Bargain Sale at Osbourne Shoes Marks Major Discount
A quiet business day prompts Osborne store to run a special sale. The boss suggests discounting the $10 line of shoes to $8.50, with the manager agreeing to implement the price cut. The exchange shows a brisk sales tactic in a small-town shop.
Dust Hints at Astaire Gracie Allen Comedy Without Ginger
Hollywood chatter notes a Ginger Rogers-less Fred Astaire project titled Damsel in Distress with Gracie Allen and George Burns set in England. Industry tidbits discuss star profit shares and other celebrity moves amid a flurry of contract tensions and casting notes.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Ginger
Dinwits
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Hollywood
Loretta Young
Tyrone Power
Katherine Hepburn
Dorothy Lamour
Wayne Morris
Marlene Dietrich
New York
Irene Dunne
Dick Powell
Chicago
Spencer Tracy
Ireland
Bing Crosby
Pice Tibbett
Charles Starrett
Mauch
Pel
Modernizing an Old Walnut Chair With Tufted Back
Ruth Woeth describes altering a walnut chair by removing arm carvings and back padding, replacing padding with fiber board and a tufted cotton cushion, and securing it with tapes. The article notes tacking methods and a rust colored upholstery, plus a book offer by Mrs. Spears on sewing and upholstery with 25 cents for a copy.
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Gracie
Twentieth Century-Fox
Wallace Ford
Wally
Sailor
Jack Holt
Jack
Columbia
Ruth Woeth
Feotune
Wincharger Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
American Chain & Cable Company
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