Girl Rationing Sparks Honolulu Social Vibe in Hawaii
Hawaii wartime life features a buoyant social scene amid rationing and blackout rules. USO dances showcase rag doll partners while dress codes shift to daytime wear and afternoon gatherings. Local theater and hula acts flourish, with couples seizing licensed marriages amid wartime strain.
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Betty MacDonald
NEA
Honolulu
Hawaii
USO
Honolulu Bureau of Vital Statistics
Harrison in Hollywood Ribbing and pranks haunt film sets
Hollywood reports playful practical jokes among cast and crew as stress eases on set. Monkey business features guests and Red Cross forfeit bets, with actors like Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone subjected to hoaxes. anecdotes recount Catalina Island stay and jokes aimed at provoking reactions, signaling lighter mood on production.
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Hollywood
Red Cross
Hitler
Rathbone
Basil Rathbone
Albert Morin
Nigel Bruce
Morin
Bruce
Film Debut Sparks Laughs Over Atlantic Pacific Claim
Carol Bruce, new Broadway arrival, jokes about seeing both oceans from one spot in America. The leading lady, jittery about her film debut, repeats the geographical boast in letters to New York friends, drawing urgent wires urging a return from Hollywood.
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Carol Bruce
Broadway
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Miss Bruce
New York
Hollywood
Service Puryer meeting invites AMI women
Social calendar notes a gathering of the Service Puryer group at Mrs. E S Franklin's North Main street home for wives mothers and friends connected to U S armed services. Miss Bery Henry to deliver an inspirational message and Mrs Jim McKenzie with Mrs Oli Lewis to host a bridge session at the Intler residence at 2 30 PM.
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AMI
Service Puryer
U.S. Armed Services
E. S. Franklin
North Main Street
Jim McKenzie
Oli Lewis
Bridge
the Intler
Dope Chapter and Eastern Star Meet at Masonic Hall
Friday February 20th knitting classes resume at the homes of Mrs W J Bourne and Mrs Bernard 6 Dwyer with morning and afternoon sessions. The Friday Music club gathers at Mrs B W Edwards home at 9 30 The study club plans its regular February 27 meeting urging all members to attend for practice.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Red Cross
W.,j. Bourne
Bernard 6 Dwyer
B. W. Edwards
Wie Club
World Prayer Day observed at First Baptist church
Women from city churches are invited to attend World Day of Prayer events at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of the First Baptist church. A free will offering supports migrants work, Christian literature, union Christian colleges, and Indian students in U S government schools. The annual observance, the first Friday in Lent, carries the theme I Am the Way.
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First Baptist Church
World Day of Prayer
Union Christian Colleges
United States
National Committee of
Christian Women
I Am the Way
Hempstead Farmers Take Part in National Food Drive Report
Hempstead county agents report progress in farm production as farmers join the national food for victory drive. Milk production rose over 10 gallons daily due to three day grazing on winter oats. wet soils forced grazing to end early. Summary notes include seed treatments for cotton, lespedeza seed production, and clover in mid crop rotations.
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Oliver Adams
Hempstead
L. C. Sommerville
Hope
Sommerville
Berlin Jones
Hinton
Ohio
Erie
O. K
Kenneth Irving Brown
Denison College
Myr. Jones
Sr. B. Cook
Old 67 Road
Arkansas State Plant Board
Cook
E. G. Wright
Rocky Mound
Kings Row Characters and a Quiet Town Mystery
In Kings Row, Parris learns of town tensions around Lucy Carr and the new overseer Carr family. A strange bond forms as Lucy, a fragile patient, finds solace with Parris while Dr. Gordon and Tom Carr navigate care, illness, and a tragic piano scene that ends with Lucy’s death.
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Sarmilinwn
Kings Row
Parris Mitchell
Renee Heain
Drake McHugh
Randy
Joker
Skefington
Uenny
Billy Fulmer Green
Wang
Madame van Ely
Dr. Gorton
Tom Carr
Parris
Lucy Carr
Lucy
Hal
Mrs. von Eln
Sonny
Madame
Carrs
Mr. Carr
Madame von Ein
Mrs. von Ein
Theelieus
Tom
Henry
Dr. Gordon
Honey
Cotton seed trials and poultry notes in Hempstead County
Farmers discuss Early Southern Giant Bar Clover seed on Hope area plots and Rowden breeder seed, with West planning contests and a Cotton Association meeting. Publications on Soybeans and Peanuts for Oil issued. F B Miller notes egg prices and calls for a poultry association. Pickards report crushed corn cob litter for broiler houses.
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Terre Rouge Creek
Hope
Highway 67
McDavitt
H .W. West
Hopewell
Cotton Association
Piney Grove School House
Cotton Market Review
Q. A. McKnight
Bright Star Negihborhood
Columbus Round
John Barlow
Washington Road
Lauderback Place
Mr. McKnight
County Extension Service
Food
Liberty Hill
Chicago
F. B. Miller
Route 1
J. H. Pickards
Rocky Mound
Hempstead
Mr. Pickard
Piney Grove 4 H Club Meets with Talk on Strong Foods
The Piney Grove 4 H Club held a February 9 meeting with thirty five poptiers present and eight new members. Miss Mary Claude Fletcher spoke on foods to keep Americans strong and announced a mothers’ meeting to form a Home Demonstration Club September. The group distributed Food-for-Victory campaign cards and pledged to support the effort. The meeting adjourned at ten. Five million U S autos are ten years old or older, a factor in future repairs.
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Piney Grove
4-H Club
Mary Claude Fletcher
America
Torganize
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