Broadway Quiz Kid Gossip Roundup From 1942
A sweeping page of show business chatter asks if Peggy Hopkins Toyce wears a platinum fox coat, notes George Jean Nathan’s bid to have George Jessel star in Get Away Old Man, and questions the industry’s moves. It covers El Morocco decor, Copacabana exits, Bob Crosby’s band, Jane Pickens’ book, Columbia shelving The American Way, fashion woes from stockings to dinner gowns, rising prices, and wartime concerns from gas cards to rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Hopkins Toyce
Romeo
Playboy
Savoy Plaza
Andrews
George Jean Nathan
William Saroyan
George Jessel
Old Man
el Morocco
Gary Cooper
Bruce Cabot
Babsy
Copatabana
Bob Crosby
Jane Pickens
Mamia
Columbia
Adolphe Menjou
Washington, D. C
Eddie Rickenbacker
Smuts proposes three point plan for postwar British colonies
General Joan C. Smuts outlines in Life Magazine a three point program for postwar colonial administration. He urges maintaining mother country control, grouping isolated colonies into larger units, and forming regional councils with broad representation including the United States to oversee defense and economic policy under the Atlantic Charter. He insists India could gain freedom via internal agreement and stresses a transition from colonial individualism to collective world security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. AI
Joan C. Smuts
Union of South Africa
Life Magazine
Gen. Smuts
Britain
India
Yaella
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Todas
Smuts
United Nations
West Indies
Far East
London
Anit
South Africa
United States of America
Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Why The Breaks For Brunettes Question
Ruth Millett argues that brunettes are preferred as train pages in Washington because they are more stable and outlast blondes and redheads by about two months. She notes propaganda aims to promote brunettes and suggests countering with a witty retort about marriage opportunities. Editor’s note says Millett is a redhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union Station
Anyeapon
So They Say on Tax Obligation and Corporate Privilege
IBM president Thomas J. Watson asserts that those who gain benefits from operating in the country must fulfill their duty by paying taxes and not complain about them. He frames taxes as a rightful repayment for the privilege of doing business domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Farmers urged to repair machinery to avert food shortage
An editorial from The Evening Maronite library warns in 1943 about looming food constraints as farm machinery and manpower strain production. It calls farmers to immediately order repairs, stressing duty to allies and civilians while planning long term to rebuild damaged equipment and boost output.
Labor Leaders Urged to Discipline Own Unions
Washington dispatch notes warnings to U S labor leaders to exercise control over locals amid war production strains. The War Labor Board condemned repeated strikes at Yellow Truck Pontiac and urged discipline, challenging leaders like Murray Green and Reuther to prove they can govern their unions instead of directing Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
CI0
Ford
Philip Murray
CIO
Senate
William Green
AF. of L
A.P
L. Machinists
West
Murray
Green
Walter Reuther
D LO
Labor
Wayne L. Morse
WLB
C.L0
Yellow Truck & Coach
Pontiac
Philip.Murray
I.Q
Reuther
Taxpayers Favor Ruml Pay-As-You-Go Plan by Vast Majority
George Gallup reports that seven in ten income taxpayers support some form of pay-as-you-go plan as Congress meets. Among those familiar with Ruml's plan, about 76 percent favor it, while 24 percent oppose. only a quarter remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. d
Congress
Beardsley Ruml
KR. H. Macy .&¢ Company, Inc
Institute
Bancroft Woman In Icy Highway Crash
Mrs Zell of Bancroft and her small daughter Evonne were badly bruised and shaken when a truck she drove slid on an icy spot on the pavement and overturned into a field on the way to Huron last week. Det Soha reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Pancroft
Wi-Zell
yEvonne'werd
Zell
Huron
Recital lineup and local notices from Huron history
Twenty five years ago the college recital featured Piazio Margaret Mauch Louise zum Brunhnen Mary Farrell Maria Coquillette Genevieve Hunt Golda McMallan Gladys Hays Harriet Carroll Walter Anderson Keith Helton Lorraine Brown Arthur Musch Majejka sisters. Local births marriages and moves include a baby girl for Mr and Mrs Martin Hansen a daughter Athalie Jean for Mr and Mrs Leslie Cranston and the Voorhees Steele marriage at Hitchcock. Ten years ago Mrs W C Gagnon hosted a surprise birthday gathering for daughter Jeanette and noted a Ermina C Kent and Fred N Flowers marriages. A daughter born at a Huron hospital and Catherine Chitsy visiting Yankton College student in Harrold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Piazio
Margaret Mauch
Louise Zum Brunhnen
Mary Farrell
Maria Coquillette
Genevieve Hunt
Golda McMallan
Gladys Hays
Harriet Carroll
Walter Anderson
Keith Helton
Lorraine Brown
Arthur Musch
Majejka
Martin Hansen
E. W. Howard
Lowell
Howerd
Pierre
Athalie Jean
Leslie ‘V. Cranston
Leo Charles Voorhees
U.S. Ary
W. C
Gaognon
Jeanette
Ruth Sutter
Lenore
Miss Gagnon
Ermina C. Kent
Frank Kent
Fred N. Flowers
Earl P. Flowers
Carl Quail
Troquais
Misa Catherine Chitsy
Yankton College
Visiud
Huron
Maine Hunt
Harrold
Mays
John Schroeder
Mrs Samsel Speaks to Altrusa Club on Salvation Work
Mrs T F Samsel of the Salvation Army spoke at the Altrusa Club luncheon, discussing Salvation work locally and nationwide. The club presented hosiery for children and canned vegetables, and donated funds to the Sioux Falls Altrusa for furniture for soldiers recreation rooms and to the Abbott House in Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Samsel
Salvation Army
Altrusa Clwb
Altrusa Club
Sioux Falls
Abbott
Mitchel
Spanish Foreign Minister Puzzle Clue Set and Answers
A scrambled crossword style puzzle set lists clues and partial solutions for horizontal and vertical entries. It references the Spanish foreign minister and multiple language, chemical, and geographic hints, with several wrong or partial word forms noted.
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MEA Service. Inc
T. Eh Reg
Tas
Dorothy Kilgallen Ampere
Broadway
Diana Barrymore
Willkie
Rutherford
Army
Rita Hayworth
Delicatessen
King Features Syridicate, Inc
Miss. Millett
Ruth Millett
They
Say
America
Maronite
South Dakota
The
Brookings Register
Raymond Clapper
By Raymond Clapper
Francisco
Abraham
Egypt
Synovisk Sae
Mead
Clara
Barton
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