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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
2
A bedspread with a floor-length valance gives a neat look, while a short spread lacks impact. A plain valance echoing room color pairs well with quilts crochet or simple spreads. The guide suggests five and a half yards of 36 inch fabric split lengthwise, and notes Home Making BOOK No. 4 includes over thirty more home projects. Readers can order Book 4 for 15 cents.
Theaters opera houses and bull rings in Spanish speaking countries maintain mourning boxes where mourners may witness performances unseen through small openings.
A sardonic wildlife market piece notes inflation in Africa and rising animal prices for zoos. Lions at ten dollars per snarl, Bengal tigers by stripe, giraffes expensive, and camels up to 2500 dollars. An elephant is harder to obtain with controls off, and delivery delays push 1947 as a delivery horizon.
Virginia Vale Ace recalls Dinah Shore's early New York radio days at WNEW, where generous colleagues helped her rise. She had just left Nashville after Vanderbilt, drew autograph seekers, and was briefly at Paramount Theatre before launching a CBS radio program with Peter Lind Hayes airing September 18 from Hollywood.
A playful dinner scene unfolds as a wife presents a stuffed turkey to her husband. He compliments the dish while she jokes about the stuffing, noting the turkey is not hollow, adding a lighthearted domestic moment.
Proper Color Tim Cassidy and Barney O'Toole, long time friends, meet after years and decide to celebrate. Tim suggests going out tonight and painting the town green to mark the occasion.
A campus dating scene tease recalls a late night scare that turned into a surprisingly successful blind date. The speaker confesses initial fright gave way to a favorable impression.
Goldstein recounts a dream shared with Steinmer where he buys razor blades in a drug store for five dollars. The druggist asks the price, and he confirms paying in full, insisting he would not worry about his spending in dreams.
Six year old Paula, dressed for winter, watches her mother pour paraffin over the jelly. She leaves to answer the bell, noting her mother is too busy to come to the door. The fragment suggests a domestic scene with the mother tying up a task.
A terse exchange between a tenant and landlord centers on payment terms. The tenant insists on paying as they go, while the landlord rebukes the idea and demands payment upon entry. The dispute highlights tenancy tensions over rent timing and control.
A cub reporter recalls jungle fact finding schemes and a Paris error by Byrnes and Molotov. He describes interviewing Channing Pollock at his New Haven era opening of Such a Little Queen and recalls a hotel room break in. The piece notes a wheat market scene with local youths and a horse race named Weather Dinder. Fiorello LaGuardia is tipped for a Senate nomination as humor on radio is encouraged.
Motion picture actors often call their own homes when scripts require dialing. Bing Crosby dials a golf club where he and Bob Hope play. Radio Theater Producer Keighley keeps many non existent numbers and addresses in New York London Paris for air use, all of which are vacant lots.
United Artists plans a high profile production with Benedict Boneaus and Burgess Meredith producing. Fred MacMurray joins Henry Fonda James Stewart Charles Laughton and Paulette Goddard, with additional female stars expected to be announced.
Cathy O'Donnell struggles to cry for film scenes in The Best Years of Our Lives and relies on glycerine tears. She works with Gladys George seven year old Marlene Aames while Myrna Loy and Teresa Wright also use the same method.
Betsy Blair plays the ingenue lead in My Empty Heart opposite Ros alind Russell and Melvyn Douglas. Her Broadway run in The Beautiful People paused after marriage to Gene Kelly when he joined the navy, as they cared for daughter Kerry now three.
J Arthur Rank's six million dollar Caesar and Cleopatra runs in 25 cities before New York. United Artists reports two illuminated Times Square signs announcing the Broadway screen production are the largest ever used.
Mary Small shares top singing honors with Harry Babbitt on By Popular Demand airing Thursday nights on Mutual. The program features tunes most requested from cafe and ball room singers and leaders, with selections wired in and the most popular landing on the show.
In Pasadena a preview of Suddenly It's Smales disrupts the audience with whistles to Paul ette Goddard as actors compete for sound. Charles Trowbridge is cast as Katharine Hepburn's father in Sea of Grass. Thomas keeps CBS production crews on edge, never late in 16 years yet seldom more than 30 seconds early. Peter Lawford sings on screen for the first time in It Happened in Brooklyn, performing Whose Baby Are You with Frank Sinatra.
Use a large glass sheet as a wall backsplash for a washstand or sink by cutting to size and securing with L shaped screws for a neat easy to clean surface. For foraged greens store in a moisture proof bag like refrigerator produce bags to keep greens fresh.
Cook the meat roast at a low temperature for a prolonged period to maximize juiciness and yield. Slow cooking breaks down connective tissue, allowing the roast to stay tender while stretching servings.
To prevent frosting from breaking when cut beat a teaspoon of vinegar into the frosting as you add flavoring. The acidic addition helps stabilize the texture so slices stay clean and smooth.
Use mosquito netting to cover holes in screens then apply shel lac. Let dry then add a second coat and possibly a third. A wire egg whip lifts doughnuts from fat to reduce slippery mess compared with a fork.
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