Hollywood Stars And Radio Celebrities In Brief Notes
Alan Ladd tops fan requests with 7200 in a week as Paramount prints 100000 tiny locket photos for teens. Marilyn Maxwell moves toward acting after Pasadena Playhouse and a Metro screen test. Robert Watson returns to a serious Hitler portrayal. June Duprez shifts to a permanent blonde look after a role for Cary Grant. Larry Douglas debuts coast to coast on CBS Here's to Romance. Fanny Brice curates a world children's art collection from galleries in multiple cities. Chief Willow Bird marks 32 years in film and 100th role in The Girl Rush. A GI loses a wallet. gains a $100 check bearing Frank Sinatra's autograph. Jane Froman seeks stage seating on crutches after Lisbon clipper crash. Peter Whitney sprains ankle on Murder, He Says set. The Jubalaires, ten years in radio after strawberry plantation beginnings, and Welter Abel in Armstrong Theater notes. Betty Caine voices the Quaker Girl on air as servicemen tune in. Edward G. Robinson’s Mr Winkle Gosstone referenced.
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Peter Whitney
Jubalaires
CBS
Florida
Welter Abel
Edward G. Robinson
Winkle Gosstone
Our Own Idea for a Party Platform
A satirical essay listing a muddled wartime platform. It lampoons political rhetoric, praising deeds over words, and satirizes agriculture labor foreign policy and money. It also comments on pinup imagery, wartime shortages, and a fishing department anecdote.
Relishes from late summer fruit jams and marmalades
Culinary notes from Western Newspaper Union describe preserving pears, peaches, crabapples, quinces, and tomatoes into jams marmalades and relishes. Recipes include ripe pear jam peach orange marmalade spiced crabapples pear butter honey quince apple marmalade and tomato preserves with step by step cooking and canning tips.
Lynn Says Popular Choices for Easy Dinners
The note offers simple meal ideas: fried chicken dipped in cornflakes, cottage cheese with garden vegetables on lettuce, bread pudding with brown sugar and lemon custard, scrambled eggs with jelly or livers, and au gratin vegetables topped with crushed cornflakes and cheese. It emphasizes tasty combinations and quick luncheon options.
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Lynn
Transforming a Cot Into a Day Sofa on a Budget
A home front tip shows a flat box on casters concealing bedding for a simple cot, covered with fitted slip covers to resemble a sofa. A plain material side panel and a makeshift table from odds and ends enhance day use, with a note about a homemaking booklet offering steps to beautify homes using inexpensive materials.
Household hacks for home maintenance and craft uses
A compact guide suggests practical tips such as shellac on cookbook covers to preserve appearance, painting inside window screens to obscure visibility, a large wooden salad fork for washing jars, a dish cloth on its end to finish tasks, a wet sponge near ironing to dampen spots, a pencil end to turn fabric belts, and orangewood sticks to sharpen corner work.
WACs List Wives For Dependent Husband Allowance
A Women's Army Corps member filing an application for a monthly allowance for a dependent husband must list him as her lawful wife. The directive emphasizes correct spousal designation in military benefits and reflects wartime family policy.
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Women's Army Corps
Money can't buy aspirin faster acting deal
An advertisement proclaims a faster acting aspirin rival to the leading St Joseph brand, claiming the 10 cent size is the world’s largest seller and offering a bulk 100 tabloid package for 35 4. The copy pushes price advantage and superior reliability to entice buyers.
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St. Joseph
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Alan Ladd
Hollywood
Alan
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Ted Weems
Pasadena Playhouse
Metro
Bing Crosby
Robert Watson
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
June Duprez
Cary Grant
David Hempstead
Larry Douglas
Carmen Caveellero
Fanny Brice
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Baltimore
Rochester
New York City
Willow Bird
RKO
Frank Sinatra
Jane Froman
Lisbon
AL Philips
Army
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. Dewharat
Ateck
Lyon Chambers
Jemon
Trev
Chintz
Imuslin
Mas, Ruth Wyeth
Wacs
Kellogg's
Gillum
Wilcox & Follett CO
Wabaah Ave
Chisage
U., Dept. BD
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