Hollywood Talk and Stars Across the Screen
A collage of Hollywood notes and gossip mentions repairman jokes, animals on set, and star returns. Pola Negri Joins Diddle Diddle with Menjou’s wife ill. John Donat makes his film debut in This Land Is Mine. David Niven returns in Spitfire, and King Vidor scouts unknowns for a Metro American project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pola Negri
Glamour
Ent
United Artists
Diddle Diddle
Adolphe
John Donat
Yert Donat
This Land Is
Aries Laughton
Maureen Jara
John
Hiss
Jean Renoir
Hollywood
King Vidor
Donlevy
Metro
Qerica
Alb Richards
Australia
Pearl Harbor
The 38 000 acre farm that went to sea
A 10 000 ton U S cruiser built by 10 000 workers used 38 000 acres of farm output for its first year at sea. The article notes 1 200 acres of cotton and 3 000 sheep for wool and blankets, 250 acres of tobacco for cigarettes, and 207 acres of soybeans for oil to power operations. It highlights heavy reliance on farm grown materials for uniforms food and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Kleberg Recovers Shoes He Gave Away Years Ago
Representative Kleberg of Texas surprised to find a box containing the very shoes he wore six years earlier and had given to a Mexican ranch hand four years ago. A note in Spanish from Willie Flores explains the origin and sentiment behind the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kleberg
Texas
King Ranch
Willie Flores
What Signature Should a Woman Use in Identity
The proper signature practice for women centers on clear identification. A married woman may sign as Mrs. John Smith when reassurance is needed, or use Mary Smith or Mary Jones Smith in private letters. A single woman signs Miss Mary Jones to show identity, and may use Mary Jones on letters known to recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith
Mary Jones Smith
John Smith
John J. Smith
Mary Jones
Physical training program at Army air forces aims for fitness for all
The Technical Training Command outlines a uniform two hour daily routine across stations starting with 25 minutes conditioning and 35 minutes of road work, then 10 minutes warm up and 50 minutes of games and athletics. Obstacle courses at schools develop speed, endurance and aggression. Program includes regular fitness testing and special classes for slow learners, with Chanute Field offering jiu jitsu and wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
C. L. Brownell
Technical Training Command
Chanute Field
Iil
Heck’ Kenney
University of Ilinois
Union
Wartime Family Games And Songs Bulletin Activities
New York State Extension Service shares timely wartime recreation ideas to suit spring and summer hours. Activities include Spring Showers relay, Seed Identification, A Farmer's Love Letter word game, Hidden Hats ten‑minute list, Spring Hat Parade piece matching, and Ring the Bunny's Ears with rings for five trials.
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New York State Extension Service
Western Newspaper Union
Hate the Russians More Nazi Leader Tells People
Dr. Robert Ley chief of the Nazi labor front urged Germans to hate the Russians and the Anglo American "hypocrites" in Angriff. He said German soldiers lost at Stalingrad still hurt, but there was no alternative but to stand firm, and that as the fighting in the East grows tougher, greater gratitude to the Fuehrer is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Ley
Nazi
Labor Front
Angriff
OWI
Stalingrad
Minute Make Ups By Gabrielle
A brief beauty feature describes an easy at home routine for men on furlough. It suggests a quick vanishing cream mask then tissue removal followed by light makeup to soften skin and add a rosy lip. The piece encourages confidence and a cheerful mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Wooden tires aid U S rubber supply as wartime shortage bites
The article notes Japan's early rubber seizure in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies and praises synthetic rubber growth in the United States. It highlights the wooden tire as a wartime innovation, citing Dugan Brothers of New Jersey and describing a four section construction with a brake lining tread for smooth highway wear.
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Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Pearl Harbor
Tet Cpa
America
Omy
Dugan Brothers, Baking Firm
New Jersey
World War II Leaders and Naval Figures Featured in Briefs
Maj. Gen. Harold L. George leads the Army Air Forces Ferry Command and gains notice for impromptu speaking and wartime logistics from 1921 to 1940. Gen. Penaranda of Bolivia rises from West Point roots to president amid democratically supported leadership. French Martinique analysis centers on Vice Admiral Robert and the Four Families as power brokers, with anti American sentiment noted in Fort de France.
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York
Harold L. George
Air Transport
George
Air Transport Command
Army
Air Corps
Australia
Jules Verne
Nome
Alaska
Army Air Corps
Sonerville
Mass
Law
National University
Cavalry
Fall
France
Clermont
163Rd Aero Squadron
Penaranda
la Paz
West Point
Paraguay
United States
Martinique
Pete Robert
Robert
Vichy
French Antilles
George Achille Marie-Joseph
Fort de France
Curtain Patterns 7413 Delay Notice
Pattern 7413 covers curtains and drapes in varied styles. Due to high demand and wartime conditions there is a longer wait for some popular pattern numbers. Please send your order to the indicated address.
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Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper
Bob
Conchia
Njou
Menjou
Veree Teasdale
Martha Scott
Leon Schlesinger
Avid Niven
Goldwyn Prosion
Leslie Howard
Margaret O’brien
Mar‘t
Screen Guild Players
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Margaret
D Skelton
Ebbets Field
Klyn
Brook
Ters
Duro
Dodger
Rudy Vallee
Groucho Marx
Billiee
Ransom Sherman
Marx
Sherman Itll
Burke
William Kite
Ray Paige
Orches Nadine Conner
Metropolitan
Berry Kroeger
Lesley Woods
Bouncer
Bing Crosby
Utopia
Y Lamour
Century-Fox
Ginny Simms
Star i
Victory
Phyllis Belmont
America In Action
Abbie Condit
Ley
East
Fuehrer
Gabrielle
Who’s News
Consolidated Features
WIN
Kelly Field
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Hawaii
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Bolivia
Hitler & Co
Enrique Penarranda
Chaco
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Minna St
San Francisco, Calif
Los Angeles General Hospital
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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