Betting, percentages, and famed baseball lineups debated at length
The piece surveys gambling edge at tracks with Colonel Bradley arguing against betting as a safe living, noting huge sums taxed to state treasuries. It lists historic great outfields for defense and offense, compares Mexican baseball to U S leagues, and imagines spectator engagement under a betting system, including potential clashes with authority.
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ED Bradley
Grantland Rice
Colonel Bradley
Lake Michigan carrier Wolverine trains fliers at Glenview
Aircraft carrier Wolverine, former Seeandbee pleasure cruiser, houses 225 crew and trains daily on Lake Michigan near Chicago. Glenview air station pilots practice takeoffs and landings from the flat top, integrating shipboard procedures with naval precision on peaceful waters.
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Great Lakes
Pearl Harbor
Lake Michigan
Glenview Air Station
Chicago
Landing Aboard Wolverine Shows Navy Flight Deck Mastery
Lieutenant Charles Roemer and Captain Roscoe Bowman oversee fighter takeoffs aboard the carrier Wolverine. The article praises Roemer’s long record of landings and Bowman’s daily pilot qualifications, detailing the tense sequence from deck dispatch to the plane lifting off as crews shout encouragement.
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Roemer
Lexington
Pearl Harbor
R. L. Bowman
Bowman
Navy
Manchester
Iowa
Roscoe Leroy Bowman
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Wolverine
How to Brighten Rooms With Slip Covers This Summer
Pleasing and practical home craft tip guides you to make slip covers from gay chintz for dining chairs with quilted backs that lace on. Create a matching quilted seat pad with a brief ruffle and a slipper chair with a solid color and striped flounce for a striking bedroom accent.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle
There will be plenty of beauty aids if we will all conserve. Take time to scrape out all cream from jars and combine oil and cream to whip up a new cosmetic. Scrape lipstick holders and use every last speck with a brush. Do not waste face powder.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Army appoints first Indian chaplain in U S Army
The War Department announces Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Ot tipoby a Comanche Indian as the Army's first Indian chaplain. A Harvard Chaplain School attendee at present he is 48, born in Elgin Oklahoma and a Hope College graduate who studied at Western Theological Seminary and the YMCA College in Chicago.
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Army of the
Modern Army Teletype Maintainers Train for Field Use
Army air forces graduates of the teletype maintenance school learn rapid setup and repair of portable teletype circuits. In under two months recruits gain skills to adjust and service equipment, locate faults with oscilloscopes, and lay out military telegraph lines for field communication.
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Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Crazy Eights Makes Family Card Night A Hit
The article promotes at home entertainment for families and children during peace, highlighting Crazy Eights as a fun group card game with simple rules. It explains dealing, matching suits or ranks, eight wilds, drawing penalties, scoring and game end at 100 points. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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Michigan
Western Newspaper Union
Training in Military Telegraph Lines
Students practice laying lines on model poles to simulate field operations. They learn auxiliary equipment, wire sizing, loads, fuses, and regular inspection to prevent trouble under enemy fire. Release by Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Heating Expert Advises Women To Check Their Furnaces Now
Luther Hart of the U S Bituminous Coal Consumers counsel urges women to start up and prepare furnaces and stokers during the off season. Clean fire box ash pit grates combustion chamber and soot free heat surfaces. inspect ducts registers and smoke pipe. seal unused openings and repair tiles. order next winter coal early due to transport delays.
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Luther Hart
U. S
Bituminous Coal Consumers' Counsel
Wortian Mn
Mr. Harr
Cover Girls Fund Backing for Wardrobe Dreams
The Cover Girls contributing a dollar weekly for 13 weeks to a career starter fund totaling 195 dollars, matched by the first star to receive a bona fide screen offer. The fund will endow a wardrobe purchase when the time comes. Joan Leslie and Joan Brodel are cited as rising talents linked to promising film starts. Mary Hayes, daughter of Helen Hayes, debuts with her mother in a Girl Scouts radio program this month.
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Rita Hayworth
Columbia
Leslie Howard
Mary Hayes
Helen
Girl Scouts
Walter Brennan at 25th year as film character actor
Walter Brennan, Hollywood's only three time Oscar winner, marks 25 years as a character actor while starring in Samuel Goldwyn's North Star. His youngest daughter debuts as his granddaughter in the film. French-Canadian troops debut in First Comes Courage. Commando tactics shown by a 300 man tank unit at Beecher Bay. Open house for servicemen at Harry Sherman studios with 30 armed forces weekly. 150 soldiers attend recent parties.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Merle Oberon
Brian Aherne
Courage
Beecher Bay
Vancouver Island
B.C
Harry Sherman
Albert Decker
Claire Trevor
Sherman
All Star Cast Gathers For Since You Went Away
Jennifer Jones joins Claudette Colbert Shirley Temple in a star studded cast for Since You Went Away. Lum and Abner bring wartime radio and rationing flavor to the screen with mixups at the Jot Em Down Store in Pine Ridge Arkansas.
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Bernadette
Claudette Colbert
Shirley Temple
Jennifer
Lum
Abner
Pine Ridge
Ark
Embroidery Pattern 577 Joyful Bluebird Motifs
Embroider joyful bluebird motifs for linens using this transfer pattern 577 featuring 16 designs in varying sizes. Includes stitches and material list. High demand amid wartime conditions may delay fulfillment. order now to the address provided.
Cold radiant light from chemical reaction in alkaline solution
A scientist notes a cold radiant light produced by a chemical reaction in an alkaline solution. Two gallons in a glass container can light a large room for a night photograph, yet the liquid emits no perceptible heat and can have ice cubes floated in it without effect.
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Collier’s
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