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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
2
Private remarks the general is very sick and the private replies that the issue is things in general, reflecting a humorous exchange about broader troubles rather than a specific medical condition.
A wartime classroom joke recounts an explosion during training in England. A student quips about rain, and the teacher tests geography with a pun about New York's capitals, prompting a playful exchange between a Yank and a Smarty.
After the Marne battle, a reporter asked Marshal Joffre who deserved credit. He joked that he could not name the winner, but if the battle had been lost he would have been blamed.
A professor who forgot his hat thanks the passerby who points out it rests on his head. He jokes that without the helper he would have gone out without it. The moment highlights his scattershot memory and gratitude.
A humorous exchange questions a sister’s vow marked by a wooden anniversary. One character retorts that the groom is a blockhead, turning a playful insult into a family moment.
A playful quip links a man who took salmon on a fishing trip to a witty pun about hunger and wit. The line hinges on a punny answer inviting a chuckle about a hungry traveler with a can of salmon.
Jones is described as a man who sees dirt in everything while Smith compares him to a pessimist. Jones clarifies he is a vacuum cleaner salesman, implying a joke about his profession and mindset.
The dialogue contrasts a 15 year haircut gap with a bald appearance. Joe clarifies his grandfather was bald, while Bill notes the odd look.
War Manpower Commission orders hotels to cut services including two towels a day or one bath daily, reduce room service by 50 percent, and hire older staff. Public reaction references Pearl Harbor era shortages and a poem by Elmer Twitchell mocking frugality while noting the public adapts by reusing towels and limiting breakfast in bed.
Elmer Twitchell demands candidates answer on wartime food, regulations, and oddball issues from windshields to lawn mowers. The piece mocks radio jingles and postwar shortages noting fewer turkeys for civilians and home-front sacrifice.
Seventeen year old actress Ann Blythe has built a remarkable career from stage to radio and screen. She starred in Watch on the Rhine in Washington and holds a long Universal contract for The Merry Monahans. Also noted are Benny Goodman biopic rumors, Steve Cochran’s film ascent, Kay Harding’s Mummy’s Curse lead, Alexis Smith’s reteam with Goulding, Victor Jory’s CBS role shift, and Ernie Pyle casting interest for G I Joe as Objective Burma heads to battle scenes with Errol Flynn cast. Dick Brown tours the Purple Heart Circuit to lift wounded service members.
Frank Sinatra auditioned many girl singers before choosing Eileen Barton for his new radio program. Krupa and his band land a featured spot in George White’s Scandals of 1945. Claire Trevor commits two more murders in Farewell, My Lovely, scoring 88. Frances Langford meets Washington to take extra baggage with Bob Hope to the South Pacific.
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