Film Stars Go Into War Service In Real Life Turns
Virginia Vale notes Hollywood figures like Clark Gable Richard Quine Richard Ney and Robert Taylor shifted to military roles after film duty while Pat O Brien Rita Hayworth face odd real life troubles including a bulldog rent dispute due to gas rationing and studio rules.
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Metro
Clark Gable
Richard Quine
Gal
Richard Ney
Rita Hayworth
Victor Mature
Columbia Studio
Rita
The Spirit at Guadalcanal and a War Time Poem
A wartime poem honors fallen soldiers at Guadalcanal, praising their resolve and hometown toughness. It contrasts jungle combat with home field memories and ends with a light wartime aside about a bus design and Victory Bruises.
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Guadalcanal
Pardon Me My Mistake Sparks Handling of Plain Woman
A terse exchange centers on a plain woman as a misstep prompts a clash of casual retorts. The moment underscores confusion and a playful improvised debate within a social setting. No clear resolution is provided in the fragment.
Five grains answer costs a student his life
A medical professor asks a student the correct drug dose. The student answers five grains and then asks to change it. The professor notes the patient has already been dead for forty seconds, ending the lesson with a grim caution.
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Medical School
Ankle injury escapes notice amid smoking woe
A man tells his doctor he has been moving with a broken ankle for two weeks. The doctor asks why he waited, and the reply blames his wife who warns he must quit smoking if he reports illness.
A Likely Story in Berlin Court
A man muttering of trouble for one man was arrested by a Berlin policeman. In court he referred to Winston Churchill as the man, the judge dismissed the case, and the man later met the arresting officer asking whom he had meant.
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Berlin
Winston Churchill
Wisdom From Foolish Advice Echoes in Quiet Trade
A terse exchange hints at mutual counsel between rivals as one side notes benefit may come from a fool's guidance and the other retorts that listening has always occurred, implying a wary stalemate in a strained partnership.
Daredevil Decoy Bait Plan Endures Overhead
A coast observation post duty officer pelts a lone British bomber with a warning. The reply comes: the pilot insists he is the bait, while 20 Spitfires circle above, watching.
Japs can't match Vandegrift and Patch chiefs
A wartime column notes U S generals Vandegrift and Patch as unmatched chiefs. It recalls Guadalcanal combat near swamps and Gilholley's Grove and hints at a social column item about a girl marrying a civilian.
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Vandegrift
Halsey
MacArthur
Patch
Hollywood Plans Big Screen For The Kid In Upper Four
The Kid in Upper Four draws attention as Metro retools it into a short and 20th Century-Fox develops a feature as Cecil B. DeMille leans on Navy Relief funds while his wife Mrs DeMille leads a babies home. Jazzing landscape backdrops come from Mexican scenes for a Java jungle setting. Preston Sturges directs with a rehearsed cast on the move to location. Vox Pop leads radio audience participation, followed by Take It or Leave It Truth or Consequences Information Please. Cinderella Swings It features Gloria Warren with a chorus. The More the Merrier may push Charleston S C into Gretna Green status as Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur wed before North Africa. Hal Peary’s Gildersleeve vocal turn attracts RKO for Gildersleeve’s Bad Boy.
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Metro
20Th Century-Fox
Cecil B. DeMille
Dr. Wassell
Navy Relief Society
Vox Pop
Jean Arthur
Joel McCrea
Charleston, S. C
Joel
Jean
Washington, D. C
North Africa
Charleston
South Carolina
Actor Carl Esmond in NBC film and stage notes
The piece notes Carl Esmond pursuing U S citizenship while acting as a Nazi major in Attack by Night on NBC. It mentions Mery Morpenes and Margaret shows, Hearn from Jack Benny’s troupe with 32 army camps this season, and a chorus selection of sixteen top dancers for Red head From Manhattan starring Lupe.
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Carl Esmond
United States
Columbia
NBC
Rues
Dike Mery Morpenes
Ingary Margaret
Schlepperman” Hearn
Jack Benny
Redhead
Manhattan
Lupe
Portable Stand for Mending from Reclaimed Phonograph Cabinet
A simple portable mending stand is built by turning a phonograph cabinet lid upside down and screwing it to a wooden box. It suggests using old or dime-store handles and a lined interior with cardboard and chintz. The note offers a copy of BOOK 9 for 15 cents and provides an address for ordering.
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Dime Stores
Panhandle Gas Field Largest Natural Reservoir in Texas
The great Panhandle gas field is described as the largest known natural gas reservoir in the world, spanning nearly all five counties in Texas. The report notes its vast extent beneath multiple counties and its significance in gas production.
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Great Panhandle
Texas
Hope on Waking Hope Dream of the waking Man
The quote attributed to Pliny the Elder reflects a philosophical view that aspiration parallels awakening. It frames hope as a driving force within human consciousness, suggesting a constant inner motion toward betterment.
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Pliny, the Elder
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Nokr
Rud
Qytror
Tokyo
Leter
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Russia
Oscar
Office of War Transportation
War and Navy Departments
Phooey
Phillips
J. Millar Watt
Gilholley’s Grove
Preston Sturgess
Morgan’s Creek
Betty Hutton
Diana Lynn
Eddie Bracken
George Jessell
Ben Oakland
Red Grouga
Hal Peary
Gildersleeve
RKO
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Pirin
Dr. Caldwell
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