Hollywood Stars and Studio Gossip Across 1940s Frames
Virginia Vale reports on Susanna Foster co starring in Glamour Boy with Jackie Cooper and a tearful gift misprint. Joseph Hamer notes a Virginia Weidler fan club in Budapest while James Stewart tours the Metro lot with his family. Laraine Day stars in Kil dare’s Wedding Day and The New York Story with Robinson Arnold Hunt. The Great Lie pairs Astor with Bette Davis. Muzak Inc. wins a no advertising NY station permit from the FFC.
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Usanna Foster
Paramount
Jackie Cooper
Susanna
Laraine Day
Mary
Dr. Kildare
Edward G. Robinson
Edward Arnold
Marsha Hunt
FFC
Muzak Inc
New York
Planning Jams and Jellies for Winter Provisions
With food emphasized in the defense program, choose extra good jams and jellies for shelf stocking. A record peach crop, the third largest in U.S. history, suggests canning many jars of peaches as jam jelly marmalade or preserves with other fruits.
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National Defense Program
Ripe Peach Jelly and Harlequin Conserve Recipes
A vintage home canning page lists steps for making peach jelly and a Harlequin Conserve. It covers peach juice extraction, pectin use, and boiling times, plus fruit mixtures, sugar amounts, and paraffin sealing for glass storage. It also includes other preserves like pear chips and apple butter with direct ratios and processing tips.
New York Heartbeat and Broadway Buzz Parade Notes
A lively column surveys celebrities and city life with humor and gossip. Ted Lewis earns five thousand weekly while audiences are asked if they are happy. James Walker and Lee Shubert figure in feisty exchanges. theater, film, and politics mingle with riffs on Goering and Hitler.
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Ted Lewis
James J. Walker
Lee Shubert
Shubert
Gwan
Hellzapoppin
Charlie Butterworth
Hollywood
Larry Clinton
Studio News Notes On Stars And Upcoming Roles
Margaret Lind signs to appear in four more of Columbia’s Ellery Queen pictures. Victor McLaglen ends his personal appearance run as The Marines Are Ready moves forward. Jack Benny will make The Widow Wouldn’t Weep for Warners after September vacation. Richard Travis gets a big break thanks to Bette Davis’s recommendation after his test. Bob Hope’s sunburn delays Louisiana Purchase. ZaSu Pitts joins RKO Week End for Three. Ginger Rogers to play a secretary again in Self Made Cinderella.
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Margaret Lindsay
Columbia
Ellery Queen Pictures
Victor McLaglen
Jack Benny
Warners
Richard Travis
Bette Davis
the Mane
Bob Hope
Louisiana Purchase
ZaSu Pitts
RKO
Ginger Rogers
Jelly Testing and Preparation for Canning
To know when jelly is done dip a clean spoon and watch the last drop sheet off. Two drops should drip off together to indicate setting. Use ripe fresh fruit and remove spots or bruises. Cook briefly to keep color and garden-fresh look. Clean equipment before canning and boil jars and lids in soda water as directed.
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Harlequin
Unies
Lynn
Umpires Call Sparks Fan Debate Over Action
A chaotic exchange highlights fan ire as players and officials clash over atmosphere and conduct. The dialogue hints at safety concerns with bottles and disruptive behavior amid a tense baseball scene.
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Ump
Joyner and Finch Clash Over Generosity of Advice
Joyner quips that Finch believes in giving until it hurts while Rygg questions if his generosity extends to money. Joyner replies that Finch is not money generous, only with advice.
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RKO Radio
E. S. Adams
United States Army
Parachute Battalion
Joyner
Finch
Rygg
Sir T. Browne
Flush Not Blush Boogy See Victory First Flush
The statement contrasts a blush with a perceived flush of victory, phrased in a playful, colloquial tone. It frames an event as a moment of triumph rather than embarrassment and notes the difference between appearance and success. The line carries a celebratory, punchy vibe.
Expression in Evelyn Helen Singing Draws Reactions
Evelyn Helen sings with notable expression while Joy Well notes she makes strong facial expressions during the performance.
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Evelyn
Helen
Trivial Quiz Questions on Geography and Physics
Answers: 1 Bolivia. 2 The winter described by the Brobdingnagians is not specified in this context. 3 A gallon of pure water weighs about 8.34 pounds. 4 The world's oldest continuously inhabited city is Jericho. 5 The bundle of rods on the back of a dime is called a fasces. 6 The largest star known is UY Scuti. 7 A pound of feathers and a pound of gold weigh the same.
Literary Quiz Clues and Notable Facts List
Puzzle clues include Argentina Swift Gulliver Damascus Fasces Antares 90,000,000 times larger than the sun and a note on weight systems. The answer confirms Yes. Gold uses troy pounds while feathers use avoirdupois.
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Argentina
Swift
Ebenezer Spends All His Ring Themed Ride Money
A visiting circus and fair charmed a small town and one old man named Ebenezer rode the merry-go-round until his funds ran out. His wife watched him and remarked on his spending and the long ride. A later quip on platonic friendship contrasts with a loaded gun metaphor.
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Ebenezer
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Binnie Barnes
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Soderling
Thermore
Sam Bischoff
Hungary
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Virginia Weidler
Budapest
Virginia
Red Gap
Charles Laughton
Charles
Warner Bros
Laughton
Humphrey Bogart
Mary Astor
Miss Astor
Joan Bleadell
Stememoranda
Jimmy Gleason
Mr. Jordan
Wall Street
F.D.R
Sgt. York
White House
J. T. Evans
Wheeler
Lindbergh
Nashville
Lord Haw Haw
Victor Emanuel
White
Manhattan
Yorkville
Broadway
Times Square Street
Notes of A
New Yorker
James Stewart
Stewart
John Edgar Hoover
Ray Black
Goering
Hitler
Fatso
Adolf
Tarzan
Lucius Beebe
Dimitrov
Reichstag
U.S
Mildred Gilman
The
Journal
Miss Gilman
Bobby
Wakefield
Ons Talen
Tory
Funnies
Jimmy Swinnerton
San Francisco “Examiner
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