Blondie Star Penny Singleton Balances Family and Film Roles
Penny Singleton discusses her Blondie workload and family life. She praises the character Blondie as a lifelong partner, notes steady box office for the low budget series, and explains how radio, films, and home life keep her busy with husband Robert Sparks, two children, and work within wartime and peacetime studios.
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Ywood
Jan Russell
Penny
Blondie
Dorothy Grace
Robin Susan
Robert Sparks
Universal
Sparks
Columbia Studios
Pixie lookalikes and movin g ears dazzle screen fans
A feature on Screen Vet Harry Davenport wearing a bald cap over white hair with a tilted nose and movable ears controlled by rubber bulbs. The prankish prop inspires chatter about Three Wise Fools as Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold and Margaret O’Brien converse on set. Also notes Esther Williams Lana Turner Red Skelton and Harry Beaumont with film wardrobe anecdotes.
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Harry Davenport
Harry
Lionel Barrymore
Edward Arnold
Margaret O'Brien
Davenport
Esther Williams
Mexico
Lana Turner
Ward
Red Skelton
Harry Beaumont
Blue Cross Covers 382000 In State
Blue Cross plans for hospital and medical care extend protection to more than 382000 North Carolinians. Dr. Fred C. Hubbard of North Wilkesboro, chair of the hospital service associations sub committee, said the two Blue Cross plans have paid over 9 million dollars in claims since organization. More than 2 million dollars in claims were expected last year.
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Chapel Hill
Blue Cross
Fred C. Hubbard
North Wilkesboro
Hospital Service Associations
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
Celebrity Gossip and Oddities Parade Across the Page
The column mixes celebrity notes and travel glimpses from Sinatra to Skelton. Wayne Morris shows worn luggage stickers as he plans a third home move. Dane Clark battles shingles while Wally Beery rests after trips to New York and Mexico City. Irene attends Ballet Resplendent in a turquoise paisley jacket with a casted foot hidden by velvet boot.
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Wayne Morris
Morris
Dane Clark
Wally Beery
New York
Noah
Mexico City
Utah Mountain
Carlos Ramirez
Havana
Bogota
Columbia
Irene
America Wins Key Air Rights Pact with Britain
In Bermuda the Anglo American aviation accord promises global air transport with economical fares. Open routes rely on CAB regulation, future rate power, and world-wide cooperation, with initial fares to be set for North Atlantic routes and disputes routed to PICAO if needed.
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James
Strebig Press
Washington
Bermuda
United States
Britain
United Kingdom
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Congress
American
Pan American
North Atlantic
New York
New York-London
Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization
PICAO
Crippled Children League Sets Statewide Conferences
A six district conference series by the North Carolina League for Crippled Children begins this week and runs through March 2. Miss Ethel Honeycutt, executive secretary, says the meetings review needs of handicapped children and map plans for the 1946 Easter Seal campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
North Carolina League For Crippled Children
Ethel Honeycutt
League
New Housing Units Assigned to States by FHA
The Federal Housing Authority announced the assignment of 682 surplus temporary war housing units to cities and educational institutions in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania to augment housing capacity during wartime.
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New York
INS
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Federal Housing Authority
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Wachovia Bank
N. E. Russell
Sheraton Goodyear Shoe Repair
North Main St
Beeson How. Co
H. E. Crawford Co., Inc
Knu Wise
N. Main ST
Symphony
Atlanta GA
Beulah
NEW American
Paul Weston
Whose
Gershwin
Billy Butterfield
Dinning Sisters
Polonaise
Goodman
INTEL
Sears, Roebuck and CO
SEARS
SMOAK
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E. J. Yow
King Street
E. Z. Hester
Tomlinson
Sinatra
Eddie Arnold
Beaumont
Skelton
SI Ruby
High Vetits
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
S. Main St
Auto Parts
Lewis
Wrenn St
America
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Eire
Switzerland
Norway
France
New York Zoological Park
Spencer
Mrs. Craven
West
Lexington
Crippled Children’s League
F. Thomas
Security Bank
Guilford Radio Service CO
West Commerce ST
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
Washington ,J
Lennox Steel Furnaces
Fairbanks-Morse
ESSO
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
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Scheler
SMI
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Pressler
Olds
LA Prade
Allen
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King
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Fisher
Reddick
Simmons
Langston
Highland Motors, Inc
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