Rheba Sheffield Reveals Humble Start in Hollywood Memoir
In a dramatic stage moment Rheba Sheffield identifies Cal Simmons as the designer she admired, recounting how she once worked in a theater and changed her name in 1920. Joe Fiberg interrupts with a pitch to sign her for novelty shorts, highlighting her rise from vaudeville to film stardom.
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Hollywood
Uncle Sam
Chang
Rheba Sheffield
Rheba
Joe Fiberg
Fiberg
Dis
Alraddy
Miss Sheffield
Leesten
Oance
New York
Simmons
Dall
Dal
Cal Simmons
Soap Saving Tips For Wartime Household Budget
Farm Adviser T E Myers reports on thrift measures for soap use during wartime shortages. Expert Gladys Ward suggests unwrap and dry bars, reuse scraps for shampoos or dishwashing, grate stale soap, and soften hard water to extend soap life.
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Gladys Ward
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Miss Ward
Pork production climbs with 1942 hog increase
The Agriculture Department seeks a 6 million head rise in 1942 spring hog production. That 15 percent jump from last spring’s 50 million would add 4,900 hogs to Clark County and require 158000 bushels of corn to fatten them, boosting cooperative marketing profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Clark County
Victory Garden and Food Drive Launched Here
Local Farm Adviser T. E. Myers announced a victory garden and food supply program mobilizing all resources. The effort mirrors launches in 101 Illinois counties to boost home and community gardens, improve diet, free supplies for the armed forces, and conserve parks and landscaping.
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T. E. Myers
United States
Planning Rules From 1573 Shape California Cities
California cities still bear Spanish royal edict planning from 1573. The decree required a central plaza for business, wind-oriented streets, and isolation of slaughter houses. Los Angeles Santa Cruz San Jose and Sonoma are among places showing the colonial layout still present today.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Planning Board
New World
Los Angeles
Santa Cruz
San Jose
Sonoma
Many Retired Persons Return to Work Boosting Pensions Drop
Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board says defense employment reduces retirements as many 65 and older retirees return to gainful work. He notes 27,000 people 65 or older have rejoined the workforce, giving up their pensions.
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Washington
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Defense
Woman Guards Arizona National Monument Alone on Duty
Mrs Don W Egermayer wife of the custodian acts as honorary custodian without pay for Saguar National Monument 17 miles east of Tucson. She handles radio questions from 20 000 visitors coordinates supplies hauls water 13 miles and watches for fires while her husband is away. She calms fears about insects and reptiles feeds a starving Gila monster and preserves wild life in the 63 284 acre desert area.
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Tucson
Ariz
Gila
Don W Egermayer
Saguar National Monument
Arizona
Monument
Sam
Adobe
Forest Rangers
Ox Cart Days to Flying Era Spanned at Age 95
Big Spring Texas celebrated Mrs. R. B. Zinn known as Mother Zinn who turned ninety five. She recalled riding in an ox cart as a girl and riding a Civil War era trip Cass to Pettus counties in 1864. She took her first airplane ride at the birthday celebration with Dr. P W Malone piloting. The Methodist church hosted a reception following the flight. She laughed that she does not feel a day over fifty.
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Big Spring
Texas
Mother Zinn
R. B. Zinn
Zinn
Cass
Pettus Counties
Methodist Church
Churchill Gets New Post Warden of Cinque Ports
London Prime Minister Winston Churchill has been named lord warden of the Cinque Ports, succeeding the late Earl of Willingdon. The honorary post carries no salary or uniform and may require him to pay rates on the residence at Walmer Castle after the war. The Cinque Ports traditionally include Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney and Hythe with Winchelsea and Rye added later as two ancient towns.
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London
Winston Churchill
Walmer Castle
Earl of Willingdon
Hastings
Sandwich
Dover
Romney
Hythe
Britain
Winchelsea
Rye
Heiress Virginia Hansen Inherits Bear Film Co Share
DETROIT. Blonde Virginia Hansen an office worker inherits $1,000,000 from her father’s estate after a Los Angeles judge awards her sole ownership of the Bear Film company amid a dispute with her mother. She plans how to use the fortune as she recovers from a cold.
