Cover Girls fund boosts debut careers in Hollywood
Western Newspaper Union reports on fifteen Cover Girls contributing a weekly fund for 13 weeks to start film careers. The pool totals $195, matched by the first star receiving a screen offer, creating a $390 wardrobe prize. The piece highlights Rita Hayworth era peers Joan Leslie, Mary Hayes, and Jennifer Jones among others linking radio, stage, and screen paths.
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Rita Hayworth
Columbia
Leslie Howard
Mary Hayes
Helen
Girl Scouts
Power of Prayer Amid War Tales by an Air Force Chaplain
A U S air force chaplain recalls crew rescues and peril at sea and in the Pacific, crediting prayer for survival. He recounts Maj. Lindberg and nine rescued crewmen from a crashing Flying Fortress, aided by Australian aborigines, with prayer sustaining them through dire hours. He cites Beeson and others who recovered to fly again, and notes mothers and wives praying worldwide for soldiers.
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Allen Lindberg
Westfield
N. J
Lindberg
Hernandez
Dallas
Frank Beeson
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Port Moresby
Frank
Australia
United States
South Pacific
China
Moses Called by God to Lead Israel
Encouragement is needed as Moses prepares to lead Israel from Egypt. God assures Moses with I AM, grants authority, and provides Aaron as spokesman. Humility, not self doubt, invites God’s enabling power. When God calls, gifts are secondary to His purpose and power. Trust and obey Him.
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Moses
Pharaoh
God
Moses— II
Aaron
Quick Q and A on trivia and history
Answers cover chicanery meaning trickery, McAdam road design, Lincoln tallest and Madison shortest presidents, fourteen lines in a sonnet, U S citizenship for children of aliens, three states at Ohio Mississippi confluence, derby hat origin at the Derby race, and Jean Lafitte as an American buccaneer with Navy cigarette advice noting Camel brand popularity and mail rules for servicemen.
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United States
Ohio
Mississippi
Jean Lafitte
John Loudon McAdam
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Derby
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Fred Astaire
RKO Radio
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Ing
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Jimmie Cagney
Astaire
Walter Brennan
Hollywood
Ramuel Goldwyn
Merle Oberon
Brian Aherne
Courage
Beecher Bay
Vancouver Island
B. C
Harry Sherman
Albert Decker
Claire Trevor
Sherman
Jennifer Jones
Bernadette
Claudette Colbert
Shirley Temple
Jennifer
Wendell Niles
Bob Hope
Johnny Mercer
Bob
Mercer
Metro
Lum
Abner
Pine Ridge
Ark
Jose Iturbi
Louis Armstrong
Betty Hutton
Morgan's Creek
Lupa Velox
Sq Wwais On
AR Corresponden
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of
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Western
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International Council of Religious Education
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