevailing wage employment without displacing others, provide adequate housing, ensure the worker or family will not become public charges, and arrange transportation from entry port to resettlement. The worker must sign a good faith oath and faces deportation for misrepresentation.
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Costly Living Talks Stir Buckingham Skits
A satirical dialogue imagines King George and Queen facing higher living costs. They joke on raises, economizing, and staying within a vast royal budget while noting public discontent and broader double talk in politics. The piece weaves in jokes about milk, groceries, dining out, and media criticisms.
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George
King
England
Eddie
Wallie
Winnie
Sewing Circle Patterns Dress and Cape for Tots
Adorable yoked dress with shoulder buttons and a simple cape for young girls. Pattern 8682, sew-rite perforated, sizes 2 to 5 years, requires 1% yards of 39 inch fabric and 13/8 yards of 54 inch for cape. The Spring and Summer Stylist offers practical ideas for a summer wardrobe.
Impossible Dinner Invitation Reads Its Truth
An invitation to dinner to a new doctor yields an illegible reply. The hostess seeks help from a pharmacist who, after examining the note, provides a bottle and charges 50 cents.
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