Hollywood Notes on Government Films and Star Casting
Government film plans expand from shorts to features with 30 topics. Wake Island sets mirror Pacific atoll, while Wake Island stars Brian Donlevy and Barbara Britton. The Invaders cast signs long-term overseas before war’s end. Ginger Rogers’ mother debuts on screen in The Major and the Minor.
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Paramount
Wake Island
Salton Sea
California Island
Pacific Atoll
John Farrow
Brian Donlevy
Robert Preston
Albert Dekker
Barbara Britton
Ginger Rogers
RKO
Ginger
Oregon
Miracle dress pattern promises slimming posture and elegance
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1541-B claims to flatter figures with side pieces and a long straight line from neck to hem, creating height impression. The design suits cotton, silk, or rayon crepes and comes in sizes 36 through 52 with yardage details for size 38. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1570-B covers children’s sizes with material and trim needs.
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Barbara Bell
Picturesque Play Set for Girls Patterns 1570-B
Pattern No. 1570-B features a play set for girls aged 1 to 6 with practical features including a frock design that stays cool. The description emphasizes clever styling and pretty cotton fabrics for daughter’s play clothes and charming scalloped cap details.
Quiz Show Trivia From Ask Me Another
A reader question set asks 10 items covering history Neolithic age telegraph code names like jeep temperature conversion and twin birth frequency. Topics include Confucius time of Christ oldest US business house and Canadian land touch.
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Confucius
United States
Vermont
Wisconsin
Idaho
Quiz Section Reveals Facts Across Subjects
The excerpt lists varied trivia from geography and history to science and demographics. It notes Wisconsin, thaumaturgy, the origin of jeeps, a conversion formula for Fahrenheit, slate bending properties, US multiple birth rates, ancient dates, and a colonial malt house, reflecting a miscellany of concise knowledge tidbits.
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Wisconsin
Jeep
United States
Red Cross Blood Donor Drive Supports Army and Navy
About two million volunteers join a blood donation drive to supply plasma for military use. Eighteen centers nationwide collect donations monthly at roughly sixty thousand pints, processed into dried plasma for emergency transfusions and civilian needs.
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Red Cross
Army of Mercy
Army
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Buffalo
Rochester
N. Y
Indianapolis
Detroit
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Milwaukee
Cleveland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Washington, D. C
WNU
Won by Val and Wilkins a Quiet Vow under Moonlight
In a whimsical small town scene Wilkins realizes he can win Valerie if she agrees to marry him. Valerie, eager for marriage, agrees with gusto and plans a wedding with four bridesmaids while Wilkins vows to quit horse racing if she says yes.
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Wilkins
Valerie
Darling
Oddities in Nature From Insects to Reptiles
The article notes that praying mantids can turn their heads like humans, pelicans lose their vocal powers as adults, and pythons raise their body temperature above surrounding air during egg incubation.
Colorful draperies window decor with patriotic border
A damp cloth cleans the colorful draperies with a blue painted window and a red white and blue border. Clear shellac finishes the display. A blue shelf beneath the window has knife and spoon notches. The ad promotes BOOK 8 with cupboards shelves ideas for 10 cents. Address omitted.
Proper storage tips from old period guidance
Unwrap soap before storing to prevent drying. Celery tops can be reused as stock or boiled with vegetables, then removed before serving. Roll linens for storage and use mailing tubes or broom handles as supports. Keep linens in a cool dry place and expose soap to air for a few days to extend its life.
Monastery Nets Fish Free from Alcoa River Reach
In Al cobaca Portugal the Cistercian monastery sources all its fish at no cost with minimal effort. Cooks drop nets into a river branch that runs through the monastery’s large kitchen area.
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Alcobaca
Portugal
Alcoa
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