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Detroit
Virginia Hansen
Los Angeles
Calif
Bear Film Company
Fly Whisker and the Algerian War Spark
A fly whisker used to shoo flies allegedly provoked a French consul to insult Deg Hussein in 1827. France declared a blockade, then sent an army to seize Algiers, starting a long campaign to control Algeria amid ongoing desert revolts and eventual French rule.
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Algeria
Africa
Deg Hussein
Algiers
Babies Rule Empire by A Smile or a Frown
A remote island community on Bramos grants power to the youngest newborn, with a hereditary witch-doctor as sovereign adviser. Each year roughly two babies are born, shifting rulership as the newest infant sits in a wooden cradle guiding island decisions.
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Siberia
Malay Straits
Central Africa
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Potentatey
Earth
Pothe
Secret Aluminum Flux Formula Offered to U S Authorities
An Indianapolis chemist received a proposal from H E F Von Grimmenstein to supply a German designed aluminum flux claimed to lower costs to under five cents per hundred pounds. He said the formula improves quality reduces waste removes chlorides and enables broader use of junk aluminum for aircraft manufacture.
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Germany
OPM
Indianapolis
H. EF. von Grimmenstein
von Grimmenstein
Sweden
Jerusalem
New Tire for Tractors For Dual Rim Use
Rubber engineers design a single tire to fit both conventional and wide-base rims. The tire promises higher cross section and capacity without oversized gear. Benefits include improved flotation on soft ground, longer wear, better pulling power, and increased water capacity.
Centipedes Attack Trap-Door Spider Homes
Centipedes are listed as enemies of trap-door spiders, often invading underground homes and killing both adults and young. A centipede is a wormlike, many legged animal whose name means hundred feet. Different centipedes have different numbers of legs. young brown centipedes hatch with about a dozen legs, increasing with age to 200 to 300 legs in full adulthood.
Meat grading and soybean meat loaf at Illinois Victory Dinner
The article explains meat grading from Prime to Utility and shows how consumers use grades like Choice and Commercial. It notes Governor Dwight H. Green hosting a Victory Dinner featuring a soybean meat loaf with a recipe and ingredients for 10 servings. It cites Decatur as a soybean hub and invites readers to request the dinner menu.
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Dwight H. Green
Ilinois Council of Defense
United States
Decatur
Christine R. Pensinger
Bureau of _ Institutional
Notice on Mail and Radio Broadcast Request
Housekeeping at the State Armory in Springfield requires enclosing a stamped self addressed envelope. Also Mrs Pensinger’s weekly radio broadcast airs Fridays at 2 00 p m on station WGN Chicago.
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Housekeeping
State Armory
Springfield
Mra. Pensinger
Chicago
Master in Chancery Sale of Real Estate in Clark County
Public notice of a master in chancery sale in Clark County Illinois following a 1941 decree. J T R Morrow will auction February 28 1942 at Marshall Court House to the highest bidder the NW quarter of the NE quarter of section 28 township 12 north range 12 west with cash terms.
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State of Illinois
Clark County
Circuit Court of
Chancery
Frank Cole
Robert McClarey
Walter McClarey
Larey McClarey
Lucy McClarey Caldwell
James McClarey
Ray McClarey
Elmer Myers
Willie Myers
Ray Wiggins
John F. White
J. T. R. Morrow
Marshall
Clark
Atahas Teak
Ilinois
Illinois
T. R. Morrow
Hollenbeck & Hollenbeck
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Cinque Ports
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Christine Ryman Pensinger
Bwight H. Green
Bill Boyd
Riders OF the Timberland
Secret Service
Johnny Weismuller and
Maureen O'Sullivan In “Tarzan’s Secret Treasure
Errol Flynn
Olivia de
Haviland
Valentines
Parr’s Variety Store
Rve Food
American Corn Miller
Federation
WDZ
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